1959–60 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	1959–60
Champions	Hapoel Petah Tikva; 3rd title
Relegated	Hapoel Ramat Gan
Top goalscorer	Rafi Levi (19)
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 Liga Leumit season took place between September 1959 and June 1960. Hapoel Petah Tikva won their second consecutive title, whilst Hapoel Ramat Gan were relegated. Rafi Levi of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 19 goals.

The league used two points for a win and one for a draw.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	22	14	3	5	65	29	+36	31	Champions
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22	12	6	4	52	35	+17	30
3	Hapoel Haifa	22	10	6	6	46	24	+22	26
4	Hapoel Jerusalem	22	9	7	6	28	27	+1	25
5	Maccabi Haifa	22	7	10	5	42	30	+12	24
6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22	10	4	8	26	23	+3	24
7	Bnei Yehuda	22	9	1	12	34	51	−17	19
8	Maccabi Netanya	22	8	3	11	30	47	−17	19
9	Maccabi Petah Tikva	22	6	5	11	25	38	−13	17
10	Beitar Tel Aviv	22	6	5	11	14	26	−12	17
11	Maccabi Jaffa	22	5	6	11	23	36	−13	16
12	Hapoel Ramat Gan	22	7	2	13	31	50	−19	16	Relegated to Liga Alef

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BTA	BnY	HHA	HJE	HPT	HRG	HTA	MHA	MJA	MNE	MPT	MTA
Beitar Tel Aviv	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2
Bnei Yehuda	2–1	—	2–5	2–3	1–6	3–1	0–1	2–4	2–1	3–2	3–0	3–0
Hapoel Haifa	6–0	1–1	—	1–1	4–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1
Hapoel Jerusalem	1–0	2–0	0–2	—	0–5	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–0	6–1	1–0	1–1	—	4–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	7–2	3–0	2–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–0	4–0	0–3	3–1	1–5	—	1–0	0–4	0–1	3–3	3–2	1–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	—	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–3
Maccabi Haifa	1–1	5–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	6–2	1–1	—	2–2	1–2	4–1	1–1
Maccabi Jaffa	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	3–1	1–5
Maccabi Netanya	0–1	2–1	1–9	0–1	3–2	2–1	1–3	2–2	3–0	—	1–0	0–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	—	3–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2	4–1	1–2	3–3	2–0	6–2	2–1	4–1	4–2	3–2	3–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF

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Domestic cups	State Cup 1958–59 1960–61
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