1980–81 Liga Alef

The 1980–81 Liga Alef season saw Beitar Netanya (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Kiryat Gat (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Artzit. Hapoel Tel Hanan also promoted after promotion play-offs.

North Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Netanya	26	39	21	18	39	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Tel Hanan	26	46	25	21	36	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Hadera	26	42	26	16	35
4	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	26	30	23	7	30
5	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	26	49	32	17	29
6	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	26	33	27	6	28
7	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	26	32	41	-9	24
8	Hapoel Givat Olga	26	17	31	-14	23
9	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	26	34	38	-4	22
10	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	16	28	-12	22
11	Hapoel Afikim	26	27	48	-21	22
12	Hapoel Nahariya	26	28	31	-3	21
13	Hapoel Netanya	26	24	29	-5	20	Two points deducted
14	Maccabi Or Akiva	26	33	56	-22	14	Relegated to Liga Bet

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	26	35	15	20	40	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Ramla	26	35	20	15	35	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Ashdod	26	22	19	3	31
4	Hapoel Bat Yam	26	30	27	3	29
5	Hapoel Dimona	26	31	24	7	28
6	Maccabi Lazarus Holon	26	18	22	-4	25
7	Beitar Be'er Sheva	26	24	22	2	24
8	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	26	21	29	-8	24
9	Hapoel Herzliya	26	29	30	-1	22
10	Hapoel Marmorek	26	29	33	-4	22
11	Hapoel Ashkelon	26	21	26	-5	22
12	Maccabi Sha'arayim	26	18	29	-11	22
13	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	26	23	29	-6	21	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin	26	22	38	-16	18	Relegated to Liga Bet

16.5.1981

Hapoel Tel Hanan	0 – 0	Hapoel Ramla

23.5.1981

Hapoel Ramla	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 4-5 (pen.)	Hapoel Tel Hanan

Hapoel Tel Hanan promoted to Liga Artzit.

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Tayibe Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
See also: Liga Artzit