1985–86 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	1985-86
Champions	Hapoel Tel Aviv 9th title
Relegated	Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Sha'arayim
Top goalscorer	Uri Malmilian Doron Rabinzon (18)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Tel Aviv win the title. Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Sha'arayim were all relegated to Liga Artzit. Uri Malmilian of Beitar Jerusalem and Doron Rabinzon of Maccabi Petah Tikva were the league's joint top scorers with 14 goals.

The league championship was decided on the final day, with a match between the two title chasers, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Hapoel Tel Aviv, which needed a win to secure the championship scored a controversial goal on the 86th minute to win 1–0 and the title.^[1]

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	17	8	5	52	26	26	59	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
2	Maccabi Haifa	30	16	9	5	47	18	29	57	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	16	9	5	48	27	21	57
4	Beitar Jerusalem	30	15	7	8	48	33	15	52
5	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	30	12	10	8	27	19	8	46
6	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	11	9	10	41	34	7	42
7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	30	11	7	12	34	41	-7	40
8	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	30	10	9	11	24	24	0	39
9	Maccabi Netanya	30	11	6	13	34	35	-1	39
10	Shimshon Tel Aviv	30	9	11	10	32	38	-6	38
11	Maccabi Yavne	30	9	10	11	21	32	-11	37
12	Maccabi Jaffa	30	9	9	12	24	34	-10	36
13	Hapoel Petah Tikva	30	9	8	13	42	44	-2	35
14	Hapoel Jerusalem	30	8	6	16	31	45	-14	30	Relegated to Liga Artzit
15	Hapoel Haifa	30	6	6	18	24	60	-36	24
16	Maccabi Sha'arayim	30	4	10	16	22	41	-19	22

References

^ Five Minutes to Glory and Disappointment Ma'ariv, 25 May 1986, p. 27 & 28 Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon

Israel 1985/86 RSSSF
The Leumit Table Maariv, 25.5.86, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon

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Domestic cups	State Cup Toto Cup Leumit Artzit Lilian Cup
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Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Yavne Shimshon Tel Aviv