2018–19 Liga Leumit
Season | 2018–19 |
---|---|
Champions | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Promoted | Hapoel Kfar Saba Sektzia Ness Ziona |
Relegated | Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Iksal |
Matches played | 288 |
Goals scored | 702 (2.44 per match) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Liga Leumit was the 20th season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 77th season of second-tier football in Israel.
A total of sixteen teams contested in the league, including twelve sides from the 2017–18 season, the two promoted teams from 2017–18 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2017–18 Israeli Premier League.
Changes from 2017–18 season
[edit]Team changes
[edit]Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Hadera were promoted to the 2018–19 Israeli Premier League.
Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Acre were relegated after finishing as the two bottom-placed clubs in the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League.
Maccabi Herzliya, and Ironi Nesher were directly relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last two league places. They were replaced the top placed teams from each division of 2017–18 Liga Alef, Sektzia Ness Ziona (from South Division) and Hapoel Iksal (from North Division).
Overview
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | Home City | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | Tel Aviv and Ramla | Ramla Municipal Stadium | 2,000 |
Hapoel Acre | Acre | Acre Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
Hapoel Afula | Afula | Afula Illit Stadium | 3,000 |
Hapoel Ashkelon | Ashkelon | Sala Stadium | 5,250 |
Hapoel Bnei Lod | Lod | Lod Municipal Stadium | 3,000 |
Hapoel Iksal | Iksal | Ilut Stadium[A] | 4,932 |
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | Kfar Saba | Levita Stadium | 5,800 |
Hapoel Marmorek | Rehovot | Ramla Municipal Stadium[A] | 2,000 |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Nazareth Illit | Green Stadium | 4,000 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | Ramat Gan | Ramat Gan Stadium | 13,370 |
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | Ramat HaSharon | Grundman Stadium | 4,300 |
Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Rishon LeZion | Haberfeld Stadium | 6,000 |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Nazareth | Ilut Stadium | 4,932 |
Sektzia Ness Ziona | Ness Ziona | Ness Ziona Stadium | 3,500 |
^A The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.
Regular season
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 54 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
2 | Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 48 | |
3 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 47 | |
4 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 47 | |
5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 44 | |
6 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 44 | |
7 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 43 | |
8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 39 | |
9 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
10 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 35 | |
11 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 34[a] | |
12 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 34 | |
13 | Hapoel Marmorek | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 33 | |
14 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 32 | |
15 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 31 | |
16 | Hapoel Iksal | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 29 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
Notes:
Results
[edit]Matches 1–30
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Promotion playoff
[edit]Top Playoff table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (P) | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 63 | Promoted to Israeli Premier League |
2 | Sektzia Ness Ziona (P) | 37 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 62 | |
3 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 37 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 61 | |
4 | Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | 37 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 56 | |
5 | Hapoel Afula | 37 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 55 | |
6 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 54 | |
7 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 50 | |
8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 41 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
(P) Promoted
Top Playoff results
[edit]Relegation playoff
[edit]Bottom Playoff table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 47 | |
10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 46[a] | |
11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 46 | |
12 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 46 | |
13 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 37 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 45 | |
14 | Hapoel Acre (O) | 37 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 45 | Qualification for the Relegation Playoffs |
15 | Hapoel Marmorek (R) | 37 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 37 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
16 | Hapoel Iksal (R) | 37 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 31 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Bottom Playoff results
[edit]Positions by round
[edit]Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
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Sektzia Ness Ziona | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Hapoel Afula | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Hapoel Ashkelon | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Beitar Tel Aviv | 14 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Hapoel Bnei Lod | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Hapoel Acre | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
Hapoel Marmorek | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Hapoel Iksal | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Source: IFA
Source: [1][permanent dead link]
Leader and promotion to 2019–20 Israeli Premier League | |
Promotion to 2019–20 Israeli Premier League | |
Qualification to relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 2019–20 Liga Alef |
Promotion/relegation playoff
[edit]The 14th-placed team, Hapoel Acre, faced 2018–19 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner Maccabi Herzliya in a two-legged tie. The matches took place on 26 and 29 May 2019.
Hapoel Acre | 4 – 3 | Maccabi Herzliya |
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Yuval Titelman 20' Elior Seiderre (3) 43', 60', 74' |
Shivhon 3' Assaf Levi (2) 41', 84' (p) |
Maccabi Herzliya | 1 – 3 | Hapoel Acre |
---|---|---|
Amir Lavi 30' | Naor Abudi (3) 45', 68', 90+4' |
Hapoel Acre won 7–4 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Maccabi Herzliya remained in Liga Alef.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hapoel Petah Tikva: Two Points Were Deducted from the Team, Doron Galant Was Suspended for a Year Walla!, 20 June 2018 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal IFA, 19 June 2018 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Petah Tikva: Two Points Were Deducted from the Team, Doron Galant Was Suspended for a Year Walla!, 20 June 2018 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal IFA, 19 June 2018 (in Hebrew)