1965–66 Liga Leumit
Appearance
Season | 1965–66 |
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Champions | Hapoel Tel Aviv 6th title |
Relegated | Maccabi Petah Tikva Beitar Tel Aviv |
Top goalscorer | Moshe Romano Mordechai Spiegler (17) |
← 1964–65 1966–68 → |
The 1965–66 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Tel Aviv crowned champions and qualify for the first Asian Club Championships. Moshe Romano (Shimshon Tel Aviv) and Mordechai Spiegler (Maccabi Netanya) were the joint top scorers with 17 goals each.
Maccabi Petah Tikva and Beitar Tel Aviv were relegated to Liga Alef.
Rule changes
Prior to the season the IFA decided to allow substitutions of one player and one goalkeeper during matches.[1]
Final table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 38 | Qualified for Asian Club Championship |
2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 34 | |
3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 34 | |
4 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 34 | |
5 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 34 | |
6 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | |
7 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 32 | |
8 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 31 | |
9 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 30 | |
10 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 28 | |
11 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 28 | |
12 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 28 | |
13 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 27 | |
14 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 27 | |
15 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 23 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
16 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 20 |
Source: rsssf.com
References
- ^ "כל קבוצה תתמודד פעמיים תוך שבועיים נגד אותו יריב - בעונת הכדורגל הבאה" [Each Team Would Compete Against the Same Opponent Within Two Weeks - In the Next Football Season]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 2 September 1965. Retrieved 11 April 2020.