1965–66 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	1965–66
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.

Rule changes

Prior to the season the IFA decided to allow substitutions of one player and one goalkeeper during matches.^[1]

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	Relegated to Liga Alef

^ "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.

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