1979–80 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	1979–80
Champions	Maccabi Netanya 4th title
Relegated	Hakoah Ramat Gan Beitar Tel Aviv Beitar Jerusalem
Top goalscorer	David Lavi (18)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya, with the club's David Lavi finishing as the league's top scorer with 18 goals. Hakoah Ramat Gan, Beitar Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem were all relegated to Liga Artzit.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Netanya (C)	30	19	8	3	53	23	+30	46	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	10	16	4	28	19	+9	36
3	Shimshon Tel Aviv	30	11	10	9	33	24	+9	32
4	Hapoel Yehud	30	10	12	8	26	24	+2	32
5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	9	14	7	33	35	−2	32	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
6	Bnei Yehuda	30	10	11	9	33	28	+5	31
7	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	10	11	9	30	26	+4	31
8	Maccabi Petah Tikva	30	11	8	11	32	34	−2	30
9	Hapoel Petah Tikva	30	8	12	10	21	34	−13	28
10	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	30	7	13	10	28	27	+1	27
11	Maccabi Ramat Amidar	30	6	15	9	21	20	+1	27
12	Hapoel Haifa	30	8	11	11	22	33	−11	27
13	Maccabi Jaffa	30	7	12	11	33	35	−2	26
14	Hakoah Ramat Gan (R)	30	7	12	11	27	36	−9	26	Relegated to Liga Artzit
15	Beitar Tel Aviv (R)	30	7	12	11	27	39	−12	26
16	Beitar Jerusalem (R)	30	4	15	11	15	25	−10	23

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup
Related to national team	Results 1980 Olympics qualification
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Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Yehud Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Ramat Amidar Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup