The 1990–91 Liga Leumit season began on October 1990 and ended on June 1991, with
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...
winning the title.
The regular season had each team play twice against each opponent. The table was then divided into two, with top six teams entering the championship play-off and bottom six in the relegation play-off, where each team played the other teams in the play-off twice.
Two teams from
Liga Artzit
Liga Artzit ( he, ליגה ארצית, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run b ...
were promoted at the end of the previous season:
Tzafririm Holon
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. ( he, הפועל צפרירים חולון) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Holon. The club was founded in 1985 by a merger of Hapoel Holon and Tzafririm Holon.Hapoel Tel Aviv. The two teams relegated were
Shimshon Tel Aviv
Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv.
In 2000 it merged with Beitar Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.
and
Hapoel Ramat Gan
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל רמת-גן גבעתיים, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim'') is an Israeli football club from Ramat Gan and Givatayim. They currently play in Liga Leumit, ...
.
Regular season
Table
Results
Playoffs
Top playoff
Table
Results
Bottom playoff
Table
Results
Top scorers
Nir Levine
Nir Levine ( he, ניר לוין; born March 4, 1962) is an Israeli former football player, former caretaker manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and former director of football of Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team. In 2019 he was appointed as the coach ...
(Hapoel Petah Tikva) - 20
Reuven Atar
Reuven Atar ( he, ראובן עטר; born January 3, 1969) is a retired Israeli football player who was mostly known for his career in Maccabi Haifa and now he works as the manager of Bnei Lod. As a manager, he is mostly known for his work with ...
(Maccabi Haifa) - 15
Yigal Menahem
Yigal Menahem ( he, יגאל מנחם, born 10 September 1963) is an Israeli former footballer who now works as a lawyer.
Personal life
Yigal's younger brother Shimon was a defender and both played together in Maccabi Netanya during the 1980 ...
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...