The 1978–79 Liga Leumit season saw
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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win the title, whilst
Hapoel Hadera,
Hapoel Jerusalem
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and
Hapoel Rishon LeZion (in their first season back in the top division since 1952) were relegated to
Liga Artzit
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.
Oded Machnes (
Maccabi Netanya
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) and
Eli Miali (
Beitar Jerusalem
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) were the league's joint top scorers with 18 goals.
Final table
Results
References
Israel - List of final tablesRSSSF
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Liga Leumit seasons
Israel
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1978–79 in Israeli football leagues