The 1987–88 Liga Leumit season saw the league experiment with a split-league system. After the first two rounds (26 matches), the league split, with the top eight clubs forming a ''Championship group'' and the bottom six forming a ''Relegation group''. Within the groups, the clubs played each other once more.
Hapoel Tel Aviv
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won the title whilst
Hapoel Lod and
Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to
Liga Artzit
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.
Zahi Armeli of
Maccabi Haifa
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was the league's top scorer with 25 goals.
The
following season the league continued to use the split league system, but had six clubs in the Championship group and eight in the Relegation group.
Regular season
Table
Results
Playoffs
Top playoff
Table
Results
Bottom playoff
Table
Results
References
Israel - List of Final TablesRSSSF
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Liga Leumit seasons
Israel
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