Liga Alef
Liga Alef ( he, ליגה א', , League A) is the third tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into two regional divisions, north and south.
History
League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Decla ...
season saw
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm F.C. () are a football club, from the north Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm. The club currently plays in Liga Bet North B division, the fourth tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at the HaShalom Stadium.
History
T ...
(champions of the North Division) and
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...
(champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League.
Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-plac ...
Hapoel 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.Shimshon Bnei Tayibe (from South division) were all automatically relegated to
Liga Bet
Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions.
History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
, whilst the two clubs ranked in 14th place in each division, Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm and Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda entered a promotion/relegation play-offs, and both relegated to
Liga Bet
Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions.
History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
after losing the play-offs.
Changes from last season
Format changes
* The clubs placed 2nd to 5th in each division would participate in a promotion play-offs, a
knockout
A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ...
tournament. In the first round, in each division the 2nd placed club would play the 5th placed club and the 3rd placed club would play the 4th placed club. In the second round, the two first round winners would play each other. In the first two rounds the higher ranked club would have home advantage. In the third round both divisional play-off winner would play each other in a neutral venue for a place in a promotion/relegation play-off against the 14th placed club in
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League.
Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-plac ...
, which would be played over two home and away matches.
Hapoel Herzliya
Hapoel Herzliya ( he, הפועל הרצליה) is an Israeli football club based in Herzliya. The club is currently in Liga Alef North division and play their home matches at the Herzliya Municipal Stadium.
History
The Hapoel sport club in ...
were promoted to
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League.
Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-plac ...
;
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...
and Hapoel Marmorek (both to South division) were relegated from
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League.
Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-plac ...
.
*
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Hadera–Giv'at Olga "Shulem Schwarz" F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל חדרה–גבעת אולגה שולם שוורץ) is an Israeli football club from Hadera.
They currently play in the Israeli Premier League, and have ...
was transferred from South division to North division.
* Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi,
Hapoel Bnei Tamra
Hapoel Bnei Tamra Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל בני תמרה, ar, شباب طمرة) was an Israeli football club based in Tamra. A successor club, F.C. Tzeirei Tamra was established in 2013.Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel were relegated to
Liga Bet
Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions.
History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
Liga Bet
Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions.
History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
Liga Bet
Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions.
History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
from South division;
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי קביליו יפו) is an Israeli football club from Jaffa, Tel Aviv. Founded in 2007 as a phoenix football club by fans of Maccabi Jaffa F.C., which was dissolved in 2000 and a ...
and
Bnei Eilat
Bnei Eilat Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בני אילת) is an Israeli football club based in Eilat. They are currently in Liga Alef South division.
History
Bnei Eilat were founded in 2006 and are not related to the football cl ...
were promoted to the South division from
Liga Bet
Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions.
History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
.
North Division
South Division
Promotion play-offs
First round
Second and third placed clubs played single match at home against the fourth and fifth placed clubs in their respective regional division.
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Hapoel Asi Gilboa and Hapoel Afula (from North division) and Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (from South division) advanced to the second round.
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Second round
The winners of the first round played single match at home of the higher ranked club (from each regional division).
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Hapoel Asi Gilboa and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa advanced to the third round.
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Third round
Hapoel Asi Gilboa and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa faced each other for a single match in neutral venue. the winner advanced to the fourth round against the 14th placed club in Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa advanced to the fourth round.
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Fourth round
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa faced the 14th placed in
2010–11 Liga Leumit
The 2010–11 Liga Leumit was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011.
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including tw ...
Hakoah Ramat Gan. the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the
2011–12 Liga Leumit
The 2011–12 Liga Leumit was the thirteen season since its introduction in 1999 and the 70th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 19 August 2011 and ended on 18 May 2012.
A total of sixteen teams were contesting in the league, in ...
. The matches took place on May 26 and 31, 2011.
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Hakoah Ramat Gan won 3–2 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa remained in Liga Alef.
Relegation play-offs
North play-off
The 14th placed club in Liga Alef North, Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm, faced the Liga Bet play-offs winner, F.C. Givat Olga. the winner earned a spot in the
2011–12 Liga Alef The 2011–12 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Asi Gilboa (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Yavne (champions of the South Division) win their regional divisions and qualify for promotion play-offs. Maccabi Yavne won the promotion play-offs a ...
.
Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm relegated to Liga Bet.
South play-off
The 14th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda, faced the Liga Bet play-offs winner, Ortodoxim Lod. the winner earned a spot in the
2011–12 Liga Alef The 2011–12 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Asi Gilboa (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Yavne (champions of the South Division) win their regional divisions and qualify for promotion play-offs. Maccabi Yavne won the promotion play-offs a ...
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 ...