2023–24 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season2023–24
Dates24 August 2023 – 24 May 2024
ChampionsIroni Kiryat Shmona
PromotedIroni Kiryat Shmona
Ironi Tiberias
RelegatedIhud Bnei Shefa-'Amr
Sektzia Ness Ziona

The 2023–24 Liga Leumit is the 25th season as second tier since its realignment in 1999 and the 82nd season of second-tier football in Israel.

Teams

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A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2022–23 season, the two promoted teams from Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2022–23 Israeli Premier League.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season.

To Liga Leumit

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Relegated from Premier League
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From Liga Leumit

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Relegated to Liga Alef
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Stadia and locations

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Club Home City Stadium Capacity
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
F.C. Kafr Qasim Kafr Qasim HaMoshava Stadium[a] 11,500
Hapoel Acre Acre Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000
Hapoel Afula Afula Afula Illit Stadium 3,000
Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Nof HaGalil Green Stadium 5,200
Hapoel Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Stadium 13,370
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 4,300
Hapoel Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Umm al-Fahm HaShalom Stadium 5,800
Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Shefa-'Amr Ilut Stadium[a] 4,932
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Stadium 5,300
Ironi Tiberias Tiberias Afula Illit Stadium[a] 3,000
Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv Ness Ziona Stadium 3,500
Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Netanya Stadium[a] 13,610
Sektzia Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Stadium 3,500
  1. ^ a b c d Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bnei Yehuda 30 19 4 7 57 36 +21 61 Qualification for the Promotion Round
2 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 30 19 3 8 50 19 +31 60
3 Ironi Tiberias 30 14 12 4 46 28 +18 54
4 Maccabi Jaffa 30 14 8 8 58 40 +18 50
5 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 30 13 8 9 46 34 +12 47
6 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 30 12 9 9 55 48 +7 45
7 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 10 12 8 38 34 +4 42
8 Maccabi Herzliya 30 11 9 10 34 41 −7 42
9 Hapoel Acre 30 10 11 9 41 40 +1 41 Qualification for the Relegation Round
10 F.C. Kafr Qasim 30 9 10 11 31 39 −8 37
11 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 9 8 13 27 39 −12 35
12 Sektzia Ness Ziona 30 9 7 14 38 53 −15 34
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 8 10 12 36 35 +1 34
14 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 7 10 13 27 40 −13 31
15 Hapoel Afula 30 5 9 16 33 53 −20 24
16 Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr[a] 30 4 4 22 27 66 −39 14
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr were deducted 2 points

Results

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Home \ Away BNY FKQ HAC HAF HKS HNG HRG HRS HRL HUF IBS IKS ITI MHE MJA SNZ
Bnei Yehuda — 1–0 3–4 4–2 4–1 1–0 0–5 3–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–1
F.C. Kafr Qasim 1–0 — 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–0
Hapoel Acre 2–1 3–1 — 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 1–1
Hapoel Afula 1–1 1–1 1–0 — 1–3 2–2 2–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba 3–3 0–0 1–2 0–2 — 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–4 2–2
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 — 0–0 1–0 0–2 5–2 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–2 1–1 0–0 5–2 0–0 0–1 — 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 5–1
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 — 1–0 1–1 6–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–4 5–2
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–1
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 3–1 — 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2
Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–5 0–1 2–1 — 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 3–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 — 1–2 5–1 5–1 1–0
Ironi Tiberias 1–2 5–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 — 2–2 0–1 1–0
Maccabi Herzliya 3–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 — 0–3 1–1
Maccabi Jaffa 0–0 0–1 2–2 5–1 1–1 3–2 3–3 2–2 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–5 1–1 1–1 — 5–1
Sektzia Ness Ziona 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation IKS ITI BNY HNG MJA HRS MHE HUF
1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (C, P) 37 24 4 9 66 23 +43 76 Promoted to Israeli Premier League 2–0 0–2 5–0 2–1
2 Ironi Tiberias (P) 37 20 12 5 62 34 +28 72 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–1
3 Bnei Yehuda 37 22 6 9 71 45 +26 72 0–0 1–3 3–1 2–0
4 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 37 18 9 10 62 39 +23 63 2–0 5–0 2–1
5 Maccabi Jaffa 37 14 9 14 68 62 +6 51 0–3 2–2 2–3 1–3
6 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 37 13 11 13 64 64 0 50 1–4 4–2 2–2
7 Maccabi Herzliya 37 13 11 13 43 61 −18 50 1–4 2–2 1–1
8 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 37 11 14 12 47 51 −4 47 0–2 1–6 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Relegation playoffs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation HAC FKQ HRG HAF HRL HKS SNZ IBS
9 Hapoel Acre 37 12 14 11 54 49 +5 50 5–2 1–2 0–1 0–0
10 F.C. Kafr Qasim 37 12 11 14 44 50 −6 47 0–1 2–0 0–1 8–4
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 37 11 11 15 47 43 +4 44 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–0
12 Hapoel Afula 37 11 10 16 44 54 −10 43 1–1 2–0 3–0
13 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 37 11 10 16 37 48 −11 43 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1
14 Hapoel Kfar Saba (A) 37 10 12 15 36 47 −11 42 Qualification for the Promotion/relegation playoff 0–0 2–2 0–1
15 Sektzia Ness Ziona (R) 37 10 10 17 44 63 −19 40 Relegated to Liga Alef 0–2 1–2 2–2
16 Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr[a] (R) 37 5 5 27 37 93 −56 18 2–5 0–5 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr were deducted 2 points

Promotion/relegation playoff

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The 14th-placed team faced Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner in a one game.

Hapoel Kfar Saba1-0F.C. Tira
Referee: Orel Grinfeld

References

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