2018–19 Liga Alef
Season | 2018–19 |
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Champions | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm F.C. Kafr Qasim |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Liga Alef season was the 10th season as third tier since its re-alignment in 2009 and the 77th season of third-tier football in Israel.
Changes from last season
Team changes
- Sektzia Nes Tziona were promoted to Liga Leumit; Ironi Nesher (to North division) and Maccabi Herzliya (to South division) were relegated from Liga Leumit.
- Hapoel Beit She’an was relegated to Liga Bet from the North division, along with Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmet, who folded during the season.[1] The two clubs were replaced by Hapoel Kaukab and Hapoel Bnei Zalafa , which were promoted to the North division from Liga Bet.
- Agudat Sport Ashdod (Hapoel Adumim Ashdod) which were promoted to the South division from Liga Bet.
North Division
Season | 2018–19 |
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Champions | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm |
Top goalscorer | Ohad Kadousi (Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye) (27)[2] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 63[a] | Promotion to Liga Leumit |
2 | Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 48 | Promotion Playoffs |
3 | Hapoel Herzliya | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 46 | |
4 | Hapoel Kaukab | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 43 | |
5 | F.C. Tira | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 39 | |
6 | Hapoel Bnei Zalafa | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 37 | |
7 | Hapoel Kafr Kanna | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 37 | |
8 | F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 36 | |
9 | Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 34 | |
10 | Hapoel Asi Gilboa | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 34 | |
11 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 34 | |
12 | Ironi Tiberias | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 34 | |
13 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 33 | |
14 | Ironi Nesher | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 33 | Relegation Playoffs |
15 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 31[b] | Relegation to Liga Bet |
16 | Hapoel Shefa-'Amr[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Folded |
Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2019. Source: Liga Alef North IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Notes:
- ^ Hapoel Umm al-Fahm had two points deducted following its crowd rioting in a play-off match against Ironi Tiberias at the end of the 2017–18 season.[3][4]
- ^ Hapoel Jerusalem had three points deducted due to an outstanding debt to a former player.[5]
- ^ On 13 December 2018 The match between Hapoel Shefa-‘Amr and Hapoel Migdal HaEmek was cancelled as Hapoel Shefa-‘Amr failed to register the match with the IFA.[6] On 2 January 2019 the IFA disciplinary tribunal decided to expel Hapoel Shefa-‘Amr from the league and to nullify its results.[7]
South Division
Season | 2018–19 |
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Champions | F.C. Kafr Qasim |
Top goalscorer | Yossi Asayag (F.C. Kafr Qasim) (29) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 17 | +45 | 72 | Promotion to Liga Leumit |
2 | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 18 | +30 | 70 | Promotion Playoffs |
3 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 52 | |
4 | Agudat Sport Ashdod
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30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 50 | |
5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 46 | |
6 | Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 46 | |
7 | Maccabi Yavne | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 44 | |
8 | F.C. Holon Yermiyahu | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 42 | |
9 | Shimshon Kafr Qasim | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 42 | |
10 | Nordia Jerusalem | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 40 | |
11 | Hapoel Azor | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 32 | |
12 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 32 | |
13 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 31 | |
14 | Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 24 | Relegation Playoffs |
15 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 19 | Relegation to Liga Bet |
16 | Beitar Kfar Saba | 30 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 57 | −34 | 14 |
Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2019. Source: Liga Alef South IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Promotion play-offs
Regional semi-finals | Regional final | Final | ||||||||||||
N2 | Hapoel B. al-Gharbiyye | 3 (3) | ||||||||||||
N5 | F.C. Tira | 3 (1) | ||||||||||||
N2 | Hapoel B. al-Gharbiyye | 5 | ||||||||||||
North division | ||||||||||||||
N3 | Hapoel Herzliya | 2 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Hapoel Herzliya | 2 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Hapoel Kaukab | 0 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Hapoel B. al-Gharbiyye | 0 | ||||||||||||
S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 2 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 4 (2) | ||||||||||||
S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 4 (4) | ||||||||||||
S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 1 (3 | ||||||||||||
South division | ||||||||||||||
S3 | Maccabi Sha’aryim | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||
S3 | Maccabi Sha’arayim | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||
S4 | A.S. Ashdod | 1 (3) |
Test matches
Hapoel Acre | 4–3 | Maccabi Herzliya |
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Yuval Titelman 20' Elior Seiderre 43', 60', 74' |
3' Shivhon 41', 84' (pen)Assaf Levi |
Referee: Ziv Adler
Maccabi Herzliya | 1–3 | Hapoel Acre |
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Amir Lavi 30' | 45', 68', 90+4' Naor Abudi |
Hapoel Acre won 7–4 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Maccabi Herzliya remained in Liga Alef.
Relegation play-offs
North division
Ironi Nesher | 0–4 | Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara |
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Report | 20', 30' Jeish 42' Sidawi 61' Kabaha |
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch
South division
References
- ^ Weissermann, Michael (11 April 2018). "סופית: מכבי דליית אל כרמל הודיעה על פירוק" [Final: Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Announced Its Folding]. Doublepass (in Hebrew). Sport5. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "כובשי שערים" [Goalscorers]. football.org.il (in Hebrew). IFA. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Portal, Kobi (8 May 2018). "הפחתת שתי נקודות בפועל, קנס כספי ועונש רדיוס לשלושה משחקים" [Final: Two Points Deduction, a Fine and Three Matches Away from Home Punishment]. Doublepass (in Hebrew). Sport5. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "אום אל פחם ספגה הפחתת שתי נקודות, עונש רדיוס וקנס כספי" [Umm al-Fahm Received a Two Points Deduction, An Away from Home Matches Punishment and a Fine]. Yalla Sport (in Hebrew). 8 May 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Portal, Kobi (5 January 2019). "צרות בצרורות: שלוש נקודות נוספות הופחתו ממאזנה של הפועל ירושלים" [Final: When It Rains, It Pours: Three Further Points Were Deducted from Hapoel Jerusalem]. Doublepass (in Hebrew). Sport5. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Portal, Kobi (13 December 2018). "המשחק בין שפרעם למגדל העמק בוטל" [Final: The Match Between Shefa-‘Amr and Migdal HaEmek is Cancelled]. Doublepass (in Hebrew). Sport5. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Portal, Kobi (2 January 2019). "בית הדין קבע: הפסקת פעילות להפועל שפרעם" [Final: The Tribunal Decided: Cease of Action to Hapoel Shefa-‘Amr]. Doublepass (in Hebrew). Sport5. Retrieved 22 February 2020.