2023–24 Liga Leumit

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Liga Leumit
Season2023–24
Dates24 August 2023 – 17 May 2024

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

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

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

To Liga Leumit

Relegated from Premier League

From Liga Leumit

Premier League
Relegated to Liga Alef

Stadia and locations

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 Lod Municipal Stadium[a] 3,000
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 e Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

Regular season

League table

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

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation IKS BNY ITI HNG MJA HRS MHE HUF
1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 32 20 4 8 52 20 +32 64 Promoted to Israeli Premier League 2–1
2 Bnei Yehuda 32 19 5 8 58 39 +19 62 0–0 1–3
3 Ironi Tiberias 32 16 12 4 51 29 +22 60 3–1
4 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 32 15 8 9 54 35 +19 53 5–0
5 Maccabi Jaffa 32 14 8 10 62 47 +15 50 2–3
6 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 32 13 9 10 60 53 +7 48 4–2
7 Maccabi Herzliya 32 12 9 11 37 48 −11 45
8 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 32 10 12 10 39 38 +1 42 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.

Relegation playoffs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation HAC HRG FKQ SNZ HKS HRL HAF IBS
9 Hapoel Acre 32 11 12 9 46 42 +4 45 —
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 32 9 11 12 41 37 +4 38 —
11 F.C. Kafr Qasim 32 9 10 13 33 45 −12 37 —
12 Sektzia Ness Ziona 32 9 9 14 40 55 −15 36 —
13 Hapoel Kfar Saba 32 8 11 13 32 43 −11 35 —
14 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 32 9 8 15 28 43 −15 35 Qualification for the Promotion/relegation playoff —
15 Hapoel Afula 32 7 9 16 36 53 −17 30 Relegated to Liga Alef —
16 Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr[a] (R) 32 4 5 23 29 71 −42 15 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr were deducted 2 points

Promotion/relegation playoff

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

14th placedvLiga Alef promotion play-offs winner

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