2020–21_Liga_Leumit
2020–21 Liga Leumit
Football league season
The 2020–21 Liga Leumit was the 22nd season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 79th season of second-tier football in Israel.
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A total of sixteen teams contested in the league, including twelve sides from the 2019–20 season, the two promoted teams from 2019–20 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2019–20 Israeli Premier League.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.
To Liga Leumit
Promoted from Liga Alef
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem (South Division)
- Hapoel Iksal (North Division)
Relegated from Premier League
From Liga Leumit
Promoted to Premier League
Relegated to Liga Alef
Stadia and locations
^A The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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1 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 57 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
2 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 54 | |
3 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 46 | |
4 | Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 44 | |
5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 43 | |
6 | Hapoel Iksal | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 43 | |
7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 42 | |
8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 40 | |
9 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 39 | |
11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 35 | |
12 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 35 | |
13 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 32 | |
14 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 31 | |
15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 27 | |
16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
Notes:
Home \ Away | HAJ | HNG | BTB | IKS | HRS | SNZ | HRL | HRG | HAC | HAF | HUF | HRA | MAN | FKQ | HPT | HKS |
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Hapoel Jerusalem | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||||
Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | ||||
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||||
Hapoel Iksal | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||||
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||
Sektzia Ness Ziona | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |||||
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |||||
Hapoel Acre | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||
Hapoel Afula | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | ||||
Hapoel Ra'anana | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | ||||
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |||||
F.C. Kafr Qasim | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||||
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | ||||
Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
The table lists the results of teams in each round.
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L |
F.C. Kafr Qasim | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W |
Hapoel Acre | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D |
Hapoel Afula | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D |
Hapoel Iksal | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L |
Hapoel Jerusalem | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | W |
Hapoel Kfar Shalem | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W |
Hapoel Nof HaGalil | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W |
Hapoel Ra'anana | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | W |
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W |
Hapoel Rishon LeZion | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L |
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L |
Sektzia Ness Ziona | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L |
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Hapoel Jerusalem | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Sektzia Ness Ziona | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Hapoel Iksal | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 10 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
Hapoel Afula | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
Hapoel Ra'anana | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
F.C. Kafr Qasim | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Hapoel Acre | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HNG | HAJ | SNZ | HRL | BTB | HRG | HRS | IKS | |
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1 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil (Q, C) | 37 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 72 | Promoted to Israeli Premier League | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | ||||
2 | Hapoel Jerusalem (Q) | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 71 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||||
3 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 59 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||
4 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 37 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 53 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | ||||||
5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 51 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||
6 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 48 | 0–3 | 2–4 | — | 6–0 | ||||||
7 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 47 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | ||||||
8 | Hapoel Iksal (R) | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 44 | Relegated to Liga Alef | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Results by round
The table lists the results of teams in each round.
Team ╲ Round | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
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Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | D | D | L | D | L | D | W |
Hapoel Iksal | L | D | L | L | L | L | L |
Hapoel Jerusalem | D | D | W | W | W | W | W |
Hapoel Nof HaGalil | D | D | W | D | W | W | W |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | D | W | W | D | L | L | L |
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | D | L | L | W | L | L | L |
Hapoel Rishon LeZion | D | L | W | D | W | W | L |
Sektzia Ness Ziona | W | W | L | L | W | D | W |
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HAF | HRA | MAN | FKQ | HAC | HUF | HPT | HKS | |
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9 | Hapoel Afula | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 49 | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |||||
10 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 48 | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | |||||
11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 45 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||||
12 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 42 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |||||
13 | Hapoel Acre | 37 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 42 | 5–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | ||||||
14 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (Q) | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 42 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||||
15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 41 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||||||
16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem (R) | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 34 | Relegated to Liga Alef | 1–6 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Results by round
The table lists the results of teams in each round.
Team ╲ Round | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
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F.C. Kafr Qasim | L | W | D | L | W | L | L |
Hapoel Acre | L | L | D | W | D | W | W |
Hapoel Afula | L | W | D | W | W | L | L |
Hapoel Kfar Shalem | W | D | D | L | L | W | L |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | W | W | D | W | D | L | W |
Hapoel Ra'anana | W | L | D | L | W | W | W |
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | W | D | L | L | L | W | W |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | L | L | W | W | L | L | L |
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
The 14th-placed team faced 2020–21 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner in a one game.
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 1-0 | Maccabi Jaffa |
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Elimelech 21' | Report |
- "Israel - Liga Leumit 2020/21 Standings". www.scorespro.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.