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2024–25 Liga Leumit

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Liga Leumit
Season2024–25
DatesAugust 2024 – 22 May 2025
ChampionsHapoel Tel Aviv
PromotedHapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva
RelegatedHapoel Afula
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
Matches played592
Goals scored773 (1.31 per match)
Top goalscorerStav Turiel
Ben Hadadi (16 goals)
All statistics correct as of 14 February 2025.

The 2024–25 Liga Leumit is the 26th season as second tier since its realignment in 1999 and the 83rd 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 2023–24 season, the two promoted teams from Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2023–24 Israeli Premier League.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season.

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 Bat Yam Municipal Stadium[a] 3,100
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 Kfar Shalem Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Stadium[a] 13,370
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Nof HaGalil Green Stadium 5,200
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana Ra'anana Levita Stadium[a] 5,800
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 Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Umm al-Fahm HaShalom Stadium 5,800
Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv Ness Ziona Stadium[a] 3,500
Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Grundman Stadium[b] 4,300
  1. ^ a b c d Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.
  2. ^ Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground Hertzliya Municipal Stadium is under renovations.

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Advances
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 22 6 2 65 22 +43 72 Advances to the Promotion Round
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 22 5 3 52 19 +33 71
3 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 30 18 5 7 62 38 +24 59
4 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 17 5 8 58 29 +29 56
5 Bnei Yehuda 30 13 5 12 37 36 +1 44
6 Maccabi Herzliya 30 12 6 12 37 51 −14 42
7 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 10 10 10 37 37 0 40
8 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 12 4 14 41 43 −2 40
9 F.C. Kafr Qasim 30 10 9 11 28 26 +2 39 Advances to the Relegation Round
10 Hapoel Acre 30 12 3 15 29 42 −13 39
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 30 9 10 11 34 37 −3 37
12 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 30 11 4 15 48 60 −12 37
13 Maccabi Jaffa 30 6 11 13 33 46 −13 29
14 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 30 6 5 19 30 49 −19 23
15 Hapoel Afula 30 3 12 15 25 52 −27 21
16 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 4 6 20 21 50 −29 18
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.

Results

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Home \ Away HTA HPT HKH HRG MHE HRS BNY HKS FKQ HRL HAC HRA HNG MJA HAF HUF
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–2 3–0 7 Feb 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 27 Jan 3–1 4–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 1–0 3–2 4–1 31 Jan 1–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 10 Feb 2–1
Hapoel Kfar Shalem 31 Jan 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 10 Feb 3–1 4–3 4–1 1–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–3 1–2 0–6 6–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 27 Jan
Maccabi Herzliya 0–3 24 Jan 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–5 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–2
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 1–2 0–1 3–4 0–4 31 Jan 0–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 7 Feb 3–1
Bnei Yehuda 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 31 Jan 2–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–2 2–3 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 24 Jan 0–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
F.C. Kafr Qasim 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 24 Jan 2–0 0–0 1–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–0 10 Feb 1–2 0–1 2–0 31 Jan 2–0
Hapoel Acre 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 27 Jan 1–3 1–0 1–2 31 Jan 2–0 2–1 2–1
Hapoel Ra'anana 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 7 Feb 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 3–4 1–3 1–2 7 Feb 1–4 0–1 31 Jan 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Maccabi Jaffa 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–4 24 Jan 4 Feb 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 3–1
Hapoel Afula 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–4 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–2
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 1–1 0–1 24 Jan 31 Jan 2–1 0–3 2–1 7 Feb 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2025. 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 HTA HPT HRG HKH MHE BNY HKS HRL
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv (C, P) 37 27 7 3 78 25 +53 88 Promoted to Israeli Premier League 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva (P) 37 27 7 3 64 20 +44 88 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
3 Hapoel Ramat Gan 37 22 5 10 71 35 +36 71 0–1 3–2 4–2 2–0
4 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 37 19 6 12 65 53 +12 63 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–4
5 Maccabi Herzliya 37 15 6 16 46 64 −18 51 0–3 0–2 2–0
6 Bnei Yehuda 37 15 5 17 49 51 −2 50 3–2 1–2 2–4
7 Hapoel Kfar Saba 37 12 11 14 43 49 −6 47 0–3 1–0 1–1
8 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 37 13 7 17 50 55 −5 46 1–2 1–1 1–3
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 HRS HRA MJA HNG HAF HUF
9 Hapoel Acre 37 17 4 16 42 49 −7 55 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–2
10 F.C. Kafr Qasim 37 13 11 13 35 33 +2 50 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–0
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (R) 37 14 6 17 62 71 −9 48 Administrative relegation 1–2 4–3 0–0 3–3
12 Hapoel Ra'anana 37 10 13 14 40 45 −5 43 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–0
13 Maccabi Jaffa 37 9 14 14 44 53 −9 41 1–1 2–0 2–0
14 Hapoel Nof HaGalil (O) 37 8 8 21 36 56 −20 32 Qualification for the Promotion/relegation playoff 1–3 2–0 2–1
15 Hapoel Afula 37 4 14 19 30 61 −31 26 0–1 0–0 3–2
16 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (R) 37 5 8 24 29 64 −35 23 Relegated to Liga Alef 1–0 0–3 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation playoff

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

Hapoel Nof HaGalil5-2Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem

See also

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References

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