1996–97 Liga Alef

Israeli football season

The 1996–97 Liga Alef season saw Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Lod promoted to Liga Artzit as the respective winners of the North and South divisions.

At the bottom, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek, Hapoel Iksal (from North division), Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi (from South division) were all relegated to Liga Bet.

North Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bnei Sakhnin 30 21 6 3 67 23 +44 69 Promoted to Liga Artzit
2 Hapoel Acre 30 19 8 3 54 19 +35 65
3 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 30 20 5 5 52 24 +28 65
4 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 30 15 7 8 52 36 +16 52
5 Hapoel Karmiel 30 15 7 8 57 42 +15 52
6 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 13 4 13 41 42 −1 43
7 Hapoel Kafr Kanna 30 10 9 11 37 35 +2 39
8 Maccabi Shefa-'Amr 30 11 6 13 39 43 −4 39
9 Maccabi Tamra 30 10 7 13 36 39 −3 37
10 Maccabi Hadera 30 8 12 10 34 39 −5 36
11 Hapoel Kafr Qasim 30 9 7 14 26 37 −11 34
12 Maccabi Isfiya 30 9 6 15 29 47 −18 33
13 Maccabi Afula 30 7 9 14 26 38 −12 30
14 Shimshon Tel Aviv 30 8 6 16 37 54 −17 30
15 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 30 6 11 13 25 47 −22 29 Relegated to Liga Bet
16 Hapoel Iksal 30 0 8 22 17 64 −47 8
Source: [citation needed]

South Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Lod 30 18 8 4 63 29 +34 62 Promoted to Liga Artzit
2 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 30 17 9 4 59 20 +39 60
3 Hapoel Or Yehuda 30 14 6 10 60 49 +11 48
4 Hapoel Dimona 30 12 11 7 46 28 +18 47
5 Beitar Be'er Sheva 30 12 10 8 46 37 +9 46
6 Maccabi Sha'arayim 30 12 8 10 40 38 +2 44
7 Hapoel Kiryat Ono 30 11 8 11 32 30 +2 41
8 Hapoel Yehud 30 8 12 10 31 32 −1 36
9 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 30 8 12 10 35 37 −2 36
10 Beitar Ramla 30 10 6 14 31 39 −8 36
11 Hapoel Yeruham 30 9 8 13 33 67 −34 35
12 Maccabi Lazarus Holon 30 8 10 12 44 40 +4 34
13 Maccabi Ramat Amidar 30 6 16 8 27 30 −3 34
14 Tzeirei Jaffa 30 8 9 13 33 46 −13 33
15 Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah 30 7 11 12 33 46 −13 32 Relegated to Liga Bet
16 Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi 30 3 10 17 25 70 −45 19
Source: [citation needed]

References

  • Liga Alef North IFA (in Hebrew)
  • Liga Alef South IFA (in Hebrew)
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See also: Liga Artzit
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1996–97 in Israeli football
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Liga Leumit
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  • Hapoel Petah Tikva
  • Hapoel Rishon LeZion
  • Hapoel Tayibe
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv
  • Hapoel Tzafririm Holon
  • Maccabi Haifa
  • Maccabi Herzliya
  • Maccabi Petah Tikva
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv