1978–79 Liga Leumit

The 1978–79 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title, whilst Hapoel Hadera, Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Rishon LeZion (in their first season back in the top division since 1952) were relegated to Liga Artzit. Oded Machnes (Maccabi Netanya) and Eli Miali (Beitar Jerusalem) were the league's joint top scorers with 18 goals.

Liga Leumit
Season1978–79
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
14th title
RelegatedHapoel Hadera
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Top goalscorerOded Machnes
Eli Miali (18)

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 30 18 8 4 47 16 +31 44
2 Beitar Jerusalem 30 14 12 4 50 23 +27 40
3 Maccabi Netanya 30 12 12 6 47 33 +14 36 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
4 Bnei Yehuda 30 8 17 5 28 21 +7 33
5 Hapoel Haifa 30 9 13 8 27 24 +3 31
6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 9 13 8 27 30 −3 31
7 Maccabi Jaffa 30 12 7 11 38 42 −4 31
8 Hapoel Yehud 30 8 13 9 25 25 0 29
9 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 30 9 11 10 31 33 −2 29
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 9 11 10 38 41 −3 29
11 Beitar Tel Aviv 30 8 11 11 30 30 0 27
12 Shimshon Tel Aviv 30 8 11 11 30 35 −5 27
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva 30 8 11 11 25 46 −21 27
14 Hapoel Hadera (R) 30 10 5 15 35 44 −9 25 Relegated to Liga Artzit
15 Hapoel Jerusalem (R) 30 5 13 12 18 26 −8 23
16 Hapoel Rishon LeZion[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 4 10 16 19 46 −27 16
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Two points deducted

Results
Home \ Away BEI BTA BnY HBS HAH HHA HJE HKS HRL HTA HYE MJA MNE MPT MTA STA
Beitar Jerusalem — 2–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–1
Beitar Tel Aviv 0–3 — 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–1
Bnei Yehuda 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 3–1 1–0 — 0–4 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0
Hapoel Hadera 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–5 — 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–4 4–2 1–3 3–1
Hapoel Haifa 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 2–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 — 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–3 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 — 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 — 1–1 2–0 1–5 1–1 0–1 0–5 2–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 — 2–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2
Hapoel Yehud 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1
Maccabi Jaffa 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 — 2–1 2–0 4–3 0–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–3 2–0 — 6–2 0–0 2–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–3 — 0–1 0–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 — 3–0
Shimshon Tel Aviv 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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