1979–80 Liga Alef

The 1979–80 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Kiryat Shmona (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Yavne (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Artzit.

Promotion play-offs, played in two legs, which both held in neutral venue, contested between the second placed clubs in each regional division. Beitar Ramla won over Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, and became the third promoted club.

North Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	15	7	4	42	16	26	37	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	26	14	7	5	36	22	14	35	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Hadera	26	12	11	3	39	16	23	33	Two points deducted
4	Hapoel Givat Olga	26	12	9	5	34	24	10	33
5	Hapoel Netanya	26	11	10	5	44	24	20	32
6	Hapoel Tel Hanan	26	11	8	7	36	23	13	30
7	Beitar Netanya	26	8	11	7	27	20	7	27
8	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	9	8	9	27	24	3	26
9	Hapoel Afikim	26	8	9	9	46	37	9	25
10	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	26	7	9	10	29	28	1	23
11	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	26	5	10	11	26	37	-11	20
12	Hapoel Nahariya	26	5	8	13	22	32	-10	18
13	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth ¹	26	4	9	13	25	37	-12	16	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm ¹	26	1	4	21	9	104	-95	5	Relegated to Liga Bet

1. No points or goals were awarded for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth - Hapoel Umm al-Fahm due to suspicions of bribery in the match, which ended 21-1.^[1]

South Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Yavne	26	15	6	5	34	19	15	36	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Beitar Ramla	26	12	9	5	32	20	12	33	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Ramla	26	12	10	4	29	13	16	32	Two points deducted
4	Beitar Be'er Sheva	26	11	10	5	30	20	10	32
5	Maccabi Sha'arayim	26	9	11	6	38	30	8	27	Two points deducted
6	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	26	9	9	8	22	22	0	27
7	Hapoel Ashkelon	26	9	7	10	28	25	3	25
8	Hapoel Ashdod	26	9	7	10	28	32	-4	25
9	Hapoel Dimona	26	8	5	13	31	34	-3	21
10	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	26	7	9	10	29	35	-6	21	Two points deducted
11	Hapoel Marmorek	26	4	13	9	23	30	-7	21
12	Lazarus Holon	26	6	9	11	22	33	-11	21
13	Hapoel Or Yehuda	26	4	12	10	19	31	-12	20	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	26	5	7	14	26	47	-21	17	Relegated to Liga Bet

Promotion play-offs

Hapoel Ramat HaSharon v Beitar Ramla

10.5.1980

Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	0 – 0	Beitar Ramla

Hapoel Petah Tikva

Beitar Ramla v Hapoel Ramat HaSharon

17.5.1980

Beitar Ramla	2 – 1	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon

Hapoel Petah Tikva
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abraham Klein

Beitar Ramla promoted to Liga Artzit.

References

Decision about relegation - delayed Maariv, 4.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Punishement undermines Hapoel Ramla Maariv, 4.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Nahariya - To Liga Bet Maariv, 11.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Beitar Ramla - In Artzit Maariv, 18.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

↑ Maccabi Ahi Nazareth relegated to Liga Bet Davar, 18.7.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba Bnei Eilat F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Morasha Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Sha'arayim Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

See also: Liga Artzit

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