1997–98 Liga Artzit

The 1997–98 Liga Artzit season saw Maccabi Jaffa win the title and earn promotion to the top division. Tzafririm Holon were also promoted.

At the other end of the table, Hapoel Ramat Gan and Maccabi Yavne were relegated to Liga Alef.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Jaffa	30	20	9	1	64	24	40	69	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Tzafririm Holon	30	20	8	2	58	20	38	68	Promoted to Liga Leumit
3	Hapoel Ashdod	30	15	10	5	59	37	22	55
4	Hakoah Ramat Gan	30	12	8	10	38	31	7	44
5	Maccabi Netanya	30	11	11	8	43	43	0	44
6	Beitar Tel Aviv	30	11	7	12	33	36	-3	40
7	Hapoel Bat Yam	30	11	7	12	40	44	-4	40
8	Hapoel Tayibe	30	10	10	10	36	36	0	39*
9	Bnei Sakhnin	30	10	9	11	43	41	2	38*
10	SK Nes Tziona	30	9	10	11	49	40	9	37
11	Maccabi Acre	30	9	9	12	33	47	-14	36
12	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	30	10	7	13	47	41	6	34	3 points deducted
13	Maccabi Kafr Kanna	30	8	10	12	29	39	-10	34
14	Hapoel Lod	30	8	10	12	45	53	-8	32	2 points deducted
15	Hapoel Ramat Gan	30	6	8	16	31	52	-21	26	Relegated to Liga Alef
16	Maccabi Yavne	30	1	5	24	24	88	-64	8	Relegated to Liga Alef

* The Hapoel Tayibe vs Bnei Sakhnin match was abandoned due to crowd trouble. The match was not replayed and neither club was awarded points for the game.

References

Israel 1997/98 RSSSF

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Afula Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne

Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1941–42 1946–47 1949–50 1951–52 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

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