2004–05 Liga Alef

The 2004–2005 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Tzur Shalom (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Bnei Lod (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to 2005–06.

At the bottom, Hapoel Tuba, Maccabi Tur'an (from North division), Hapoel Qalansawe and Hapoel Jaljulia (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet.

North Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	26	14	7	5	49	23	26	49	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi	26	13	9	4	43	24	19	48
3	Ironi Shlomi	26	14	3	9	39	32	7	45
4	Hapoel Kafr Kanna	26	13	4	9	53	47	6	43
5	Hapoel Afula	26	9	10	7	51	50	1	37
6	Maccabi Tamra	26	11	4	11	33	36	-3	37
7	Hapoel Asi Gilboa	26	11	3	12	44	35	9	36
8	Hapoel Kafr Sumei	26	9	5	12	33	36	-3	32
9	Hapoel Reineh	26	8	7	11	42	39	3	31
10	Hapoel Makr	26	8	7	11	26	40	-14	31
11	Hapoel Beit She'an	26	6	12	8	31	39	-8	30
12	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	26	7	8	11	24	31	-7	29	Relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Tuba	26	7	6	13	28	45	-17	27	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Maccabi Tur'an	26	5	9	12	32	51	-19	24	Relegated to Liga Bet

South Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Bnei Lod	26	19	5	2	51	18	33	62	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Ironi Ofakim	26	15	11	0	43	14	29	56
3	Maccabi Sha'arayim	26	13	7	6	51	21	30	46
4	Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda	26	11	9	6	45	25	20	42
5	F.C. Kafr Qasim	26	9	7	10	37	46	-9	34
6	Maccabi Yavne	26	9	6	11	37	42	-5	33
7	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	26	7	12	7	24	31	-7	33
8	A.S. Ramat Eliyahu	26	8	7	11	45	47	-2	31
9	Hapoel Mevaseret Zion	26	8	7	11	32	47	-15	31
10	Beitar Kiryat Gat	26	7	9	10	36	35	1	30
11	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	26	8	5	13	33	45	-12	29
12	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	26	7	7	12	27	40	-13	28	Relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Qalansawe	26	5	7	14	31	57	-26	22	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Jaljulia	26	4	5	17	26	50	-24	17	Relegated to Liga Bet

Relegation play-offs

North play-off

The 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, faced Liga Bet North A and North B runners-up, Hapoel Karmiel and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Nahariya Municipal Stadium.

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm v Hapoel Karmiel

20 May 2005

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	1 - 1	Hapoel Karmiel
	Report (Hebrew)

Hapoel Karmiel v Maccabi Shefa-'Amr

24 May 2005

Hapoel Karmiel	0 - 3	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr
	Report (Hebrew)

Maccabi Shefa-'Amr v Hapoel Umm al-Fahm

28 May 2005

Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	0 - 1	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
	Report (Hebrew)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	2	1	0	1	3	1	2	3	Remained in Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Karmiel	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	1	Remained in Liga Bet

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef. Maccabi Shefa-'Amr remained in Liga Alef after Hapoel Majd al-Krum (which relegated from Liga Artzit to Liga Alef) folded during the summer.

South play-off

The 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev, faced Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Azor and Ironi Nes Tziona. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Bat Yam Municipal Stadium.

Ironi Nes Tziona v Hapoel Azor

20 May 2005

Ironi Nes Tziona	3 - 1	Hapoel Azor
	Report (Hebrew)

Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev v Hapoel Azor

24 May 2005

Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	1 - 1	Hapoel Azor
	Report (Hebrew)

Ironi Nes Tziona v Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev

27 May 2005

Ironi Nes Tziona	1 - 0	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev
	Report (Hebrew)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Ironi Nes Tziona	2	2	0	0	4	1	3	6	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1	Remained in Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Azor	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1	Remained in Liga Bet

Ironi Nes Tziona won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef. Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev remained in Liga Alef after a vacancy was created in the South division, following the merger of Liga Artzit club, Maccabi Ramat Amidar, with Hakoah Ramat Gan.

References

Liga Alef 04/05, walla.co.il

Fourth Level Israeli football league seasons

North A	Ahi Acre Ahi Bir al-Maksur Ahva Kafr Manda Al-Nahda Nazareth Beitar Haifa Beitar Kafr Kanna Beitar Nahariya F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Bnei Maghar Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Bnei Nahf Maccabi Ironi Acre

North B	F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo Hapoel Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ihud Bnei Baqa Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Sulam Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

South A	Agudat Sport Holon Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeiri Tayibe Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Pardesiya Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Ironi Beit Dagan Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona

South B	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Yavne Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Be'er Sheva F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yaniv Hapoel Merhavim Hapoel Rahat Ironi Beit Shemesh Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Segev Shalom Tzeirei Rahat

Seasons (fourth level)	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

Football in Israel

Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League (2015–16) Liga Leumit (2015–16) Liga Alef (2015–16) Liga Bet (2015–16) Liga Gimel (2015–16) Noar Premier League (2015–16)

Women	Women's League (2015–16)

Other	Beach Soccer League ('15) ('16) Futsal League

Domestic cups

Men	State Cup (2015–16) Super Cup Toto Cup (2015–16 Al, 2015–16 Leumit) Youth State Cup (2015–16)

Women	Israeli Women's Cup (2015–16)

Defunct competitions

National teams

Men	National team (History Players Records) U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 Mandatory Palestine

Women	National team U-19 U-17

Other	National beach team National futsal team

Related to national team