1958–59 Liga Alef

The 1958–59 Liga Alef season saw Bnei Yehuda win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Bnei Yehuda	22	14	6	2	49	15	34	34	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	22	11	6	5	33	20	13	28
3	Hakoah Tel Aviv	22	11	4	7	24	23	1	26
4	Beitar Jerusalem	22	10	6	6	40	36	4	26
5	Maccabi Hadera	22	9	5	8	30	32	-2	23
6	Hapoel Rehovot	22	9	3	10	32	33	-1	21
7	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	22	9	2	11	28	35	-7	20
8	Hapoel Hadera	22	8	3	11	33	33	0	19
9	Maccabi Rehovot	22	7	5	10	26	32	-6	19
10	Shimshon Tel Aviv	22	8	3	11	19	29	-10	19
11	Maccabi Sha'arayim	22	5	1	16	33	40	-7	11	Relegation play-offs
12	Hapoel Afula	22	5	1	16	20	44	-24	11	Relegation play-offs

Relegation play-offs

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 11th and 12th placed clubs in Liga Alef, Maccabi Sha'arayim and Hapoel Afula, and the second placed clubs of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Hapoel Netanya and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Each club played the other three once.

Hapoel Afula v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Afula	5 – 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Maccabi Sha'arayim v Hapoel Netanya

Maccabi Sha'arayim	1 – 1	Hapoel Netanya

Hapoel Afula v Hapoel Netanya

Hapoel Afula	3 – 1	Hapoel Netanya

Maccabi Sha'arayim v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Maccabi Sha'arayim	0 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Afula v Maccabi Sha'arayim

Hapoel Afula	6 – 0	Maccabi Sha'arayim

Hapoel Netanya v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Netanya	1 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Shortly after the Relegation play-offs, Hapoel Afula was disqualified for fielding Zvi Singel, who was also listed at the Israeli football association as a player of lower division club, Hapoel Beit HaShita. as a result, Afula lost their Liga Alef status, and Hapoel Netanya took their place in Liga Alef.^[1]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Afula	3	3	0	0	14	1	13	6	Disqualified, relegated to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	2	0	1	4	6	-2	4	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Netanya	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1	Promoted to Liga Alef
4	Maccabi Sha'arayim	3	0	1	2	1	9	–8	1	Relegated to Liga Bet

References

Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
Hapoel Afula almost certain in Liga Alef Maariv, 7.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Hapoel Balfouria and Beer Sheva in Liga Alef Davar, 14.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

↑ Hapoel Afula disqualified Maariv, 5.7.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

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

1958–59 in Israeli football

« 1957–58 1959–60 »

Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet

Domestic cups	State Cup 1957–58 1958–59 10th Anniversary Cup

Related to national team	Results

Club seasons

Liga Leumit	Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

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