1965–66 Liga Leumit

The 1965–66 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Tel Aviv crowned champions and qualify for the first Asian Club Championships. Moshe Romano (Shimshon Tel Aviv) and Mordechai Spiegler (Maccabi Netanya) were the joint top scorers with 17 goals each.

Liga Leumit
Season1965–66
ChampionsHapoel Tel Aviv
6th title
RelegatedMaccabi Petah Tikva
Beitar Tel Aviv
Top goalscorerMoshe Romano
Mordechai Spiegler (17)

Maccabi Petah Tikva and Beitar Tel Aviv were relegated to Liga Alef.

Rule changes edit

Prior to the season the IFA decided to allow substitutions of one player and one goalkeeper during matches.[1]

Final table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Hapoel Tel Aviv30121443623+1338Qualified for Asian Club Championship
2Maccabi Tel Aviv30146104529+1634
3Hapoel Petah Tikva30101464229+1334
4Maccabi Netanya3013894935+1434
5Hapoel Ramat Gan30121084032+834
6Shimshon Tel Aviv30128103731+632
7Hapoel Haifa30128103132−132
8Hapoel Mahane Yehuda30119103638−231
9Hakoah Ramat Gan3091293734+330
10Bnei Yehuda30910113138−728
11Maccabi Jaffa30910113341−828
12Hapoel Jerusalem30910112940−1128
13Hapoel Be'er Sheva3099122125−427
14Maccabi Sha'arayim30107133340−727
15Maccabi Petah Tikva3079142643−1723Relegated to Liga Alef
16Beitar Tel Aviv30510152137−1620
Source: rsssf.com

Results edit

Home \ AwayBTABnYHARHBSHHAHJEHMYHPTHRGHTAMJAMNEMPTMSHMTASTA
Beitar Tel Aviv1–40–01–00–12–02–10–01–20–00–24–11–11–20–40–2
Bnei Yehuda1–02–20–04–12–02–00–11–30–12–21–10–32–11–02–1
Hakoah Ramat Gan2–12–02–00–01–12–11–10–10–00–12–10–01–12–11–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva0–12–01–00–10–13–11–40–11–10–04–00–01–00–10–1
Hapoel Haifa1–00–02–10–01–00–01–04–20–21–01–15–01–00–12–1
Hapoel Jerusalem1–11–13–10–11–12–20–12–11–33–01–11–00–02–11–0
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda2–22–12–32–02–03–10–01–11–32–11–00–11–10–01–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva0–03–00–00–12–01–23–11–11–13–03–01–11–03–11–3
Hapoel Ramat Gan1–01–12–10–01–07–01–22–21–01–11–13–00–00–20–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–00–00–31–01–10–00–02–24–15–31–33–22–02–01–0
Maccabi Jaffa0–02–23–11–22–12–01–21–51–30–00–01–03–12–00–3
Maccabi Netanya4–14–02–13–03–01–32–11–10–01–00–11–24–02–12–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva2–10–01–31–22–01–10–21–11–20–01–10–51–31–01–2
Maccabi Sha'arayim1–00–22–22–21–22–05–12–01–00–02–01–31–02–11–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv1–03–03–20–03–21–10–03–10–02–22–02–12–15–01–2
Shimshon Tel Aviv1–11–01–10–02–22–01–21–13–10–10–00–11–22–10–4
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References edit

  1. ^ "כל קבוצה תתמודד פעמיים תוך שבועיים נגד אותו יריב - בעונת הכדורגל הבאה" [Each Team Would Compete Against the Same Opponent Within Two Weeks - In the Next Football Season]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 2 September 1965. Retrieved 11 April 2020.