1978–79 Liga Leumit

The 1978–79 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title, whilst Hapoel Hadera, Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Rishon LeZion (in their first season back in the top division since 1952) were relegated to Liga Artzit. Oded Machnes (Maccabi Netanya) and Eli Miali (Beitar Jerusalem) were the league's joint top scorers with 18 goals.

Liga Leumit
Season1978–79
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
14th title
RelegatedHapoel Hadera
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Top goalscorerOded Machnes
Eli Miali (18)

Final table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)3018844716+3144
2Beitar Jerusalem30141245023+2740
3Maccabi Netanya30121264733+1436Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
4Bnei Yehuda3081752821+733
5Hapoel Haifa3091382724+331
6Hapoel Tel Aviv3091382730−331
7Maccabi Jaffa30127113842−431
8Hapoel Yehud3081392525029
9Hapoel Be'er Sheva30911103133−229
10Hapoel Kfar Saba30911103841−329
11Beitar Tel Aviv30811113030027
12Shimshon Tel Aviv30811113035−527
13Maccabi Petah Tikva30811112546−2127
14Hapoel Hadera (R)30105153544−925Relegated to Liga Artzit
15Hapoel Jerusalem (R)30513121826−823
16Hapoel Rishon LeZion[a] (R)30410161946−2716
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Two points deducted

Results edit

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Beitar Jerusalem2–01–14–04–11–01–12–13–00–12–13–01–13–00–13–1
Beitar Tel Aviv0–30–02–01–20–21–11–23–00–03–24–02–02–00–31–1
Bnei Yehuda1–11–11–01–02–02–10–00–01–11–01–00–00–11–11–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva1–13–11–00–42–00–02–11–11–10–14–10–13–11–00–0
Hapoel Hadera1–00–00–21–50–11–03–03–10–01–14–11–44–21–33–1
Hapoel Haifa1–11–01–10–02–00–10–00–00–01–10–02–14–00–12–0
Hapoel Jerusalem0–00–01–11–01–20–12–20–01–10–32–01–10–10–11–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba0–32–21–14–12–02–21–04–10–10–01–21–30–11–11–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion1–20–01–11–22–00–11–00–11–12–01–51–10–10–52–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–10–31–11–12–23–10–22–03–02–00–32–10–01–10–2
Hapoel Yehud4–20–01–01–10–00–00–01–21–01–01–00–01–21–00–1
Maccabi Jaffa1–11–00–01–11–03–20–02–31–23–00–02–12–04–30–0
Maccabi Netanya1–12–22–11–03–11–11–02–22–00–13–32–06–20–02–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–01–01–11–01–01–12–11–32–10–10–01–23–30–10–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv1–11–01–40–02–02–02–03–00–02–01–13–01–03–03–0
Shimshon Tel Aviv1–30–11–11–11–01–11–11–11–02–11–02–31–20–00–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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