1978–79 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	1978–79
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv 14th title
Relegated	Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Top goalscorer	Oded Machnes Eli Miali (18)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

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.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)	30	18	8	4	47	16	+31	44
2	Beitar Jerusalem	30	14	12	4	50	23	+27	40
3	Maccabi Netanya	30	12	12	6	47	33	+14	36	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
4	Bnei Yehuda	30	8	17	5	28	21	+7	33
5	Hapoel Haifa	30	9	13	8	27	24	+3	31
6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	9	13	8	27	30	−3	31
7	Maccabi Jaffa	30	12	7	11	38	42	−4	31
8	Hapoel Yehud	30	8	13	9	25	25	0	29
9	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	30	9	11	10	31	33	−2	29
10	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	9	11	10	38	41	−3	29
11	Beitar Tel Aviv	30	8	11	11	30	30	0	27
12	Shimshon Tel Aviv	30	8	11	11	30	35	−5	27
13	Maccabi Petah Tikva	30	8	11	11	25	46	−21	27
14	Hapoel Hadera (R)	30	10	5	15	35	44	−9	25	Relegated to Liga Artzit
15	Hapoel Jerusalem (R)	30	5	13	12	18	26	−8	23
16	Hapoel Rishon LeZion^[a] (R)	30	4	10	16	19	46	−27	16

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Two points deducted

Results

Home \ Away	BEI	BTA	BnY	HBS	HAH	HHA	HJE	HKS	HRL	HTA	HYE	MJA	MNE	MPT	MTA	STA
Beitar Jerusalem	—	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–1
Beitar Tel Aviv	0–3	—	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	3–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	1–1
Bnei Yehuda	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	3–1	1–0	—	0–4	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0
Hapoel Hadera	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–5	—	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–4	4–2	1–3	3–1
Hapoel Haifa	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	2–0
Hapoel Jerusalem	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	—	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–3	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	—	4–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–5	1–1	0–1	0–5	2–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	—	2–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2
Hapoel Yehud	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1
Maccabi Jaffa	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	3–0	0–0	—	2–1	2–0	4–3	0–0
Maccabi Netanya	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–0	—	6–2	0–0	2–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–3	—	0–1	0–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	—	3–0
Shimshon Tel Aviv	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Israel - List of final tables RSSSF

v t e Top division football seasons in Israel
Eretz Israel League	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1937 1938–39 1939 1940 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49
Israeli League	1949–50 1950–51
Liga Alef	1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55
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v t e 1978–79 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup
Related to national team	Results 1980 Olympics qualification
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Yehud Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv

v t e 1978–79 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77–'78 '79–'80

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