Israeli football season
The 1977–78 Liga Gimel season saw 108 clubs competing in 8 regional divisions to promote Liga Bet .
Hapoel Afula , Maccabi Shefa-'Amr , Hapoel Ein Mahil, Maccabi Or Akiva , Hapoel Tira , Hapoel Azor , Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah and Maccabi Be'er Sheva won their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Bet .
Maccabi Acre , Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel , Maccabi Bat Yam and Hapoel Bnei Lakhish were also promoted, as both Liga Leumit and Liga Artzit expanded from 14 to 16 clubs each.
Galilee Division
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Hapoel Afula
26
16
6
4
94
41
+53
38
Promoted to Liga Bet
2
Maccabi Afula
26
15
6
5
63
27
+36
36
3
Maccabi Safed
26
11
11
4
59
32
+27
33
4
Hapoel Kinneret
26
11
10
5
47
42
+5
32
5
Hapoel Yardena
26
12
7
7
47
41
+6
31
6
Hapoel Shlomi
26
9
7
10
41
45
−4
25
7
Hapoel Tur'an
26
8
8
10
41
58
−17
24
8
Maccabi Beit She'an
26
9
5
12
57
57
0
23
9
Beitar Tiberias
26
9
5
12
39
54
−15
23
10
Hapoel Kafr Sumei
26
7
8
11
43
52
−9
22
11
Beitar Hatzor
26
8
5
13
54
67
−13
21
12
Maccabi Karmiel
26
9
2
15
42
54
−12
20
13
Hapoel Karmiel
26
6
7
13
28
45
−17
19
Relegated to Liga Dalet
14
Hapoel Yir'on
26
7
3
16
51
90
−39
17
Bay Division
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Maccabi Shefa-'Amr
24
17
5
2
54
26
+28
39
Promoted to Liga Bet
2
Maccabi Acre
24
15
3
6
49
21
+28
33
3
Maccabi Ben Ami
24
12
6
6
40
28
+12
30
4
Hapoel Makr
24
12
6
6
40
28
+12
30
5
Maccabi Skahnin
24
10
9
5
38
28
+10
29
6
Beitar Haifa
24
11
5
8
42
29
+13
27
7
Hapoel Bnei Tamra
24
11
3
10
42
36
+6
25
8
Hapoel Abu Snan
24
9
5
10
47
49
−2
23
9
Hapoel Bnei Acre
24
8
5
11
30
32
−2
21
10
Maccabi Tzur Shalom
24
7
2
15
38
44
−6
16
11
Hapoel HaTzair Daliyat al-Karmel
24
4
8
12
28
48
−20
16
12
Maccabi Tel Hanan
24
4
4
16
32
84
−52
12
13
Hapoel Sha'ab
24
2
3
19
21
61
−40
7
Relegated to Liga Dalet
–
Hapoel Rechasim
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Haifa Division
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Hapoel Ein Mahil
24
19
3
2
63
16
+47
41
Promoted to Liga Bet
2
Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel
24
18
4
2
83
17
+66
40
3
Hapoel Atlit
24
15
4
5
86
35
+51
34
4
Beitar al-Amal Nazareth
24
13
3
8
54
36
+18
29
5
Maccabi Kafr Kanna
24
13
3
8
34
33
+1
29
6
Hapoel Halissa
24
9
6
9
39
32
+7
24
7
Hapoel Arraba
24
8
6
10
36
54
−18
22
8
Hapoel Kafr Kanna
24
8
4
12
28
47
−19
20
9
Hapoel Yafa
24
5
7
12
28
50
−22
17
10
Beitar Daliyat al-Karmel
24
5
6
13
30
48
−18
16
11
Hapoel Ta'anachim
24
6
3
15
43
71
−28
15
12
Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on
24
5
2
17
38
94
−56
12
13
Hapoel Ahva Haifa
24
3
3
18
13
42
−29
9
Relegated to Liga Dalet
Samaria Division
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Maccabi Or Akiva
24
14
10
0
69
22
+47
38
Promoted to Liga Bet
2
Beitar Pardes Hanna
24
16
5
3
68
23
+45
37
3
Maccabi Fureidis
24
15
4
5
63
37
+26
34
4
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm
24
14
2
8
47
35
+12
30
5
Hapoel Sela Hadera
24
10
8
6
51
36
+15
28
6
Maccabi Pardes Hanna
24
9
7
8
35
35
0
25
7
Hapoel Yokne'am
24
8
7
9
54
62
−8
23
8
Beitar Binyamina
24
7
6
11
45
50
−5
20
9
Hapoel Lehavot Haviva
24
4
9
11
20
45
−25
17
10
Beitar Dov Netanya
24
4
8
12
23
40
−17
16
11
Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye
24
5
5
14
31
63
−32
15
12
Hapoel Fureidis
24
5
5
14
34
67
−33
15
13
Hapoel Isfiya
25
5
4
16
36
61
−25
14
Relegated to Liga Dalet
Sharon Division
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Hapoel Tira
24
20
2
2
82
27
+55
42
Promoted to Liga Bet
2
Hapoel Jaljulia
24
18
2
4
77
26
+51
36[a]
3
Maccabi Ramat HaSharon
24
13
4
7
75
42
+33
30
4
Hapoel Hod HaSharon
24
13
4
7
58
33
+25
30
5
Hapoel Tnuvot
24
12
5
7
63
33
+30
29
6
Hapoel Tel Mond
24
11
5
8
51
45
+6
27
7
Beitar Kfar Saba
24
8
7
9
35
40
−5
23
8
Maccabi Amidar Netanya
24
9
4
11
42
67
−25
22
9
Hapoel Ge'ulim
24
7
6
11
36
47
−11
20
10
Elitzur Bar Ilan
24
7
4
13
41
57
−16
18
11
Maccabi Yehud
24
5
6
13
42
84
−42
14[a]
12
Hapoel Sdei Hemed
24
3
5
16
34
86
−52
11
13
Hapoel Kadima
24
2
2
20
17
66
−49
2[b]
Relegated to Liga Dalet
^ a b 2 points deducted
^ 4 points deducted
Dan Division
Central Division
South Division
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Maccabi Be'er Sheva
26
21
4
1
78
14
+64
46
Promoted to Liga Bet
2
Hapoel Bnei Lakhish
26
18
6
2
67
22
+45
42
3
Hapoel Be'eri Eshkol
26
17
3
6
71
29
+42
37
4
Maccabi Dimona
26
16
5
5
54
25
+29
37
5
Beitar Ashkelon
26
16
2
8
47
28
+19
34
6
Beitar Ofakim
26
14
4
8
54
45
+9
32
7
Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi
26
11
6
9
46
40
+6
28
8
Hapoel Arad
26
11
4
11
59
59
0
26
9
Hapoel Netivot
26
10
2
14
37
50
−13
22
10
Maccabi Eilat
26
8
1
17
31
45
−14
17
11
Beitar Kiryat Gat
26
6
4
16
29
58
−29
16
12
Hapoel Patish
26
6
2
18
28
71
−43
14
13
Hapoel Sderot
26
2
4
20
17
61
−44
8
Relegated to Liga Dalet
14
Hapoel Bitha
26
2
1
23
13
85
−72
3[a]
References
Upper Galilee Lower Galilee
Beitar Kafr Kanna
Beitar Kiryat Ata
Bnei Kafr Yasif
F.C. Kabul
F.C. Kafr Yasif
Hapoel Bnei Dir al-Asad
Hapoel Ironi Ibli'in
Maccabi Basmat Tab'un
Maccabi Ihud Bnei Ibtin
Tzeirei Kafr Manda
Jezreel Samaria Sharon Tel Aviv Central South Seasons(fifth tier) Seasons(sixth tier)
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
Domestic leagues Domestic cups Related to national team Club seasons
Liga Leumit
Beitar Jerusalem
Beitar Tel Aviv
Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
Hapoel Acre
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Yehud
Maccabi Jaffa
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Shimshon Tel Aviv
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