The 2022–23 Liga Leumit is the 24th season as second tier since its realignment in 1999 and the 81st season of second-tier football in Israel.

A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2020-21 season, the two promoted teams from 2021–22 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2021–22 Israeli Premier League.

Changes from 2021–22 season

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season.

To Liga Leumit

Promoted from Liga Alef

Relegated from Premier League

From Liga Leumit

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to Liga Alef

Overview

Stadions and locations

Club Home City Stadium Capacity
A.S. Ashdod Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400
F.C. Kafr Qasim Kafr Qasim Lod Municipal Stadium[a] 3,000
Hapoel Acre Acre Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000
Hapoel Afula Afula Afula Illit Stadium 3,000
Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800
Hapoel Nof HaGalil Nof HaGalil Green Stadium 5,200
Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Hapoel Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Stadium 13,370
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 4,300
Hapoel Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Umm al-Fahm HaShalom Stadium 7,000
Ironi Tiberias Tiberias Afula Illit Stadium[b] 3,000
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Nazareth Ilut Stadium 4,932
Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv Ramla Municipal Stadium 2,000
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
  1. ^ F.C. Kafr Qasim play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.
  2. ^ Ironi Tiberias play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 30 19 4 7 57 30 +27 61 Qualification for the Promotion playoffs
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 18 6 6 48 25 +23 60
3 Ironi Tiberias 30 15 10 5 50 29 +21 55
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 14 9 7 37 21 +16 51
5 Hapoel Acre 30 13 8 9 38 31 +7 47
6 Maccabi Jaffa 30 13 5 12 42 42 0 44
7 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 12 6 12 38 39 −1 42
8 Bnei Yehuda 30 11 8 11 43 39 +4 41
9 Hapoel Afula 30 10 9 11 37 36 +1 39 Qualification for the Relegation playoffs
10 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 30 10 6 14 30 42 −12 36
11 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 9 8 13 33 38 −5 35
12 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 30 9 8 13 29 35 −6 35
13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 8 10 12 30 40 −10 34
14 F.C. Kafr Qasim 30 7 12 11 33 35 −2 33
15 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 30 7 6 17 31 53 −22 27
16 A.S. Ashdod[a] 30 4 7 19 20 61 −41 7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ A.S. Ashdod were deducted 12 points


Results

Home \ Away BNY FKQ HAC HAF HAD HKS HNG HPT HRG HRS HRL HUF ITI MAN MJA MPT
Bnei Yehuda — 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1
F.C. Kafr Qasim 0–0 — 3–3 0–0
Hapoel Acre 1–1 — 1–0 0–1 4–2
Hapoel Afula 3–0 — 2–0 0–0 2–1
A.S. Ashdod 1–3 2–1 — 2–0 0–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 3–2 1–0 — 0–1
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 1–2 — 1–4 2–1 3–2 0–3
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–0 4–0 0–1 — 2–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–2 2–2 — 1–4 0–2
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 1–0 1–2 2–0 — 0–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2–0 0–1 — 2–0 2–0
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 —
Ironi Tiberias 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 —
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 —
Maccabi Jaffa 2–1 1–2 2–1 —
Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on complete source="Ligat Leumit – Matches".. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Position by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Maccabi Petah Tikva21111111
Maccabi Jaffa16536762
Hapoel Acre10129811873
Hapoel Petah Tikva62253484
Hapoel Kfar Saba47322225
Ironi Tiberias75119129106
Hapoel Rishon LeZion1111765647
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon5412107358
Hapoel Afula33474539
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm13148111013910
Bnei Yehuda910649101111
Hapoel Nof HaGalil1515151313121212
F.C. Kafr Qasim129141514141413
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth81310128111314
Hapoel Ramat Gan148131415151515
A.S. Ashdod1616161616161616
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion playoffs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation MPT HPT ITI HUF HAC MJA HKS BNY
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva (C, P) 37 23 6 8 73 34 +39 75 Promoted to Israeli Premier League —
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva (P) 37 21 8 8 62 31 +31 71 —
3 Ironi Tiberias 37 19 10 8 57 38 +19 67 —
4 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 37 17 9 11 44 32 +12 60 —
5 Hapoel Acre 37 15 11 11 50 39 +11 56 —
6 Maccabi Jaffa 37 15 7 15 47 50 −3 52 —
7 Hapoel Kfar Saba 37 15 6 16 48 52 −4 51 —
8 Bnei Yehuda 37 13 9 15 51 59 −8 48 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Relegation playoffs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation HRG HAF HRS HRL FKQ HNG MAN HAD
9 Hapoel Ramat Gan 37 13 11 13 50 49 +1 50 —
10 Hapoel Afula 37 12 10 15 49 51 −2 46 —
11 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 37 12 10 15 45 47 −2 46 —
12 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 37 11 11 15 45 48 −3 44 —
13 F.C. Kafr Qasim 37 9 15 13 43 47 −4 42 —
14 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 37 12 6 19 42 59 −17 42 Qualification for the Promotion/relegation playoff —
15 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (R) 37 11 9 17 37 55 −18 42 Relegated to Liga Alef —
16 A.S. Ashdod[a] (R) 37 4 10 23 26 78 −52 10 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ A.S. Ashdod were deducted 12 points

Promotion/relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team faced Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner in a one game.

Hapoel Nof HaGalil2–0Hapoel Kfar Shalem
Alan Buzorgi 3'
mahran Radi 75'		 Report
Netanya Stadium, Netanya
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld

References

  1. ^ a b c Biton, Liran (1 August 2022). "טוטו לאומית: ראשל"צ ניצחה את בני יהודה". Yediot Ahronot.
  2. ^ Ginzburg, Yonatan (27 July 2022). "'אנחנו הקבוצה הזולה בליגה, אבל ננסה לעלות'". One. תומר מרגוליס, מנכ"ל בית"ר ת"א בת-ים, התייחס למה שצפוי העונה בליגה א' דרום מבחינת היורדת הטרייה. הקבוצה החלה להתאמן הבוקר לקראת העונה שבפתח
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Liga_Leumit
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