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Israeli Liga Leumit

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Established
1955 (71 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-08-27

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
1

Level Above
Israeli Premier League

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Sport
Soccer

Location
Israel

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
23 Aug 26	Kafr QasKafr Qasim	4:00pm	Hapoel AHapoel Akko
23 Aug 26	Hapoel KHapoel Kfar Saba	4:00pm	Ironi MoIroni Modi'in
23 Aug 26	Maccabi Maccabi Herzliya	4:00pm	Hapoel RHapoel Ra'anana
23 Aug 26	Bnei YehBnei Yehuda	4:00pm	Hapoel KHapoel Kfar Shalem
23 Aug 26	Hapoel KHapoel Kiryat Yam	4:00pm	Maccabi Maccabi Bnei Reineh
24 Aug 26	Maccabi Maccabi Akhi Nazareth	4:00pm	Hapoel AHapoel Afula
24 Aug 26	AshdodAshdod	4:00pm	Maccabi Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
24 Aug 26	Maccabi Maccabi Kiryat Gat	4:00pm	Hapoel RHapoel Rishon LeZion
30 Aug 26	Hapoel AHapoel Akko	4:00pm	Bnei YehBnei Yehuda
30 Aug 26	Hapoel AHapoel Afula	4:00pm	Hapoel RHapoel Ra'anana
		Results
18 Aug 26	Maccabi KMaccabi Kabilio Jaffa	2 - 6	Hapoel KiHapoel Kiryat Yam
18 Aug 26	Maccabi BMaccabi Bnei Reineh	1 - 4	Bnei YehuBnei Yehuda
18 Aug 26	Ironi ModIroni Modi'in	0 - 2	Maccabi HMaccabi Herzliya
18 Aug 26	Hapoel KfHapoel Kfar Shalem	2 - 0	Kafr QasiKafr Qasim
18 Aug 26	Hapoel RaHapoel Ra'anana	2 - 0	Maccabi AMaccabi Akhi Nazareth
18 Aug 26	Hapoel RiHapoel Rishon LeZion	2 - 0	Hapoel KfHapoel Kfar Saba
18 Aug 26	Hapoel AfHapoel Afula	2 - 0	AshdodAshdod
18 Aug 26	Hapoel AkHapoel Akko	0 - 2	Maccabi KMaccabi Kiryat Gat
25 May 26	Ironi ModIroni Modi'in	2 - 0	Hapoel RaHapoel Raanana
25 May 26	Hapoel KfHapoel Kfar Shalem	2 - 6	Hapoel RiHapoel Rishon LeZion

Description

The Israeli Liga Leumit (Hebrew: הליגה הלאומית, HaLiga HaLeumit, lit. 'National League') is the second division of the professional Israeli association football (soccer) league system. This second-tier league is placed directly below the Israeli Premier League.

There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-placed teams are relegated to Liga Alef while the two highest-placed teams from Liga Alef are promoted in their place. The two highest-placed Liga Leumit teams are promoted to the Israeli Premier League while the bottom two teams from Israeli Premier League are relegated in their place.

The participating clubs were first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches, with all points accumulated by the clubs are halved.

Following this, the top eight teams will first play in a promotion playoff. To determine the promoted teams. and the eight clubs play a single round-robin schedule.

The Israeli State Cup winners qualify for the third qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

In addition, the bottom eight teams play out to avoid two relegation spots.


Seasons

Teams

Ashdod		Bnei Yehuda		Hapoel Afula
Hapoel Akko		Hapoel Kfar Sab		Hapoel Kfar Sha
Hapoel Kiryat Y		Hapoel Ra'anana		Hapoel Rishon L
Ironi Modi'in		Kafr Qasim		Maccabi Akhi Na
Maccabi Bnei Re		Maccabi Herzliy		Maccabi Kabilio
Maccabi Kiryat

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