2024–25 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	2024–25
Dates	August 2024 – May 2025
Matches played	7
Goals scored	23 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clé (8 goals)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 27 August 2024.

The 2024–25 Liga Leumit is the 26th season as second tier since its realignment in 1999 and the 83rd season of second-tier football in Israel.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2023–24 season, the two promoted teams from Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2023–24 Israeli Premier League.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season.

To Liga Leumit

Promoted from Liga Alef

Hapoel Kfar Shalem (South Division) ^[1]
Hapoel Ra'anana (North Division) ^[2]

Relegated from Premier League

From Liga Leumit

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to Liga Alef

Stadia and locations

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
F.C. Kafr Qasim	Kafr Qasim	Haberfeld Stadium^[a]	6,000
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 Kfar Shalem	Tel Aviv	Ramat Gan Stadium^[a]	13,370
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	Nof HaGalil	Green Stadium	5,200
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium	11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Levita Stadium^[a]	5,800
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 Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	Umm al-Fahm	HaShalom Stadium	5,800
Maccabi Jaffa	Tel Aviv	Ness Ziona Stadium^[a]	3,500
Maccabi Herzliya	Herzliya	Grundman Stadium^[a]	5,300

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	20	14	3	3	47	26	+21	45	Qualification for the Promotion Round
2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	19	13	3	3	41	19	+22	42
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	19	12	5	2	37	19	+18	41
4	Hapoel Petah Tikva	20	13	4	3	32	17	+15	43
5	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	19	10	1	8	42	33	+9	31
6	Bnei Yehuda	20	9	4	7	28	25	+3	31
7	Maccabi Herzliya	20	8	4	8	27	37	−10	28
8	Hapoel Kfar Saba	20	6	9	5	27	27	0	27
9	F.C. Kafr Qasim	20	6	7	7	18	16	+2	25	Qualification for the Relegation Round
10	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	20	7	2	11	24	31	−7	23
11	Hapoel Acre	19	7	1	11	17	29	−12	22
12	Hapoel Nof HaGalil	19	6	3	10	29	35	−6	21
13	Hapoel Ra'anana	20	4	8	8	24	30	−6	20
14	Maccabi Jaffa	20	3	8	9	24	32	−8	17
15	Hapoel Afula	19	0	10	9	17	37	−20	10
16	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	20	1	4	15	14	35	−21	7

Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.

Results

Home \ Away	BNY	FKQ	HAC	HAF	HKS	HKH	HNG	HPT	HRA	HRG	HRS	HRL	HTA	HUF	MHE	MJA
Bnei Yehuda	—	1–1		31 Jan	1–1		0–2			1–3	3–0	1–0		2–0	3–1	1–0
F.C. Kafr Qasim	0–1	—	4–0	0–0	0–1	4 Feb	2–0	0–2	24 Jan		2–0	1–1		1–1
Hapoel Acre	1–3		—	2–1		0–1	4 Feb	0–1	31 Jan		27 Jan	1–2	0–1		0–2	2–1
Hapoel Afula	2–2		1–1	—	1–1	1–3		0–2	0–4	0–4		4 Feb	1–1			2–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–1		0–2	2–0	—	2–2		2–3	2–2	2–2	4 Feb	24 Jan	2–2			2–1
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	2–1	3–0	10 Feb			—	4–3	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–3		31 Jan	1–0	2–1	4–1
Hapoel Nof HaGalil		31 Jan	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	—		0–0	1–2	1–4	3–2	3–4	2–1	7 Feb
Hapoel Petah Tikva	4–1	1–0	3–0	10 Feb	31 Jan		2–3	—		1–1	3–2			2–1	1–0	0–0
Hapoel Ra'anana	0–1	1–2	2–1		7 Feb		2–2	1–1	—	0–1			0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1
Hapoel Ramat Gan	4 Feb	3–0	2–0	27 Jan	2–0	0–6				—			1–3		6–0	2–1
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon		1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–4			4–0	0–4	—	4–1	1–2		31 Jan	7 Feb
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	10 Feb		0–1	2–0	1–2	1–4		0–2	2–0	0–1		—	2–1		2–0	31 Jan
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–1	0–1				3–0	27 Jan	2–2	1–1	7 Feb	4–2	3–0	—	4 Feb	3–0	3–1
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm		7 Feb	1–2	0–0	2–1	24 Jan	0–1	0–1	2–3	31 Jan	0–3	0–1	1–1	—
Maccabi Herzliya	3–2	1–0		2–2	1–0		2–1	24 Jan	4 Feb		2–1	2–5		2–2	—	1–1
Maccabi Jaffa	24 Jan	1–1		2–2	4 Feb		0–3			3–0	2–4	2–0		3–1	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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[1] צפו: הפועל כפר שלם עלתה לליגה הלאומית. דאבל פס (in Hebrew). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[2] לאחר שנתיים: הפועל רעננה חוזרת לליגה הלאומית. דאבל פס (in Hebrew). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[3] הפועל תל אביב ירדה לליגה הלאומית בפעם השלישית בתולדותיה. walla.co.il (in Hebrew). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[4] אחרי עונה אחת: הפועל פ"ת ירדה ללאומית. sport5.co.il (in Hebrew). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[5] קרית שמונה חזרה לליגת העל אחרי עונה, טבריה שמרה על המקום ה-2. walla.co.il (in Hebrew). 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

[6] טירוף בלאומית: עירוני טבריה עלתה לליגת העל לראשונה בתולדותיה. walla.co.il (in Hebrew). 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[7] ירידה שנייה בשנתיים: סקציה ירדה לליגה א`. mako.co.il (in Hebrew). 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[8] בני יהודה וק״ש נפרדו ב-0:0, טבריה התקרבה, שפרעם ירדה רשמית. ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

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