2020–21 Liga Leumit
# 2020–21 Liga Leumit

The 2020–21 Liga Leumit was the 22nd season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 79th season of second-tier football in Israel.

A total of sixteen teams contested in the league, including twelve sides from the 2019–20 season, the two promoted teams from 2019–20 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2019–20 Israeli Premier League.

## Changes from 2019–20 season

### Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

### To Liga Leumit

Promoted from Liga Alef

* Hapoel Kfar Shalem (South Division)
* Hapoel Iksal (North Division)

Relegated from Premier League

* Sektzia Ness Ziona
* Hapoel Ra'anana

### From Liga Leumit

Promoted to Premier League

* Maccabi Petah Tikva
* Bnei Sakhnin

Relegated to Liga Alef

* Hapoel Bnei Lod
* Hapoel Ashkelon

## Overview

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Home City | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | Tel Aviv and Bat Yam | Ness Ziona Stadium | 3,500 |
| F.C. Kafr Qasim | Kafr Qasim | Lod Municipal Stadium | 3,000 |
| Hapoel Acre | Acre | Acre Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
| Hapoel Afula | Afula | Afula Illit Stadium | 3,000 |
| Hapoel Iksal | Iksal | Afula Illit Stadium | 3,000 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | Tel Aviv | Grundman Stadium | 4,300 |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | Nof HaGalil | Green Stadium | 5,200 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Ra'anana | Ramat Gan Stadium | 13,370 |
| 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 | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Nazareth | Ilut Stadium | 4,932 |
| Sektzia Ness Ziona | Ness Ziona | Ness Ziona Stadium | 3,500 |

^A The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 57 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
| 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 54 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 46 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 44 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 43 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
| 6 | Hapoel Iksal | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 43 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
| 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 42 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 40 | Qualification for the Promotion playoffs |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
| 11 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
| 12 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
| 13 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
| 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs |

* ↑ Teams play each other two times (30 rounds) before the league is split into two groups (the top eight and the bottom eight).

## Results

| Home \ Away | HAJ | HNG | BTB | IKS | HRS | SNZ | HRL | HRG | HAC | HAF | HUF | HRA | MAN | FKQ | HPT | HKS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | | | | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | | | 5–1 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | | 0–2 | — | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Hapoel Iksal | 3–3 | | 1–1 | — | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | — | | | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sektzia Ness Ziona | | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Acre | 0–5 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | | |
| Hapoel Afula | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | | | | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 0–2 | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | | 1–4 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| F.C. Kafr Qasim | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | — | | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 0–3 | | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | — |

## Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L |
| F.C. Kafr Qasim | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W |
| Hapoel Acre | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D |
| Hapoel Afula | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D |
| Hapoel Iksal | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | W |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | W |
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L |
| Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| Sektzia Ness Ziona | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L |

## Position by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sektzia Ness Ziona | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Hapoel Iksal | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 10 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Hapoel Afula | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| F.C. Kafr Qasim | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Hapoel Acre | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 |

## Promotion playoffs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HNG | HAJ | SNZ | HRL | BTB | HRG | HRS | IKS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil (Q, C) | 37 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 72 | Promoted to Israeli Premier League | — | 1–1 | | | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem (Q) | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 71 | Promoted to Israeli Premier League | | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 59 | | 0–2 | | — | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 37 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 53 | | 1–3 | | 0–1 | — | | 1–1 | | |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 51 | | | 1–2 | | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 48 | | 0–3 | | 2–4 | | | — | | 6–0 |
| 7 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 47 | | | | | 0–1 | | 0–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 8 | Hapoel Iksal (R) | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 44 | Relegated to Liga Alef | | 1–6 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | | | — |

### Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

| Team ╲ Round | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam | D | D | L | D | L | D | W |
| Hapoel Iksal | L | D | L | L | L | L | L |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | D | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | D | D | W | D | W | W | W |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | D | W | W | D | L | L | L |
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | D | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | D | L | W | D | W | W | L |
| Sektzia Ness Ziona | W | W | L | L | W | D | W |

## Relegation playoffs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HAF | HRA | MAN | FKQ | HAC | HUF | HPT | HKS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Hapoel Afula | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 49 | | — | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | |
| 10 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 48 | | 3–3 | — | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | | |
| 11 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 45 | | | 3–1 | — | | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| 12 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 42 | | | | 2–0 | — | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Acre | 37 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 42 | | | | 5–0 | 2–3 | — | | 0–0 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (Q) | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 42 | Qualification for the Relegation playoffs | | | | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 41 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | | | — | 1–0 |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem (R) | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 34 | Relegated to Liga Alef | 1–6 | 0–4 | | | 0–0 | | | — |

### Results by round

The table lists the results of teams in each round.

| Team ╲ Round | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F.C. Kafr Qasim | L | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Hapoel Acre | L | L | D | W | D | W | W |
| Hapoel Afula | L | W | D | W | W | L | L |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | W | D | D | L | L | W | L |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | W | W | D | W | D | L | W |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | W | L | D | L | W | W | W |
| Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | W | D | L | L | L | W | W |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | L | L | W | W | L | L | L |

## Promotion/relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team faced 2020–21 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner in a one game.

