1989–90 Liga Leumit
# 1989–90 Liga Leumit

The 1989–90 Liga Leumit season saw Bnei Yehuda won their first, and to date only title, whilst Hapoel Ramat Gan and Shimshon Tel Aviv were relegated to Liga Artzit. Uri Malmilian of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.

After the first two rounds of matches (22 matches) the league split into two groups of six clubs; a Championship group and a Relegation group, with clubs playing the others in their group twice more.

## Regular season

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 39 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 36 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 35 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 34 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 32 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 30 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BTA | BnY | HBS | HJE | HKS | HPT | HRG | MHA | MNE | MTA | STA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Playoffs

### Top playoff

**Table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda (C) | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 62 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 58 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 50 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 48 | |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 38 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 36 | |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | BTA | BnY | HKS | HPT | MHA | MTA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | — |

### Bottom playoff

**Table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 39 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 39 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Beitar Jerusalem | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 38 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan (R) | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 36 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 12 | Shimshon Tel Aviv (R) | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 34 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | BEI | HBS | HJE | HRG | MNE | STA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |
