1996–97 Liga Gimel
# 1996–97 Liga Gimel

The 1996–97 Liga Gimel season saw 155 clubs competing in 11 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.

Beitar Tiberias, Hapoel Kabul, Ironi I'billin, Maccabi Beit She'an, Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel, Hapoel Asi Gilboa, Beitar Nes Tubruk, Hapoel Jaljulia, Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen, Maccabi Jerusalem/Ma'ale Adumim and Maccabi Be'er Sheva won their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Bet.

## Upper Galilee Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Beitar Tiberias | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 21 | +73 | 60 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Beitar Maghar | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 47 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Yanuh | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 37 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Kiryat Shmona | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 36 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Bnei Sajur | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 34 | |
| 6 | Beitar Safed | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 34 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Sajur | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Katzrin | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 27 | |
| 9 | Beitar Kafr Kanna | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 22 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Fassuta | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 22 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Rehaniya | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 12 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Bnei Yarka | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 63 | −47 | 8 | |

## Western Galilee Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Kabul | 28 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 22 | +79 | 76 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Maccabi Ironi Shlomi | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 15 | +54 | 71 | |
| 3 | Ironi Nahariya | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 106 | 32 | +74 | 68 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Kafr Sumei | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 97 | 41 | +56 | 58 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Abu Snan | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 35 | +40 | 51 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Maghar | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 45 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Kisra | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 45 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Peki'in | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 40 | |
| 9 | Ironi Bnei Julis | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 73 | 47 | +26 | 38 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Nahariya | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 25 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Tarshiha | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 81 | −55 | 23 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Bi'ina | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 79 | −42 | 22 | |
| 13 | Beitar Ma'alot | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 78 | −42 | 20 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Jat HaGlilit | 28 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 117 | −99 | 8 | |
| 15 | Hapoel Sha'ab | 28 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 101 | −80 | 8 | |

* ↑ Three points deducted

## Bay Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ironi I'billin | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 10 | +60 | 76 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Jadeidi | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 12 | +80 | 72 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Makr | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 13 | +68 | 70 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 16 | +66 | 66 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Bnei Acre | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 42 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Kaukab | 28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 41 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Bnei Manda | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 41 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Wadi Sallama | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 36 | |
| 9 | Beitar al-Ittihad Shefa-'Amr | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Halat al-Sharif Tamra | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 72 | −27 | 31 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 30 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Ka'abiyye | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 26 | 83 | −57 | 25 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Shefa-'Amr | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 67 | −46 | 17 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Bnei Mazra'a | 28 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 124 | −99 | 15 | |
| 15 | Hapoel Kafr Sheikh Danun | 28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 92 | −75 | 7 | |

## Jezreel Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Beit She'an | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 94 | 18 | +76 | 75 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Kafr Sulam | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 70 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Ilut | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 96 | 34 | +62 | 67 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Daburiyya | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 79 | 53 | +26 | 61 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Emek Tamra | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 53 | |
| 6 | Hapoel al-Ittihad Nazareth | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 52 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Kama | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 45 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Yafa | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Mashhad | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 40 | |
| 10 | Beitar Migdal HaEmek | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 66 | 67 | −1 | 35 | |
| 11 | Beitar Iksal | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 35 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Kafr Misr | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 78 | −22 | 31 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Ein Mahil | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 77 | −41 | 26 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Mashhad | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 89 | −53 | 21 | |
| 15 | Hapoel Kafr Shibli | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 38 | 89 | −51 | 17 | |
| 16 | Beitar Afula | 30 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 157 | −129 | 9 | |

* 1 2 Three points deducted

## Haifa Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 13 | +105 | 74 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 16 | +75 | 72 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Yokneam | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 48 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Bir al-Maksur | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 46 | |
| 5 | Beitar Haifa | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 44 | |
| 6 | Beitar Atlit | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Bnei Kababir | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 38 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Tel Hanan | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 35 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Tzofei Haifa | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 31 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Bnei Kafr Yasif | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 22 | |
| 11 | Beitar Kiryat Yam | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 42 | 85 | −43 | 21 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Ka'abiyye | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 80 | −59 | 20 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Neve Sha'anan | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 23 | 68 | −45 | 14 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Basmat Tab'un | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 72 | −41 | 13 | |

## Samaria Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Asi Gilboa | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 105 | 26 | +79 | 70 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 87 | 38 | +49 | 68 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Ein as-Sahala | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 53 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 49 | |
| 5 | Beitar Pardes Hanna | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 48 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Fureidis | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 46 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Kafr Qara | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 40 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Ar'ara | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 39 | |
| 9 | Hapoel HaYogev Salem | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 33 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Muawiya | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 31 | |
| 11 | Ironi Zikhron Ya'akov | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 31 | |
| 12 | Beitar Umm al-Fahm | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 69 | −33 | 26 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Musheirifa | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 84 | −47 | 22 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Ar'ara | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 66 | −41 | 20 | |
| 15 | Maccabi Musmus | 28 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 95 | −76 | 6 | |

* 1 2 Four points deducted.

## Sharon Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Beitar Nes Tubruk | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 17 | +83 | 63 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Shimshon Bnei Tayibe | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 86 | 19 | +67 | 62 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Mond | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 85 | 25 | +60 | 57 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Bnei Tira | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 96 | 35 | +61 | 55 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Kfar Yona | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 48 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Amidar Netanya | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 40 | |
| 7 | Shimshon Tira | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 37 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Pardesiya | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 36 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Jatt | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Qalansawe | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 26 | |
| 11 | Maccabi HaSharon Netanya | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 15 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Beit Eliezer | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 14 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Jisr az-Zarqa | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 32 | 85 | −53 | 14 | |
| 14 | Beitar Hadera | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 190 | −168 | 4 | |

* ↑ Four points deducted.
* ↑ Three points deducted.
* ↑ One point deducted.
* ↑ Seven points deducted.
* ↑ 1 point deducted?

## Dan Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Jaljulia | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 15 | +60 | 63 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Beitar Ariel | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 17 | +58 | 61 | |
| 3 | Flamingo Ironi Rosh HaAyin | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 89 | 17 | +72 | 54 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Neve Golan | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 48 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Kafr Bara | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 40 | |
| 6 | Otzma Holon | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 33 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Rosh HaAyin | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Ramat HaSharon | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 30 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Yehud | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 25 | |
| 10 | Beitar Hod HaSharon | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 63 | −29 | 23 | |
| 11 | Brit Sport Ma'of | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 21 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 89 | −62 | 10 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Ironi Jatt | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 111 | −98 | 4 | |

* ↑ Two points deducted.
* ↑ Three points deducted.

## Tel Aviv Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen | 28 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 26 | +67 | 72 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Tirat Shalom | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 27 | +66 | 71 | |
| 3 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 21 | +49 | 64 | |
| 4 | Beitar Beit Dagan | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 55 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Montefiore | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 107 | 44 | +63 | 55 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat Yisrael | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 44 | |
| 7 | Beitar Kiryat Ono | 28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 41 | |
| 8 | Beitar Or Yehuda | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 88 | 85 | +3 | 41 | |
| 9 | Beitar Holon | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 86 | 64 | +22 | 37 | |
| 10 | Elitzur Bar Ilan | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 34 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Antonio Jaffa | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 33 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 27 | |
| 13 | HaTzofim HaOrtodoxim | 28 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 105 | −75 | 12 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Zeitan | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 40 | 120 | −80 | 10 | |
| 15 | Beitar Ezra | 28 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 41 | 190 | −149 | 8 | |

* ↑ Two points deducted.

## Central Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Jerusalem/Ma'ale Adumim | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 15 | +74 | 65 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Maccabi Kiryat Ekron | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 54 | |
| 3 | Beitar Kiryat Gat | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 52 | |
| 4 | ASA Jerusalem | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 44 | |
| 5 | Beitar Kiryat Ekron | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 39 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramla | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 36 | |
| 7 | Beitar Yavne | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 33 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 31 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Beit Shemesh | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 24 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Rakevet Lod | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 23 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Rehovot | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 38 | 67 | −29 | 21 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 81 | −62 | 14 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Bnei Ayish | 24 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 126 | −101 | 2 | |

* ↑ Two points deducted.
* ↑ Five points deducted.

Beitar Gedera were suspended from the league.

## South Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 11 | +50 | 55 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Arad | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 17 | +38 | 51 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Aroer | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 71 | 23 | +48 | 47 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Sde Uzziah/Be'er Tuvia | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 46 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Rahat | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 44 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Ironi Sderot | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 35 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 25 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Yeruham | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 19 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Kuseife | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 16 | |
| 10 | Tzeirei Rahat | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 41 | −27 | 15 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 28 | 80 | −52 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Gan Yavne | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 93 | −75 | 8 | |

* ↑ Two points deducted.
