1977–78 Liga Gimel
# 1977–78 Liga Gimel

The 1977–78 Liga Gimel season saw 108 clubs competing in 8 regional divisions to promote Liga Bet.

Hapoel Afula, Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, Hapoel Ein Mahil, Maccabi Or Akiva, Hapoel Tira, Hapoel Azor, Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah and Maccabi Be'er Sheva won their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Bet.

Maccabi Acre, Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel, Maccabi Bat Yam and Hapoel Bnei Lakhish were also promoted, as both Liga Leumit and Liga Artzit expanded from 14 to 16 clubs each.

## Galilee Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Afula | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 94 | 41 | +53 | 38 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Maccabi Afula | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 36 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Safed | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 33 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kinneret | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 32 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Yardena | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 31 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Shlomi | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 25 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Tur'an | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 24 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Beit She'an | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 23 | |
| 9 | Beitar Tiberias | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 23 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Kafr Sumei | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 22 | |
| 11 | Beitar Hatzor | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 21 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Karmiel | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 20 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Karmiel | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 19 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |
| 14 | Hapoel Yir'on | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 51 | 90 | −39 | 17 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |

## Bay Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Shefa-'Amr | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 39 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Maccabi Acre | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 33 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Maccabi Ben Ami | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 30 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Makr | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 30 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Skahnin | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 29 | |
| 6 | Beitar Haifa | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 27 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Bnei Tamra | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 25 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Abu Snan | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 23 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Bnei Acre | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 21 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 16 | |
| 11 | Hapoel HaTzair Daliyat al-Karmel | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 16 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Tel Hanan | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 84 | −52 | 12 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Sha'ab | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 61 | −40 | 7 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |
| – | Hapoel Rechasim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Haifa Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Ein Mahil | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 16 | +47 | 41 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 17 | +66 | 40 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Hapoel Atlit | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 86 | 35 | +51 | 34 | |
| 4 | Beitar al-Amal Nazareth | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 29 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Kafr Kanna | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 29 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Halissa | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 24 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Arraba | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 22 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Kafr Kanna | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 20 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Yafa | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 17 | |
| 10 | Beitar Daliyat al-Karmel | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 16 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Ta'anachim | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 15 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 38 | 94 | −56 | 12 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Ahva Haifa | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 42 | −29 | 9 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |

## Samaria Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Or Akiva | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 69 | 22 | +47 | 38 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Beitar Pardes Hanna | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 37 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Fureidis | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 34 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 30 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Sela Hadera | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 28 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Pardes Hanna | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 25 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Yokne'am | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 23 | |
| 8 | Beitar Binyamina | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 20 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Lehavot Haviva | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 17 | |
| 10 | Beitar Dov Netanya | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 16 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 63 | −32 | 15 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Fureidis | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 15 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Isfiya | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 14 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |

## Sharon Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Tira | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 27 | +55 | 42 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Jaljulia | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 26 | +51 | 36 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Ramat HaSharon | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 75 | 42 | +33 | 30 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Hod HaSharon | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 30 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Tnuvot | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 29 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Tel Mond | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 27 | |
| 7 | Beitar Kfar Saba | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Amidar Netanya | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 67 | −25 | 22 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Ge'ulim | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 20 | |
| 10 | Elitzur Bar Ilan | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 18 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Yehud | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 84 | −42 | 14 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Sdei Hemed | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 86 | −52 | 11 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Kadima | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 66 | −49 | 2 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |

* 1 2 2 points deducted
* ↑ 4 points deducted

## Dan Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Azor | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 78 | 17 | +61 | 44 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Maccabi Bat Yam | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 9 | +48 | 41 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Maccabi Holon | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 40 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 29 | +32 | 37 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Tzafon Tel Aviv | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 34 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Ramat Hen | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 22 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Lod | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 47 | 75 | −28 | 22 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 21 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Bnei Zion | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 20 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Ben Zvi | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 19 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Neve Golan | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 18 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 17 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 16 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |
| 14 | Hapoel Tirat Shalom | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 68 | −39 | 13 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |

## Central Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 15 | +50 | 42 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Sde Uziyah | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 21 | +32 | 40 | |
| 3 | Beitar Lod | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 89 | 25 | +64 | 39 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Kiryat Ekron | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 32 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Jerusalem | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 28 | |
| 6 | A.S. Moshe Rehovot | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 26 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Azrikam | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 23 | |
| 8 | ASA Jerusalem | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 20 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Mevaseret Zion | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 20 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Beit Shemesh | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 14 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Hatzav | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 11 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Ashdod | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 62 | −42 | 9 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Yehuda | 24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 58 | −49 | 4 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |

* 1 2 2 points deducted

## South Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 14 | +64 | 46 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Bnei Lakhish | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 42 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'eri Eshkol | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 37 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Dimona | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 37 | |
| 5 | Beitar Ashkelon | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 34 | |
| 6 | Beitar Ofakim | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 32 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 28 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Arad | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 26 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Netivot | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 22 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Eilat | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 17 | |
| 11 | Beitar Kiryat Gat | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 16 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Patish | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 71 | −43 | 14 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Sderot | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 61 | −44 | 8 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |
| 14 | Hapoel Bitha | 26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 85 | −72 | 3 | Relegated to Liga Dalet |

* ↑ 2 points deducted
