2020–21 Liga Gimel
# 2020–21 Liga Gimel

The 2020–21 Liga Gimel season is the 53rd season of fifth-tier football in Israel.

## Format change

To accommodate the shortened schedule caused by COVID-19 pandemic, Divisions with more than 12 teams (Sharon, Tel Aviv, Central and South division) were divided into two sub-divisions. After completion of the league schedule the two top teams from each sub-division would qualify to a promotion group of four teams, with the winning team gaining promotion to Liga Bet and the second-placed team qualify to the promotion play-offs. The bottom clubs played another round of matches between themselves.

## Upper Galilee (North A) Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Bnei Jadeidi Makr | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 6 | +71 | 50 | Promotion to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 11 | +70 | 49 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 43 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Bnei Abu Snan | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 31 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Nahf | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 28 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Tarshiha | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 24 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Shlomi | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 63 | −44 | 18 | |
| 8 | Bnei Deir Hanna | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 82 | −46 | 12 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Nahariya | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 88 | −71 | 4 | |
| 10 | Abirei HaTzafon Kafr Sumei | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 65 | −53 | 4 | |

* 1 2 The result of the 12th round match between Bnei Deir Hanna and Hapoel Nahf was set to 0–0 with no points awarded due to infringements from both teams. Deir Hanna players attacked the referee and caused the match to be abandoned and Hapoel Nahf fielded an ineligible player.

## Lower Galilee (North B) Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Deir Hanna | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 9 | +35 | 43 | Promotion to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Ironi Bnei Sha'ab | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 16 | +36 | 41 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Maccabi Basmat Tab'un | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 12 | +31 | 40 | |
| 4 | Beitar Kafr Kanna | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 30 | |
| 5 | Al-Ahly Tamra | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 30 | |
| 6 | F.C. Kafr Yasif | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 27 | |
| 7 | F.C. Shefa-'Amr | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 25 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Bnei Deir al-Asad | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 14 | |
| 9 | F.C. Sallama Misgav | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 62 | −43 | 7 | |
| 10 | F.C. Bu'eine Nujeidat | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 72 | −58 | 0 | |

* 1 2 The fourth round match between Hapoel Deir Hanna and Bnei Deir al-Asad was abandoned at the 85th minute as players attacked the referee, his assistant and each other. The result of the match was set to 0–0 without points awarded.
* 1 2 Beitar Kafr Kana wins over Al-Ahly Tamra in head-to-head (on away goals) (0–0; 2–2).

## Jezreel (North C) Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 14 | +60 | 46 | Promotion to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 14 | +66 | 45 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Yafa | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 14 | +31 | 44 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Tzeirei Nazareth | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 38 | |
| 5 | Ihud Tzeirei Iksal | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Al-Batuf | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 19 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Barta'a | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 18 | |
| 8 | Bnei Umm al-Fahm | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 68 | −45 | 16 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Ahva Fureidis | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 64 | −41 | 10 | |
| 10 | Beitar Umm al-Fahm | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 60 | −42 | 8 | |

* 1 2 Tzeirei Iksal wins over Hapoel Al-Batuf in head-to-head (1–3; 5–2).

## Samaria (North D) Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Isfiya | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 7 | +100 | 64 | Promotion to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Kiryat Yam | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 46 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Tzeirei Haifa | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 83 | 38 | +45 | 42 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Haim | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 40 | |
| 5 | F.C. Or Akiva | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 38 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Kiryat Yam | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 35 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 28 | |
| 8 | Carmel Haifa | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 61 | 76 | −15 | 24 | |
| 9 | Beitar Pardes Hanna | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 87 | −38 | 23 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Barkai | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 23 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Yokneam | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 69 | −37 | 14 | |
| 12 | Beitar Kiryat Ata | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 161 | −136 | 4 | |

* 1 2 Beitar Pardes Hanna wins over Maccabi Barkai in head-to-head (on away goals) (2–0; 2–4).

## Sharon (South A) Division

### Sub-division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bnei Ra'anana | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 30 | Promotion group |
| 2 | Bnei Herzliya | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 25 | Promotion group |
| 3 | Hapoel Oranit | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 31 | |
| 4 | Hakoah Galei Gil Ramat Gan | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 21 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 20 | |
| 6 | Beitar Mateh Binyamin | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 15 | |
| 7 | F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 5 | |

### Sub-division B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tzeirei Tira | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 30 | Promotion group |
| 2 | Bnei Qalansawe | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 30 | Promotion group |
| 3 | Ironi Ariel | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 33 | |
| 4 | Bnei Tira | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 32 | |
| 5 | Maccabi HaSharon Netanya | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 28 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 27 | |
| 7 | F.C. Netanya | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 14 | |
| 8 | Beitar Tubruk | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 52 | −37 | 10 | |

### Promotion group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tzeirei Tira | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 15 | Promotion to Liga Leumit |
| 2 | Bnei Herzliya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Bnei Qalansawe | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bnei Ra'anana | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | |

## Tel Aviv (South B) Division

### Sub-division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HaMakhtesh Givatayim | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 16 | +61 | 30 | Promotion group |
| 2 | Maccabi HaShikma Hen | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 18 | +35 | 28 | Promotion group |
| 3 | Hapoel Neve Golan | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 33 | |
| 4 | Inter Aliyah Tel Aviv | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 73 | 20 | +53 | 31 | |
| 5 | Elitzur Yehud | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 18 | |
| 6 | Beitar Jaffa | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 62 | −37 | 9 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Pardes Katz | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 178 | −164 | 1 | |

### Sub-division B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Ramat Israel | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 14 | +50 | 40 | Promotion group |
| 2 | Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 33 | Promotion group |
| 3 | Bnei Yehud | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 31 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Spartak Ramat Gan | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 25 | |
| 5 | AS Holon | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 23 | |
| 6 | Beitar Ezra | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 19 | |
| 7 | Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 20 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Or Yehuda | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 12 | |

### Promotion group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Ramat Israel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 11 | Promotion to Liga Leumit |
| 2 | HaMakhtesh Givatayim | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 10 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Maccabi HaShikma Hen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 4 | |

## Central (South C) Division

### Sub-division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | F.C. Ramla | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 7 | +53 | 36 | Promotion group |
| 2 | Beitar Givat Ze'ev | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 25 | Promotion group |
| 3 | Maccabi Ramla | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 23 | |
| 4 | Tzeirei Lod | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 20 | |
| 5 | Ashdod City | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Mevaseret Zion | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 18 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Matzliah | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 52 | −34 | 6 | |

* ↑ Hapoel Matzliah had two points deducted.

**Sub-division B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 10 | +35 | 35 | Promotion group |
| 2 | Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 7 | +32 | 34 | Promotion group |
| 3 | Hapoel Bnei Ashdod | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 39 | |
| 4 | Beitar Gan Yavne | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 34 | |
| 5 | F.C. Rishon LeZion | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 24 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Brenner | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 21 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Tirat Shalom | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 90 | −68 | 13 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramla | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 82 | −57 | 5 | |

### Promotion group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | F.C. Ramla | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 16 | Promotion to Liga Leumit |
| 2 | Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 13 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Beitar Givat Ze'ev | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 4 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 1 | |

## South (South D) Division

### Sub-division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 18 | +44 | 40 | Promotion group |
| 2 | Hapoel Segev Shalom | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 15 | +42 | 36 | Promotion group |
| 3 | Maccabi Ironi Hura | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 37 | |
| 4 | Otzma Be'er Sheva | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 30 | |
| 5 | Bnei Yerucham | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 25 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Dimona | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 74 | −41 | 13 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Yerucham | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 13 | |
| 8 | Tzeirei al-Hoshla | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 68 | −36 | 10 | |

* 1 2 3 Two matches of Maccabi Hura, against Maccabi Yerucham and Tzeirei al-Hoshla, were given as 0–0 without points given.
* ↑ Maccabi Dimona wins over Maccabi Yerucham in head-to-head (3–2, 2–1, 0–3).

### Sub-division B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 9 | +39 | 38 | Promotion group |
| 2 | Hapoel Sderot | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | +28 | 34 | Promotion group |
| 3 | Ironi Beit Shemesh | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 42 | |
| 4 | F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 32 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Ashkelon | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 47 | 67 | −20 | 16 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Rahat | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 60 | −35 | 17 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Bnei Kuseife | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 12 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Mateh Yehuda | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 10 | |

### Promotion group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Segev Shalom | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 13 | Promotion to Liga Leumit |
| 2 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 13 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 6 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Sderot | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 3 | |

* 1 2 Hapoel Segev Shalom wins over Maccabi Be'er Sheva in head-to-head (3–3, 5–3).

## Promotion play-offs

The promotion play-offs were played in two rounds. In the first the two runners-up from each pair of divisions (Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee, Jezreel and Samaria, Sharon and Tel Aviv and Central and South) played each other, with the winner advancing to meet the losing team of the Liga Bet relegation play-offs.

| Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Test Match | Test Match | Test Match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Bet | Sektzia Ma'a lot | 0 (4) |
| UG2 | Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei | 0 | LG2 | Ironi Bnei Sha'ab | 0 (5) |
| LG2 | Ironi Bnei Sha'ab | 1 | | | |
| Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Test Match | Test Match | Test Match |
| | | | Bet | Hapoel Pardesiya | 2 |
| Sha2 | Bnei Herzliya | 1 | TA2 | HaMakhtesh Givatayim | 1 |
| TA2 | HaMakhtesh Givatayim | 5 | | | |
| Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Test Match | Test Match | Test Match |
| | | | Bet | Hapoel R. Menashe Megiddo | 1 |
| Jez2 | Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm | 4 | Jez2 | Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm | 3 |
| Sho2 | Hapoel Kiryat Yam | 0 | | | |
| Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Relegation Playoffs | Test Match | Test Match | Test Match |
| | | | Bet | F.C. Be'er Sheva | 0 |
| Cen2 | Bnei Yeechalal | 2 | Sth2 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 3 |
| Sth2 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 4 | | | |
