1970–71 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season1970–71
ChampionsMaccabi Netanya
1st title
RelegatedMaccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Holon
Top goalscorerEli Ben-Rimoz (20)

The 1970–71 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya win their first title. Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Holon (in their first and only season in the top division) were both relegated. Eli Ben-Rimoz of Hapoel Jerusalem was the league's top scorer with 20 goals.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Netanya 30 20 7 3 44 18 +26 47 Qualified for 1972 Asian Champion Club Tournament
2 Shimshon Tel Aviv 30 12 12 6 31 25 +6 36
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 15 5 10 35 30 +5 35
4 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 11 12 7 26 17 +9 34
5 Beitar Tel Aviv 30 13 7 10 26 24 +2 33
6 Hapoel Haifa 30 9 13 8 32 25 +7 31
7 Hapoel Jerusalem 30 10 10 10 39 32 +7 30
8 Hakoah Ramat Gan 30 9 12 9 26 25 +1 30
9 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 8 13 9 30 24 +6 29
10 Maccabi Tel Aviv 30 8 13 9 33 35 −2 29
11 Beitar Jerusalem 30 8 10 12 35 36 −1 26
12 Maccabi Haifa 30 6 14 10 20 26 −6 26
13 Bnei Yehuda 30 7 12 11 19 29 −10 26
14 Hapoel Hadera 30 6 13 11 21 28 −7 25
15 Maccabi Petah Tikva 30 8 9 13 30 39 −9 25 Relegated to Liga Alef
16 Hapoel Holon 30 4 10 16 20 54 −34 18
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away BEI BTA BnY HAR HAH HHA HHO HJE HKS HPT HTA MHA MNE MPT MTA STA
Beitar Jerusalem — 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–1
Beitar Tel Aviv 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
Bnei Yehuda 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2
Hakoah Ramat Gan 2–1 2–1 0–0 — 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Hapoel Hadera 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 — 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–1
Hapoel Haifa 5–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–1
Hapoel Holon 1–0 2–3 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–5 0–0 1–1 1–2
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–2 0–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 — 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 4–1 0–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 — 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 0–0 — 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–2 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 0–4 3–2 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
Maccabi Haifa 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 — 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 — 1–3 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 — 1–1
Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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