2024–25 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

Season	2024–25
Dates	August 2024 – May 2025
Matches played	160
Goals scored	458 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	five players (10 goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 14 February 2025.

The 2024–25 Liga Leumit is the 26th season as second tier since its realignment in 1999 and the 83rd season of second-tier football in Israel.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2023–24 season, the two promoted teams from Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2023–24 Israeli Premier League.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season.

To Liga Leumit

Promoted from Liga Alef

• Hapoel Kfar Shalem (South Division)^[1]
• Hapoel Ra'anana (North Division)^[2]

Relegated from Premier League

• Hapoel Tel Aviv^[3]
• Hapoel Petah Tikva^[4]

From Liga Leumit

Promoted to Premier League

• Ironi Kiryat Shmona^[5]
• Ironi Tiberias^[6]

Relegated to Liga Alef

• Sektzia Ness Ziona^[7]
• Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr^[8]

Stadia and locations

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
F.C. Kafr Qasim	Kafr Qasim	Bat Yam Municipal Stadium[a]	3,100
Hapoel Acre	Acre	Acre Municipal Stadium	5,000
Hapoel Afula	Afula	Afula Illit Stadium	3,000
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	Levita Stadium	5,800
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	Tel Aviv	Ramat Gan Stadium[a]	13,370
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	Nof HaGalil	Green Stadium	5,200
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium	11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Levita Stadium[a]	5,800
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Ramat Gan	Ramat Gan Stadium	13,370
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	Ramat HaSharon	Grundman Stadium	4,300
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Haberfeld Stadium	6,000
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	Umm al-Fahm	HaShalom Stadium	5,800
Maccabi Jaffa	Tel Aviv	Ness Ziona Stadium[a]	3,500
Maccabi Herzliya	Herzliya	Grundman Stadium[b]	4,300

1. Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.
2. Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground Hertzliya Municipal Stadiumis under Renovations.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Advances
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	22	6	2	65	22	+43	72	Advances to the Promotion Round
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	30	22	5	3	52	19	+33	71
3	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	30	18	5	7	62	38	+24	59
4	Hapoel Ramat Gan	30	17	5	8	58	29	+29	56
5	Bnei Yehuda	30	13	5	12	37	36	+1	44
6	Maccabi Herzliya	30	12	6	12	37	51	−14	42
7	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	10	10	10	37	37	0	40
8	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	30	12	4	14	41	43	−2	40
9	F.C. Kafr Qasim	30	10	9	11	28	26	+2	39	Advances to the Relegation Round
10	Hapoel Acre	30	12	3	15	29	42	−13	39
11	Hapoel Ra'anana	30	9	10	11	34	37	−3	37
12	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	30	11	4	15	48	60	−12	37
13	Maccabi Jaffa	30	6	11	13	33	46	−13	29
14	Hapoel Nof HaGalil	30	6	5	19	30	49	−19	23
15	Hapoel Afula	30	3	12	15	25	52	−27	21
16	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	30	4	6	20	21	50	−29	18

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.

Results

Home \ Away	HTA	HPT	HKH	HRG	MHE	HRS	BNY	HKS	FKQ	HRL	HAC	HRA	HNG	MJA	HAF	HUF
Hapoel Tel Aviv	—	2–2	3–0	7 Feb	3–0	4–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0		1–1	27 Jan	3–1		4–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva		—		1–1	1–0	3–2	4–1	31 Jan	1–0		3–0		2–3	0–0	10 Feb	2–1
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	31 Jan	2–0	—	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–0		10 Feb	3–1	4–3	4–1		1–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan	1–3	1–2	0–6	—	6–0		2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0			2–1	27 Jan
Maccabi Herzliya	0–3	24 Jan	2–1		—	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–5		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	1–2	0–1	3–4	0–4	31 Jan	—	0–2	2–2	1–0	4–1	3–1	4–0		7 Feb	3–1
Bnei Yehuda				1–3	3–1	3–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–0			0–2	1–0	31 Jan	2–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba	2–2	2–3	2–2	2–2		2–0	1–1	—		24 Jan	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0
F.C. Kafr Qasim	1–2	0–2	1–1			2–0	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	4–0	24 Jan	2–0		0–0	1–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	2–1	0–2	1–4	0–1	2–0		10 Feb	1–2		—	0–1	2–0		31 Jan	2–0
Hapoel Acre	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	27 Jan	1–3		1–0	1–2	—	31 Jan	2–0	2–1	2–1
Hapoel Ra'anana	0–1	1–1		0–1	1–2		0–1	7 Feb	1–2		2–1	—	2–2	1–1		2–1
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	3–4		1–3	1–2	7 Feb	1–4		0–1	31 Jan	3–2	1–2	0–0	—		1–1	2–1
Maccabi Jaffa		0–3		3–0	1–1	2–4	24 Jan	4 Feb	1–1	2–0		0–0	0–3	—	2–2	3–1
Hapoel Afula	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4			2–2	1–1		0–1	1–1	0–4		2–2	—
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	1–1	0–1	24 Jan	31 Jan	2–1	0–3		2–1	7 Feb	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		HTA	HPT	HRG	HKH	MHE	BNY	HKS	HRL
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	32	23	7	2	68	22	+46	76	Promoted to Israeli Premier League			0–0	Apr 28		May 9	3–0
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	32	23	6	3	53	19	+34	75						Apr 28		Apr 21	1–0	May 9
3	Hapoel Ramat Gan	32	19	5	8	62	29	+33	62				May 2				May 16	Apr 21	2–0
4	Hapoel Kfar Shalem (X)	32	18	5	9	62	41	+21	59			Apr 17		May 9		0–2	May 2
5	Maccabi Herzliya (X)	32	13	6	13	39	53	−14	45				May 16	0–2				May 2
6	Bnei Yehuda (X)	32	13	5	14	39	43	−4	44							Apr 25		May 9	2–4
7	Hapoel Kfar Saba (X)	32	11	10	11	38	38	0	43			May 16			1–0				Apr 25
8	Hapoel Rishon LeZion (X)	32	13	4	15	45	47	−2	43			May 2			May 16	Apr 21

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(X) Cannot be promoted

Relegation playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		FKQ	HAC	HRA	HRS	MJA	HNG	HAF	HUF
9	F.C. Kafr Qasim (S)	32	11	10	11	31	28	+3	43				2–1		Apr 25	1–1	May 9
10	Hapoel Acre (Y)	32	13	3	16	32	45	−13	42					Apr 28		Apr 17		2–1	May 9
11	Hapoel Ra'anana (Y)	32	10	11	11	34	37	−3	41			Apr 21			May 9	May 2	0–0
12	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	32	11	5	16	51	65	−14	38				May 2			May 16		Apr 17	3–3
13	Maccabi Jaffa	32	7	12	13	36	48	−12	33								Apr 25	May 9	2–0
14	Hapoel Nof HaGalil	32	7	6	19	32	49	−17	27	Qualification for the Promotion/relegation playoff			May 16		2–0			May 2
15	Hapoel Afula	32	4	12	16	26	54	−28	24	Relegated to Liga Alef		May 16		0–0					Apr 25
16	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	32	4	7	21	25	55	−30	19			May 2		May 16			Apr 17

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(S) Safe from relegation; (Y) Safe from direct relegation

See also

• 2024–25 Israeli Premier League

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