Israeli League Standings from 1949-50 to 1978-79
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Nine teams started the first Israeli League in 1932. The first winner of the league were the British Police who, under the guidance of Police Chief Speiser, were the best organized club in the country. Later he would serve as the first chairman of the Israeli Football Association.
Thirteen teams took part in the first Football League after Israel gained its independence. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the first Israeli Football League 1949-50 championship. There were no League competitions in 1950-51, 1952-53 and 1966-67.
The top tier Israeli league was Liga Aleph from 1949-50 to 1954-55, Liga Leumit from 1955–56 to 1998-99 and Israeli Premier League from 1999. Click here for Israel Top Tier Football League Standings from 1979-80 to today.
ISRAEL LEAGUE 1949-50 to 1978-79
SEASON
1949
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
1978
TEAM
1950
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
1979
Maccabi Tel Aviv
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
3
2
4
10
7
5
4
2
1
2
1
10
1
4
2
4
7
1
3
1
Hapoel Tel Aviv
2
5
4
3
3
1
5
7
6
2
7
2
4
3
1
4
1
2
3
13
2
14
8
10
6
9
6
Hapoel Haifa
3
3
9
9
6
8
7
2
3
3
8
11
6
5
7
3
4
10
6
6
7
6
3
3
9
12
5
Hapoel Petah Tikva
4
4
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
3
2
9
7
4
11
12
4
9
15
Maccabi Petah Tikva
5
2
2
7
4
4
11
6
9
9
11
12
7
10
15
12
15
9
12
16
8
16
13
Beitar Tel Aviv
6
7
11
5
7
6
9
11
10
12
14
16
9
5
10
8
5
12
12
4
8
11
Maccabi Haifa
7
10
8
6
5
5
3
4
5
5
4
9
13
15
5
5
3
12
7
11
16
9
15
Maccabi Rehovot
8
6
5
8
11
Maccabi Netanya
9
9
7
4
8
7
4
9
8
10
12
7
4
8
3
11
1
4
13
1
2
4
5
1
3
Hapoel Ramat Gan
10
8
6
10
9
9
6
8
12
1
8
5
11
16
Hapoel Rishon LeZion (Ironi)
11
11
16
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
12
12
Maccabi Nes Tziona
13
Hapoel Kfar Sava
10
12
12
12
12
7
13
9
9
6
8
10
5
14
10
Hapoel Balfouria
12
14
Beitar Jerusalem
11
13
5
11
2
14
3
15
2
3
2
2
Hapoel Hadera
13
14
16
13
7
16
11
14
Maccabi Jaffa
10
10
8
5
11
6
2
3
2
12
11
12
11
15
5
10
9
13
11
2
10
7
Hapoel Jerusalem
10
10
4
7
6
6
14
13
12
6
6
6
7
8
3
11
5
13
10
6
15
Bnei Yehuda
7
11
5
5
12
11
10
7
8
14
13
15
10
11
17
4
Shimshon Tel Aviv
8
9
4
9
9
6
14
12
4
2
14
15
6
6
8
7
12
Hapoel Tiberias
3
8
10
16
Hakoach Maccabi Ramat Gan
10
8
1
9
10
10
8
8
3
1
15
14
14
12
13
Maccabi Shearaim
11
6
14
13
15
Hapoel Lod
15
Hapoel Yehud
8
15
7
4
8
Hapoel Beer Sheva
13
9
14
16
12
5
7
1
1
13
5
9
Sports Club Nes Ziona
16
Hapoel Holon Zafririm
16
Hapoel Marmorek
16
Maccabi Ramat Amidar
18
Hapoel Acre
11
14
TEAM
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
1978
SEASON
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
1979
| ISRAEL LEAGUE 1949-50 to 1978-79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEASON | 1949 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 1978 |
| TEAM | 1950 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 1979 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |||
| Hapoel Haifa | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | |||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||||
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 13 | |||||||
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||
| Maccabi Haifa | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 15 | |||||||
| Maccabi Rehovot | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Netanya | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion (Ironi) | 11 | 11 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Nes Tziona | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Kfar Sava | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Balfouria | 12 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 11 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Hadera | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Jaffa | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 15 | |||||||||
| Bnei Yehuda | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Hapoel Tiberias | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hakoach Maccabi Ramat Gan | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Shearaim | 11 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Lod | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Yehud | 8 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Beer Sheva | 13 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sports Club Nes Ziona | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Holon Zafririm | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Marmorek | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Ramat Amidar | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Acre | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TEAM | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 1978 |
| SEASON | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 1979 |
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