1981–82 Liga Alef

The 1981–82 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Hadera (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Ashkelon (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Artzit. Maccabi Shefa-'Amr also promoted after promotion play-offs.

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Hadera	26	–	–	–	47	25	+22	43	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	26	–	–	–	41	20	+21	37	Promotion play-offs
3	Beitar Haifa	26	–	–	–	32	23	+9	32
4	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	26	–	–	–	33	35	−2	29
5	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	26	–	–	–	40	23	+17	28
6	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	26	–	–	–	28	26	+2	26
7	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	–	–	–	32	33	−1	26
8	Maccabi Hadera	26	–	–	–	30	32	−2	23
9	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	26	–	–	–	25	30	−5	23
10	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	26	–	–	–	24	29	−5	23
11	Maccabi Herzliya	26	–	–	–	21	30	−9	21
12	Hapoel Givat Olga	26	–	–	–	24	36	−12	20
13	Hapoel Afikim	26	–	–	–	28	36	−8	19	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Nahariya	26	–	–	–	14	45	−31	12	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Ashkelon	24	–	–	–	41	23	+18	30	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Bat Yam	24	–	–	–	33	19	+14	30	Promotion play-offs
3	Beitar Be'er Sheva	24	–	–	–	25	11	+14	30
4	Hapoel Dimona	24	–	–	–	30	17	+13	28
5	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	24	–	–	–	24	18	+6	28
6	Maccabi Sha'arayim	24	–	–	–	14	12	+2	27
7	Hapoel Ramla	24	–	–	–	22	24	−2	24
8	Hapoel Ashdod	24	–	–	–	23	23	0	23
9	Hapoel Holon	24	–	–	–	24	29	−5	22
10	Hapoel Yeruham	24	–	–	–	23	29	−6	21
11	Hapoel Marmorek	24	–	–	–	29	35	−6	19
12	Hapoel Azor	24	–	–	–	16	30	−14	16
13	Hapoel Herzliya	24	–	–	–	21	48	−27	14	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Maccabi Lazarus Holon suspended from the league and demoted to Liga Bet, due to riot in their eighteenth match against Hapoel Holon, which abandoned in the 44th minute.

Promotion play-offs

Hapoel Bat Yam	0 – 0	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr

Hapoel Petah Tikva

Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Bat Yam
Armeli (4 goals)

Hapoel Petah Tikva

Maccabi Shefa-'Amr promoted to Liga Artzit.

References

Liga Alef tables Davar, 9.5.82, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
South division Davar, 7.3.82, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Bat Yam - Shefa-'Amr 0:0 Davar, 6.6.82, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Zahi Armeli Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Ness Ziona Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
See also: Liga Artzit

v t e 1981–82 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup 1981 1982
Related to national team	Results 1982 World Cup qualification
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Yehud Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv