2021–22 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	2021–22
Champions	Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Promoted	Maccabi Bnei Reineh; Sektzia Ness Ziona
Relegated	Hapoel Ra'anana; Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam
Matches played	240
Goals scored	550 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dudu Biton (18)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Liga Leumit was the 23rd season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 80th season of second-tier football in Israel.

A total of sixteen teams contested in the league, including twelve sides from the 2020-21 season, the two promoted teams from 2020–21 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2020–21 Israeli Premier League.

Changes from 2020–21 season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season.

To Liga Leumit

Promoted from Liga Alef

Hapoel Ashdod (South Division)
Maccabi Bnei Reineh (North Division)

Relegated from Premier League

From Liga Leumit

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to Liga Alef

Overview

Stadions and locations

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	Tel Aviv and Bat Yam	Ness Ziona Stadium^[A]	3,500
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
F.C. Kafr Qasim	Kafr Qasim	Lod Municipal Stadium^[A]	3,000
Hapoel Acre	Acre	Acre Municipal Stadium	5,000
Hapoel Afula	Afula	Afula Illit Stadium	3,000
Hapoel Ashdod	Ashdod	Yud-Alef Stadium	7,800
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	Levita Stadium	5,800
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium	11,500
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Ramat Gan Stadium	13,370
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 Umm al-Fahm	Umm al-Fahm	HaShalom Stadium	7,000
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	Nazareth	Ilut Stadium	4,932
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Reineh	Ilut Stadium	4,932
Sektzia Ness Ziona	Ness Ziona	Ness Ziona Stadium	3,500

^A The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	30	14	9	7	34	23	+11	51	Qualification for the Promotion playoffs
2	F.C. Kafr Qasim	30	13	11	6	40	28	+12	50
3	Sektzia Ness Ziona	30	11	12	7	44	32	+12	45
4	Hapoel Petah Tikva	30	11	11	8	26	25	+1	44
5	Hapoel Ashdod^[a]	30	10	14	6	36	29	+7	43
6	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	10	12	8	39	32	+7	42
7	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	30	9	12	9	36	36	0	39
8	Bnei Yehuda	30	9	11	10	34	30	+4	38
9	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	30	10	8	12	37	38	−1	38	Qualification for the Relegation playoffs
10	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	30	8	13	9	34	36	−2	37
11	Hapoel Ramat Gan	30	8	13	9	34	39	−5	37
12	Hapoel Afula	30	11	4	15	33	52	−19	37
13	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	30	9	9	12	28	39	−11	36
14	Hapoel Acre	30	7	14	9	33	27	+6	35
15	Hapoel Ra'anana	30	8	10	12	31	39	−8	34
16	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	30	5	11	14	31	45	−14	26

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
Notes:

^ A.S. Ashdod were deducted 1 points

Results

Home \ Away	BTB	BNY	FKQ	HAC	HAF	HAD	HKS	HPT	HRA	HRG	HRS	HRL	HUF	MAN	MBR	SNZ
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	—	1–3				0–0			1–2			1–3	0–0
Bnei Yehuda		—			5–0		0–1			1–1		2–4
F.C. Kafr Qasim		3–2	—			3–1	2–2								2–1	2–0
Hapoel Acre			0–0	—	1–2		0–1	1–0						3–1		1–1
Hapoel Afula	0–1				—		1–0	0–0			1–1	2–2			0–2
Hapoel Ashdod		0–0		1–1		—				5–1		2–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–1			0–3		2–0	—	0–0							1–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva		2–1				0–1		—	1–0		0–2		0–0
Hapoel Ra'anana		0–3		1–3					—	3–4		0–1		0–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan					1–1		1–2			—				1–1	1–1	1–3
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon			1–0			1–1			0–0	1–1	—		0–0
Hapoel Rishon LeZion			1–2		3–2		1–4					—			1–1	1–1
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm			0–0	4–3					2–1	2–1			—	3–1
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	4–2		0–0		2–1			0–0			0–4			—		3–0
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	4–1	0–0				0–0									—	2–0
Sektzia Ness Ziona	2–1							1–0			2–0		1–1		2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on complete source="Ligat Leumit – Matches".. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3
Team ╲ Round
Maccabi Bnei Reineh	10	2	4
F.C. Kafr Qasim	2	1	2
Sektzia Ness Ziona	15	15	15
Hapoel Petah Tikva	4	4	9
Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	6	3
Hapoel Ashdod	7	8	5
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	3	3	6
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	11	11	7
Hapoel Ramat Gan	9	10	12
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	5	5	1
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	8	9	11
Hapoel Afula	12	12	9
Hapoel Acre	14	13	14
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	1	7	8
Hapoel Ra'anana	13	14	13
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	16	16	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	MBR	SNZ	FKQ	HAD	HPT	HKS	HUF	BnY
1	Maccabi Bnei Reineh (C, P)	37	18	10	9	43	28	+15	64	Promoted to Israeli Premier League	—
2	Sektzia Ness Ziona (P)	37	16	13	8	59	39	+20	61	Promoted to Israeli Premier League		—
3	F.C. Kafr Qasim	37	16	13	8	51	35	+16	61				—
4	A.S. Ashdod^[a]	37	13	16	8	48	41	+7	54					—
5	Hapoel Petah Tikva	37	14	12	11	36	35	+1	54						—
6	Hapoel Kfar Saba	37	13	13	11	51	44	+7	52							—
7	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	37	10	13	14	47	54	−7	43								—
8	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	37	10	12	15	41	47	−6	42									—

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

^ A.S. Ashdod were deducted 1 points

Relegation playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	MAN	HAF	HAC	HRG	HRS	HRL	HRA	BTB
9	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	37	13	11	13	41	45	−4	50		—
10	Hapoel Afula	37	13	8	16	39	57	−18	47			—
11	Hapoel Acre	37	10	16	11	38	34	+4	46				—
12	Hapoel Ramat Gan	37	10	16	11	43	47	−4	46					—
13	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	37	9	18	10	39	40	−1	45						—
14	Hapoel Rishon LeZion (Q)	37	11	10	16	42	46	−4	43	Qualification for the Promotion/relegation playoff						—
15	Hapoel Ra'anana (R)	37	10	12	15	40	50	−10	42	Relegated to Liga Alef							—
16	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (R)	37	6	15	16	39	55	−16	33	Relegated to Liga Alef								—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team faced 2021–22 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner in a one game.

11 May 2022

19:40

Hapoel Rishon LeZion	3–1	Hapoel Kfar Shalem
	Report

Netanya Stadium

References

^ due Financial reasons Relegated to Liga Alef instead Hapoel Petah Tikva

[table_note_HAD0.33776549964108-2] A.S. Ashdod were deducted 1 points

[table_note_HAD0.56433261631258-3] A.S. Ashdod were deducted 1 points

[1] ue Financial reasons Relegated to Liga Alef instead Hapoel Petah Tikva

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