1986–87 Liga Alef

The 1986–87 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Hadera (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Bat Yam (champions of the South Division) win their regional divisions, and qualify for promotion play-offs against the 11th and 12th placed clubs in Liga Artzit, Hapoel Marmorek and Hapoel Ramat Gan. Hapoel Bat Yam were the only promoted club from Liga Alef to Liga Artzit.

At the end of the season, Liga Alef expanded from 14 to 16 clubs in each division, due to the reduction from 16 to 14 clubs in both Liga Leumit and Liga Artzit.^[1]

North Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Hadera	26	35	14	21	35	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	29	20	9	32
3	Maccabi Tamra	26	20	13	7	30
4	Beitar Haifa	26	28	23	5	28
5	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	21	21	0	28
6	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	26	28	24	4	27
7	Hapoel Tira	26	27	26	1	27
8	Hapoel Bnei Tamra	26	34	34	0	24
9	Maccabi Afula	26	16	22	-6	24
10	Hapoel Tayibe	26	21	32	-11	24
11	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	26	30	32	-2	23
12	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	26	19	22	-3	22
13	Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba	26	26	32	-6	21	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Maccabi Or Akiva	26	16	35	-19	17	Relegated to Liga Bet

South Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Bat Yam	26	23	11	12	36	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	26	27	15	12	32
3	Hapoel Azor	26	34	24	10	31
4	Hapoel Ashkelon	26	21	15	6	30
5	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	26	38	25	13	28
6	Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi	26	18	19	-1	28
7	Hapoel Ramla	26	27	24	3	27
8	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	26	18	16	2	27
9	Hapoel Beit Shemesh	26	26	30	-4	23
10	Maccabi Lazarus Holon	26	24	29	-5	23
11	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	26	23	29	-6	23
12	Hapoel Or Yehuda	26	15	21	-6	21
13	Beitar Be'er Sheva	26	21	43	-22	17	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Yeruham	26	24	38	-14	16	Relegated to Liga Bet

Promotion play-offs

A promotion-relegation play-off between the Liga Alef regional winners, Maccabi Hadera and Hapoel Bat Yam and the 11th and 12th placed clubs in Liga Artzit, Hapoel Marmorek and Hapoel Ramat Gan. Each club played the other three once.

Hapoel Marmorek v Hapoel Ramat Gan

Hapoel Marmorek	1 – 3	Hapoel Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan Stadium

Maccabi Hadera v Hapoel Bat Yam

Maccabi Hadera	1 – 3	Hapoel Bat Yam

Ramat Gan Stadium

Hapoel Marmorek v Maccabi Hadera

Hapoel Marmorek	2 – 2	Maccabi Hadera

Ramat Gan Stadium

Hapoel Ramat Gan v Hapoel Bat Yam

Hapoel Ramat Gan	0 – 0	Hapoel Bat Yam

Ramat Gan Stadium

Hapoel Marmorek v Hapoel Bat Yam

Hapoel Marmorek	1 – 2	Hapoel Bat Yam

Ramat Gan Stadium

Hapoel Ramat Gan v Maccabi Hadera

Hapoel Ramat Gan	0 – 1	Maccabi Hadera

Ramat Gan Stadium

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Bat Yam	3	2	1	0	5	2	3	7	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	4	Remained in Liga Artzit
3	Maccabi Hadera	3	1	1	1	4	5	–1	4	Remained in Liga Alef
4	Hapoel Marmorek	3	0	1	2	4	7	–3	1	Relegated to Liga Alef

References

Liga Alef Maariv, 26.4.87, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Hapoel Bat Yam promoted to Artzit, Hapoel Ramat Gan remained Maariv, 14.6.87, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

↑ 3 Teams Will Be Relegated from the Leumit and Only One Team Will Advance from the Artzit Ma'ariv, 2 September 1986, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	Beitar Nahariya F.C. Givat Olga F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Nesher Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Azor Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Morasha Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Sha'arayim Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	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

See also: Liga Artzit