2014–15 Liga Alef
The 2014–15 Liga Alef season is the current season of third tier football in Israel. It started on 19 September 2014 and will end in May 2015.
The champions of each division will be promoted to Liga Leumit, whilst the clubs which will be ranked between 2nd to 5th places in each division will compete in a promotion play-offs, in which the winner will compete in two-legged play-off against the 14th placed club in Liga Leumit for a spot in Liga Leumit in the 2015-16 season.
Changes from last season
Team changes
- Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Kiryat Gat and Ironi Tiberias were promoted to Liga Leumit; Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (to North division), and Hapoel Ashkelon (to South division) were relegated from Liga Leumit.
- Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel, Maccabi Kafr Kanna and Ahva Arraba were relegated to Liga Bet from North division; Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum, Ironi Nesher and Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha were promoted to the North division from Liga Bet.
- Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov and Bnei Eilat were relegated to Liga Bet from South division, whilst Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam folded;[1] Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon, F.C. Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Hod HaSharon were promoted to the South division from Liga Bet.
North Division
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Katamon | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 70 | 21 | 49 | 66 | Promoted to Liga Leumit |
| 2 | Ironi Nesher | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 15 | 36 | 60 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Herzliya | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 28 | 35 | 59 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Beit She'an | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 50 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 49 | |
| 6 | F.C. Givat Olga | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 48 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 46 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 32 | –5 | 36 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 51 | –11 | 36 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 45 | –20 | 35 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Hadera | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 34 | |
| 12 | F.C. Karmiel Safed | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 35 | –4 | 33 | |
| 13 | Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 39 | –9 | 32 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Asi Gilboa | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 31 | –10 | 29 | Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Beitar Nahariya | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 37 | –4 | 28 | Relegation to Liga Bet |
| 16 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 29 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 133 | –122 | 10 |
1. Maccabi Umm al-Fahm were deducted one point.[2]
Results
| Home ╲ Away[1] | BNH | GOL | HKS | ASG | HBN | HHD | HHE | HKN | HME | IBM | INE | MDK | IKA | SMT | MTz | MUF |
| Beitar Nahariya | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 7–0 | ||
| F.C. Givat Olga | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
| F.C. Karmiel Safed | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Hapoel Asi Gilboa | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | ||
| Hapoel Beit She'an | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 11–0 | |
| Hapoel Hadera | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
| Hapoel Herzliya | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 2–0 | ||
| Hapoel Katamon | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 13–0 | ||
| Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | ||
| Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Ironi Nesher | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 12–0 | ||
| Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | ||
| Maccabi Kiryat Ata | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 6–2 | |
| Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Maccabi Tzur Shalom | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–10 | 0–6 | 0–32 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
Updated to games played on 27 April 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
2 The Israel Football Association declared the match a 3–0 technical win for Hapoel Migdal HaEmek after Maccabi Umm al-Fahm failed to fulfill the home team duties.[3]
South Division
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 35 | 68 | Promoted to Liga Leumit |
| 2 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 21 | 56 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Marmorek | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 46 | |
| 4 | Beitar Kfar Saba | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 9 | 45 | |
| 5 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 43 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 41 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 39 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Hod HaSharon | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 38 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva | 29 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 39 | –10 | 35 | |
| 10 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 38 | –5 | 34 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Morasha | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 32 | –6 | 33 | |
| 12 | F.C. Shikun HaMizrah | 29 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 41 | –5 | 32 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Azor | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 39 | –15 | 31 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 30 | –3 | 30 | Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 55 | –16 | 27 | Relegation to Liga Bet |
| 16 | Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 50 | –28 | 115 |
1. Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi were deducted nine points for entering administration.[4]
Results
| Home ╲ Away[1] | BKS | FKQ | FCS | HAS | HAZ | HHH | KSL | HMY | HMK | HMO | MAP | MBS | MKJ | MSH | SNT | MKM |
| Beitar Kfar Saba | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||
| F.C. Kafr Qasim | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
| F.C. Shikun HaMizrah | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | ||
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Hapoel Azor | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||
| Hapoel Hod HaSharon | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||
| Hapoel Marmorek | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Hapoel Morasha | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||
| Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | |
| Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | |
| Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | ||
| Maccabi Sha'arayim | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | ||
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | ||
| Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
Updated to games played on 24 April 2015.
Source: Israel Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- Liga Alef North 2014/2015 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
- Liga Alef South 2014/2015 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
- ↑ Ironi Bat Yam ultimately closed Goler1, 25.8.2014 (Hebrew)
- ↑ Record for Umm al-Fahm: 67 league games without a win Ziv Amoyal, Sport 5, 18.3.2015 (Hebrew)
- ↑ Technical win for Migdal HaEmek, Khalaila and Ohayon eligible to play Kobi Portal, Doublepass, 27.4.2015 (Hebrew)
- ↑ Kiryat Malakhi to enter administration, will start the season with -9 Goler1, 6.8.2014 (Hebrew)
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