1977–78 Liga Alef

The 1977–78 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Tiberias (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Marmorek (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Artzit.

Second and third placed clubs, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Beit She'an from the North division, with Hapoel Lod and Hapoel Bat Yam from the South division, were also promoted, as both Liga Leumit and Liga Artzit expanded from 14 to 16 clubs each.

North Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Tiberias	26	15	7	4	34	17	17	37	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Maccabi Herzliya	26	14	8	4	43	25	19	36
3	Hapoel Beit She'an	26	12	11	3	37	16	21	35
4	Beitar Netanya	26	14	2	10	42	33	9	30
5	Hapoel Nahariya	26	9	8	9	28	40	-12	26
6	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	26	9	7	10	31	27	4	25
7	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	8	8	10	21	25	-4	24
8	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	6	11	9	23	26	-3	23
9	Hapoel Nahliel	26	6	10	10	24	31	-7	22
10	Hapoel Afikim	26	8	6	12	27	36	-9	22
11	Maccabi Hadera	26	7	8	11	21	34	-13	22
12	Hapoel Tel Hanan	26	8	7	11	26	23	3	21	Two points deducted
13	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	26	7	7	12	30	37	-7	21	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Beit Eliezer	26	6	6	14	22	39	-17	18	Relegated to Liga Bet

South Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Marmorek	26	13	9	4	40	19	21	35	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Lod	26	12	11	3	36	24	12	35
3	Hapoel Bat Yam	26	10	12	4	37	21	16	32
4	Hapoel Ashkelon	26	9	13	4	31	19	12	31
5	Hapoel Ramla	26	10	7	9	38	28	10	27
6	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	26	11	5	10	31	38	-7	27
7	Maccabi Yavne	26	7	11	8	28	30	-2	25
8	SK Nes Tziona	26	6	12	8	34	35	-1	23	One point deducted
9	Beitar Ashdod	26	8	7	11	32	41	-9	23
10	Hapoel Or Yehuda	26	8	6	12	37	39	-2	22
11	Hapoel Herzliya	26	7	9	10	30	32	-2	22	One point deducted
12	Beitar Ramla	26	6	10	10	15	25	-10	22
13	Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan	26	8	4	14	19	33	-14	20	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin	26	5	8	13	22	46	-24	18	Relegated to Liga Bet

References

Hapoel Ra'anana escaped relegation to Liga Bet Maariv, 28.5.78, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Bat Yam played as Liga Artzit club Davar, 28.5.78, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba Bnei Eilat F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Morasha Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio 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 2015–16

See also: Liga Artzit

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