2015–16 Liga Alef

The 2015–16 Liga Alef season is the current season of third tier football in Israel. League matches began on 25 September 2015 and are due to end in May 2016.

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 2016-17 season.

Changes from last season

Team changes

Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem and Hapoel Ashkelon were promoted to Liga Leumit; Ironi Tiberias (to North division) and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan (to South division) were relegated from Liga Leumit.
Beitar Nahariya and Maccabi Umm al-Fahm were relegated to Liga Bet from North division, whilst F.C. Givat Olga folded following a merger with Hapoel Hadera;^[1] Hapoel Kafr Kanna, Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye and Hapoel Iksal were promoted to the North division from Liga Bet.
Maccabi Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi were relegated to Liga Bet from South division; Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden and Bnei Eilat were promoted to the South division from Liga Bet.

North Division


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ironi Nesher	16	10	4	2	28	7	+21	34	Promotion to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Herzliya	16	9	3	4	23	16	+7	30	Promotion play-offs
3	Ironi Tiberias	16	7	8	1	20	10	+10	29
4	Hapoel Kafr Kanna	16	8	2	6	19	18	+1	26
5	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	16	8	2	6	17	17	0	26
6	Hapoel Hadera	16	6	5	5	25	21	+4	23
7	Hapoel Asi Gilboa	16	5	7	4	20	14	+6	22
8	Hapoel Iksal	16	5	7	4	16	13	+3	22
9	Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye	16	4	8	4	12	13	−1	20
10	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	16	5	5	6	19	21	−2	20
11	F.C. Karmiel Safed	16	5	5	6	16	19	−3	20
12	Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata	16	5	4	7	14	14	0	19
13	Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel	16	3	6	7	17	21	−4	15
14	Hapoel Beit She'an	16	3	5	8	13	24	−11	14	Relegation play-offs
15	Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	16	3	4	9	10	22	−12	13	Relegation to Liga Bet
16	Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum	16	3	3	10	6	25	−19	12	Relegation to Liga Bet

Updated to games played on 23 January 2016.
Source: The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

South Division


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sektzia Nes Tziona	16	10	3	3	27	9	+18	33	Promotion to Liga Leumit
2	F.C. Kafr Qasim	16	9	6	1	27	12	+15	33	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Sha'arayim	16	10	3	3	23	11	+12	33
4	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	16	9	2	5	22	19	+3	29
5	Hapoel Azor	16	7	3	6	19	17	+2	24
6	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	16	7	3	6	24	24	0	24
7	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	16	6	5	5	12	8	+4	23
8	Hapoel Marmorek	16	6	4	6	13	15	−2	22
9	Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden	16	6	3	7	18	14	+4	21
10	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	16	5	6	5	14	16	−2	21
11	F.C. Shikun HaMizrah	16	6	2	8	20	25	−5	20
12	Beitar Kfar Saba	16	6	1	9	19	26	−7	19
13	Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa	16	4	5	7	18	20	−2	17
14	Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva	16	3	6	7	11	18	−7	15	Relegation play-offs
15	Bnei Eilat	16	2	5	9	14	27	−13	11	Relegation to Liga Bet
16	Hapoel Morasha	16	2	3	11	10	30	−20	9	Relegation to Liga Bet

References

Liga Alef North 2015/2016 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
Liga Alef South 2015/2016 The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

↑ History: Hapoel Hadera and Givat Olga merged Doublepass, 9.9.2015 (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

Football in Israel

Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League (2015–16) Liga Leumit (2015–16) Liga Alef (2015–16) Liga Bet (2015–16) Liga Gimel (2015–16) Noar Premier League (2015–16)

Women	Women's League (2015–16)

Other	Beach Soccer League ('15) ('16) Futsal League

Domestic cups

Men	State Cup (2015–16) Super Cup Toto Cup (2015–16 Al, 2015–16 Leumit) Youth State Cup (2015–16)

Women	Israeli Women's Cup (2015–16)

Defunct competitions

National teams

Men	National team (History Players Records) U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 Mandatory Palestine

Women	National team U-19 U-17

Other	National beach team National futsal team

Related to national team