1975–76 Liga Alef

The 1975–76 Liga Alef season was the last in which Liga Alef was the second tier of Israeli football, as at the end of the season, Liga Artzit came into existence, and became the new second tier, Liga Alef became the third tier.

Hapoel Acre (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Yehud (champions of the South Division) promoted to Liga Leumit, both in the first time in their history.

The eight clubs which placed between second to fifth in each of their respective regional divisions, with the addition of four clubs which have been relegated from Liga Leumit, formed the new Liga Artzit in the following season.

All the other clubs which placed sixth to fifteenth, continued to the new Liga Alef as third tier clubs. the bottom two clubs in each regional division demoted to Liga Bet (new fourth tier).

North Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Acre	32	22	5	5	54	19	35	49	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Beitar Netanya	32	19	10	3	45	17	28	48	Remained at second level
3	Hapoel Ramat Gan	32	18	10	4	49	19	30	44	Two points deducted
4	Maccabi Hadera	32	13	11	8	34	32	2	37	Remained at second level
5	Hapoel Netanya	32	14	10	8	59	30	29	36	Two points deducted
6	Maccabi Herzliya	32	9	16	7	31	28	3	32	Two points deducted
7	Hapoel Nahliel	32	9	13	10	31	35	-4	31	Relegated to Liga Alef
8	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	32	12	7	13	27	31	-4	29	Two points deducted
9	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	32	6	15	11	36	45	-9	27	Relegated to Liga Alef
10	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	32	8	11	13	37	49	-12	27
11	Hapoel Safed	32	8	10	14	30	43	-13	26
12	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	32	9	11	12	42	46	-4	25	Four points deducted
13	Hapoel Nahariya	32	10	5	17	43	52	-9	25	Relegated to Liga Alef
14	Hapoel Tel Hanan	32	6	13	13	26	44	-18	25
15	Hapoel Herzliya	32	7	10	15	26	39	-13	24
16	Hapoel Tiberias	32	5	13	14	26	48	-22	23	Relegated to Liga Bet
17	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	32	5	12	15	20	39	-19	22	Relegated to Liga Bet

South Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Yehud	32	17	11	4	47	21	26	45	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Holon	32	16	11	5	45	23	32	43	Remained at second level
3	Maccabi Sha'arayim	32	15	10	7	29	23	6	40
4	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	32	13	12	7	41	21	20	38
5	Hapoel Ashdod	32	11	14	7	33	34	-1	36
6	Hapoel Beit Shemesh	32	12	11	9	40	24	16	35	Relegated to Liga Alef
7	Beitar Ramla	32	10	11	11	39	44	-5	31
8	Hapoel Bat Yam	32	9	11	12	37	36	1	29
9	Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan	32	10	9	13	36	38	-2	29
10	Beitar Ashdod	32	8	13	11	33	43	-10	29
11	SK Nes Tziona	32	6	17	9	29	41	-12	29
12	Hapoel Dimona	32	5	18	9	29	38	-9	28
13	Hapoel Marmorek	32	8	11	13	36	36	0	27
14	Hapoel Ramla	32	9	9	14	24	36	-12	27
15	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov	32	9	8	15	32	54	-22	26
16	Beitar Jaffa	32	7	11	14	22	35	-13	25	Relegated to Liga Bet
17	Hapoel Lod	32	7	13	12	36	41	-5	23	Four points deducted

References

Liga Alef tables Davar, 13.6.76, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

Liga Leumit
Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Hapoel Afula Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Nesher Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya
Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Levita Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Nesher Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium
Seasons (second level)	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–42 1946–47 1947–48 1949–50 1951–52 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 2016–17 2017–18

1975–76 in Israeli football
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Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet
Domestic cups	State Cup League Cup Super Cup
Related to national team	Results 1976 Olympics (Qualification)
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Peath Tikva Maccabi Ramat Amidar Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv

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