1958–59 Liga Alef

The 1958–59 Liga Alef season saw Bnei Yehuda win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Bnei Yehuda	22	14	6	2	49	15	34	34	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	22	11	6	5	33	20	13	28
3	Hakoah Tel Aviv	22	11	4	7	24	23	1	26
4	Beitar Jerusalem	22	10	6	6	40	36	4	26
5	Maccabi Hadera	22	9	5	8	30	32	-2	23
6	Hapoel Rehovot	22	9	3	10	32	33	-1	21
7	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	22	9	2	11	28	35	-7	20
8	Hapoel Hadera	22	8	3	11	33	33	0	19
9	Maccabi Rehovot	22	7	5	10	26	32	-6	19
10	Shimshon Tel Aviv	22	8	3	11	19	29	-10	19
11	Maccabi Sha'arayim	22	5	1	16	33	40	-7	11	Relegation play-offs
12	Hapoel Afula	22	5	1	16	20	44	-24	11	Relegation play-offs

Relegation play-offs

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 11th and 12th placed clubs in Liga Alef, Maccabi Sha'arayim and Hapoel Afula, and the second placed clubs of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Hapoel Netanya and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Each club played the other three once.

Hapoel Afula v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Afula	5 – 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Maccabi Sha'arayim v Hapoel Netanya

Maccabi Sha'arayim	1 – 1	Hapoel Netanya

Hapoel Afula v Hapoel Netanya

Hapoel Afula	3 – 1	Hapoel Netanya

Maccabi Sha'arayim v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Maccabi Sha'arayim	0 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Afula v Maccabi Sha'arayim

Hapoel Afula	6 – 0	Maccabi Sha'arayim

Hapoel Netanya v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Netanya	1 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Shortly after the Relegation play-offs, Hapoel Afula was disqualified for fielding Zvi Singel, who was also listed at the Israeli football association as a player of lower division club, Hapoel Beit HaShita. as a result, Afula lost their Liga Alef status, and Hapoel Netanya took their place in Liga Alef.^[1]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Afula	3	3	0	0	14	1	13	6	Disqualified, relegated to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	2	0	1	4	6	-2	4	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Netanya	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1	Promoted to Liga Alef
4	Maccabi Sha'arayim	3	0	1	2	1	9	–8	1	Relegated to Liga Bet

References

Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Afula almost certain in Liga Alef Maariv, 7.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Balfouria and Beer Sheva in Liga Alef Davar, 14.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

↑ Hapoel Afula disqualified Maariv, 5.7.59, Historical Jewish Press (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

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Liga Leumit	Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

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