1986–87 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season 1986-87
Champions Beitar Jerusalem
1st title
Relegated Maccabi Yavne
Maccabi Jaffa
Beitar Netanya
Top goalscorer Eli Yani (16)

The 1986–87 Liga Leumit season saw Beitar Jerusalem win their first title. Maccabi Yavne, Maccabi Jaffa and Beitar Netanya (in their first, and to date only season in the top division) were all relegated to Liga Artzit. Eli Yani of Hapoel Kfar Saba was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.

Format changes

On 1 September 1986 the IFA board confirmed a proposal through which the number of teams in Liga Leumit would decrease to 14 teams. For this season three teams would relegate to Liga Artzit (as it was in previous seasons), and only one team would be promoted to Liga Leumit.[1]

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1Beitar Jerusalem30199259273266Qualified for
Intertoto Cup
2Bnei Yehuda301118137251251
3Maccabi Tel Aviv301211743251847
4Hapoel Lod301112735211445
5Shimshon Tel Aviv301015533201345
6Maccabi Petah Tikva30111272921845
7Maccabi Netanya30128103030044
8Hapoel Kfar Saba30119104440442
9Maccabi Haifa3091293528739
10Hapoel Petah Tikva30911103130138
11Hapoel Be'er Sheva3071582019136
12Hapoel Tel Aviv3061682022-234
13Beitar Tel Aviv30713103339-634
14Maccabi Yavne30612122835-730Relegated to
Liga Artzit
15Maccabi Jaffa30410162348-2522
16Beitar Netanya3031262292-7010

References

  1. 3 Teams Will Be Relegated from the Leumit and Only One Team Will Advance from the Artzit Ma'ariv, 2 September 1986, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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