1988–89 Liga Leumit

The 1988–89 Liga Leumit season began in September 1988 and ended in June 1989. After the first two rounds of matches (26 matches) the league split into two groups; a Championship group of six clubs and a Relegation group of eight clubs, who played the other clubs in their group once more.

Liga Leumit
Season1988–89
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
3rd title
RelegatedHapoel Tiberias
Tzafririm Holon
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Top goalscorerBenny Tabak (18)

Maccabi Haifa won their third title, whilst Hapoel Tiberias, Tzafririm Holon and Hapoel Tel Aviv (a year after winning the title) were all relegated. Benny Tabak of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.

Final table

Championship group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Haifa[lower-alpha 1] (C) 31 15 14 2 49 19 +30 57
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva[lower-alpha 1] 31 15 11 5 36 20 +16 54 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
3 Maccabi Netanya 31 14 10 7 36 33 +3 52
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 31 13 9 9 34 27 +7 48 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 31 11 10 10 22 29 7 43
6 Shimshon Tel Aviv 31 9 13 9 28 25 +3 40
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Two points deducted for violating budget rules.

Relegation group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Hapoel Jerusalem[lower-alpha 1] 33 12 11 10 28 27 +1 46
8 Maccabi Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 2] 33 11 11 11 44 44 0 42
9 Beitar Jerusalem 33 12 6 15 42 44 2 42
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 33 10 11 12 33 38 5 41
11 Bnei Yehuda 33 8 14 11 31 29 +2 38
12 Hapoel Tiberias (R) 33 9 5 19 31 52 21 32 Relegated to Liga Artzit
13 Tzafririm Holon[lower-alpha 2] (R) 33 7 9 17 30 39 9 28
14 Hapoel Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 3] (R) 33 8 8 17 33 51 18 28
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. One point deducted for violating budget rules.
  2. Two points deducted for violating budget rules.
  3. Four points deducted for violating budget rules.

References

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