2017–18 Liga Alef

Football league season

Liga Alef
Season	2017–18
Champions	Hapoel Iksal Sektzia Ness Ziona
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The 2017–18 Liga Alef season was the 9th season as third tier since its re-alignment in 2009 and the 76th season of third-tier football in Israel.

Changes from last season

Team changes

Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Marmorek were promoted to Liga Leumit; Hapoel Jerusalem (to North division) and Maccabi Sha'arayim (to South division) were relegated from Liga Leumit.
F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna were relegated to Liga Bet from North division, along with F.C. Karmiel Safed, who folded during the season. ^[1]^[2] The two clubs were replaced by Hapoel Shefa-'Amr and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm , which were promoted to the North division from Liga Bet.
F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim and F.C. Shikun HaMizrah were relegated to Liga Bet from South division and were replaced by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Yaniv and Nordia Jerusalem which were promoted to the South division from Liga Bet. During the summer, the merge between Hapoel Holon Yaniv and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon collapsed, leading Tzafririm Holon to re-register to Liga Gimel,^[3] while Hapoel Holon took the merged club's place in Liga Alef, playing under the name F.C. Holon Yermiyahu.^[4]

North Division

Football league season

Liga Alef North
Season	2017–18
Champions	Hapoel Iksal
Matches played	233
Goals scored	644 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Moti Malka (Hapoel Kafr Kana) (17)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Iksal	30	19	6	5	70	34	+36	63	Promotion to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	30	16	10	4	50	20	+30	58	Promotion Playoffs
3	Hapoel Herzliya	30	16	9	5	53	21	+32	57
4	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira	30	15	9	6	49	24	+25	54
5	Ironi Tiberias	30	15	6	9	56	26	+30	51
6	Hapoel Jerusalem	30	12	12	6	39	22	+17	48
7	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	30	14	3	13	47	50	−3	45
8	Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye	30	11	9	10	33	38	−5	42
9	Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata	30	11	7	12	34	29	+5	40
10	F.C. Tira	30	10	10	10	38	43	−5	40
11	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	30	10	6	14	42	42	0	36
12	Hapoel Asi Gilboa	30	9	9	12	37	42	−5	36
13	Hapoel Kafr Kanna	30	8	10	12	45	48	−3	34
14	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	30	7	9	14	35	52	−17	30	Relegation Playoffs
15	Hapoel Beit She'an	30	4	4	22	23	73	−50	16	Relegation to Liga Bet
16	Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel^[a]	30	3	1	26	15	102	−87	10	Relegation to Liga Bet

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2018. Source: Liga Alef North IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Notes:

^ On 1 April 2018 Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel announced its resignation from the league. As the club had three matches to play, these matches (against Ironi Tiberias, Hapoel Jerusalem and F.C. Haifa) were given to its opponents as a walkover.^[5]^[6]

Results

Home \ Away	HRS	TRA	ASI	IBG	HBS	HHZ	HIX	HJR	HKK	HME	HSF	HUF	IRT	MDK	MKA	MZS
F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0^[a]	2–1	3–1
F.C. Tira	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–3	0–1	1–5	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–4	1–0	2–5	2–0
Hapoel Asi Gilboa	0–1	0–5	—	3–4	1–1	1–0	0–4	0–0	4–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–0
Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye	1–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	0–3	3–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0
Hapoel Beit She'an	1–6	3–0^[b]	1–1	1–2	—	0–0	1–3	0–3	0–1	3–1	2–3	1–5	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–4
Hapoel Herzliya	2–1	2–1	2–3	5–0	1–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	7–0	2–2	2–0
Hapoel Iksal	0–0	3–2	2–0	5–1	3–0	1–4	—	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0
Hapoel Jerusalem	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
Hapoel Kafr Kanna	2–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	3–4	2–4	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	4–3	—	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–2
Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	1–0	3–4	1–1	1–0	8–1	1–2	0–2	0–4	3–2	4–1	—	0–2	0–3	4–2	1–0	3–1
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	—	2–1	1–0	1–0	5–2
Ironi Tiberias	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	—	5–0	1–2	0–1
Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel	0–3	2–6	0–4	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–10	0–5	0–4	3–3	1–0	1–4	0–3	—	1–4	0–3
Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	—	1–1
Maccabi Tzur Shalom	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	0–3	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	8–0	3–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match finished with a 2–1 win to F.C. Haifa. As Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel fielded an ineligible player, the result was set to 3–0 to F.C. Haifa. ^[7]
^ The match finished with a 1–1 draw. As F.C. Tira fielded an ineligible player, the match was given to Hapoel Beit She'an. ^[8]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.

Source: IFA

South Division

Football league season

Liga Alef South
Season	2017–18
Champions	Sektzia Ness Ziona
Matches played	240
Goals scored	622 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yossi Asayag (Sektzia Ness Ziona) (30)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sektzia Ness Ziona	30	24	1	5	78	21	+57	73	Promotion to Liga Leumit
2	Maccabi Yavne	30	17	6	7	57	37	+20	57	Promotion Playoffs
3	Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio	30	13	12	5	40	27	+13	51
4	Nordia Jerusalem	30	13	10	7	35	26	+9	49
5	F.C. Holon Yermiyahu	30	11	13	6	38	21	+17	46
6	Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden	30	12	8	10	49	37	+12	44
7	F.C. Kafr Qasim	30	11	11	8	36	25	+11	44
8	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	30	12	8	10	37	43	−6	44
9	Hapoel Azor	30	10	10	10	23	25	−2	40
10	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	30	10	8	12	38	44	−6	38
11	Maccabi Sha'arayim	30	10	7	13	32	39	−7	37
12	Beitar Kfar Saba	30	9	10	11	33	41	−8	37
13	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	30	8	11	11	49	46	+3	35
14	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	30	8	8	14	30	44	−14	32	Relegation Playoffs
15	F.C. Dimona	30	7	6	17	31	60	−29	27	Relegation to Liga Bet
16	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	30	0	1	29	16	86	−70	1	Relegation to Liga Bet

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2017. Source: Liga Alef South IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

Results

Home \ Away	BKS	DMN	HHL	KQS	KRG	HAZ	HBY	HHH	HKS	HMY	MJK	IKG	MSH	MYV	NJR	SNZ
Beitar Kfar Saba	—	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	1–0	0–3	4–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–5
F.C. Dimona	1–1	—	1–4	1–4	3–5	1–2	2–4	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–5
F.C. Holon Yermiyahu	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2
F.C. Kafr Qasim	2–0	0–0	0–1	—	0–2	4–1	1–0	5–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–5
Hapoel Azor	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0
Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	7–0	2–0	—	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–2
Hapoel Hod HaSharon	0–2	0–2	1–9	1–2	1–3	0–1	2–2	—	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–2	0–2
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	2–1	2–0	1–5	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–2
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	0–2	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–5	—	0–0	0–4	0–2	0–3	2–0	1–2
Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–3	1–1	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–3
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	2–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	—	1–4	0–1	0–0	1–3
Maccabi Sha'arayim	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–2	1–4	—	0–2	0–1	0–1
Maccabi Yavne	3–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–2	4–0	3–0	3–1	4–2	0–7	3–1	—	2–2	0–1
Nordia Jerusalem	2–0	5–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–4
Sektzia Ness Ziona	0–0	4–0	3–0	0–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	7–3	4–0	3–1	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2018. Source: Liga Leumit IFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Sektzia Ness Ziona	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maccabi Yavne	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa	14	13	15	11	12	9	10	8	10	8	6	4	3	4	5	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Nordia Jerusalem	5	5	3	4	7	12	14	15	14	13	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	8	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	4	4
F.C. Holon Yermiyahu	5	11	12	6	3	4	3	5	8	10	8	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Hapoel Bika't HaYarden	13	7	11	15	9	14	15	11	12	11	12	12	11	8	7	7	8	6	7	8	9	7	9	7	8	9	8	8	8	6
F.C. Kafr Qasim	1	2	6	8	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	7	8	10	10	9	9	9	6	7	8	10	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	7
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	5	15	10	10	5	3	7	9	7	9	7	6	7	7	6	5	6	7	8	9	7	8	11	8	7	5	6	6	7	8
Hapoel Azor	5	10	5	7	11	11	9	7	6	3	5	8	6	6	8	11	12	10	11	11	10	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	9
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	5	12	7	3	6	8	6	6	4	5	9	9	12	12	12	10	11	12	10	12	11	11	12	12	10	12	11	9	9	10
Maccabi Sha'arayim	2	6	4	5	8	13	11	12	9	7	10	11	9	11	11	12	14	13	13	10	12	9	7	10	12	11	12	12	12	11
Beitar Kfar Saba	3	8	13	13	14	7	5	3	5	6	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	9	10	11	12
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	15	9	9	9	10	10	12	13	11	12	15	15	15	14	15	13	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	5	13	14	12	13	6	8	10	13	15	13	13	13	15	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
F.C. Dimona	5	4	8	14	15	15	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Hapoel Hod HaSharon	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: IFA

Promotion play-offs

Regional semi-finals

Regional final

Final

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm

Ironi Tiberias

3 (8)

North division

Hapoel Herzliya

3 (7)

Hapoel Herzliya

F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira

Ironi Tiberias

1 (3)

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa

1 (1)

Maccabi Yavne

F.C. Holon Yermiyahu

Maccabi Yavne

1 (2)

South division

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa

1 (4)

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa

Nordia Jerusalem

Test matches

25 May 2018

16:30 UTC+3

Hapoel Kfar Saba	4–2	Ironi Tiberias
Fadida 56' Nesikovsky 60', 72' David 90+1'	Report	26' Rothstein 61' Tza'adon

Levita Stadium

Referee: Or'el Grinfeld

29 May 2018

16:15 UTC+3

Ironi Tiberias	1–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba
Gabai 40'	Report	90' Peretz

Tiberias Municipal Stadium

Referee: Erez Papir

Hapoel Kfar Saba won 5–3 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Ironi Tiberias remained in Liga Alef.

Relegation play-offs

North division

6 May 2017

18:00 UTC+3

Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	5–0	Hapoel Bnei Fureidis
Malul 36' (pen.) L. Cohen 67' Amzaleg 70' Sofer 76' Y. Cohen 85'	Report

Ilut Stadium

Referee: Aviad Shiloah

South division

6 May 2018

18:00 UTC+3

Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	3–1	Ironi Or Yehuda
Mizrahi 35' Alberman 55' Levy 90+5'	Report	56' Tamir

Ramat Gan Stadium

Referee: Ro'i Reinschreiber

References

^ The Chairman Announced the Dissolution of Karmiel/Safed: The Decision is Final Shalom Elbaz, 15 November 2016, One (in Hebrew)
^ Karmiel/Safed Demoted to Liga Bet Sofer Elbaz, 1 December 2016 Ynet (in Hebrew)
^ The Mythological Tzafririm Holon Is Re-established, Raz Amir, 11 August 2017, One (in Hebrew)
^ Changes in Commemoration: The Team Named After Yaniv Zaituni Will Be Named After Haim Yermiyahu Itzik Ezra, 18 August 2017, HaShikma Holon (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Announced Going into Liquidation Kobi Portal and Sar-el Azulai, 1 April 2018, Doublepass (in Hebrew)
^ Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal IFA, 11 April 2018 (in Hebrew)
^ Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal IFA, 3 January 2018 (in Hebrew)
^ Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal IFA, 27 September 2017 (in Hebrew)