1978–79 Liga Alef

The 1978–79 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Nazareth Illit (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Beit Shemesh (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Artzit.

Promotion play-offs, held in neutral venue, introduced between the second placed clubs in each regional division. Hapoel Herzliya won over Maccabi Kiryat Gat, and became the third promoted club.

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	26	16	6	4	45	29	+16	38	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Herzliya	26	11	10	5	32	21	+11	32	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Hadera	26	14	3	9	41	21	+20	31
4	Hapoel Givat Olga	26	10	9	7	22	20	+2	29
5	Hapoel Nahariya	26	10	9	7	32	32	0	29
6	Hapoel Afikim	26	11	5	10	43	31	+12	27
7	Beitar Netanya	26	11	5	10	39	31	+8	27
8	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	11	5	10	41	37	+4	27
9	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	26	7	9	10	24	26	−2	23
10	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	26	8	7	11	30	36	−6	23
11	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	7	9	10	28	37	−9	23
12	Hapoel Tel Hanan	25	8	6	11	21	23	−2	22
13	Hapoel Nahliel	26	4	10	12	14	29	−15	18	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Givat Haim	25	3	7	15	21	60	−39	13	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Beit Shemesh	26	16	5	5	53	22	+31	37	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	26	11	13	2	35	16	+19	35	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	26	12	10	4	40	35	+5	34
4	Maccabi Sha'arayim	26	11	10	5	43	25	+18	32
5	Beitar Ramla	26	10	11	5	30	22	+8	31
6	Hapoel Ashkelon	26	9	7	10	41	38	+3	25
7	Lazarus Holon	26	9	6	11	34	39	−5	24
8	Hapoel Ramla	26	5	13	8	30	33	−3	23
9	Maccabi Yavne	26	6	11	9	22	26	−4	23
10	Hapoel Dimona	26	7	9	10	28	40	−12	23
11	Hapoel Or Yehuda	26	7	8	11	29	35	−6	22
12	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	26	6	9	11	23	33	−10	21
13	SK Nes Tziona	26	5	8	13	27	41	−14	16^[a]	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Beitar Ashdod	26	4	8	14	25	55	−30	16	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 2 points deducted.

Promotion play-offs

19.5.1979

Hapoel Herzliya	3 – 1	Maccabi Kiryat Gat

Hapoel Petah Tikva

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Yair Tilinger

Hapoel Herzliya promoted to Liga Artzit.

References

Herzliya: Best from the north Maariv, 13.5.79, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Kiryat Gat defeated only twice this season Maariv, 13.5.79, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Duo First & Shohat brought Hapoel Herzliya back to Liga Artzit Maariv, 20.5.79, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[table_hth_SNT0.5033804120046-1] 2 points deducted.

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v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Ness Ziona Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 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 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
See also: Liga Artzit

v t e 1978–79 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup
Related to national team	Results 1980 Olympics qualification
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Yehud Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv