2010–11 Liga Leumit – Wikipedia

Football league season

The 2010–11 Liga Leumit was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011.^[1]

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 2009–10 season, two promoted teams from the 2009–10 Liga Alef and two relegated teams from the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League.

Changes from 2009–10 season[edit]

Location of teams in the 2010–11 Liga Leumit

Team changes[edit]

Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Hapoel Ashkelon were directly promoted to the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League after finishing the 2009–10 season in the two top places.

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Ra’anana were directly relegated to the 2010–11 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom two places.

Overview[edit]

Stadia and locations[edit]

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Ahva Arraba	Doha Stadium	08,500
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv	Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium	06,500
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	Winter Stadium	08,000
Hapoel Bnei Lod	Lod Municipal Stadium	02,000
Hapoel Herzliya	Herzliya Municipal Stadium	08,100
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Levita Stadium	05,800
Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Green Stadium	04,000
Hapoel Ra’anana	Levita Stadium	0005,800^[A]
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Haberfeld Stadium	06,000
Ironi Bat Yam	Bat Yam Municipal Stadium	03,100
Ironi Ramat HaSharon	Grundman Stadium	02,200
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	Ilut Stadium	04,932
Maccabi Be’er Sheva	Vasermil Stadium	13,000
Maccabi Herzliya	Herzliya Municipal Stadium	08,100
Maccabi Ironi Jatt	Ilut Stadium	0004,932^[A]
Sektzia Nes Tziona	Ness Ziona Stadium	03,500

^A The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

Regular season[edit]

Regular season table[edit]

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
Notes:

^ Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were deducted nine for entering administration.^[2]
^ Hapoel Nazareth Illit were docked nine points for entering administration.
^ Ahva Arraba were docked one point due to double contracts with players and staff in the previous year and nine points for entering administration.^[3]

Regular season results[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Rounds
31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th
1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4	1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4	2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5	1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5	3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1
07 – 10 8 – 9	7 – 8 10 – 90	08 – 10 9 – 7	0 0	0 0
11 – 16 12 – 15 13 – 14	11 – 12 15 – 13 16 – 14	12 – 16 13 – 11 14 – 15	11 – 14 12 – 13 16 – 15	13 – 16 14 – 12 15 – 11

Top playoff[edit]

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Kfar Saba started with 33 points, Ironi Ramat HaSharon with 30, Maccabi Herzliya with 27, Hapoel Rishon LeZion with 26, Hapoel Ra’anana with 23 and Sektzia Nes Tziona started with 23.

Top playoff table[edit]

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Top playoff results[edit]

Middle playoff[edit]

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Herzliya started with 23 points, Hapoel Bnei Lod with 23, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth with 17 and Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv started with 17.

Middle playoff table[edit]

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Middle playoff results[edit]

Bottom playoff[edit]

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Be’er Sheva started with 16 points, Ironi Bat Yam with 15, Hapoel Nazareth Illit with 12, Hakoah Ramat Gan with 12, Maccabi Ironi Jatt with 10 and Ahva Arraba started with 7.

Bottom playoff table[edit]

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Bottom playoff results[edit]

Promotion and Relegation playoff[edit]

Promotion playoff[edit]

The 3rd-placed Hapoel Kfar Saba faced the 14th-placed Israeli Premier League team Hapoel Petah Tikva. Hapoel Petah Tikva, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League. The matches took place on May 24 and 27, 2011.

Hapoel Petah Tikva won 5–1 on aggregate.

Relegation playoff[edit]

The 14th-placed Hakoah Ramat Gan faced the 3rd-placed Liga Alef team Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa. Hakoah Ramat Gan, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 26 and 31, 2011.

Hakoah Ramat Gan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers[edit]

Season statistics[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Discipline[edit]

References[edit]

[table_hth_MAN0.88746474724611-3] Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were deducted nine for entering administration.^[2]

[table_hth_HNI0.88746474724611-4] Hapoel Nazareth Illit were docked nine points for entering administration.

[table_hth_AHV0.88746474724611-6] Ahva Arraba were docked one point due to double contracts with players and staff in the previous year and nine points for entering administration.^[3]