1973–74 Liga Alef

The 1973–74 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Acre (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Sha'arayim (champions of the South Division) win their regional divisions, and qualify with the second-placed clubs, Shimshon Tel Aviv and Hapoel Marmorek for promotion play-offs against the bottom two clubs in Liga Leumit, Hakoah Ramat Gan and Maccabi Haifa. Shimshon Tel Aviv were the only promoted club from Liga Alef to Liga Leumit.

On same basis, promotion-relegation play-offs contested between the bottom Liga Alef clubs and the top Liga Bet clubs.

North Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Acre 30 16 12 2 44 14 +30 44 Promotion play-offs
2 Shimshon Tel Aviv 30 17 9 4 59 19 +40 43
3 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 16 10 4 48 16 +32 42
4 Hapoel Tiberias 30 14 7 9 33 33 0 35
5 Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel 30 12 10 8 35 30 +5 34
6 Beitar Netanya 30 9 14 7 26 27 −1 32
7 Hapoel Safed 30 11 8 11 37 40 −3 30
8 Hapoel Nahariya 30 11 5 14 34 42 −8 27
9 Hapoel Nahliel 30 7 12 11 39 40 −1 26
10 Hapoel Netanya 30 8 9 13 32 32 0 25
11 Hapoel Kiryat Ata 30 6 12 12 33 31 +2 24
12 Hapoel Bnei Nazareth 30 7 10 13 33 44 −11 24
13 Hapoel Herzliya 30 9 6 15 24 35 −11 24
14 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 30 9 6 15 33 46 −13 24
15 Maccabi Herzliya 30 7 10 13 28 44 −16 24 Relegation play-offs
16 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 30 5 12 13 21 66 −45 22
Source: rsssf.com

South Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Sha'arayim 30 17 8 5 56 29 +27 42 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel Marmorek 30 15 10 5 53 30 +23 40
3 Hapoel Holon 30 13 9 8 40 28 +12 35
4 Hapoel Yehud 30 13 8 9 47 36 +11 32[lower-alpha 1]
5 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 10 11 9 39 43 −4 31
6 Beitar Ramla 30 10 10 10 34 32 +2 30
7 Hapoel Dimona 30 10 9 11 24 28 −4 29
8 Hapoel Lod 30 9 11 10 43 51 −8 29
9 Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov 30 13 3 14 36 47 −11 29
10 Maccabi Ramat Amidar 30 10 8 12 36 30 +6 28
11 Hapoel Ashdod 30 9 10 11 34 36 −2 28
12 Hapoel Beit Shemesh 30 9 10 11 38 42 −4 28
13 Hapoel Bat Yam 30 8 12 10 28 37 −9 28
14 SK Nes Tziona 30 9 9 12 29 31 −2 27
15 Hapoel Ramla 30 11 4 15 25 38 −13 26 Relegation play-offs
16 Maccabi Holon 30 3 10 17 23 47 −24 16
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. 2 points deducted.

Promotion play-offs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hakoah Ramat Gan 5 4 0 1 14 6 +8 8 Remained in Liga Leumit
2 Shimshon Tel Aviv 5 4 0 1 10 4 +6 8 Promoted to Liga Leumit
3 Hapoel Marmorek 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 5 Remained in Liga Alef
4 Maccabi Haifa 5 2 0 3 7 8 −1 4 Relegated to Liga Alef
5 Hapoel Acre 5 2 0 3 8 10 −2 4 Remained in Liga Alef
6 Maccabi Sha'arayim 5 0 1 4 5 17 −12 1
Source: rsssf.com

Relegation play-offs

North play-offs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Hadera 4 3 1 0 13 3 +10 7 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Herzliya 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 6 Remained in Liga Alef
3 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 4 Remained in Liga Bet
4 Hapoel Beit She'an 4 1 0 3 2 7 −5 2
5 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 4 0 1 3 3 12 −9 1 Relegated to Liga Bet
Source: rsssf.com

Beitar Tiberias suspended from the play-offs due to crowd trouble against Hapoel Beit She'an.[1]

South play-offs
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Beitar Jaffa 5 3 2 0 6 2 +4 8 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Ramla 5 3 1 1 6 4 +2 7 Remained in Liga Alef
3 Hapoel Ashkelon 5 2 2 1 5 2 +3 6 Remained in Liga Bet
4 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 5 2 1 2 6 5 +1 5
5 Maccabi Yavne 5 1 2 2 1 3 −2 4
6 Maccabi Holon 5 0 0 5 1 9 −8 0 Relegated to Liga Bet
Source: rsssf.com

References
  1. Tiberias suspended from play-offs Maariv, 4.7.74, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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