1973–74 Liga Leumit

The 1973–74 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya win their second title. Benny Alon of Hapoel Haifa was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.

Liga Leumit
Season1973–74
ChampionsMaccabi Netanya
2nd title
RelegatedMaccabi Haifa
Top goalscorerBenny Alon (15)

The bottom two clubs, Hakoah Ramat Gan (who had won the title the previous season) and Maccabi Haifa took part in a play-off group with the top four clubs from Liga Alef to decide promotion and relegation. The top two clubs would remain in/be promoted to Liga Leumit, whilst the bottom four would start the 1974–75 season in Liga Alef. At the end of the play-offs, Hakoah Ramat Gan retained their place in the top division, whilst Shimshon Tel Aviv were promoted with Maccabi Haifa being relegated.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Netanya 30 13 11 6 32 19 +13 37 Champions
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 30 12 11 7 36 18 +18 35
3 Beitar Jerusalem 30 12 10 8 27 26 +1 34
4 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 11 10 9 35 31 +4 32
5 Beitar Tel Aviv 30 11 10 9 31 31 0 32
6 Hapoel Haifa 30 12 8 10 31 44 −13 32
7 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 30 9 13 8 34 25 +9 31
8 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 10 11 9 31 26 +5 31
9 Maccabi Jaffa 30 7 16 7 29 29 0 30
10 Bnei Yehuda 30 6 16 8 21 24 −3 28
11 Hapoel Jerusalem 30 6 16 8 21 25 −4 28
12 Maccabi Petah Tikva 30 6 16 8 21 31 −10 28
13 Hapoel Hadera 30 6 15 9 24 32 −8 27
14 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 7 12 11 25 24 +1 26
15 Hakoah Ramat Gan 30 7 12 11 36 41 −5 26 Promotion/relegation play-offs
16 Maccabi Haifa 30 9 5 16 33 41 −8 23
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion and relegation 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 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 Liga Alef
6 Maccabi Sha'arayim 5 0 1 4 5 17 −12 1
Source: rsssf.com

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