2025–26 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	2025–26
Dates	24 August 2025 – May 2026
Top goalscorer	Yoav Tomer (5 goals)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 13 March 2025.

The 2025–26 Liga Leumit is the 27th season as second tier since its realignment in 1999 and the 84th season of second-tier football in Israel.

Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2024–25 season, the two promoted teams from Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2024–25 Israeli Premier League.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season.

To Liga Leumit

Promoted from Liga Alef

Ironi Modi'in (South Division) ^[1]
F.C. Kiryat Yam (North Division) ^[2]

Relegated from Premier League

From Liga Leumit

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to Liga Alef

At the end of the season previous, Hapoel Afula was relegated to League Alef, but due to that the team Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon was not approved, the team was administrative relegated and Hapoel Afula took its place.

Stadia and locations

Club	Home City	Stadium	Capacity
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium	2,570
F.C. Kafr Qasim	Kafr Qasim	Bat Yam Municipal Stadium^[a]	2,800
F.C. Kiryat Yam	Kiryat Yam	Acre Municipal Stadium^[a]	5,000
Hapoel Acre	Acre	Acre Municipal Stadium	5,000
Hapoel Afula	Afula	Afula Illit Stadium	3,000
Hapoel Hadera	Hadera	Afula Illit Stadium^[a]	3,000
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	Levita Stadium	5,800
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	Tel Aviv	Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium	2,570
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	Nof HaGalil	Green Stadium	5,200
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Ramat Gan Stadium^[a]	7,000
Hapoel Ramat Gan	Ramat Gan	Ramat Gan Stadium	7,000
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Haberfeld Stadium	6,000
Ironi Modi'in	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	Bat Yam Municipal Stadium^[a]	2,800
Maccabi Herzliya	Herzliya	Netanya Stadium^[a]	13,610
Maccabi Jaffa	Tel Aviv	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Petah Tikva	HaMoshava Stadium	11,500

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Advances
1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	16	11	2	3	37	19	+18	35	Advances to the Promotion Round
2	Maccabi Herzliya	16	9	5	2	27	14	+13	32
3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	16	8	4	4	20	16	+4	28
4	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	16	7	4	5	23	17	+6	25
5	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	16	7	3	6	26	24	+2	24
6	F.C. Kafr Qasim	16	6	6	4	25	21	+4	24
7	Hapoel Ramat Gan	16	6	4	6	23	21	+2	22
8	Hapoel Acre	16	4	9	3	20	19	+1	21
9	Ironi Modi'in	16	6	2	8	23	27	−4	20	Advances to the Relegation Round
10	F.C. Kiryat Yam	16	8	2	6	23	21	+2	22^[a]
11	Hapoel Ra'anana	16	5	3	8	15	24	−9	18
12	Maccabi Jaffa	16	4	3	9	27	36	−9	15
13	Hapoel Hadera	16	2	9	5	19	21	−2	15
14	Bnei Yehuda	16	4	3	9	15	26	−11	15
15	Hapoel Afula	16	4	4	8	15	28	−13	16
16	Hapoel Nof HaGalil	16	2	7	7	18	23	−5	13

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
Notes:

^ F.C. Kiryat Yam had 4 points deducted ^[9]

Results

Home \ Away	MPT	MHE	HKS	HRL	HKH	FKQ	HRG	HAC	MOD	FKY	HRA	MJA	HHA	BNY	HAF	HNG
Maccabi Petah Tikva	—		2–0	2–1		2–3	3–0	2–1		3–2	1–0		22 Dec	6–0
Maccabi Herzliya	3–1	—		2–0		1–1		2–2	2–1						1–0	4–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba			—	1–3			0–0		2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Hapoel Rishon LeZion				—	0–1		4–1		3–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–0
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	0–0	0–2	1–3		—	4–1		1–2	3–2						2–0	2–2
F.C. Kafr Qasim			0–2	3–0		—			0–0	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–3	0–2			3–1	2–3	—	1–1	0–1						4–1	1–1
Hapoel Acre			2–1	1–1		1–1	22 Dec	—		0–0	0–2	2–2		2–0
Ironi Modi'in	1–2							1–0	—		1–2	2–2		3–1	3–1	2–1
F.C. Kiryat Yam		0–0			2–0		0–2		3–2	—	4–0	0–6	2–3	2–1
Hapoel Ra'anana		1–0			1–3		0–3			19 Dec	—	1–2	0–3	1–1		2–2
Maccabi Jaffa	1–6	0–1	19 Dec		1–3		2–4					—	1–1		1–2	3–1
Hapoel Hadera	2–2	2–2				22 Dec	0–1	1–2	2–3				—		1–1	0–0
Bnei Yehuda		2–3		19 Dec	2–3		1–0					0–1	2–0	—	0–1	2–1
Hapoel Afula	2–3	19 Dec	1–1	0–3		0–4		2–2		2–0	0–2				—
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	2–0		0–1	0–1		1–1		1–1	19 Dec	1–2					1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	TBD	Promoted to Israeli Premier League
2	TBD	Promoted to Israeli Premier League
3	TBD
4	TBD
5	TBD
6	TBD
7	TBD
8	TBD

Updated to match(es) played on TBD 2026. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.

Relegation playoffs

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
7	TBD
8	TBD
9	TBD
10	TBD
11	TBD
12	TBD
13	TBD
14	TBD	Qualification for the Promotion/relegation playoff
15	TBD	Relegated to Liga Alef
16	TBD	Relegated to Liga Alef

Updated to match(es) played on TBD 2026. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.

Promotion/relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team faced Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner in a one game.

TBD 2026

TBD

TBD	-	TBD

TBD, TBD

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Team ╲ Round
Maccabi Petah Tikva	11	4	10	5	6	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maccabi Herzliya	3	6	3	6	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1	7	12	7	8	6	8	8	8	7	5	6	3	3	3
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	9	2	1	2	3	10	4	6	4	3	4	3	4	4	4
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	10	5	2	1	1	5	7	5	3	4	7	4	5	6	5
F.C. Kafr Qasim	5	10	7	4	7	3	5	7	6	5	3	5	6	5	6
Hapoel Ramat Gan	7	3	9	11	9	7	6	4	7	8	6	7	8	9	7
Hapoel Acre	6	11	8	9	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	12	12	10	8
Ironi Modi'in	2	1	4	3	5	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	7	8	9
F.C. Kiryat Yam	16	9	6	8	4	2	2	3	5	6	8	8	9	7	10
Hapoel Ra'anana	15	8	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	14	13	11	11
Maccabi Jaffa	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	10	10	12	12
Hapoel Hadera	4	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	10	10	11	11	13	13
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	8	13	13	10	10	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14
Hapoel Afula	14	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Hapoel Nof HaGalil	12	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source:

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	José Cortés	Maccabi Petah Tikva	9
2	Yaniv Mizrahi	Hapoel Afula	8
3	Anas Dabour	F.C. Kafr Qasim	3
	Gil Itzhak	Maccabi Jaffa
	Nwaf Baziaa	F.C. Kafr Qasim

References

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[Stadiums1-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

[table_hth_FKY0.18968633105498-11] F.C. Kiryat Yam had 4 points deducted ^[9]

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[4] אחרי שנתיים: מכבי פ"ת ירדה לליגה הלאומית. one.co.il (in Hebrew). 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.

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[8] Official: Ramat Hasharon in League Alef, Afula will play in Laomit. sports.walla.co.il (in Hebrew). 9 May 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

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