Liga Gimel is the fifth and bottom tier of Israeli football league system

Israeli football league system

The Israeli football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Israel. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, and allows even the smallest club to dream of rising to the very top of the system. There are...

, a position it has held since 2009.

History

Between 1999 and 2009 it was the sixth tier after Liga Bet, Between 1974 and 1999 it was the fifth tier after the creation of Liga Artzit, and between 1949 and 1974 it was the fourth division.

Liga Gimel consists of six divisions of varying size, three in the north and three in the less-populated south. At the start of the 2010–11 season there are a total of 89 member clubs. If they meet criteria laid down by the IFA, the top club from each division is promoted at the end of the season to the Liga Bet (the fourth level). Teams are assigned to their new Liga Bet divisions based on their geographical locations. As it is the lowest division, no clubs are relegated.

Liga Gimel Central

The champion of Liga Gimel Central, which covers the southern half of the country, is promoted to Liga Bet South B

Liga Bet

-History:League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga...

. Until 2007 it was known as Liga Gimel Central-South. For the 2010–11 season, the division is composed of:

• Beitar Jaffa Zion
• Bnei Shefi Yahud
• Elitzur Yehud Yotel
• F.C. Rishon LeZion
• Hapoel F.C. Hevel Modi'in
• Hapoel Matzliah
• Hapoel Ramla
• Hapoel Tirat Shalom
• Ironi Beit Dagan
• Ironi Beit Shemesh
• Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov
• Maccabi F.C. Yeruham
• Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda
• Maccabi Rehovot
  Maccabi Rehovot F.C.
  Maccabi Rehovot F.C. is an Israeli football club based in Rehovot. The club competed in the top division during the 1950s, but today plays in Liga Gimel, the sixth and lowest level of Israeli football.-History:...
  
  
• Maccabi Segev Shalom
• Otzma F.C. Holon

Past champions

• 1999–2000: Hapoel Sde Uziyahu/Be'er Tuvia
• 2006–07: Bnei Eilat
• 2007–08: Hapoel MS Ortodoxim Lod
• 2008–09: Hapoel Rahat
• 2009–10: Bnei Yihalel Rehovot

Liga Gimel Jezreel

The champion of Liga Gimel Jezreel is promoted to Liga Bet North B

Liga Bet

-History:League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga...

. For the 2010–11 season, the division is composed of:

• Ahi Bir al-Maksur
• Beitar Afula
• Beitar al-Amal Nazareth
• Beitar Umm al-Fahm
• F.C. Daburiyya
• F.C. Maccabi Nazareth Illit
• Hapoel Bnei Hajajre
• Hapoel Bnei Nazareth
• Hapoel Bnei Nujeidat
• Hapoel Bnei Shibli
• Hapoel Bnei Zilpah
• Hapoel Ka'abiyye
• Hapoel Kfar Kara
• Hapoel Manshiya Zabda
• Hapoel Yafia
• Maccabi Ein Mahil/Jamel

Past champions

• 1999–2000: Hapoel Yafia
• 2006–07: Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim
• 2007–08: Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein
• 2008–09: Maccabi Ahi Iksal
• 2009–10: F.C. Kfar Kama

Liga Gimel Sharon

The champion of Liga Gimel Sharon is promoted to Liga Bet South A

Liga Bet

-History:League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga...

. For the 2010–11 season, the division is composed of:

• Beitar Nes Tubruk
• F.C. Bnei Ra'anana
• F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass
• F.C. Tira
• F.C. Tzeirey Tayibe
• Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba
• Hapoel Ironi Hod HaSharon
• Hapoel Jaljulia
• Hapoel Kafr Bara
• Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa
• Ironi Modi'in
• Maccabi Bnei Qalansawe
• Shimshon Kafr Qasim

Past champions

• 1999–2000: Shimshon Bnei Tayibe
• 2006–07: Hapoel Pardesiya Noam
• 2007–08: Maccabi HaSharon Netanya
• 2008–09: Beitar Petah Tikva
• 2009–10: Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia

Liga Gimel Shomron

The champion of Liga Gimel Shomron is promoted to Liga Bet North B

Liga Bet

-History:League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga...

. For the 2010–11 season, the division is composed of:

• Beitar Hadera
• Beitar Pardes Hanna
• F.C. Kababir
• F.C. Kiryat Yam
• F.C. Zichron Yaacov
• Hapoel Bnei Fureidis
• Hapoel Bnei Musmus Ma'ale Iron
• Hapoel Bnei Zemer
• Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye
• Hapoel Ironi Muawiyah
• Hapoel Spartak Haifa
• Hapoel Yokneam
• Maccabi Barkai
• Maccabi Fureidis
• Maccabi Jisr az-Zarqa
• Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad

Past champions

• 1999–2000: Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye
• 2006–07: Maccabi Ironi Barta'a
• 2007–08: Maccabi Ironi Jatt
• 2008–09: Maccabi Or Akiva
• 2009–10: F.C. Giv'at Olga

Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

The champion of Liga Gimel Tel Aviv is promoted to Liga Bet South A

Liga Bet

-History:League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga...

. For the 2010–11 season, the division is composed of:

• Agudat Sport Holon
• Beitar Ezra
• Beitar Oranit
• Brit Sport Ma'of
• Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv
• F.C. Benleumi Tel Aviv
• F.C. Mahanaim Ramat Gan
• F.C. Roah Tel Aviv
• F.C. Tzeirey Elhoshla
• Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda
  Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda F.C.
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• Hapoel Givat Shmuel
• Hapoel Kiryat Shalom
  Hapoel Kiryat Shalom F.C.
  Hapoel "Easy-Forex" Kiryat Shalom F.C. is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. Playing in Liga Gimel, the fifth level of Israeli football, they are notable for being the first interactive fan-managed sports team, as almost all playing-related decisions are taken through votes on the...
  
  
• Hapoel Neve Golan
• Hapoel Ramat Yisrael
• Hapoel Tel Sheva
• Ironi Ariel

Past champions

• 1999–2000: Beitar Ironi Holon
• 2006–07: Ironi Or Yehuda
• 2007–08: Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda
• 2008–09: Beitar Petah Tikva
• 2009–10: Hapoel Ironi Oranit
• 2010-11: Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda
  Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda F.C.
  -Youth:*Israeli Youth Championship :**1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1997–98-Notable former players:*Salim Tuama*Kobi Dajani*Michael Kadosh*Moshe Romano*Haim Revivo*Avi Yehiel*Dela Yampolsky-External links:* on Livegames.co.il...
  
  

Liga Gimel Upper Galilee

The champion of Liga Gimel Upper Galilee is promoted to Liga Bet North A

Liga Bet

-History:League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga...

. For the 2010–11 season, the division is composed of:

• Beitar Kafr Kanna
• F.C. Bnei Arraba
• F.C. Bu'eine
• F.C. Tzeirey Tur'an
• Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina
• Hapoel Bnei Maghar
• Hapoel Bnei Rameh
• Hapoel Bu'eine
• Hapoel Deir Hanna
• Hapoel Elitihad Nazareth
• Hapoel Nahf
• Maccabi Tzeirey Shefa-'Amr

Past champions

• 1999–2000: Beitar Safed
• 2006–07: Ahi Acre
• 2007–08: Hapoel Kaukab
• 2008–09: Ihud Bnei Majdal Krum
• 2009–10: Hapoel Shefa-'Amr

Defunct division champions

Western Galilee

• 1999–2000: Hapoel Maghar

Bay Area

• 1999–2000: Hapoel Bnei Manda

Haifa

• 1999–2000: Maccabi Tzur Shalom

Gush Dan

• 1999–2000: Maccabi Yehud

South

• 1999–2000: Hapoel Rahat
• 2009–10: Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem