Liga Leumit 1961-62
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The 1961–62 Liga Leumit
season saw Hapoel Petah Tikva crowned as champions for the fourth successive season (a record which no other club has yet repeated). Shlomo Levi of Hapoel Haifa and Yitzhak Nizri of Hapoel Tiberias
were the league's joint top scorers with 16 goals each.
Maccabi Netanya were relegated to Liga Alef
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Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
season saw Hapoel Petah Tikva crowned as champions for the fourth successive season (a record which no other club has yet repeated). Shlomo Levi of Hapoel Haifa and Yitzhak Nizri of Hapoel Tiberias
Hapoel Tiberias F.C.
Hapoel Tiberias was a football club based in Tiberias, Israel. The club spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s, and made its last appearance in the top flight in 1988.-History:...
were the league's joint top scorers with 16 goals each.
Maccabi Netanya were relegated to Liga Alef
Liga Alef
-History:League football began 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 Alef...
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Final table
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Maccabi Jaffa | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 26 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tiberias Hapoel Tiberias F.C. Hapoel Tiberias was a football club based in Tiberias, Israel. The club spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s, and made its last appearance in the top flight in 1988.-History:... |
22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 35 | ||
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| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 22 |
| 9 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | ||
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| 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 34 | ||
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| 11 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 30 | ||
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| 12 | Maccabi Netanya | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 41 | ||
| 13 | Relegated to Liga Alef Liga Alef -History:League football began 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 Alef... |