The 1988–89 Liga Leumit

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 began in September 1988 and ended in June 1989. After the first two rounds of matches (26 matches) the league split into two groups; a Championship group of six clubs and a Relegation group of eight clubs, who played the other clubs in their group once more.

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...

 won their third title, whilst 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:...

, Tzafririm Holon

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. is an Israeli football club based in the city of Holon. The club was founded in 1985 by a merger of Hapoel Holon and Tzafririm Holon.-Hapoel Holon:...

 and Hapoel Tel Aviv (a year after winning the title) were all relegated. Benny Tabak of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.

Championship group

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	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...	31	15	14	2	49	19	30	571
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	31	15	11	5	37	20	16	541	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
3	Maccabi Netanya	31	14	10	7	36	33	3	52
4	Beitar Tel Aviv	31	13	9	9	34	27	7	48
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	31	11	10	10	22	29
43
6	Shimshon Tel Aviv	31	9	13	9	28	25	3	40

Relegation group

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
7	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	12	11	10	28	27	1	462
8	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	11	11	11	44	44	0	421
9	Beitar Jerusalem	33	12	6	15	42	44
42	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
10	Hapoel Kfar Saba	33	10	11	12	33	38
41
11	Bnei Yehuda	33	8	14	11	31	29	2	38
12	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:...	33	9	5	19	31	52
32	Relegated to Liga Artzit
13		Tzafririm Holon Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. is an Israeli football club based in the city of Holon. The club was founded in 1985 by a merger of Hapoel Holon and Tzafririm Holon.-Hapoel Holon:...	33	7	9	17	30	39
281
14	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	8	8	17	33	51
283

1. Two points deducted for violating budget rules.

2. One point deducted for violating budget rules.

3. Four points deducted for violating budget rules.