The 1989–90 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 saw Bnei Yehuda won their first, and to date only title, whilst Hapoel Ramat Gan and Shimshon Tel Aviv were relegated to Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit was the third tier of Israeli football after the Premier League and Liga Leumit, and was run by the Israel Football Association.-Structure:...

. Uri Malmilian

Uri Malmilian

Uri Malmilian is an Israeli former football player and current manager.-Early life and playing career:Born in the neighbourhood of Mamilla in Jerusalem, Israel, Malmilian had a memorable playing career in the Liga Leumit at Beitar Jerusalem. He is regarded as one the best Israeli players...

 of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.

After the first two rounds of matches (22 matches) the league split into two groups of six clubs; a Championship group and a Relegation group, with clubs playing the others in their group twice more.

Championship group

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Bnei Yehuda	32	17	11	4	48	24	24	62	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	32	16	10	6	40	21	19	58
3	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...	32	14	8	10	40	29	11	50	Qualified for Intertoto Cup
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	32	14	6	12	48	44	4	48
5	Beitar Tel Aviv	32	10	8	14	35	46
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6	Hapoel Kfar Saba	32	10	6	16	28	41
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Relegation group

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
7	Maccabi Netanya	32	9	12	11	31	31	0	39
8	Hapoel Jerusalem	32	9	12	11	29	35
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9	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	32	8	14	10	29	33
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10	Beitar Jerusalem	32	10	8	14	20	25
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11	Hapoel Ramat Gan	32	8	12	12	24	34
36	Relegated to Liga Artzit
12		Shimshon Tel Aviv	32	7	13	12	23	32
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