The 2018–19 Liga Leumit was the 20th season as second tier since its re-alignment in 1999 and the 77th season of second-tier football in Israel.
A total of sixteen teams contested in the league, including twelve sides from the 2017–18 season, the two promoted teams from 2017–18 Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2017–18 Israeli Premier League.
Changes from 2017–18 season Team changes Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Hadera were promoted to the 2018–19 Israeli Premier League.
Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Acre were relegated after finishing as the two bottom-placed clubs in the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League.
Maccabi Herzliya, and Ironi Nesher were directly relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last two league places. They were replaced the top placed teams from each division of 2017–18 Liga Alef, Sektzia Ness Ziona (from South Division) and Hapoel Iksal (from North Division).
Overview Stadia and locations
Club Home City Stadium Capacity Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Tel Aviv and Ramla Ramla Municipal Stadium 2,000 Hapoel Acre Acre Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000 Hapoel Afula Afula Afula Illit Stadium 3,000 Hapoel Ashkelon Ashkelon Sala Stadium 5,250 Hapoel Bnei Lod Lod Lod Municipal Stadium 3,000 Hapoel Iksal Iksal Ilut Stadium4,932 Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 31,733 Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800 Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot Ramla Municipal Stadium 2,000 Hapoel Nazareth Illit Nazareth Illit Green Stadium 4,000 Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500 Hapoel Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Stadium 13,370 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 4,300 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Nazareth Ilut Stadium 4,932 Sektzia Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Ness Ziona Stadium 3,500
The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.
Regular season
Results Matches 1–30
Playoffs Promotion playoff
Top Playoff table
Top Playoff results
Relegation playoff Bottom Playoff table
Bottom Playoff results
Positions by round
Team \ Round1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Sektzia Ness Ziona 3 9 10 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 6 7 5 6 4 5 7 6 5 6 5 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2Hapoel Kfar Saba 5 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 1Hapoel Nazareth Illit 5 8 5 6 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 4 2 2 2 4 3 5 5 5 4 4Hapoel Afula 5 5 3 2 3 3 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5 4 2 3 6 6 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5Hapoel Ashkelon 1 5 7 5 7 5 4 5 5 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 4 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6Beitar Tel Aviv 14 10 6 9 11 8 8 7 7 10 6 6 6 7 6 5 4 4 4 7 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7Hapoel Ramat Gan 9 11 13 13 13 14 15 12 12 12 11 10 8 8 10 13 10 10 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8Hapoel Bnei Lod 15 15 15 15 14 12 13 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 13 11 12 11 10 9 9Hapoel Petah Tikva 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 14 12 11 10 11 11 10 12 10 12 11 12 10Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 3 4 8 8 8 9 7 10 10 11 13 11 12 13 12 12 13 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 13 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 11Hapoel Rishon LeZion 9 13 12 11 10 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 11 12 8 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 12 12 12 12 15 15 14 12 13 12Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 5 7 9 10 9 10 11 11 11 7 10 12 10 10 9 9 11 8 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 13 12 13 13 14 15 13 14 13 14 14 13Hapoel Acre 9 3 4 4 6 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 11 12 11 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 11 14 11 10 13 11 14Hapoel Marmorek 9 12 11 12 12 13 12 13 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 13 14 10 13 15 15 15 15Hapoel Iksal 13 14 14 14 15 15 14 14 13 13 12 13 13 11 13 11 12 13 11 12 12 13 13 14 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
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Leader and promotion to 2019–20 Israeli Premier League Promotion to 2019–20 Israeli Premier League Qualification to relegation play-offs Relegation to 2019–20 Liga Alef
Promotion/relegation playoff The 14th-placed team, Hapoel Acre, faced 2018–19 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner Maccabi Herzliya in a two-legged tie. The matches took place on 26 and 29 May 2019.
Hapoel Acre won 7–4 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Maccabi Herzliya remained in Liga Alef.
See also 2018–19 Toto Cup Leumit
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