# 2023–24 Liga Leumit

The 2023–24 Liga Leumit is the 25th season as second tier since its realignment in 1999 and the 82nd season of second-tier football in Israel.

## Teams

A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2022–23 season, the two promoted teams from Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2022–23 Israeli Premier League.

### Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season.

#### To Liga Leumit
##### Promoted from Liga Alef

* Maccabi Herzliya (South Division)
* Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr (North Division)

##### Relegated from Premier League

* Ironi Kiryat Shmona
* Sektzia Nes Tziona

#### From Liga Leumit
##### Promoted to Premier League

* Maccabi Petah Tikva
* Hapoel Petah Tikva

##### Relegated to Liga Alef

* A.S. Ashdod
* Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Home City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 29,400 |
| F.C. Kafr Qasim | Kafr Qasim | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Hapoel Acre | Acre | Acre Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
| Hapoel Afula | Afula | Afula Illit Stadium | 3,000 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Kfar Saba | Levita Stadium | 5,800 |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | Nof HaGalil | Green Stadium | 5,200 |
| 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 |
| Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | Umm al-Fahm | HaShalom Stadium | 5,800 |
| Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr | Shefa-'Amr | Ilut Stadium | 4,932 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Stadium | 5,300 |
| Ironi Tiberias | Tiberias | Afula Illit Stadium | 3,000 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | Tel Aviv | Ness Ziona Stadium | 3,500 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | Herzliya | Netanya Stadium | 13,610 |
| Sektzia Ness Ziona | Ness Ziona | Ness Ziona Stadium | 3,500 |
* 1 2 3 4 Play their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet league requirements.

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 61 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 60 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 3 | Ironi Tiberias | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 54 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 4 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 5 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 45 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 42 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 8 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 42 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 41 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 10 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 37 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 11 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 12 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 14 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 16 | Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 66 | −39 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
* ↑ Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr were deducted 2 points

### Results

| Home \ Away | BNY | FKQ | HAC | HAF | HKS | HNG | HRG | HRS | HRL | HUF | IBS | IKS | ITI | MHE | MJA | SNZ |
| Bnei Yehuda | — | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| F.C. Kafr Qasim | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Acre | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Afula | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 5–2 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Ironi Tiberias | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 |
| Sektzia Ness Ziona | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — |

## Promotion playoffs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | IKS | ITI | BNY | HNG | MJA | HRS | MHE | HUF |
| 1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona (C, P) | 37 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 76 | Promoted to Israeli Premier League | | 2–0 | | 0–2 | | | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Ironi Tiberias (P) | 37 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 72 | Promoted to Israeli Premier League | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | |
| 3 | Bnei Yehuda | 37 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 72 | | 0–0 | | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | |
| 4 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 63 | | | | | | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| 5 | Maccabi Jaffa | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 51 | | 0–3 | | | 2–2 | | | 2–3 | 1–3 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 50 | | 1–4 | | | | 4–2 | | | 2–2 |
| 7 | Maccabi Herzliya | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 50 | | | 1–4 | 2–2 | | | 1–1 | | |
| 8 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 37 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 47 | | | 0–2 | 1–6 | | | | 1–2 | |

## Relegation playoffs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HAC | FKQ | HRG | HAF | HRL | HKS | SNZ | IBS |
| 9 | Hapoel Acre | 37 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 50 | | | 5–2 | 1–2 | | | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| 10 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 47 | | | | | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 8–4 |
| 11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 44 | | | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Afula | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 43 | | 1–1 | | | | 2–0 | | | 3–0 |
| 13 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 43 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (A) | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 42 | Qualification for the Promotion/relegation playoff | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | | | |
| 15 | Sektzia Ness Ziona (R) | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 63 | −19 | 40 | Relegated to Liga Alef | | | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | | 2–2 |
| 16 | Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr (R) | 37 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 37 | 93 | −56 | 18 | Relegated to Liga Alef | 2–5 | | | | 0–5 | 2–1 | | |
* ↑ Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr were deducted 2 points

## Promotion/relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team faced Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner in a one game.