# 1978–79 Liga Leumit

The 1978–79 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title, whilst Hapoel Hadera, Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Rishon LeZion (in their first season back in the top division since 1952) were relegated to Liga Artzit. Oded Machnes (Maccabi Netanya) and Eli Miali (Beitar Jerusalem) were the league's joint top scorers with 18 goals.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 16 | +31 | 44 | |
| 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 40 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 36 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 33 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 31 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 31 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 31 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Yehud | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 29 | |
| 11 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 27 | |
| 12 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 27 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 27 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Hadera (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 25 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 15 | Hapoel Jerusalem (R) | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 23 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 16 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion (R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 16 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
* ↑ Two points deducted

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BTA | BnY | HBS | HAH | HHA | HJE | HKS | HRL | HTA | HYE | MJA | MNE | MPT | MTA | STA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Yehud | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 6–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | — | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |