# 1986–87 Liga Leumit

The 1986–87 Liga Leumit season saw Beitar Jerusalem win their first title. Maccabi Yavne, Maccabi Jaffa and Beitar Netanya (in their first, and to date only season in the top division) were all relegated to Liga Artzit. Eli Yani of Hapoel Kfar Saba was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.

## Format changes

On 1 September 1986 the IFA board confirmed a proposal through which the number of teams in Liga Leumit would decrease to 14 teams. For this season three teams would relegate to Liga Artzit (as it was in previous seasons), and only one team would be promoted to Liga Leumit.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem (C) | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 59 | 27 | +32 | 66 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 51 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 47 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Lod | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 45 | |
| 5 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 45 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 45 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 44 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 42 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 39 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 36 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 34 | |
| 13 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 34 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Yavne (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 30 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 15 | Maccabi Jaffa (R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 22 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 16 | Beitar Netanya (R) | 30 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 22 | 92 | −70 | 10 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BNT | BTA | BnY | HBS | HKS | HLD | HPT | HTA | MHA | MJA | MNE | MPT | MTA | MYV | STA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Beitar Netanya | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 3–5 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Hapoel Lod | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–2 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Yavne | 0–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — |