# 2010–11 Liga Leumit

The 2010–11 Liga Leumit was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011.
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 2009–10 season, two promoted teams from the 2009–10 Liga Alef and two relegated teams from the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League.

## Changes from 2009–10 season
### Team changes

Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Hapoel Ashkelon were directly promoted to the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League after finishing the 2009–10 season in the two top places.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Ra'anana were directly relegated to the 2010–11 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom two places.

## Overview
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| Ahva Arraba | Doha Stadium | 08,500 |
| Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv | Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium | 06,500 |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | Winter Stadium | 08,000 |
| Hapoel Bnei Lod | Lod Municipal Stadium | 02,000 |
| Hapoel Herzliya | Herzliya Municipal Stadium | 08,100 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Levita Stadium | 05,800 |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Green Stadium | 04,000 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | Levita Stadium | 0005,800 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Haberfeld Stadium | 06,000 |
| Ironi Bat Yam | Bat Yam Municipal Stadium | 03,100 |
| Ironi Ramat HaSharon | Grundman Stadium | 02,200 |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Ilut Stadium | 04,932 |
| Maccabi Be'er Sheva | Vasermil Stadium | 13,000 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | Herzliya Municipal Stadium | 08,100 |
| Maccabi Ironi Jatt | Ilut Stadium | 0004,932 |
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | Ness Ziona Stadium | 03,500 |
^A The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

## Regular season
### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 66 | Top Playoff |
| 2 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 60 | Top Playoff |
| 3 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 53 | Top Playoff |
| 4 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 52 | Top Playoff |
| 5 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 46 | Top Playoff |
| 6 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 46 | Top Playoff |
| 7 | Hapoel Herzliya | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 46 | Middle Playoff |
| 8 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 45 | Middle Playoff |
| 9 | Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 34 | Middle Playoff |
| 10 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 33 | Middle Playoff |
| 11 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 32 | Bottom Playoff |
| 12 | Ironi Bat Yam | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 29 | Bottom Playoff |
| 13 | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 24 | Bottom Playoff |
| 14 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 23 | Bottom Playoff |
| 15 | Maccabi Ironi Jatt Al-Ahli | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 19 | Bottom Playoff |
| 16 | Ahva Arraba | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 13 | Bottom Playoff |
* ↑ Maccabi Ahi Nazareth were deducted nine for entering administration.
* ↑ Hapoel Nazareth Illit were docked nine points for entering administration.
* ↑ Ahva Arraba were docked one point due to double contracts with players and staff in the previous year and nine points for entering administration.

### Regular season results

| Home \ Away | AHV | BTA | HAR | HBL | HHE | HKS | HNI | HRA | HRL | IBY | IRH | MAN | MBS | MHE | MIJ | SNT |
| Ahva Arraba | | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv | 4–0 | | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Bnei Lod | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Herzliya | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Ironi Bat Yam | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Ironi Jatt Al-Ahli | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | | 0–0 |
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |

## Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):
Rounds :
| 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th |
| 1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 | 1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4 | 2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5 | 1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5 | 3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1 |
| 07 – 10 8 – 9 | 7 – 8 10 – 90 | 08 – 10 9 – 7 | 0 0 | 0 0 |
| 11 – 16 12 – 15 13 – 14 | 11 – 12 15 – 13 16 – 14 | 12 – 16 13 – 11 14 – 15 | 11 – 14 12 – 13 16 – 15 | 13 – 16 14 – 12 15 – 11 |

### Top playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Kfar Saba started with 33 points, Ironi Ramat HaSharon with 30, Maccabi Herzliya with 27, Hapoel Rishon LeZion with 26, Hapoel Ra'anana with 23 and Sektzia Nes Tziona started with 23.

#### Top playoff table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon (C, P) | 35 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 38 | Promotion to Israeli Premier League |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion (P) | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 36 | Promotion to Israeli Premier League |
| 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 35 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 36 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Maccabi Herzliya | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 35 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 30 | |
| 6 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 27 | |

#### Top playoff results

| Home \ Away | HKS | HRA | HRL | IRH | MHE | SNT |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | | | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 2–3 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 1–1 | | | | 1–3 | |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | | 1–4 | | 2–1 | | |
| Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | 2–2 | | 0–2 | | | 2–0 |
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | | 0–2 | 0–0 | | | |

### Middle playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Herzliya started with 23 points, Hapoel Bnei Lod with 23, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth with 17 and Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv started with 17.

#### Middle playoff table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Hapoel Herzliya | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 30 |
| 8 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 24 |
| 9 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 22 |
| 10 | Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 19 |

#### Middle playoff results

| Home \ Away | BTA | HBL | HHE | MAN |
| Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv | | | 2–3 | |
| Hapoel Bnei Lod | 1–1 | | | 2–3 |
| Hapoel Herzliya | | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 1–1 | | | |

### Bottom playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Be'er Sheva started with 16 points, Ironi Bat Yam with 15, Hapoel Nazareth Illit with 12, Hakoah Ramat Gan with 12, Maccabi Ironi Jatt with 10 and Ahva Arraba started with 7.

#### Bottom playoff table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 23 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 35 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 22 | |
| 13 | Ironi Bat Yam | 35 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 22 | |
| 14 | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan (O) | 35 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 21 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Maccabi Ironi Jatt Al-Ahli (R) | 35 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 66 | −39 | 14 | Relegation to Liga Alef |
| 16 | Ahva Arraba (R) | 35 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 62 | −41 | 10 | Relegation to Liga Alef |

#### Bottom playoff results

| Home \ Away | AHV | HAR | HNI | IBY | MIJ | MBS |
| Ahva Arraba | | | 0–3 | | 1–0 | |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | | | | 5–1 | 3–1 | |
| Ironi Bat Yam | 2–0 | 0–1 | | | 2–1 | |
| Maccabi Ironi Jatt Al-Ahli | 0–0 | | | | | 3–1 |
| Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | |

## Promotion and Relegation playoff
### Promotion playoff

The 3rd-placed Hapoel Kfar Saba faced the 14th-placed Israeli Premier League team Hapoel Petah Tikva. Hapoel Petah Tikva, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League. The matches took place on May 24 and 27, 2011.
Hapoel Petah Tikva won 5–1 on aggregate.

### Relegation playoff

The 14th-placed Hakoah Ramat Gan faced the 3rd-placed Liga Alef team Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa. Hakoah Ramat Gan, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 26 and 31, 2011.
Hakoah Ramat Gan won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Oren Nissim | Ironi Ramat HaSharon | 18 |
| 2 | Murad Abu Anza | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 15 |
| 3 | Sharon Gormanzo | Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv | 14 |
| 3 | David Gomez | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 14 |
| 5 | Alain Masudi | Maccabi Herzliya | 13 |
| 6 | Enon Barda | Maccabi Be'er Sheva / Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 11 |
| 6 | Rodgers Kola | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 11 |
| 8 | Moshe Abutbul | Ironi Bat Yam / Ironi Ramat HaSharon | 10 |
| 9 | Raz Cohen | Hapoel Ra'anana | 09 |
| 9 | Yossi Janah | Maccabi Ironi Jatt | 09 |
| 9 | Ran Itzhak | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 09 |
| 9 | Moti Malka | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 09 |
| 9 | Guilherme Weisheimer | Ahva Arraba / Maccabi Herzliya | 09 |
| 9 | Fody Mohamed | Hapoel Ra'anana | 09 |
| 9 | Patrick Doeplah | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 09 |
| Total | Total | Total | 638 |
| Average per game | Average per game | Average per game | 2.31 |
* ^1 Murad Abu Anza was transferred to Maccabi Petah Tikva during the winter transfer window.
* ^2 Patrick Doeplah died on 22 March 2011.

## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Dor Elkabetz for Sektzia Nes Tziona against Ironi Bat Yam, 62nd minute (20 August 2010)
* Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Hapoel Ra'anana 6–0 Ahva Arraba (30 August 2010)
* Most goals in a match: 7 goals – Hakoah Ramat Gan 1–6 Hapoel Rishon LeZion (13 September 2010)

### Discipline

* First yellow card of the season: Yonatan Revivo for Ironi Bat Yam against Sektzia Nes Tziona, 13th minute (20 August 2010)
* First red card of the season: Yonatan Revivo for Ironi Bat Yam against Sektzia Nes Tziona, 60th minute (20 August 2010)