# 1965–66 Liga Leumit

The 1965–66 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Tel Aviv crowned champions and qualify for the first Asian Club Championships. Moshe Romano (Shimshon Tel Aviv) and Mordechai Spiegler (Maccabi Netanya) were the joint top scorers with 17 goals each.
Maccabi Petah Tikva and Beitar Tel Aviv were relegated to Liga Alef.

## Rule changes

Prior to the season the IFA decided to allow substitutions of one player and one goalkeeper during matches.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 38 | Qualified for Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 34 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 34 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 34 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 34 | |
| 6 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 32 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 31 | |
| 9 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 28 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 28 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 27 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 27 | |
| 15 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 23 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
| 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 20 | Relegated to Liga Alef |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BTA | BnY | HAR | HBS | HHA | HJE | HMY | HPT | HRG | HTA | MJA | MNE | MPT | MSH | MTA | STA |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | — | 5–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Maccabi Sha'arayim | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | — |