# 1970–71 Liga Leumit

The 1970–71 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya win their first title. Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Holon (in their first and only season in the top division) were both relegated. Eli Ben-Rimoz of Hapoel Jerusalem was the league's top scorer with 20 goals.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 47 | Qualified for 1972 Asian Champion Club Tournament |
| 2 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 36 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 35 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 34 | |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 33 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 31 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 30 | |
| 8 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 29 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 29 | |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 26 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 26 | |
| 13 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 26 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Hadera | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 25 | |
| 15 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 25 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
| 16 | Hapoel Holon | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 54 | −34 | 18 | Relegated to Liga Alef |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BTA | BnY | HAR | HAH | HHA | HHO | HJE | HKS | HPT | HTA | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA | STA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Holon | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — |