# 1981–82 Liga Leumit

The 1981–82 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Kfar Saba win their first, and to date only title. Oded Machnes of runners-up Maccabi Netanya was the league's top scorer with 26 goals. Hapoel Rishon LeZion, Beitar Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva were all relegated.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 42 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 41 | |
| 3 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 35 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 34 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 31 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 30 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 30 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 29 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 29 | |
| 12 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 28 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Yehud | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 28 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion (R) | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 26 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 15 | Beitar Tel Aviv (R) | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 24 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 16 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 39 | −26 | 14 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |

## Results

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