# 1982–83 Liga Leumit

The 1982–83 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya win the title, with the club's Oded Machnes finishing as the league's top scorer with 22 goals. Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba (who finished bottom of the league a year after winning the title) were relegated to Liga Artzit. It was also the first season that the Three points for a win system was introduced.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Netanya (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 61 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 47 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 46 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 46 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 41 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 38 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Lod | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 36 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 36 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Yavne | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 36 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Yehud | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 36 | |
| 12 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 36 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 33 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Ramat Gan (R) | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 33 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 15 | Hapoel Jerusalem (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 31 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 16 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 30 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |

## Results

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