# 2018–19 Liga Alef

The 2018–19 Liga Alef season was the 10th season as third tier since its re-alignment in 2009 and the 77th season of third-tier football in Israel.

## Changes from last season
### Team changes

* Hapoel Iksal and Sektzia Nes Tziona were promoted to Liga Leumit; Ironi Nesher (to North division) and Maccabi Herzliya (to South division) were relegated from Liga Leumit.
* Hapoel Beit She’an was relegated to Liga Bet from the North division, along with Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmet, who folded during the season. The two clubs were replaced by Hapoel Kaukab and Hapoel Bnei Zalafa, which were promoted to the North division from Liga Bet.
* F.C. Dimona and Hapoel Hod HaSharon were relegated to Liga Bet from South division and were replaced by Shimshon Kafr Qasim and Agudat Sport Ashdod (Hapoel Adumim Ashdod) which were promoted to the South division from Liga Bet.

## North Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 63 | Promotion to Liga Leumit |
| 2 | Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 48 | Promotion Playoffs |
| 3 | Hapoel Herzliya | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 46 | Promotion Playoffs |
| 4 | Hapoel Kaukab | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 43 | Promotion Playoffs |
| 5 | F.C. Tira | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 39 | Promotion Playoffs |
| 6 | Hapoel Bnei Zalafa | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 37 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Kafr Kanna | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 37 | |
| 8 | F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 36 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Asi Gilboa | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 34 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 34 | |
| 12 | Ironi Tiberias | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 34 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 33 | |
| 14 | Ironi Nesher | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 33 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 15 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 31 | Relegation to Liga Bet |
| 16 | Hapoel Shefa-'Amr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Folded |
* ↑ Hapoel Umm al-Fahm had two points deducted following its crowd rioting in a play-off match against Ironi Tiberias at the end of the 2017–18 season.
* ↑ Hapoel Jerusalem had three points deducted due to an outstanding debt to a former player.
* ↑ On 13 December 2018 The match between Hapoel Shefa-‘Amr and Hapoel Migdal HaEmek was cancelled as Hapoel Shefa-‘Amr failed to register the match with the IFA. On 2 January 2019 the IFA disciplinary tribunal decided to expel Hapoel Shefa-‘Amr from the league and to nullify its results.

## South Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 17 | +45 | 72 | Promotion to Liga Leumit |
| 2 | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 18 | +30 | 70 | Promotion Playoffs |
| 3 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 52 | Promotion Playoffs |
| 4 | Agudat Sport Ashdod | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 50 | Promotion Playoffs |
| 5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 46 | Promotion Playoffs |
| 6 | Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 46 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Yavne | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 44 | |
| 8 | F.C. Holon Yermiyahu | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 42 | |
| 9 | Shimshon Kafr Qasim | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 42 | |
| 10 | Nordia Jerusalem | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 40 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Azor | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 32 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 32 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 31 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 24 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 15 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 19 | Relegation to Liga Bet |
| 16 | Beitar Kfar Saba | 30 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 57 | −34 | 14 | Relegation to Liga Bet |

## Promotion play-offs

| Regional semi-finals | Regional semi-finals | Regional semi-finals | Regional final | Regional final | Regional final | Final | Final | Final |
| N2 | Hapoel B. al-Gharbiyye | 3 (3) | | | | | | |
| N5 | F.C. Tira | 3 (1) | | | | | | |
| N5 | F.C. Tira | 3 (1) | N2 | Hapoel B. al-Gharbiyye | 5 | | | |
| North division | North division | North division | N2 | Hapoel B. al-Gharbiyye | 5 | | | |
| North division | North division | North division | N3 | Hapoel Herzliya | 2 | | | |
| N3 | Hapoel Herzliya | 2 | N3 | Hapoel Herzliya | 2 | | | |
| N4 | Hapoel Kaukab | 0 | | | | | | |
| N4 | Hapoel Kaukab | 0 | | | | N2 | Hapoel B. al-Gharbiyye | 0 |
| | | | | | | S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 2 |
| S2 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 4 (2) | | | | | | | S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 2 |
| S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 4 (4) | | | | | | |
| S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 4 (4) | S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 1 (3 | | | |
| South division | South division | South division | S5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 1 (3 | | | |
| South division | South division | South division | S3 | Maccabi Sha’aryim | 1 (2) | | | |
| S3 | Maccabi Sha’arayim | 1 (5) | S3 | Maccabi Sha’aryim | 1 (2) | | | |
| S4 | A.S. Ashdod | 1 (3) | | | | | | |

### Test matches

Hapoel Acre won 7–4 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Maccabi Herzliya remained in Liga Alef.