# 1979–80 Liga Leumit

The 1979–80 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya, with the club's David Lavi finishing as the league's top scorer with 18 goals. Hakoah Ramat Gan, Beitar Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem were all relegated to Liga Artzit.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Netanya (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 46 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 36 | |
| 3 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 32 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Yehud | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 32 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 32 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 31 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 30 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 28 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 27 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 27 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 27 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 26 | |
| 14 | Hakoah Ramat Gan (R) | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 26 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 15 | Beitar Tel Aviv (R) | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 26 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |
| 16 | Beitar Jerusalem (R) | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 23 | Relegated to Liga Artzit |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BTA | BnY | HAR | HBS | HHA | HKS | HPT | HTA | HYE | MJA | MNE | MPT | MRA | MTA | STA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Yehud | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Maccabi Ramat Amidar | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |