# 2013–14 Liga Leumit

The 2013–14 Liga Leumit was the fifteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 72nd season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 8 September 2013 and will end in May 2014.
A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2012–13 season, two promoted team from the 2012–13 Liga Alef and two relegated teams from the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League.

## Changes from 2012–13 season
### Team changes

Maccabi Petah Tikva, and Hapoel Ra'anana, were promoted to the 2013–14 Israeli Premier League.
Maccabi Netanya, and Hapoel Ramat Gan were directly relegated to the 2013–14 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League season in the bottom two places.
Sektzia Nes Tziona, and Hapoel Kfar Saba were directly relegated to Liga Alef after finishing in the previous season in last two league places. They were replaced by Hapoel Afula who finished first in Liga Alef North, and Hapoel Katamon who finished first in Liga Alef South.

## Overview
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | Ramla Municipal Stadium | 02,000 |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | Winter Stadium | 08,000 |
| Hapoel Afula | Green Stadium | 04,000 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | Sala Stadium | 5,250 |
| Hapoel Bnei Lod | Lod Municipal Stadium | 03,000 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
| Hapoel Katamon | Teddy Stadium | 31,733 |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Green Stadium | 04,000 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | HaMoshava Stadium | 11,500 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | Winter Stadium | 08,000 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Haberfeld Stadium | 06,000 |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Ilut Stadium | 04,932 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | Herzliya Municipal Stadium | 08,100 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Netanya Stadium | 13,610 |
| Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | Ilut Stadium | 04,932 |
| Maccabi Yavne | Ness Ziona Stadium | 03,500 |
^A While Afula Municipal Stadium is under construction. Hapoel Afula will host their home games in Green Stadium. ^B The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet Premier League requirements. ^C While Yavne Municipal Stadium is under construction. Maccabi Yavne will host their home games in Ness Ziona Stadium until January 2014.

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 67 | Top Playoff |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 52 | Top Playoff |
| 3 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 49 | Top Playoff |
| 4 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 45 | Top Playoff |
| 5 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 43 | Top Playoff |
| 6 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 41 | Top Playoff |
| 7 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 40 | Top Playoff |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 40 | Top Playoff |
| 9 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 39 | Bottom Playoff |
| 10 | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 39 | Bottom Playoff |
| 11 | Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 39 | Bottom Playoff |
| 12 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 39 | Bottom Playoff |
| 13 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 38 | Bottom Playoff |
| 14 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 37 | Bottom Playoff |
| 15 | Maccabi Yavne | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 36 | Bottom Playoff |
| 16 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (R) | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 111 | −97 | −4 | Bottom Playoff |
* ↑ Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were deducted three points for violation of the budgetary control authority regulations.
* ↑ Maccabi Umm al-Fahm were deducted two points for violation of the budgetary control authority regulations and an additional three points for fielding a suspended player.
| Home \ Away | BTR | HAR | HAF | HAS | HBL | HJE | HKN | HNI | HPT | HRG | HRL | MAN | MHE | MNE | MUF | MYA |
| Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Hapoel Afula | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Bnei Lod | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 4–1 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 0–8 | 0–7 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | | 2–4 |
| Maccabi Yavne | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 9–1 | |

## Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):
Rounds :
| 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th |
| 1 – 8 2 – 7 3 – 6 4 – 5 | 1 – 2 6 – 4 7 – 3 8 – 5 | 2 – 8 3 – 1 4 – 7 5 – 6 | 1 – 4 2 – 3 7 – 5 8 – 6 | 3 – 8 4 – 2 5 – 1 6 – 7 | 1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 8 – 7 | 4 – 8 5 – 3 6 – 2 7 – 1 |
| 09 – 16 10 – 15 11 – 14 12 – 13 | 09 – 10 14 – 12 15 – 11 16 – 13 | 10 – 16 11 – 90 12 – 15 13 – 14 | 09 – 12 10 – 11 15 – 13 16 – 14 | 11 – 16 12 – 10 13 – 90 14 – 15 | 09 – 14 10 – 13 11 – 12 16 – 15 | 12 – 16 13 – 11 14 – 10 15 – 90 |

### Top Playoff

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Netanya (P) | 37 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 81 | Promotion to Israeli Premier League |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (P) | 37 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 64 | Promotion to Israeli Premier League |
| 3 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 60 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 37 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 57 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 37 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 52 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Afula | 37 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 49 | |
| 7 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 37 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 45 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 44 | |
| Home \ Away | BTR | HAF | HBL | HNI | HPT | HRG | MAN | MNE |
| Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | | 0–4 | | 2–0 | | 0–0 | | |
| Hapoel Afula | | | 0–2 | 2–2 | | | | 3–2 |
| Hapoel Bnei Lod | 4–1 | | | | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | | | 1–3 | | | 1–6 | | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | | | |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | | 3–1 | | | 2–2 | | 1–2 | |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3–1 | | | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |

### Bottom Playoff

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 9 | Maccabi Yavne | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 51 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Herzliya | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 50 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 50 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 37 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 49 | |
| 13 | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 48 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem (R) | 37 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 48 | Relegation to Liga Alef |
| 15 | Hapoel Ashkelon (R) | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 46 | Relegation to Liga Alef |
| 16 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (R) | 37 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 139 | −124 | −4 | Relegation to Liga Alef |
* ↑ Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were deducted three points for violation of the budgetary control authority regulations.
* ↑ Maccabi Umm al-Fahm were deducted five points for entering administration.
| Home \ Away | HAR | HAS | HJE | HKN | HRL | MHE | MUF | MYA |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 4–1 | | 0–2 | | | 0–0 | | |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | | | | 3–2 | 2–2 | | | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem | | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 1–1 | 4–0 | | | | | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | |
| Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | | 0–3 | 0–2 | | | | | 0–6 |
| Maccabi Yavne | 0–0 | 3–0 | | | | 1–0 | | |

## Relegation playoff

The 14th-placed Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem faced 2013–14 Liga Alef promotion play-offs winner, Ironi Tiberias. The matches took place on May 23 and 27, 2014.
Ironi Tiberias won 5–1 on aggregate and promoted to Liga Leumit. Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem relegated to Liga Alef.

## Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Ran Ben Shimon | Hapoel Bnei Lod | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 7–0 | 5 November 2013 |
| Osei Mawuli$^4$ | Hapoel Ashkelon | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 8–0 | 15 November 2013 |
| Olarenwaju Kayode | Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 5–1 | 18 November 2013 |
| Moshe Ben Lulu$^4$ | Hapoel Bnei Lod | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 7–0 | 27 December 2013 |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Shahar Hirsh | Hapoel Afula | 20 |
| 2 | Osei Mawuli | Hapoel Ashkelon | 18 |
| 3 | Murad Abu Anza | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 15 |
| 3 | Ran Ben Shimon | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 15 |
| 5 | Eran Levi | Maccabi Netanya | 14 |
| 5 | Maor Peretz | Maccabi Yavne | 14 |
Updated: 14 May 2014 Source: Israel Football Association

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Matan Lutati for Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla against Maccabi Herzliya, 90+3' minute (8 September 2013)
* Most goals in a match by one player: 4 goals –
** Osei Mawuli for Hapoel Ashkelon against Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (15 November 2013)
** Moshe Ben Lulu for Hapoel Bnei Lod against Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (27 December 2013)

### Discipline

* First yellow card of the season: Omer Reps for Maccabi Herzliya against Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla, 45th minute (8 September 2013)
* First red card of the season: Maoz Samia for Hapoel Jerusalem against Hapoel Rishon LeZion, 54th minute (8 September 2013)