# 1971–72 Liga Leumit

The 1971–72 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title, whilst Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel Hadera were both relegated. Yehuda Shaharabani of Hakoah Ramat Gan was the league's top scorer with 21 goals.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 45 | Champions |
| 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 41 | |
| 3 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 39 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 37 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 37 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 36 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 28 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 27 | |
| 10 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 26 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 25 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 25 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 24 | |
| 14 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 23 | |
| 15 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 19 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
| 16 | Hapoel Hadera | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 17 | Relegated to Liga Alef |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BTA | BnY | HAR | HBS | HAH | HHA | HJE | HKS | HPT | HTA | MHA | MJA | MNE | MTA | STA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–4 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |