1973–74 Liga Leumit

The 1973–74 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya win their second title. Benny Alon of Hapoel Haifa was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.

Liga Leumit
Season1973–74
ChampionsMaccabi Netanya
2nd title
RelegatedMaccabi Haifa
Top goalscorerBenny Alon (15)

The bottom two clubs, Hakoah Ramat Gan (who had won the title the previous season) and Maccabi Haifa took part in a play-off group with the top four clubs from Liga Alef to decide promotion and relegation. The top two clubs would remain in/be promoted to Liga Leumit, whilst the bottom four would start the 1974–75 season in Liga Alef. At the end of the play-offs, Hakoah Ramat Gan retained their place in the top division, whilst Shimshon Tel Aviv were promoted with Maccabi Haifa being relegated.

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Maccabi Netanya30131163219+1337Champions
2Maccabi Tel Aviv30121173618+1835
3Beitar Jerusalem30121082726+134
4Hapoel Petah Tikva30111093531+432
5Beitar Tel Aviv30111093131032
6Hapoel Haifa30128103144−1332
7Hapoel Be'er Sheva3091383425+931
8Hapoel Kfar Saba30101193126+531
9Maccabi Jaffa3071672929030
10Bnei Yehuda3061682124−328
11Hapoel Jerusalem3061682125−428
12Maccabi Petah Tikva3061682131−1028
13Hapoel Hadera3061592432−827
14Hapoel Tel Aviv30712112524+126
15Hakoah Ramat Gan30712113641−526Promotion/relegation play-offs
16Maccabi Haifa3095163341−823
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ AwayBEIBTABnYHARHBSHAHHHAHJEHKSHPTHTAMHAMJAMNEMPTMTA
Beitar Jerusalem2–01–00–01–02–12–15–10–11–01–22–00–00–00–01–0
Beitar Tel Aviv1–10–13–21–00–03–01–11–01–11–11–01–10–01–41–0
Bnei Yehuda2–12–30–00–00–03–11–10–01–20–02–00–01–10–00–1
Hakoah Ramat Gan0–01–01–12–22–26–00–23–10–12–10–00–30–21–10–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva5–02–02–11–10–00–11–02–00–00–02–14–10–35–02–1
Hapoel Hadera1–02–11–10–20–01–20–02–11–11–10–31–10–21–11–0
Hapoel Haifa2–01–10–03–13–22–00–01–11–10–21–22–12–11–00–0
Hapoel Jerusalem1–10–02–00–00–01–03–00–00–00–01–00–02–01–10–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba1–22–00–01–01–01–14–02–10–11–03–11–20–00–12–2
Hapoel Petah Tikva1–20–00–01–31–13–11–12–11–00–03–00–11–02–10–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv2–00–11–25–11–11–10–10–00–32–01–02–00–10–00–1
Maccabi Haifa1–12–32–12–11–10–14–12–12–34–32–10–12–00–00–0
Maccabi Jaffa0–03–21–11–12–02–21–20–00–01–21–12–11–11–21–2
Maccabi Netanya0–11–00–03–10–01–34–11–01–12–12–02–10–03–11–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–00–20–10–22–00–00–02–21–10–52–11–01–10–00–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv3–01–23–03–31–11–00–14–01–13–10–02–00–00–00–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation play-offs

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Hakoah Ramat Gan5401146+88Remained in Liga Leumit
2Shimshon Tel Aviv5401104+68Promoted to Liga Leumit
3Hapoel Marmorek521276+15Liga Alef
4Maccabi Haifa520378−14Relegated to Liga Alef
5Hapoel Acre5203810−24Liga Alef
6Maccabi Sha'arayim5014517−121
Source: rsssf.com

References