The 2010–11 Liga Leumit was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011.
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 2009–10 season, two promoted teams from the 2009–10 Liga Alef and two relegated teams from the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League.
Changes from 2009–10 season
Team changes Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Hapoel Ashkelon were directly promoted to the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League after finishing the 2009–10 season in the two top places.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Ra'anana were directly relegated to the 2010–11 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom two places.
Overview
Stadia and locations Club Stadium Capacity Ahva Arraba Doha Stadium 8,500 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium 6,500 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 8,000 Hapoel Bnei Lod Lod Municipal Stadium 2,000 Hapoel Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100 Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800 Hapoel Nazareth Illit Green Stadium 4,000 Hapoel Ra'anana Levita Stadium 5,800 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000 Ironi Bat Yam Bat Yam Municipal Stadium 3,100 Ironi Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 2,200 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Ilut Stadium 4,932 Maccabi Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000 Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100 Maccabi Ironi Jatt Ilut Stadium 4,932 Sektzia Nes Tziona Ness Ziona Stadium 3,500
The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.
Regular season
Regular season table
Regular season results
Playoffs Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):
Rounds 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th1 – 62 – 53 – 41 – 25 – 36 – 42 – 63 – 14 – 51 – 42 – 36 – 53 – 64 – 25 – 17 – 108 – 97 – 810 – 98 – 109 – 711 – 1612 – 1513 – 1411 – 1215 – 1316 – 1412 – 1613 – 1114 – 1511 – 1412 – 1316 – 1513 – 1614 – 1215 – 11
Top playoff The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Kfar Saba started with 33 points, Ironi Ramat HaSharon with 30, Maccabi Herzliya with 27, Hapoel Rishon LeZion with 26, Hapoel Ra'anana with 23 and Sektzia Nes Tziona started with 23.
Top playoff table
Top playoff results
Middle playoff The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Herzliya started with 23 points, Hapoel Bnei Lod with 23, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth with 17 and Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv started with 17.
Middle playoff table
Middle playoff results
Bottom playoff The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Be'er Sheva started with 16 points, Ironi Bat Yam with 15, Hapoel Nazareth Illit with 12, Hakoah Ramat Gan with 12, Maccabi Ironi Jatt with 10 and Ahva Arraba started with 7.
Bottom playoff table
Bottom playoff results
Promotion and Relegation playoff
Promotion playoff The 3rd-placed Hapoel Kfar Saba faced the 14th-placed Israeli Premier League team Hapoel Petah Tikva. Hapoel Petah Tikva, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League. The matches took place on May 24 and 27, 2011.
Hapoel Petah Tikva won 5–1 on aggregate.
Relegation playoff The 14th-placed Hakoah Ramat Gan faced the 3rd-placed Liga Alef team Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa. Hakoah Ramat Gan, the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2011–12 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 26 and 31, 2011.
Hakoah Ramat Gan won 3–2 on aggregate.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Oren Nissim Ironi Ramat HaSharon182 Murad Abu AnzaHapoel Bnei Lod153 Sharon Gormanzo Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv14 David Gomez Hapoel Rishon LeZion14 5 Alain Masudi Maccabi Herzliya13 6 Enon Barda Maccabi Be'er Sheva / Hapoel Rishon LeZion11 Rodgers Kola Hapoel Rishon LeZion11 8 Moshe Abutbul Ironi Bat Yam / Ironi Ramat HaSharon10 9 Raz Cohen Hapoel Ra'anana9 Yossi Janah Maccabi Ironi Jatt9 Ran Itzhak Hapoel Rishon LeZion9 Moti Malka Hapoel Nazareth Illit9 Guilherme WeisheimerAhva Arraba / Maccabi Herzliya9 Fody Mohamed Hapoel Ra'anana9 Patrick DoeplahHapoel Kfar Saba9 Total638Average per game
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Dor Elkabetz for Sektzia Nes Tziona against Ironi Bat Yam, 62nd minute (20 August 2010) Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Hapoel Ra'anana 6–0 Ahva Arraba (30 August 2010) Most goals in a match: 7 goals – Hakoah Ramat Gan 1–6 Hapoel Rishon LeZion (13 September 2010)
Discipline First yellow card of the season: Yonatan Revivo for Ironi Bat Yam against Sektzia Nes Tziona, 13th minute (20 August 2010) First red card of the season: Yonatan Revivo for Ironi Bat Yam against Sektzia Nes Tziona, 60th minute (20 August 2010)
See also 2010–11 Israel State Cup 2010–11 Toto Cup Leumit
References