The 2025–26 Liga Leumit is the 27th season as second tier since its realignment in 1999 and the 84th season of second-tier football in Israel.
Teams
A total of sixteen teams are contesting in the league, including twelve sides from the 2024–25 season, the two promoted teams from Liga Alef and the two relegated teams from 2024–25 Israeli Premier League.
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season.
To Liga Leumit
Promoted from Liga Alef
Ironi Modi'in (South Division) F.C. Kiryat Yam (North Division)
Relegated from Premier League
Hapoel Hadera Maccabi Petah Tikva
From Liga Leumit
Promoted to Premier League
Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Petah Tikva
Relegated to Liga Alef
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon
Hapoel Afula was originally relegated to League Alef at the end of the previous season, but due to Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon's entry rejection and consequential administrative relegation, they were reinstated.
Stadia and locations
Club Home City Stadium Capacity Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium 2,700 F.C. Kafr Qasim Kafr Qasim Bat Yam Municipal Stadium 2,800 F.C. Kiryat Yam Kiryat Yam Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000 Hapoel Acre Acre Acre Municipal Stadium 5,000 Hapoel Afula Afula Afula Illit Stadium 3,000 Hapoel Hadera Hadera Afula Illit Stadium 3,000 Hapoel Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800 Hapoel Kfar Shalem Tel Aviv Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium 2,700 Hapoel Nof HaGalil Nof HaGalil Green Stadium 5,200 Hapoel Ra'anana Ra'anana Ramat Gan Stadium 7,000 Hapoel Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Stadium 7,000 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000 Ironi Modi'in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut Bat Yam Municipal Stadium 2,800 Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Netanya Stadium 13,610 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 29,400 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva HaMoshava Stadium 11,500
Regular season
League table
Results
Promotion playoffs
Relegation playoffs
Position by round
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Gil Itzhak Maccabi Jaffa 162 Guy Sivilia Hapoel Kfar Shalem13 Julio César Hapoel Kfar Saba José Cortés Maccabi Petah Tikva 5 Ebenezer Mamatah Hapoel Kfar Shalem11 Ohad Barzilay Maccabi Herzliya Yuval Sasson Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim8 Yaniv Mizrahi Hapoel Afula10 Liran Hazan Maccabi Petah Tikva Raz Twizer Hapoel Acre
See also 2025–26 Israeli Premier League
References