1998–99 Liga Alef

The 1998–99 Liga Alef season was held between 11 September 1998 and 29 May 1999. It was the last season (until 2009–10) in which Liga Alef was the third tier of Israeli football, as the creation of the Israeli Premier League in the summer of 1999 meant that it became the fourth tier.

Due to the restructuring, two clubs were due to be promoted from each division; Hapoel Ra'anana and Hapoel Nazareth Illit from the north and Hapoel Dimona and Hapoel Ramat Gan from the south.

During the summer of 1999, Maccabi Jaffa were demoted to Liga Alef (from Liga Leumit) after their budget was not approved by the Israel Football Association, which resulted in Maccabi Sha'arayim (the third-placed club with the highest points total) being promoted alongside the top two from the South Division. In addition, Hapoel Ashdod, Hapoel Lod and SK Nes Tziona were all demoted from Liga Artzit after their budgets were not approved by the IFA. This resulted in the third- and fourth-placed clubs from the North Division (Hapoel Iksal and Hapoel Acre) and the fourth-placed club in the South Division (Shimshon Tel Aviv) also being promoted.

North Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Ra'anana	30	18	8	4	71	35	36	62	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	30	16	10	4	54	27	27	58
3	Hapoel Iksal	30	14	7	9	38	32	6	49
4	Hapoel Acre	30	12	9	9	47	41	6	45
5	Hapoel Majd al-Krum	30	13	5	12	47	42	5	44
6	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	30	13	3	14	40	45	-5	42
7	Maccabi Afula	30	12	6	12	49	57	-8	42
8	Maccabi Isfiya	30	11	7	12	45	42	3	40
9	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	30	10	10	10	47	45	2	40
10	Hapoel Hadera	30	11	7	12	45	43	2	40
11	Maccabi Tamra	30	11	7	12	44	50	-6	40
12	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	30	10	9	11	47	43	4	39
13	Maccabi Tur'an	30	10	8	12	34	47	-13	38
14	Hapoel Kafr Kanna	30	10	7	13	50	53	-3	37
15	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	30	9	9	12	48	48	0	33¹	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	30	1	6	23	12	68	-56	9	Relegated to Liga Bet

1. Three points deducted due to crowd trouble.

South Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Dimona	30	21	5	4	61	23	38	68	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	30	18	9	3	71	32	39	63
3	Maccabi Sha'arayim	30	18	8	4	55	28	27	62
4	Shimshon Tel Aviv	30	17	7	6	63	30	33	58
5	Maccabi Ashkelon	30	16	6	8	57	32	25	54
6	Hapoel Or Yehuda	30	13	7	10	51	47	4	46
7	Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda	30	14	2	14	46	49	-3	44
8	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon	30	10	11	9	34	31	3	41
9	Maccabi Ramat Amidar	30	11	7	12	35	41	-6	40
10	Hapoel Mevaseret Zion	30	10	6	14	45	48	-3	36
11	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	30	9	8	13	38	40	-2	35
12	Maccabi Yavne	30	9	8	13	39	50	-11	35
13	Tzeirei Jaffa	30	10	4	16	45	70	-25	34
14	Maccabi Lazarus Holon	30	8	7	15	39	61	-22	31
15	Hapoel Yeruham	30	6	5	19	43	80	-37	23	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Beitar Ramla	30	0	0	30	0	60	-60	0¹	Relegated to Liga Bet

1. Beitar Ramla withdrew after 15 rounds. Their record was expunged and all results awarded as a 2–0 defeat.

References

Israel Third Level 1998/99 RSSSF

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Karmiel Safed F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Dimona F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

See also: Liga Artzit

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