2011–12 Liga Leumit

Changes from 2010–11 season

Structural changes

• Only one team will be promoted to the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League, and three relegated teams from the Israeli Premier League.
• Three team will be relegated to the 2012–13 Liga Alef, and only one will be promoted from Liga Alef.

Team changes

Ironi Ramat HaSharon and Hapoel Rishon LeZion were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Israeli Premier League after finishing the 2010–11 season in the two top places.

Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Ramat Gan were directly relegated to the 2011–12 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League season in the two bottom places.

Overview

Stadia and locations

**** The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does 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):

Top Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Ramat Gan started with 30 points, Hapoel Bnei Lod with 30, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth with 25, Maccabi Herzliya with 25, Hapoel Ra'anana with 24, and Hapoel Jerusalem started with 22.

Top Playoff table

Top Playoff results

Promotion playoff

The 1st-placed team Hapoel Ramat Gan faced the 2nd-placed team Hapoel Bnei Lod. The winner Hapoel Ramat Gan earned a spot in the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League. The match took place on 18 May 2012.

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Middle Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Umm al-Fahm started with 22 points, Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla with 21, Hapoel Kfar Saba with 21, and Hapoel Ashkelon started with 20.

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, Sektzia Nes Tziona started with 20 points, Ironi Bat Yam with 16, Hakoah Ramat Gan with 16, Hapoel Nazareth Illit with 14, Maccabi Be'er Sheva with 13, and Hapoel Herzliya started with 11.

Bottom Playoff table

Bottom Playoff results

Top scorers

Source: Israel Football Association

• Ran Itzhak was transferred from the Israeli Premier League club Ironi Ramat HaSharon during the winter transfer window.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Ghana Ibrahim Basit for Maccabi Umm al-Fahm against Hapoel Bnei Lod, 64th minute (19 August 2011)
• Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–6 Hapoel Bnei Lod (11 May 2012)
• Most goals in a match: 8 goals –
  • Maccabi Be'er Sheva 3–5 Hapoel Ashkelon (26 December 2011)
  • Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 3–5 Hapoel Kfar Saba (14 April 2012)
• Most goals in a half: 6 goals – Hapoel Bnei Lod 1–5 Maccabi Herzliya, 0–0 at half-time (4 May 2012)
• Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals –
  • Ghana Ibrahim Basit for Maccabi Umm al-Fahm against Hapoel Bnei Lod (19 August 2011)
  • Israel Adam Mizrahi for Hapoel Jerusalem against Sektzia Nes Tziona (3 October 2011)
  • Israel Murad Abu Anza for Hapoel Bnei Lod against Hapoel Nazareth Illit (15 October 2011)
  • Israel Mati Avraham for Hapoel Jerusalem against Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (18 November 2011)
  • Ghana William Owusu for Hapoel Kfar Saba against Hapoel Nazareth Illit (21 November 2011)
  • Israel Murad Abu Anza for Hapoel Bnei Lod against Ironi Bat Yam (19 December 2011)
  • Israel Mor Shaked for Sektzia Nes Tziona against Hapoel Herzliya (9 March 2012)
  • Israel Ran Itzhak for Hapoel Kfar Saba against Hapoel Herzliya (30 March 2012)
  • Israel Yadin Zaris for Maccabi Herzliya against Hapoel Bnei Lod (4 May 2012)
  • Israel Yaniv Deri for Hapoel Nazareth Illit against Sektzia Nes Tziona (7 May 2012)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Israel Salach Haj for Maccabi Umm al-Fahm against Hapoel Bnei Lod, 28th minute (19 August 2011)
• First red card of the season: Israel Yaniv Deri for Hapoel Nazareth Illit against Hapoel Ashkelon, 90th minute (27 August 2011)

References

References

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2. (24 April 2012). "Three points were deducted to Hapoel Bnei Lod and Hapoel Ramat Gan". . ONE.
3. (19 August 2011). "Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 3–0 Hapoel Bnei Lod". Israel Football Association.
4. (11 May 2012). "Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–6 Hapoel Bnei Lod". Israel Football Association.
5. (26 December 2011). "Maccabi Be'er Sheva 3–5 Hapoel Ashkelon". Israel Football Association.
6. (14 April 2012). "Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla 3–5 Hapoel Kfar Saba". Israel Football Association.
7. (4 May 2012). "Hapoel Bnei Lod 1–5 Maccabi Herzliya". Israel Football Association.
8. (3 October 2011). "Sektzia Nes Tziona 1–4 Hapoel Jerusalem". Israel Football Association.
9. (15 October 2011). "Hapoel Nazareth Illit 1–3 Hapoel Bnei Lod". Israel Football Association.
10. (18 November 2011). "Hapoel Jerusalem 3–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla". Israel Football Association.
11. (21 November 2011). "Hapoel Nazareth Illit 0–4 Hapoel Kfar Saba". Israel Football Association.
12. (19 December 2011). "Hapoel Bnei Lod 3–2 Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam". Israel Football Association.
13. (9 March 2012). "Hapoel Herzliya 0–4 Sektzia Nes Tziona". Israel Football Association.
14. (30 March 2012). "Hapoel Kfar Saba 3–0 Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam". Israel Football Association.
15. (7 May 2012). "Sektzia Nes Tziona 1–3 Hapoel Nazareth Illit". Israel Football Association.
16. (27 August 2011). "Hapoel Nazareth Illit 1–3 Hapoel Ashkelon". Israel Football Association.