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Liga Gimmel (C League) is the sixth tier of the Israeli football league system
Israeli football league system

The Israeli football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Israel. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, and allows even the smallest club to dream of rising to the very top of the system....
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The league is comprised of six divisions. Previously there had been twelve divisions in the league, but the collapse of many of the teams led to a readjustment of the divisions. Divisions which no longer exist include:

The top team from each division is promoted to Liga Bet
Liga Bet

Liga Bet is the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. Its name translates as B League....
 (the fifth level) at the end of the season. Teams are assigned to their new Liga Bet divisions based on their geographical locations.






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Liga Gimmel (C League) is the sixth tier of the Israeli football league system
Israeli football league system

The Israeli football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Israel. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, and allows even the smallest club to dream of rising to the very top of the system....
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The league is comprised of six divisions. Previously there had been twelve divisions in the league, but the collapse of many of the teams led to a readjustment of the divisions. Divisions which no longer exist include:
  • Liga Gimel Western Galilee
    Galilee

    Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa t...
     Division
  • Liga Gimel Bay Area Division
  • Liga Gimel Haifa
    Haifa

    Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
     Area division
  • Liga Gimel Gush Dan
    Gush Dan

    Gush Dan is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv District and the Center District Districts of Israel. It is located along the Israeli coastal plain....
     Division
  • Liga Gimel Southern Division (merged with Liga Gimel Central Division)
  • Liga Gimel Negev
    Negev

    The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
     Division


The top team from each division is promoted to Liga Bet
Liga Bet

Liga Bet is the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. Its name translates as B League....
 (the fifth level) at the end of the season. Teams are assigned to their new Liga Bet divisions based on their geographical locations. The bottom two teams from each of Liga Bet's four divisions are demoted to Liga Gimel at the end of every season.

Liga Gimel Upper Galilee

The champion of Liga Gimel Upper Galilee
Upper Galilee

The Upper Galilee is a geographical-political term in use since the end of the Second Temple period, originally referring to a mountainous area overlapping the present northern Israel and southern Lebanon, its borders being the Litani river in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Beit HaKerem valley and Lower Galilee in the south...
 is promoted to Liga Bet
Liga Bet

Liga Bet is the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. Its name translates as B League....
 North A. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

  • Beitar MS Tabbash
    Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre

    Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre is an Arab citizens of Israel Local council in the North District of Israel. It was declared as a local council in 1996....
  • Bnei Arraba
    Arraba

    Arraba is Israel's fourth largest Local council and largest Arab citizens of Israel local council. It is located in the Lower Galilee in the North District , to the north of Nazareth and next to Sakhnin and Deir Hanna....
  • Bnei Kabul
    Kabul, Israel

    Kabul is an Arab citizens of Israel town in the North District of Israel, located southeast of Acre, Israel and north of Shefa-'Amr....
  • Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina
  • Hapoel Bnei Maghar
  • Hapoel Ironi Hatzor
  • Hapoel Jatt HaGlilit Sayif
  • Hapoel Shefa-'Amr
    Shefa-'Amr

    Shefa-'Amr, also Shfar'am is a city in the North District of Israel in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2006 the city had a population of 34,100....
  • Ihud Bnei Majdal Krum
  • Maccabi Bnei Nahf
    Nahf

    Nahf is an Arab local council in the North District Israel. It is located in the between the Lower and Upper Galilee, about east of City of Acre....
  • Maccabi Ein Mahil
    Ein Mahil

    Ein Mahil is an Arab Local council in the North District of Israel, located about five kilometers north of Nazareth. It was declared a local council in 1964....
    /Jamel
  • Maccabi Ironi Acre
    Acre, Israel

    Acre also Akko, is a List of Israeli cities in the Western Galilee region of North District Israel. It is situated on a low promontory at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay....
  • Maccabi Kafr Yasif
    Kafr Yasif

    Kafr Yasif also spelled Kfar Yasif or Kafar Yasef, is an Arab citizens of Israel Local council in the North District in Israel. It is located northeast of the city of Acre, Israel and adjacent to Abu Sinan....
  • Otzma Bnei Yirka
    Yirka

    Yirka is an Arab citizens of Israel#Druze village and Local council in Israel's North District , northeast of Acre, Israel.The tomb of Sheikh Abu Saraya Ghanem, a well-known Druze religious scholar is located in Yirka....


Past winners

  • 1999-00: Beitar Safed
  • 2006-07: Ahi Acre
  • 2007-08: Hapoel Kaukab


Liga Gimel Jezreel

The champion of Liga Gimel Jezreel
Jezreel Valley

The Jezreel Valley is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the south of the Lower Galilee region of Israel. It is bordered to the south by the Samaria highlands and Mount Gilboa, to the north by the Lower Galilee, to the west by the Mount Carmel range, and to the east by the Jordan Valley....
 is promoted to Liga Bet
Liga Bet

Liga Bet is the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. Its name translates as B League....
 North B. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

  • Beitar al-Amal Nazareth
    Nazareth

    Nazareth is the capital and largest Cities in Israel in the North District . It also serves as an unofficial Arab capital for Israel's Arab citizens of Israel who make up the vast majority of the population there....
  • Beitar Afula
    Afula

    Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 39,200 at the end of 2007....
  • Beitar Umm al-Fahm
    Umm al-Fahm

    Umm al-Fahm is a city in the Haifa District of Israel with a population of 43,300, nearly all of whom are Arab citizens of Israel. The city is situated on the Umm al-Fahm mountain ridge, the highest point of which is Mt....
  • Hapoel Bnei Musmus
    Musmus

    Musmus is an Arab citizens of Israel village within the local council of Ma'ale Iron in Israel's Haifa District. It is located north of the city Umm al-Fahm in the Wadi Ara region and is part of Triangle ....
     Ma'ale Iron
    Ma'ale Iron

    Ma'ale Iron is an Arab citizens of Israel Local council in Israel's Haifa District and is a part of the Wadi Ara region adjacent to Triangle ....
  • Hapoel Bnei Nazareth
    Nazareth

    Nazareth is the capital and largest Cities in Israel in the North District . It also serves as an unofficial Arab capital for Israel's Arab citizens of Israel who make up the vast majority of the population there....
  • Hapoel Ka'abiyye
    Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre

    Ka'abiyye-Tabbash-Hajajre is an Arab citizens of Israel Local council in the North District of Israel. It was declared as a local council in 1996....
  • Hapoel Manshiya Zabda
    Manshiya Zabda

    Manshiya Zabda , also known as Manshiyet Zabda is an Arab citizens of Israel village in northern Israel. Located to the north of Ramat Yishai, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council....
  • Hapoel Muawiyah
  • Hapoel Nazareth
    Nazareth

    Nazareth is the capital and largest Cities in Israel in the North District . It also serves as an unofficial Arab capital for Israel's Arab citizens of Israel who make up the vast majority of the population there....
  • MS Daburiyya
    Daburiyya

    Daburiyya is an Arab citizens of Israel village that gained local council status in Israel's North District in 1961. Its jurisdiction extends over 7,200 dunams....
  • MS Kfar Kama
  • Maccabi Ahi Iksal
    Iksal

    Iksal , also Kislot Tavor, is an Arab citizens of Israel local council in northern Israel, about east of Nazareth Illit. It has an area of 9,000 dunams and a population of 11,700 primarily Muslim inhabitants....
  • Maccabi Bnei Ilut
    Ilut

    Ilut is an Arab citizens of Israel Local council in the North District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1991. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , it had a population of 6,600 in 2006 with a growth rate of 2.5%....
  • Maccabi Nazareth Illit
    Nazareth Illit

    Nazareth Illit is a city in the North District of Israel of Israel. At the end of 2007 it had a population of 43,100.The name in Hebrew language means Upper Nazareth, referring to the adjacent and much older city of Nazareth....


Past winners

  • 1999-00: Hapoel Yafia
  • 2006-07: Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim
  • 2007-08: Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein


Liga Gimel Samaria

The champion of Liga Gimel Samaria
Samaria

Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for the mountainous region in northern Israel roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank....
 is promoted to Liga Bet
Liga Bet

Liga Bet is the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. Its name translates as B League....
 North B. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

  • Beitar Hadera
    Hadera

    Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa . The city is located along of the Israeli coastal plain....
  • Beitar Pardes Hanna
    Pardes Hanna-Karkur

    File:Beit Harishonim Pardes Hanna from south west 01.jpgPardes Hanna-Karkur is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2006, it had a population of 29,800....
  • Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa
    Jisr az-Zarqa

    Jisr az-Zarqa is an Arab citizens of Israel local council on Israel's northern Israeli Coastal Plain. Located just north of Caesarea within the Haifa District, it achieved local council status in 1963....
  • Hapoel Bnei Zemer
    Zemer

    Zemer is an Arab citizens of Israel local council in the Center District of Israel. It is located in the Triangle area, between Baqa-Jatt and Bat Hefer on Road 574....
  • Hapoel Spartak Haifa
    Haifa

    Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
  • Hapoel Tel Hanan
  • Hapoel Yokneam
  • MS Kiryat Yam
  • Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel
    Daliyat al-Karmel

    Daliyat al-Karmel is a Druze townin the North District, Israel of Israel, about 20 km southeast of Haifa.It received the status of a local council in 1951....
  • Maccabi Fureidis
    Fureidis

    Fureidis or Freidis is an Arab citizens of Israel local council in the Haifa District. Founded in 1880, it received local council status in 1952....
  • Maccabi Jisr az-Zarqa
    Jisr az-Zarqa

    Jisr az-Zarqa is an Arab citizens of Israel local council on Israel's northern Israeli Coastal Plain. Located just north of Caesarea within the Haifa District, it achieved local council status in 1963....
  • Maccabi Neve Sha'anan
    Maccabi Neve Sha'anan F.C.

    Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad F.C. is an Israeli association football club from the Neve Sha'anan, Haifa neighbourhood of Haifa. The club currently plays in Liga Gimel Samaria....
  • Maccabi Or Akiva


Past winners

  • 1999-00: Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye
  • 2006-07: Maccabi Ironi Barta'a
  • 2007-08: Maccabi Ironi Jatt


Liga Gimel Sharon

The champion of Liga Gimel Sharon is promoted to Liga Bet
Liga Bet

Liga Bet is the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. Its name translates as B League....
 South A. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

  • Ahva Tayibe
    Tayibe

    Tayibe is an Israeli Arab city in central Israel. In 2007, it had a population of 34,800 residents. Tayibe is part of Triangle ....
  • Beitar Ironi Ariel
    Ariel (city)

    The city of Ariel is an Israeli settlement and city in the West Bank, in the Hebrew Bible region of Samaria near the ancient village of Timnat Serah....
  • Beitar Nes Tubruk
  • Beitar Oranit
    Oranit

    Oranit is an Israeli settlement and local council located off Highway 5 adjacent to Kafr Qasim, north of Rosh HaAyin on the western edge of the West Bank....
  • Beitar Petah Tikva
    Petah Tikva

    Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams ....
  • Bnei Ra'anana
    Ra'anana

    Ra'anana is a List of Israeli cities in the southern Sharon, Israel of the Center District of Israel of Israel. Ra'anana is bordered by Kfar Saba on the east and Herzliya on the west....
  • Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba
    Kfar Saba

    Kfar Saba is a List of Israeli cities in the Sharon plain, of the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007, Kfar Saba had a total population of 81,600....
  • Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden
  • Hapoel Kafr Bara
    Kafr Bara

    Kafr Bara or Kfar Bara is an Israeli-Arab local council in Israel's Center District . The small town, located near the Green Line , is often considered a part of the Little Triangle along with Kafr Qasim and Jaljulia....
  • Hapoel Kafr Qasim
    Kafr Qasim

    Kfar Qasim , is a hill-top Arab citizens of Israel city located about twenty kilometers east of Tel Aviv, near the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank, on the southern portion of the "Triangle " of Arab-Israeli towns and villages....
     Shouaa
  • Ironi Ariel
    Ariel (city)

    The city of Ariel is an Israeli settlement and city in the West Bank, in the Hebrew Bible region of Samaria near the ancient village of Timnat Serah....
  • MS Bnei Qalansawe
    Qalansawe

    Qalansawe or Qalansuwa is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007, the city had a total population of 17,800, making it the 2nd smallest city in the country....
  • MS Tel Mond
    Tel Mond

    Tel Mond is a local council in the Israel Sharon region, located east of Netanya and north of Kfar Saba. In January 2009, Tel Mond had a population of 10,000....
  • MS Tira
  • MS Tzairi Tayibe
    Tayibe

    Tayibe is an Israeli Arab city in central Israel. In 2007, it had a population of 34,800 residents. Tayibe is part of Triangle ....
  • Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia
    Jaljulia

    Jaljulia , officially also spelled Jaljulye, is a local council in the Center District of Israel, located next to Hod HaSharon and Kfar Saba....


Past winners

  • 1999-00: Shimshon Bnei Tayibe
  • 2006-07: Hapoel Pardesiya Noam
  • 2007-08: Maccabi HaSharon Netanya


Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

The champion of Liga Gimel Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 is promoted to Liga Bet
Liga Bet

Liga Bet is the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. Its name translates as B League....
 South A. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

  • AS Holon
    Holon

    File:Location_holon.pngHolon is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District....
  • Bnei Yehud
    Yehud

    Yehud is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. The population of Yehud was in 2007 approximately 25,600 ....
  • Beitar Ezra
  • Brit Sport Ma'of
  • Elitzur Jaffa
    Jaffa

    File:Jaffa StPeter church.jpgJaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world.Jaffa is located south of Tel Aviv, Israel on the Mediterranean Sea....
     Tel Aviv
    Tel Aviv

    Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
  • Elitzur Yehud
    Yehud

    Yehud is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. The population of Yehud was in 2007 approximately 25,600 ....
     Yotel
  • Gadna Tel Aviv
    Tel Aviv

    Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
     Yehuda
  • Hapoel Ironi Yehud
    Yehud

    Yehud is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. The population of Yehud was in 2007 approximately 25,600 ....
  • Hapoel Kiryat Ono
  • Hapoel Kiryat Shalom
    Hapoel Kiryat Shalom F.C.

    Hapoel "Easy-Forex" Kiryat Shalom F.C. is an Israeli association football club based in Tel Aviv. Playing in Liga Gimel, the sixth level of Football in Israel, they are notable for being the first interactive fan-managed sports team, as almost all playing-related decisions are taken through votes on the Web2Sport website....
  • Hapoel Neve Golan
  • Hapoel Oranit
    Oranit

    Oranit is an Israeli settlement and local council located off Highway 5 adjacent to Kafr Qasim, north of Rosh HaAyin on the western edge of the West Bank....
  • Hapoel Ramla
  • Ironi Beit Dagan
    Beit Dagan

    Beit Dagan is a town in the Center District of Israel, bordering Rishon LeZion. It was founded in 1948 at the site of the Arab village Bayt Dajan by Yemenite and North African immigrants....
  • Maccabi Dynamo Holon
    Holon

    File:Location_holon.pngHolon is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District....
  • Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa


Past winners

  • 1999-00: Beitar Ironi Holon
  • 2006-07: Ironi Or Yehuda
  • 2007-08: Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda


Liga Gimel Central

The champion of Liga Gimel Central, which covers the southern half of the country, is promoted to Liga Bet
Liga Bet

Liga Bet is the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. Its name translates as B League....
 South B. Until 2007 it was known as Liga Gimel Central-South. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

  • Beitar Ashkelon
    Ashkelon

    Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Bronze Age. In the course of its history, it has been ruled by the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Ancient Romes, the Muslims and the Crusaders....
  • Beitar Jaffa
    Jaffa

    File:Jaffa StPeter church.jpgJaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world.Jaffa is located south of Tel Aviv, Israel on the Mediterranean Sea....
     Zion
  • Hapoel Bnei Beit Tzfefa
  • Hapoel Hura
    Hura

    Hura is a Bedouin village in the South District of Israel. It is located near Beersheba and beside the town Meitar. The village was established in 1990, and was declared a local council in 1996....
  • Hapoel Matzliah
    Matzliah

    Matzliah is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around two kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council....
  • Hapoel Rahat
    Rahat

    Rahat is a city in the South District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 42,200....
  • Hapoel Tel as-Sabi
  • Hapoel Yichalel Rehovot
    Rehovot

    Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 kilometre south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 106,200....
  • Ironi Beit Shemesh
  • MS Kiryat Gat
  • MS Rishon LeZion
    Rishon LeZion

    Rishon LeZion , is the List of cities in Israel in Israel, located along the central Israeli Coastal Plain. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area with a population of 224,300 at the end of 2007....
  • Maccabi Lod
    Lod

    Lod is a mixed Arab-Jewish city about 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2007, its population was 67,000....
  • Maccabi Rehovot
    Maccabi Rehovot F.C.

    Maccabi Rehovot F.C. is an Israeli football club based in Rehovot. The club competed in the top division during the 1950s, but today plays in Liga Gimel, the sixth and lowest level of Football in Israel....
  • Tzairi Elhuzayil


Past winners

  • 1999-00: Hapoel Sde Uziyahu/Be'er Tuvia
  • 2006-07: Bnei Eilat
  • 2007-08: Hapoel MS Ortodoxim Lod


Defunct division champions

Western Galilee
  • 1999-00: Hapoel Maghar


Bay Area
  • 1999-00: Hapoel Bnei Manda


Haifa
  • 1999-00: Maccabi Tzur Shalom


Gush Dan
  • 1999-00: Maccabi Yehud


South
  • 1999-00: Hapoel Rahat


External links

  • Israel Football Asssociation
  • Israel Football Asssociation
  • Israel Football Asssociation
  • Israel Football Asssociation
  • Israel Football Asssociation
  • Israel Football Asssociation