Liga Leumit 1969-70
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The 1969–70 Liga Leumit
season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title on goal difference from city rivals, Hapoel, and qualify for the 1971 Asian Club Championship
. Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva were relegated to Liga Alef
. Moshe Romano
of Shimshon Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title on goal difference from city rivals, Hapoel, and qualify for the 1971 Asian Club Championship
Asian Club Championship 1971
The Asian Club Championship 1971 was the fourth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Eight clubs from eight countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 21 to April 2...
. Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva were relegated to Liga Alef
Liga Alef
-History:League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga Alef...
. Moshe Romano
Moshe Romano
Moshe Romano is a retired Israeli international footballer.-Club career:Romano played club football for Shimshon Tel Aviv and Beitar Tel Aviv, and was top scorer in the 1965–66, 1969–1970, 1972–1973 and 1974–75 seasons, scoring a total of 193 goals in the Israeli First Division between 1965 and...
of Shimshon Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.
Final table
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 21 | 30 | 39 | Qualified for Asian Club Championship Asian Club Championship 1971 The Asian Club Championship 1971 was the fourth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Eight clubs from eight countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 21 to April 2... |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 24 | 39 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 33 | |
| 4 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 31 | |
| 5 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 30 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 37 | |||
| 30 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 30 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 30 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 29 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 34 | |||
| 29 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 28 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 30 | |||
| 28 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 37 | |||
| 28 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 28 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 27 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 26 | Relegated to Liga Alef Liga Alef -History:League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga Alef... |
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| 16 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 49 | |||
| 25 |