The 1977–78 Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit was the third tier of Israeli football after the Premier League and Liga Leumit, and was run by the Israel Football Association.-Structure:...

 season saw Bnei Yehuda win the title and win promotion to Liga Leumit

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...

. Maccabi Petah Tikva, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Rishon LeZion were also promoted as Liga Leumit was expanded from 14 to 16 clubs.

The bottom five clubs all finished on 19 points, with Hapoel Beit Shemesh and Maccabi Sha'arayim

Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C.

Maccabi Sha'arayim is an Israeli football club based in Rehovot. They currently play in the South B division of Liga Bet, but spent seven seasons in the top division from 1963-1969 and in the 1985-86 season.-History:...

 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...

 on goal difference.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Bnei Yehuda	26	20	3	3	61	20	41	43	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	16	4	6	35	24	11	36
3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	14	7	5	39	22	17	35
4	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	26	12	9	5	31	19	12	33
5	Hapoel Petah Tikva	26	11	8	7	37	27	10	30
6	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...	26	9	7	10	32	31	1	25
7	Maccabi Ramat Amidar Maccabi Ramat Amidar F.C. Maccabi Ramat Amidar was an Israeli football club based in Ramat Gan. The club spent several seasons in the top division in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but in 2005 merged into Hakoah Ramat Gan, which became Hakoah Amidar Maccabi Ramat Gan.-History:...	26	7	9	10	23	23	0	23
8	Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon F.C. Hapoel Holon was an Israeli football club based in Holon. It ceased to exist in 1985 when it merged with Tzafririm Holon to form Hapoel Tzafririm Holon.-History:...	26	7	9	10	23	28
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9	Hapoel Netanya Hapoel Netanya F.C. Hapoel Netanya Football Club was a football club based in Netanya, Israel.-History:The club was formed in the early 1940s....	26	9	5	12	32	43
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10	Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Ashdod F.C. Hapoel Ashdod F.C. was an Israeli football club based in Ashdod. In 1999, it merged with local rivals Ironi Ashdod to create F.C. Ashdod.-History:...	26	6	7	13	18	29
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11	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	26	3	13	10	22	33
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12	Hapoel Ramat Gan	26	8	3	15	22	38
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13	Hapoel Beit Shemesh	26	5	9	12	14	33
19	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...
14		Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C. Maccabi Sha'arayim is an Israeli football club based in Rehovot. They currently play in the South B division of Liga Bet, but spent seven seasons in the top division from 1963-1969 and in the 1985-86 season.-History:...	26	7	5	14	29	48
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