The 2003–04 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...

 season saw Hapoel Haifa win the title and promotion to the Premier League. Runners-up Hapoel Nazareth Illit were also promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their history.

Bottom-placed Hapoel Ramat Gan were relegated to 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:...

. Tzafririm Holon

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. is an Israeli football club based in the city of Holon. The club was founded in 1985 by a merger of Hapoel Holon and Tzafririm Holon.-Hapoel Holon:...

 were also due to be relegated, but were reprieved after Maccabi Kiryat Gat

Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C.

Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. is an Israeli football team based in the southern city of Kiryat Gat. To date, the club's best achievement has been promotion to the Premier League as Liga Leumit runners-up in 2001, after holding their nerve to beat Hapoel Beit She'an on the final day of the season...

 were demoted 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...

 due to financial difficulties.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Haifa	33	16	7	10	44	32	12	55	Promoted to Premier League
2	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	33	14	12	7	49	29	20	54
3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Football Club is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Shmona. The club are currently members of the Israeli Premier League and play at the Ironi Stadium...	33	13	15	5	49	32	17	54
4	Hapoel Kfar Saba	33	14	12	7	45	32	13	53	One point deducted
5	Hapoel Ra'anana	33	14	7	12	48	41	7	49
6	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	10	13	10	30	37
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7	Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. is an Israeli football team based in the southern city of Kiryat Gat. To date, the club's best achievement has been promotion to the Premier League as Liga Leumit runners-up in 2001, after holding their nerve to beat Hapoel Beit She'an on the final day of the season...	33	9	13	11	30	37
40	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...
8	Hakoah Ramat Gan	33	10	9	14	32	37
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9	Maccabi Herzliya	33	8	15	10	34	39
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10	Ironi Rishon LeZion	33	9	9	15	31	42
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11	Tzafririm Holon Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. is an Israeli football club based in the city of Holon. The club was founded in 1985 by a merger of Hapoel Holon and Tzafririm Holon.-Hapoel Holon:...	33	8	12	13	26	42
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12	Hapoel Ramat Gan	33	6	10	17	29	47
28	Relegated to Liga Artzit

External links

• Israel Second Level 2003/04 RSSSF