1990–91 Liga Leumit

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Liga Leumit
Season1990–91
Champions Maccabi Haifa
4th title
Relegated Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Kfar Saba
Top goalscorer Nir Levine (20)
1991–92

The 1990–91 Liga Leumit season began in October 1990 and ended in June 1991, with Maccabi Haifa winning the title.

Contents

The regular season had each team play twice against each opponent. The table was then divided into two, with top six teams entering the championship play-off and bottom six in the relegation play-off, where each team played the other teams in the play-off twice.

Two teams from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Tzafririm Holon and Hapoel Tel Aviv. The two teams relegated were Shimshon Tel Aviv and Hapoel Ramat Gan.

Regular season

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Maccabi Haifa 2216244121+2050Qualification for the championship round
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2213724122+1946
3 Beitar Tel Aviv 2210662821+736
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 228773131031
5 Maccabi Netanya 228682819+930
6 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2261152421+329
7 Tzafririm Holon 226882527226Qualification for the relegation round
8 Hapoel Jerusalem 226792027725
9 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2266101524924
10 Bnei Yehuda 225892329623
11 Beitar Jerusalem 22721315281323
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 22361317382115

Results

Home \ Away BEI BTA BnY HBS HJE HKS HPT HTA MHA MNE MTA TZH
Beitar Jerusalem 2–20–20–12–13–10–11–01–00–21–00–1
Beitar Tel Aviv 2–02–12–11–10–21–31–00–11–03–02–1
Bnei Yehuda 2–01–11–11–14–01–31–10–10–02–32–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–00–01–11–11–10–02–01–31–01–12–2
Hapoel Jerusalem 2–01–22–00–03–11–11–00–11–00–31–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–20–31–00–10–11–22–12–41–20–32–2
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–00–04–12–11–13–16–22–12–22–20–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–01–01–01–11–00–02–30–11–00–00–0
Maccabi Haifa 4–03–24–00–03–00–02–12–11–05–12–1
Maccabi Netanya 0–01–00–14–33–01–11–22–05–02–23–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–21–21–11–33–20–00–10–03–01–01–3
Tzafririm Holon 0–11–10–11–02–02–12–11–21–30–01–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Top playoff

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Maccabi Haifa (C)3222555628+2871Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 32201026327+3670
3 Beitar Tel Aviv 32148104740+750
4 Maccabi Netanya 321010124139+240
5 Maccabi Tel Aviv 329111243531038
6 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 32615113439533
Source: EU-Football.info
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away BTA HBS HPT MHA MNE MTA
Beitar Tel Aviv 2–11–40–12–31–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–10–01–22–21–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–33–00–04–02–1
Maccabi Haifa 1–21–00–00–03–2
Maccabi Netanya 2–33–20–21–32–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–43–20–31–40–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom playoff

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 32138113231+147
8 Bnei Yehuda 321011114140+141
9 Tzafririm Holon 32911123542738
10 Hapoel Jerusalem 32911123138738
11 Beitar Jerusalem (R)32842025462128Relegation to Liga Artzit
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba (R)32681830552526
Source: EU-Football.info
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BEI BnY HJE HKS HPT TZH
Beitar Jerusalem 3–00–11–21–20–2
Bnei Yehuda 3–12–02–12–05–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 2–23–11–00–00–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–01–13–31–41–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–01–12–12–02–1
Tzafririm Holon 2–21–11–00–20–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Flag of Israel.svg Nir Levine (Hapoel Petah Tikva) - 20
Flag of Israel.svg Reuven Atar (Maccabi Haifa) - 15
Flag of Israel.svg Yigal Menahem (Maccabi Haifa) - 13

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