2006–07 Liga Alef

The 2006–07 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Maxim Lod (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Artzit. However as Hapoel Maxim Lod folded during the following summer, eventually second placed Hapoel Kfar Shalem was promoted instead.

At the bottom, the bottom two clubs in each division, Hapoel Reineh, Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha (from North division), A.S. Ramat Eliyahu and Hapoel Arad (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst the two clubs which were ranked in 12th place in each division, Hapoel Kafr Sumei and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon entered a promotion/relegation play-offs, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon prevailing to stay in Liga Alef, while Hapoel Kafr Sumei were relegated after losing the play-offs.

North Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi 26 18 6 2 55 21 +34 60 Promoted to Liga Artzit
2 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 26 17 6 3 51 15 +36 57
3 Hapoel Asi Gilboa 26 14 5 7 37 25 +12 47
4 Maccabi Ironi Shlomi/Nahariya 26 12 7 7 30 23 +7 43
5 Hapoel Afula 26 12 6 8 32 27 +5 42
6 Maccabi Tzur Shalom 26 11 4 11 41 42 −1 37
7 Hapoel Makr 26 10 6 10 34 42 −8 36
8 Beitar Haifa 26 9 8 9 33 36 −3 35
9 Hapoel Kafr Kanna 26 9 4 13 37 35 +2 31
10 Beitar Safed 26 6 10 10 29 33 −4 28
11 Hapoel Ahva Haifa 26 7 5 14 24 39 −15 26
12 Hapoel Kafr Sumei 26 5 10 11 20 38 −18 25 Relegation play-offs
13 Hapoel Reineh 26 6 2 18 23 51 −28 20 Relegated to Liga Bet, folded
14 Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha 26 3 7 16 20 39 −19 16 Relegated to Liga Bet
Source: [citation needed]

South Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Maxim Lod 26 15 7 4 57 24 +33 52 Promoted to Liga Artzit, folded
2 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 26 12 7 7 35 23 +12 43 Promoted to Liga Artzit
3 Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda 26 12 6 8 39 31 +8 42
4 Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam 26 12 4 10 34 26 +8 40
5 Ironi Ofakim 26 12 4 10 35 31 +4 40
6 Ironi Ramla 26 9 9 8 32 35 −3 36
7 Maccabi Yavne 26 8 9 9 38 37 +1 33
8 Hapoel Mevaseret Zion 26 9 6 11 38 46 −8 33
9 Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva 26 9 6 11 31 40 −9 33
10 Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi 26 8 8 10 31 36 −5 32
11 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 26 7 10 9 29 31 −2 31
12 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 26 9 3 14 29 48 −19 30 Relegation play-offs
13 A.S. Ramat Eliyahu 26 7 6 13 23 32 −9 27 Relegated to Liga Bet
14 Hapoel Arad 26 6 9 11 33 44 −11 27
Source: [citation needed]

Relegation play-offs

North play-off

The 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Kafr Sumei, faced the Liga Bet North A and Liga Bet North B runners-up, Ahva Arraba and Ironi Tiberias. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches played at a neutral venue, Green Stadium.

Hapoel Kafr Sumei3 - 4Ahva Arraba
Ironi Tiberias3 - 3Hapoel Kafr Sumei
Ironi Tiberias2 - 0Ahva Arraba
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ironi Tiberias 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Ahva Arraba 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 Remained in Liga Bet
3 Hapoel Kafr Sumei 2 0 1 1 6 7 −1 1 Relegated to Liga Bet
Source: [citation needed]

Ironi Tiberias won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.

South play-off

The 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon, faced the Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Beitar Kfar Saba and Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Bat Yam Municipal Stadium.

Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom2 - 2Beitar Kfar Saba
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon3 - 0Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon3 - 0Beitar Kfar Saba
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Remained in Liga Alef
2 Beitar Kfar Saba 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1 Remained in Liga Bet
Source: [citation needed]

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon won the play-offs to retain its place in Liga Alef. Since Hapoel Maxim Lod folded during the summer break, Beitar Kfar Saba was promoted as well, as they had better winning percentage of the two Liga Bet south divisions runners-up.

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