1995–96 Liga Leumit

The 1995–96 Liga Leumit season began on 26 August 1995 and ended on 18 May 1996, with Maccabi Tel Aviv win their second consecutive title.

Liga Leumit
Season1995–96
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
17th title
RelegatedMaccabi Jaffa
Beitar Tel Aviv
Top goalscorerHaim Revivo (26)

That season had two rounds, each team played the other teams twice. The two teams that were relegated to Liga Artzit were: Maccabi Jaffa and Beitar Tel Aviv.

Two team from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Jaffa. The teams relegated were: Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 30 23 5 2 59 16 +43 74 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2 Maccabi Haifa 30 19 9 2 74 31 +43 66 Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
3 Beitar Jerusalem 30 19 7 4 65 31 +34 64
4 Hapoel Haifa 30 19 7 4 66 33 +33 64 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 16 6 8 47 28 +19 54
6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 30 13 10 7 43 37 +6 49
7 Maccabi Herzliya 30 10 6 14 33 37 −4 36
8 Hapoel Petah Tikva 30 7 15 8 31 40 −9 36
9 Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion 30 8 7 15 25 40 −15 31 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
10 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 30 6 11 13 32 36 −4 29
11 Bnei Yehuda 30 7 7 16 46 65 −19 28
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 8 4 18 29 53 −24 28
13 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 30 7 6 17 32 52 −20 27
14 Hapoel Beit She'an 30 5 11 14 28 49 −21 26
15 Beitar Tel Aviv (R) 30 6 6 18 30 63 −33 24 Relegation to Liga Artzit
16 Maccabi Jaffa (R) 30 6 5 19 24 53 −29 23
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion was awarded with entry to the Cup Winners Cup as Israeli State Cup finalists.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Haim Revivo Maccabi Haifa 26
2 Reuven Atar Hapoel Haifa 21
3 Alon Mizrahi Bnei Yehuda 16
4 Eli Driks Maccabi Tel Aviv 15
Roman Filipchuk Maccabi Petah Tikva 15
Ofer Shitrit Maccabi Haifa 15
7 István Salloi Beitar Jerusalem 14
8 Ronen Harazi Beitar Jerusalem 13
Eli Ohana Beitar Jerusalem 13
Amir Turgeman Hapoel Haifa 13

References
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