1972–73 Liga Alef

The 1972–73 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Hadera (champions of the North Division) and Bnei Yehuda (champions of the South Division) promoted to Liga Leumit.

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Hadera	30	19	8	3	59	18	+41	46	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Acre	30	17	11	2	46	23	+23	45
3	Hapoel Ramat Gan	30	15	6	9	49	34	+15	36
4	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	30	13	10	7	45	32	+13	36
5	Maccabi Herzliya	30	13	6	11	36	30	+6	32
6	Hapoel Tiberias	30	10	10	10	37	30	+7	30
7	Hapoel Herzliya	30	8	12	10	34	35	−1	28
8	Beitar Netanya	30	8	11	11	36	31	+5	27
9	Hapoel Nahliel	30	10	7	13	29	35	−6	27
10	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	30	8	11	11	30	51	−21	27
11	Hapoel Safed	30	10	6	14	39	59	−20	26
12	Hapoel Nahariya	30	7	11	12	29	33	−4	25
13	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	30	8	9	13	34	43	−9	25
14	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	30	9	7	14	32	51	−19	25
15	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	30	6	12	12	28	39	−11	24	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Hapoel Givat Haim	30	8	5	17	31	50	−19	21

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South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bnei Yehuda	30	21	7	2	59	23	+36	49	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Holon	30	16	7	7	45	29	+16	39
3	Maccabi Sha'arayim	30	14	7	9	47	37	+10	35
4	Hapoel Yehud	30	14	7	9	44	38	+6	35
5	Hapoel Dimona	30	13	5	12	41	39	+2	31
6	Hapoel Ashdod	30	13	5	12	40	38	+2	31
7	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	30	14	2	14	52	53	−1	30
8	Beitar Ramla	30	10	10	10	37	41	−4	30
9	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov	30	11	7	12	45	43	+2	29
10	Maccabi Ramat Amidar	30	11	7	12	48	47	+1	29
11	Hapoel Ramla	30	8	12	10	40	30	+10	28
12	Hapoel Bat Yam	30	10	7	13	38	42	−4	27
13	Hapoel Lod	30	10	6	14	40	46	−6	26
14	Hapoel Beit Shemesh	30	8	10	12	35	44	−9	24[lower-alpha 1]
15	Hapoel Eilat	30	7	6	17	30	45	−15	20	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	30	3	9	18	24	51	−27	15

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Notes:

1. 2 points deducted

References

• 1972-73 Bnei Yehuda (in Hebrew)
• The last battle Maariv, 6.5.73, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)