1977–78 Liga Alef

The 1977–78 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Tiberias (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Marmorek (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Artzit.

Second and third placed clubs, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Beit She'an from the North division, with Hapoel Lod and Hapoel Bat Yam from the South division, were also promoted, as both Liga Leumit and Liga Artzit expanded from 14 to 16 clubs each.

North Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Tiberias	26	15	7	4	34	17	+17	37	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Maccabi Herzliya	26	14	8	4	43	25	+18	36
3	Hapoel Beit She'an	26	12	11	3	37	16	+21	35
4	Beitar Netanya	26	14	2	10	42	33	+9	30
5	Hapoel Nahariya	26	9	8	9	28	40	−12	26
6	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	26	9	7	10	31	27	+4	25
7	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	8	8	10	21	25	−4	24
8	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	6	11	9	23	26	−3	23
9	Hapoel Nahliel	26	6	10	10	24	31	−7	22
10	Hapoel Afikim	26	8	6	12	27	36	−9	22
11	Maccabi Hadera	26	7	8	11	21	34	−13	22
12	Hapoel Tel Hanan	26	8	7	11	26	23	+3	21^[a]
13	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	26	7	7	12	30	37	−7	21	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Beit Eliezer	26	6	6	14	22	39	−17	18	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Marmorek	26	13	9	4	40	19	+21	35	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Lod	26	12	11	3	36	24	+12	35
3	Hapoel Bat Yam	26	10	12	4	37	21	+16	32
4	Hapoel Ashkelon	26	9	13	4	31	19	+12	31
5	Hapoel Ramla	26	10	7	9	38	28	+10	27
6	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	26	11	5	10	31	38	−7	27
7	Maccabi Yavne	26	7	11	8	28	30	−2	25
8	SK Nes Tziona	26	6	12	8	34	35	−1	23^[a]
9	Beitar Ashdod	26	8	7	11	32	41	−9	23
10	Hapoel Or Yehuda	26	8	6	12	37	39	−2	22
11	Hapoel Herzliya	26	7	9	10	30	32	−2	22^[a]
12	Beitar Ramla	26	6	10	10	15	25	−10	22
13	Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan	26	8	4	14	19	33	−14	20	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin	26	5	8	13	22	46	−24	18	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Hapoel Ra'anana escaped relegation to Liga Bet Maariv, 28.5.78, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Bat Yam played as Liga Artzit club Davar, 28.5.78, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Tayibe Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
See also: Liga Artzit

v t e 1977–78 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup
Related to national team	Results
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Yehud Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv