1997–98 Liga Alef

The 1997–98 Liga Alef season saw Ahi Nazareth and Beitar Be'er Sheva promoted to Liga Artzit as the respective winners of the North and South division.

At the bottom, Hapoel Karmiel, Maccabi Hadera (from North division), Hapoel Kiryat Ono and Hapoel Yehud (from South division) were all relegated to Liga Bet.

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ahi Nazareth	30	18	7	5	65	32	+33	61	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	30	12	9	9	50	42	+8	45
3	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	30	12	9	9	33	32	+1	45
4	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	30	12	7	11	53	39	+14	43
5	Maccabi Isfiya	30	11	10	9	37	38	−1	43
6	Hapoel Acre	30	12	4	14	32	39	−7	40
7	Hapoel Hadera	30	8	15	7	30	28	+2	39
8	Hapoel Kafr Kanna	30	10	9	11	49	51	−2	39
9	Maccabi Tur'an	30	8	12	10	31	35	−4	39[a]
10	Hapoel Majd al-Krum	30	9	11	10	34	32	+2	38
11	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	30	10	7	13	36	43	−7	37
12	Maccabi Afula	30	9	9	12	36	39	−3	36
13	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	30	8	12	10	28	31	−3	36
14	Maccabi Tamra	30	9	9	12	36	42	−6	36
15	Hapoel Karmiel	30	10	6	14	37	50	−13	36	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Maccabi Hadera	30	10	6	14	25	38	−13	36

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 3 bonus points?

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Beitar Be'er Sheva	30	24	5	1	79	16	+63	77	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Or Yehuda	30	18	7	5	60	30	+30	61
3	Maccabi Lazarus Holon	30	14	9	7	45	32	+13	51
4	Maccabi Sha'arayim	30	15	6	9	34	27	+7	51
5	Hapoel Dimona	30	12	10	8	52	27	+25	46
6	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	29	9	13	7	33	32	+1	40
7	Maccabi Ashkelon	30	9	11	10	26	29	−3	38
8	Beitar Ramla	30	10	8	12	33	43	−10	38
9	Maccabi Ramat Amidar	30	9	10	11	33	37	−4	37
10	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	30	8	11	11	35	34	+1	35
11	Shimshon Tel Aviv	30	8	10	12	25	36	−11	34
12	Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda	30	6	15	9	24	31	−7	33
13	Tzeirei Jaffa	30	9	6	15	27	52	−25	33
14	Hapoel Yeruham	30	8	7	15	34	62	−28	31
15	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	30	7	7	16	27	41	−14	28	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Hapoel Yehud	30	2	9	19	14	50	−36	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}