2004–05 Liga Alef

The 2004–05 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Tzur Shalom (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Bnei Lod (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to 2005–06.

At the bottom, Hapoel Tuba, Maccabi Tur'an (from North division), Hapoel Qalansawe and Hapoel Jaljulia (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet.

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	26	14	7	5	49	23	+26	49	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi	26	13	9	4	43	24	+19	48
3	Ironi Shlomi	26	14	3	9	39	32	+7	45
4	Hapoel Kafr Kanna	26	13	4	9	53	47	+6	43
5	Hapoel Afula	26	9	10	7	51	50	+1	37
6	Maccabi Tamra	26	11	4	11	33	36	−3	37
7	Hapoel Asi Gilboa	26	11	3	12	44	35	+9	36
8	Hapoel Kafr Sumei	26	9	5	12	33	36	−3	32
9	Hapoel Reineh	26	8	7	11	42	39	+3	31
10	Hapoel Makr	26	8	7	11	26	40	−14	31
11	Hapoel Beit She'an	26	6	12	8	31	39	−8	30
12	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	26	7	8	11	24	31	−7	29	Relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Tuba	26	7	6	13	28	45	−17	27	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Maccabi Tur'an	26	5	9	12	32	51	−19	24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Bnei Lod	26	19	5	2	51	18	+33	62	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Ironi Ofakim	26	15	11	0	43	14	+29	56
3	Maccabi Sha'arayim	26	13	7	6	51	21	+30	46
4	Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda	26	11	9	6	45	25	+20	42
5	F.C. Kafr Qasim	26	9	7	10	37	46	−9	34
6	Maccabi Yavne	26	9	6	11	37	42	−5	33
7	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	26	7	12	7	24	31	−7	33
8	A.S. Ramat Eliyahu	26	8	7	11	45	47	−2	31
9	Hapoel Mevaseret Zion	26	8	7	11	32	47	−15	31
10	Beitar Kiryat Gat	26	7	9	10	36	35	+1	30
11	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	26	8	5	13	33	45	−12	29
12	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	26	7	7	12	27	40	−13	28	Relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Qalansawe	26	5	7	14	31	57	−26	22	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Jaljulia	26	4	5	17	26	50	−24	17

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation play-offs

North play-off

The 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, faced Liga Bet North A and North B runners-up, Hapoel Karmiel and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Nahariya Municipal Stadium.

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	1 - 1	Hapoel Karmiel
	Report (in Hebrew)

20 May 2005

Hapoel Karmiel	0 - 3	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr
	Report (in Hebrew)

24 May 2005

Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	0 - 1	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
	Report (in Hebrew)

28 May 2005

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3	Remained in Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Karmiel	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1	Remained in Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef. Maccabi Shefa-'Amr remained in Liga Alef after Hapoel Majd al-Krum (which relegated from Liga Artzit to Liga Alef) folded during the summer.

South play-off

The 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev, faced Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Azor and Ironi Nes Tziona. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Bat Yam Municipal Stadium.

Ironi Nes Tziona	3 - 1	Hapoel Azor
	Report (in Hebrew)

20 May 2005

Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	1 - 1	Hapoel Azor
	Report (in Hebrew)

24 May 2005

Ironi Nes Tziona	1 - 0	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev
	Report (in Hebrew)

27 May 2005

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Ironi Nes Tziona	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Remained in Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Azor	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	Remained in Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Ironi Nes Tziona won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef. Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev remained in Liga Alef after a vacancy was created in the South division, following the merger of Liga Artzit club, Maccabi Ramat Amidar, with Hakoah Ramat Gan.

References

• Liga Alef 04/05, walla.co.il