2014–15 Liga Alef

The 2014–15 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Ashkelon (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit.

The clubs which were ranked between 2nd to 5th places in each division competed in a promotion play-offs, in which the winners, Ironi Nesher, advanced to the final round, where they lost 1-5 on aggregate to the 14th placed club in Liga Leumit, Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Thus, Ironi Nesher remained in Liga Alef.

At the bottom, the bottom two clubs in each division, Beitar Nahariya, Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (from North division), Maccabi Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst the two clubs which were ranked in 14th place in each division, Hapoel Asi Gilboa and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa entered a promotion/relegation play-offs. Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa prevailing to stay in Liga Alef, while Hapoel Asi Gilboa were relegated after losing the play-offs.

Changes from last season

Team changes

• Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Kiryat Gat and Ironi Tiberias were promoted to Liga Leumit; Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (to North division), and Hapoel Ashkelon (to South division) were relegated from Liga Leumit.
• Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel, Maccabi Kafr Kanna and Ahva Arraba were relegated to Liga Bet from North division; Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum, Ironi Nesher and Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha were promoted to the North division from Liga Bet.
• Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov and Bnei Eilat were relegated to Liga Bet from South division, whilst Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam folded;^[1] Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon, F.C. Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Hod HaSharon were promoted to the South division from Liga Bet.

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Katamon	30	21	6	3	74	23	+51	69	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Ironi Nesher	30	18	9	3	52	15	+37	63	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Herzliya	30	19	5	6	67	28	+39	62
4	Hapoel Beit She'an	30	15	8	7	57	29	+28	53
5	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	30	14	7	9	46	35	+11	49
6	F.C. Givat Olga	30	13	9	8	35	24	+11	48
7	Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata	30	14	4	12	49	37	+12	46
8	Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel	30	10	9	11	40	33	+7	39
9	Hapoel Hadera	30	10	7	13	39	38	+1	37
10	Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	30	10	6	14	40	52	−12	36
11	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	30	10	5	15	25	49	−24	35
12	F.C. Karmiel Safed	30	8	10	12	33	35	−2	34
13	Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum	30	8	9	13	31	40	−9	33
14	Hapoel Asi Gilboa	30	6	12	12	22	32	−10	30	Relegation play-offs
15	Beitar Nahariya	30	8	5	17	35	39	−4	29	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Maccabi Umm al-Fahm	30	0	1	29	10	146	−136	0[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Maccabi Umm al-Fahm were deducted one point for fielding ineligible player.^[2]

Results

Home \ Away	BNH	GOL	HKS	ASG	HBN	HHD	HHE	HKN	HME	IBM	INE	MDK	IKA	SMT	MTz	MUF
Beitar Nahariya		0–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	7–0
F.C. Givat Olga	1–0		1–3	1–1	4–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0
F.C. Karmiel Safed	1–0	3–0		1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Hapoel Asi Gilboa	1–2	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1
Hapoel Beit She'an	4–1	0–0	5–0	0–2		1–1	1–3	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	11–0
Hapoel Hadera	4–0	0–4	2–0	2–2	2–1		1–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–4	2–1	3–0	5–0
Hapoel Herzliya	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	5–1	0–3	5–2	4–0	2–0
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	3–1	5–1	13–0
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1		5–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	5–0	3–0
Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	2–3	2–2		2–2	3–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–0
Ironi Nesher	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2		2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	12–0
Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2		2–1	1–3	1–0	13–1
Maccabi Kiryat Ata	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–2		5–2	0–2	6–2
Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–5	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1		1–1	4–0
Maccabi Tzur Shalom	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–6	3–2	0–1	0–4	1–0	1–3	2–1		4–0
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm	0–2	0–2	0–5	0–5	1–3	1–2	0–10	0–6	0–3[a]	0–3	2–4	0–2	0–6	1–2	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2015. Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. 2

² The Israel Football Association declared the match a 3–0 technical win for Hapoel Migdal HaEmek after Maccabi Umm al-Fahm failed to fulfill the home team duties.^[3]

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Ashkelon	30	21	8	1	52	15	+37	71	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Maccabi Sha'arayim	30	17	8	5	45	23	+22	59	Promotion play-offs
3	Sektzia Nes Tziona	30	12	10	8	56	47	+9	46
4	Hapoel Marmorek	30	14	4	12	40	37	+3	46
5	Beitar Kfar Saba	30	12	9	9	49	42	+7	45
6	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	30	12	8	10	45	34	+11	44
7	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	30	9	12	9	37	33	+4	39
8	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	30	10	8	12	42	43	−1	38
9	F.C. Kafr Qasim	30	9	10	11	35	39	−4	37
10	Hapoel Morasha	30	8	12	10	30	34	−4	36
11	F.C. Shikun HaMizrah	30	7	14	9	38	42	−4	35
12	Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva	30	9	8	13	29	40	−11	35
13	Hapoel Azor	30	8	10	12	26	40	−14	34
14	Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa	30	6	12	12	28	32	−4	30	Relegation play-offs
15	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	30	6	9	15	39	61	−22	27	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi	30	6	6	18	23	52	−29	15[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi were deducted nine points for entering administration.^[4]

Results

Home \ Away	BKS	FKQ	FCS	HAS	HAZ	HHH	KSL	HMY	HMK	HMO	MAP	MBS	MKJ	MSH	SNT	MKM
Beitar Kfar Saba		2–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	6–3	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–0
F.C. Kafr Qasim	1–1		0–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–0
F.C. Shikun HaMizrah	2–0	1–1		3–4	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–4	2–2	2–1
Hapoel Ashkelon	3–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0
Hapoel Azor	1–4	0–1	1–1	0–0		2–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–1
Hapoel Hod HaSharon	3–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	5–0		0–3	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	3–2
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	4–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–1		2–1	1–1	2–0	4–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	5–0
Hapoel Marmorek	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–3	2–0		0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0
Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–2		0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1
Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1		0–1	1–0	0–4	1–4	1–0
Maccabi Be'er Sheva	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3		1–1	0–1	4–2	4–1
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1		0–2	1–0	0–1
Maccabi Sha'arayim	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0		3–1	2–1
Sektzia Nes Tziona	2–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	4–2	6–0	3–1	1–3		2–0
Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi	1–4	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2015. Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

First round

Second and third placed clubs played single match at home against the fourth and fifth placed clubs in their respective regional division.

Ironi Nesher	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek
Barak 5' Elkanati 12'	Report (in Hebrew)	Balestra 78' Frej 85'
Penalties
al-Ali Elkanati Morjan Ohayon Tzhako	4–3	Malul Cohen Ohayon Frej Balestra

8 May 2015

14:30 UTC+3

Nesher Stadium, Nesher

Referee: Shahar Arbeli

Hapoel Herzliya	0 – 1	Hapoel Beit She'an
	Report (in Hebrew)	Malka 54'

8 May 2015

14:00 UTC+3

Municipal Stadium, Herzliya

Referee: Erez Papir

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Maccabi Sha'arayim	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Beitar Kfar Saba
	Report (in Hebrew)
Penalties
Karagula Yosef Reuven Ovadia	2–4	Berkovic Revivo Shani Atias Alon

8 May 2015

15:00 UTC+3

Municipal Stadium, Lod

Referee: Oren Siminyan

Sektzia Nes Tziona	0 – 2	Hapoel Marmorek
	Report (in Hebrew)	Sulimanov 78' 90+3'

8 May 2015

15:00 UTC+3

Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona

Referee: Ziv Adler

Ironi Nesher and Hapoel Beit She'an (from North division) and Hapoel Marmorek and Beitar Kfar Saba (from South division) advanced to the second round.

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Second round

The winners of the first round played single match at home of the higher ranked club (from each regional division).

Ironi Nesher	2 – 1	Hapoel Beit She'an
Kresner 67' Tzhako 89'	Report (in Hebrew)	Malka 45'

15 May 2015

14:30 UTC+3

Nesher Stadium, Nesher

Referee: Idan Layba

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Hapoel Marmorek	0 – 3	Beitar Kfar Saba
	Report (in Hebrew)	Revivo 65' 83' Harari 68'

15 May 2015

14:30 UTC+3

Itztoni Stadium, Rehovot

Referee: Zvika Levi

Ironi Nesher and Beitar Kfar Saba advanced to the third round.

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Third round

Ironi Nesher and Beitar Kfar Saba faced each other for a single match in neutral venue. The winner advanced to the fourth round against the 14th placed club in Liga Leumit.

Beitar Kfar Saba	0 – 1	Ironi Nesher
	Report (in Hebrew)	Ben Asur 80'

19 May 2015

19:30 UTC+3

Municipal Stadium, Herzliya

Referee: Menashe Masiah

Ironi Nesher advanced to the promotion/relegation play-offs.

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Fourth round - promotion/relegation play-offs

Ironi Nesher faced the 14th placed in 2014–15 Liga Leumit Hapoel Nazareth Illit. The winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2015–16 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 26 and 29, 2015.

Hapoel Nazareth Illit	5 - 0	Ironi Nesher
Hudeda 30' (pen.) Giditz 46' (o.g.) Basit 63' Owusu 73' Deri 89'	Report (in Hebrew)

26 May 2015

20:00 UTC+3

Green Stadium, Nazareth Illit

Referee: Daniel Bar Natan

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Ironi Nesher	1 - 0	Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Shulkowsky 59'	Report (in Hebrew)

29 May 2015

15:30 UTC+3

Nesher Stadium, Nesher

Referee: Igal Frid

Hapoel Nazareth Illit won 5–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Ironi Nesher remained in Liga Alef.

Relegation play-offs

North play-off

The 14th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Asi Gilboa, faced the Liga Bet North play-offs winner, Hapoel Iksal. the winner earned a spot in the 2015–16 Liga Alef.

Hapoel Iksal	1 – 0	Hapoel Asi Gilboa
Abu Leil 61'	Report (in Hebrew)

12 May 2015

18:00 UTC+3

Ilut Stadium, Ilut

Referee: Guy Berger

Hapoel Iksal Promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Asi Gilboa relegated to Liga Bet; However, they were eventually reprieved from relegation, following the merger between Hapoel Hadera and F.C. Givat Olga.^[5]

South play-off

The 14th placed club in Liga Alef South, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, faced the Liga Bet South play-offs winner, Hapoel Kiryat Ono. the winner earned a spot in the 2015–16 Liga Alef.

Hapoel Kiryat Ono	0 – 2	Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
	Report (in Hebrew)	Maman 69' Levi 90'

12 May 2015

18:00 UTC+3

Municipal Stadium, Lod

Referee: Gal Leibowitz

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa remained in Liga Alef; Hapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet.