1985 �86 Liga Alef

The 1985–86 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Beit She'an (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Dimona (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Artzit. Beitar Nahariya also promoted after promotion play-offs.

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Beit She'an	26	–	–	–	51	23	+28	36	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Beitar Nahariya	26	–	–	–	35	25	+10	34	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Hadera	26	–	–	–	41	30	+11	31
4	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	26	–	–	–	22	20	+2	29
5	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	–	–	–	29	29	0	27
6	Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba	26	–	–	–	35	34	+1	26
7	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	–	–	–	24	26	−2	25
8	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	26	–	–	–	36	39	−3	24
9	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	26	–	–	–	28	43	−15	24
10	Maccabi Afula	26	–	–	–	21	33	−12	23
11	Maccabi Tamra	26	–	–	–	37	36	+1	22
12	Maccabi Or Akiva	26	–	–	–	31	33	−2	21
13	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	26	–	–	–	23	31	−8	21	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	26	–	–	–	30	41	−11	21	Relegated to Liga Bet

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South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Dimona	24	–	–	–	28	12	+16	32	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	24	–	–	–	28	16	+12	30	Promotion play-offs
3	Beitar Be'er Sheva	24	–	–	–	24	16	+8	29
4	Maccabi Lazarus Holon	24	–	–	–	22	16	+6	29
5	Hapoel Ashkelon	24	–	–	–	14	14	0	25
6	Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi	24	–	–	–	23	20	+3	24
7	Hapoel Bat Yam	24	–	–	–	18	19	−1	24
8	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	24	–	–	–	18	23	−5	22
9	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	24	–	–	–	22	24	−2	21
10	Hapoel Or Yehuda	24	–	–	–	18	26	−8	21
11	Hapoel Azor	24	–	–	–	16	22	−6	20
12	Hapoel Yeruham	24	–	–	–	8	19	−11	19
13	Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan	24	–	–	–	15	27	−12	16	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

Tzafririm Holon merged with Liga Artzit club, Hapoel Holon. thus, leaving the league with 13 clubs.

Promotion play-offs

3.5.86

Hapoel Rishon LeZion	2 – 2	Beitar Nahariya
Hajaj (84), Gabson (88)		M.Alfasi (63), Cohen (79)

Ramat Gan Stadium

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Ovadia Zvi

10.5.86

Beitar Nahariya	2 – 1	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Cohen (12), Daoud (54)		Masubi (33)

Ramat Gan Stadium

Attendance: 2500

Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi

Beitar Nahariya promoted to Liga Artzit.

References

North division Maariv, 27.4.86, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
South division Maariv, 27.4.86, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
High mark for the first play-off Maariv, 4.5.86, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Beitar balance in Artzit kept Maariv, 11.5.86, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Ness Ziona 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 2024–25
See also: Liga Artzit

v t e 1985–86 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Title match Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	State Cup Toto Cup Leumit Artzit Lilian Cup
Related to national team	Results 1986 World Cup qualification OFC U-20 Championship
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Yavne Shimshon Tel Aviv