1966–68 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit 1966–68 Maccabi Tel Aviv10th title SK Nes Tziona Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Mordechai Spiegler (38) 1965–66 1968–69 The 1966–68 Liga Leumit season was the thirteenth in the league's history, and is notable for the Israel Football Association's decision to play it over two years as a play to combat corruption and increasing violence at matches. The sixteen teams played each other four times during the season, effectively combining two seasons into one, leading it to be known as the double season (he העונה הכפולה, HaOna HaKfula). At the end of the season SK Nes Tziona and Hapoel Mahane Yehuda were relegated to Liga Alef, making it Mahane Yehuda's last top flight season to date. They were replaced by Hapoel Kfar Saba and Beitar Jerusalem. As champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv entered the 1969 Asian Club Championship, which they won. Maccabi Netanya's Mordechai Spiegler was the season's top scorer with 38 goals - 15 during 1966–67 and 23 in 1967–68.Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF Background The season began with a protests from relegated players, with the uproar reaching as far as the Knesset. In an attempt to restore order to the game and solve the issues raised, the IFA decided to spread the league games over two years instead of one. The main objectives were to put an end to the riots on the field, reducing trouble at matches and improve the quality of play, as well as infusing new blood into teams by alleviating the immediate fear of relegation. The 1966–1968 season www.fc-bnei-yehuda.co.il 2008-05-25 http://www.fc-bnei-yehuda.co.il/cgi-bin/SheepWool/sheepwool.pl?act=view&wiki=3585653 he https://web.archive.org/web/20071116072110/http://www.fc-bnei-yehuda.co.il/cgi-bin/SheepWool/sheepwool.pl?act=view&wiki=3585653 2007-11-16 dead The double season format involved all the Maccabi (Haifa, Maccabi Jaffa, Netanya, Sha'arayim and Tel Aviv) and Hapoel (Be'er Sheva, Haifa, Jerusalem, Mahane Yehuda, Petah Tikva, Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv) teams playing amongst themselves at the start of the season, and only later playing between the two groups of clubs. This was aimed at minimising the possibilities for match-fixing by teams affiliated to the same organisation at the end of the season. However, despite the drastic solution of playing a double season, the objectives were not considered to have been achieved. League table main WDL QR 2 MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva HHA Hapoel Haifa HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv MHA Maccabi Haifa HJE Hapoel Jerusalem BnY Bnei Yehuda MNE Maccabi Netanya BRS Hapoel Be'er Sheva HKRG Hakoah Ramat Gan HPRG Hapoel Ramat Gan MJA Maccabi Jaffa MSH Maccabi Sha'arayim STA Shimshon Tel Aviv HMY Hapoel Mahane Yehuda SNT SK Nes Tziona 30 18 12 88 50 27 21 12 72 48 27 16 17 72 47 24 21 15 80 55 26 15 19 55 43 24 18 18 66 55 20 24 16 54 49 20 20 20 82 68 21 18 21 71 62 22 16 22 66 78 15 24 21 65 69 17 19 24 50 59 14 24 22 49 72 14 23 23 65 80 13 23 24 51 82 8 16 36 54 123 green1 Qualified for Asian Club Championship ACC #FADADD Relegated to Liga Alef R R complete RSSSF Results Rounds 1–30 main FBR BnY HAR HBS HHA HJE HMY HPT HRG HTA MHA MJA MNE MSH MTA STA SNT Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 5–0 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 4–0 2–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 Maccabi Haifa 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 Hapoel Jerusalem 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 Bnei Yehuda 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 Maccabi Netanya 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 Hakoah Ramat Gan 1–3 0–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 Maccabi Jaffa 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 Maccabi Sha'arayim 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–4 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 5–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 1–0 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 SK Nes Tziona 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 complete Rounds 31–60 main FBR BnY HAR HBS HHA HJE HMY HPT HRG HTA MHA MJA MNE MSH MTA STA SNT Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 Hapoel Haifa 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 4–0 6–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 6–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 4–2 4–0 8–3 Maccabi Haifa 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 Hapoel Jerusalem 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 Bnei Yehuda 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–4 0–1 3–1 3–0 Maccabi Netanya 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 4–3 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 Hakoah Ramat Gan 2–5 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 Maccabi Jaffa 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 Maccabi Sha'arayim 0–2 2–6 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–7 2–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 4–0 7–3 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 5–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 6–2 SK Nes Tziona 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–2 2–5 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–3 complete References Category:Liga Leumit seasons Israel Category:1966–67 in Israeli football leagues Israel Category:1967–68 in Israeli football leagues