1998–99 Liga Artzit

Football league season The 1998–99 Liga Artzit season was the last in which the league was the Israel's second tier, as at the end of the season the Israeli Premier League came into existence, replacing Liga Leumit as the country's top division. As a result, for the 1999–2000 season Liga Leumit became the second division and Liga Artzit became the third division. Due to the restructuring, only one club, Maccabi Netanya, was promoted to the top division (which was reduced from 16 to 14 clubs). At the other end of the table, eight clubs were due to be relegated as the second division was reduced to 10 clubs. However, Bnei Sakhnin, who had finished eighth from bottom, were reprieved from relegation as Maccabi Jaffa, who had finished bottom of the top division, were relegated three levels to Liga Alef due to their budget not being approved by the Israel Football Association.Israel Third Level 1999–2000 RSSSF Although the bottom eight were due to be relegated to the third tier for the 1999–2000 season, three of them (Hapoel Ashdod, Hapoel Lod and SK Nes Tziona) were relegated two levels as like Maccabi Jaffa, their budgets for the 1999–2000 season were not approved by the IFA. Final table main WDL PR MNE Maccabi Netanya HAK Hapoel Ashkelon BRS Hapoel Be'er Sheva BAB Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva MAC Maccabi Acre HRG Hakoah Ramat Gan MKG Maccabi Kiryat Gat MAN Maccabi Ahi Nazareth BnS Bnei Sakhnin HAD Hapoel Ashdod BTA Beitar Tel Aviv HBY Hapoel Bat Yam MKK Maccabi Kafr Kanna HLD Hapoel Lod SNT SK Nes Tziona HTA Hapoel Tayibe 18 11 1 54 20 19 5 6 62 34 17 9 4 54 16 18 5 7 50 21 16 7 7 69 37 15 10 5 62 31 14 9 7 52 37 12 9 9 44 36 11 10 9 56 35 8 14 8 42 39 10 3 17 28 46 8 6 16 52 64 6 5 19 34 54 6 5 19 32 69 5 2 23 30 103 2 0 28 27 106 -2 2 points deducted for violating budget rules. -4 4 points deducted for violating budget rules. green1 Promoted to Premier League P inherit Remained at second level L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 red1 Relegated to Liga Alef AL AL AL red1 Relegated to Liga Artzit AR AR AR AR complete rsssf.com References External links Israel Second Level 1998/99 RSSSF Category:Liga Artzit seasons Israel 2