1996–97 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit 1996–97 Beitar Jerusalem 3rd title Hapoel Tayibe Tzafririm Holon Motti Kakoun (20) 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Liga Leumit season saw Beitar Jerusalem win their third title. Hapoel Tayibe (the first Arab club to play in the top flight since the establishment of Israel) and Tzafririm Holon were relegated to Liga Artzit. Motti Kakoun of Hapoel Petah Tikva was the league's top scorer with 20 goals. Final table main WDL QR BEI Beitar Jerusalem HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva BRS Hapoel Be'er Sheva MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva MHA Maccabi Haifa MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv HHA Hapoel Haifa HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba IRL Ironi Rishon LeZion BnY Bnei Yehuda BTS Hapoel Beit She'an HJE Hapoel Jerusalem HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv MHE Maccabi Herzliya HTH Tzafririm Holon HTY Hapoel Tayibe 21 6 3 62 20 C 18 6 6 57 37 19 3 8 44 25 14 10 6 39 22 13 9 8 48 34 13 7 10 47 34 12 7 11 34 33 11 7 12 34 39 11 7 12 35 47 10 8 12 32 40 9 7 14 29 34 9 7 14 30 41 8 9 13 29 32 9 5 16 19 28 4 9 17 17 43 R 4 3 23 19 66 R green1 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round CL blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWC #ccccff Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage IC IC red1 Relegation to Liga Artzit R R complete Results main FBR grey BEI BnY HBS BTS HHA HJE HKS HPT HTY HTA IRZ MHA MHE MPT MTA TZH Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 5–0 5–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 4–2 4–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–4 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 Maccabi Haifa 0–2 5–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 1–5 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 Ironi Rishon LeZion 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–6 2–2 2–1 0–4 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 Bnei Yehuda 1–3 1–3 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 Hapoel Beit She'an 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 Hapoel Jerusalem 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–4 6–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 Maccabi Herzliya 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 Tzafririm Holon 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 Hapoel Tayibe 0–3 2–4 0–3 0–2 2–4 1–5 3–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–4 0–4 1–0 1–0 complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1ISR Moti KakounHapoel Petah Tikva202ISR Alon MizrahiBnei Yehuda183ISR Ofer ShitritMaccabi Petah Tikva154ISR Eli OhanaBeitar Jerusalem14ISR Itzik ZoharBeitar Jerusalem146ISR Hezi ShiraziMaccabi Haifa137ISR Avi NimniMaccabi Tel Aviv12ISR Yaniv OfriHapoel Petah Tikva129ISR Shay HoltzmanHapoel Beer Sheva1110ISR Yaniv AbargilHapoel Kfar Saba10HUN István SallóiBeitar Jerusalem10 References Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF Liga Leumit IFA he Category:Liga Leumit seasons Israel Category:1996–97 in Israeli football leagues