1976–77 Liga Alef

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The 1976–77 Liga Alef season was the first in which Liga Alef was the third tier of Israeli football due to the formation of Liga Artzit.

Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Beit Shemesh (champions of the South Division) won the title and promotion to Liga Artzit.

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	26	15	9	2	46	19	+27	39	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	13	6	7	32	32	0	32
3	Hapoel Herzliya	26	11	6	9	41	32	+9	28
4	Hapoel Beit She'an	26	8	12	6	32	31	+1	28
5	Maccabi Herzliya	26	9	9	8	36	29	+7	27
6	Hapoel Afikim	26	10	6	10	35	32	+3	26
7	Hapoel Tel Hanan	26	9	8	9	27	26	+1	26
8	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	26	9	8	9	39	39	0	26
9	Hapoel Nahariya	26	9	7	10	30	30	0	25
10	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	9	6	11	34	42	−8	24
11	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	26	9	6	11	27	31	−4	22^[a]
12	Hapoel Nahliel	26	8	5	13	29	36	−7	21
13	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	26	7	8	11	30	38	−8	20^[a]	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Safed	26	4	8	14	25	46	−21	16	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 2 points deducted.

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Beit Shemesh	26	16	6	4	40	17	+23	38	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Maccabi Yavne	29	13	5	11	31	22	+9	31
3	Hapoel Bat Yam	26	11	7	8	36	30	+6	29
4	SK Nes Tziona	26	13	3	10	28	28	0	29
5	Hapoel Marmorek	26	12	4	10	36	30	+6	28
6	Hapoel Ashkelon	26	6	15	5	22	19	+3	27
7	Beitar Ramla	26	9	8	9	33	29	+4	26
8	Beitar Ekron Ashdod	26	9	8	9	32	30	+2	26
9	Hapoel Ramla	26	9	8	9	29	33	−4	26
10	Maccabi Ramat HaShikma	26	6	12	8	27	32	−5	24
11	Hapoel Or Yehuda	26	6	11	9	22	31	−9	23
12	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin	26	8	8	10	41	40	+1	22^[a]
13	Hapoel Dimona	26	5	11	10	29	29	0	21	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov	26	4	4	18	26	63	−37	12	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 2 points deducted.

References

Memo no. 152 IFA (in Hebrew)
Mahane Yehuda won, but relegated with Safed to Liga Bet Davar, 22.5.77, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Beit Shemesh separated from Liga Alef with 1:2 defeat in Ashkelon Davar, 29.5.77, 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 1976–77 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup
Related to national team	Results 1978 World Cup qualification Maccabiah Games
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Yehud Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Peath Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv

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