2017–18 Liga Gimel Explained

Competition:	Liga Gimel
Season:	2017–18
Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

The 2017–18 Liga Gimel season was the 50th season of fifth tier football in Israel, with 105 clubs competing in 8 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promotion and relegation

To replace the folded Hapoel F.C. Karmiel Safed, Tzeirei Tamra was promoted from Liga Gimel, as the best second-placed team in the northern divisions.^[1]
In December 2016, the IFA was ordered to demote Maccabi Umm al-Fahm to Liga Gimel by FIFA due to an unpaid debt.^[2] The club, which finished 11th in North B division was demoted at the end of the season and was replaced initially by Maccabi Ironi Tamra, the second best second-placed team in the northern divisions of Liga Gimel.^[3] However, an appeal was lodged by Beitar Pardes Hanna, which was the best second-placed team in the Liga Gimel division which promote to North B division, claiming that only teams from the Jezre'el and Samaria division should be considered for promotion as replacement to Maccabi Umm al-Fahm. The IFA Supreme Court accepted the appeal and Promoted Beitar Pardes Hanna to Liga Bet.^[4] ^[5]

Format changes

The IFA introduced promotion/relegations playoffs between Liga Bet and Liga Gimel. As a result, The two clubs placed 2nd and 3rd in each Liga Gimel division will qualify for the promotion play-offs. In each pair of divisions (Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee, Jezreel and Samaria, Sharon and Tel Aviv and Central and South) The 2nd placed club will host the 3rd placed club in each division, followed by a match between the two winners to decide the relegation/promotion match against the losing team from the Liga Bet relegation play-offs for a spot in Liga Bet.^[6]
To clarify the order of promotion for filling vacant places in Liga Bet, the IFA announced that the first club to be promoted if such vacancy would be created, for each Liga Bet division only clubs from its corresponding Liga Gimel divisions would be eligible for promotion (Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee to North A division, Jezreel and Samaria to North B division, etc.). The losing club in the third round of the play-offs would be first to be promoted, followed by points-per-match average in the league.

Upper Galilee (North A) Division

Competition:	Liga Gimel Upper Galilee
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Maccabi Ahva Yarka
League Topscorer:	Fadi Badarne (Maccabi Ahva Yarka) (25)
Matches:	116
Total Goals:	514

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team \ Round
Maccabi Ahva Yarka	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1
Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab	6	9	11	7	8	8	5	6	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2
Hapoel Bnei Tuba-Zangariyye	4	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3
Bnei Bir al-Maksur	style=background:#ffb	3	6	4	5	7	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
F.C. Hatzor HaGlilit	6	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Tzeirei Sakhnin	8	5	6	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Hapoel Nahariya	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7
Hapoel Bnei Hurfeish	10	8	8	9	6	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Hapoel Deir al-Asad	5	style=background:#ffb	2	5	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	6	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Maccabi Katzrin Golan	12	11	10	6	7	5	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Hapoel Tarshiha	style=background:#ffb	2	7	7	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Maccabi Tzeirei Bi'ina	11	12	9	11	11	10	11	11	12	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-

Source: Liga Gimel Upper Galilee IFA

Lower Galilee (North B) Division

Competition:	Liga Gimel Lower Galilee
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Maccabi Ironi Tamra
League Topscorer:	Taha Zubidat (Maccabi Ironi Tamra) (33)
Matches:	107
Total Goals:	530

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team \ Round
Maccabi Ironi Tamra	4	style=background:gold	1	4	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1
Maccabi Kafr Manda	8	8	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2
Maccabi Ironi Yafa	6	10	5	4	4	4	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3
Hapoel Ironi Bnei I'billin	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	6	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	6	7	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Tzeirei Ilut	5	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	7	5	5	5	6	5
Beitar Kafr Kanna	6	9	9	8	5	7	8	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6
Hapoel Kiryat Yam	style=background:#ffb	2	4	8	9	8	9	9	8	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	5	7
Maccabi Basmat Tab'un	9	6	7	7	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	7	6	7	8
Maccabi Kiryat Yam	style=background:#ffb	2	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Beitar Kiryat Ata	10	6	6	5	7	8	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Maccabi Tabbash	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Maccabi Bnei Deir al-Asad	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-
Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur	11	12	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-

Jezreel (North C) Division

Competition:	Liga Gimel Jezreel
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Hapoel Bnei Musmus
League Topscorer:	Ihab Masarwa (Ihud Bnei Baqa) (29)
Matches:	128
Total Goals:	541

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team \ Round
Hapoel Bnei Musmus	4	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1
Ihud Bnei Baqa	6	5	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2
Ahi Bir al-Maksur	6	8	8	5	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3
Bnei Musheirifa Bayada	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Beitar Ein Mahil	11	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	9	8	5	7	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	5
Beitar Umm al-Fahm	style=background:#ffb	3	4	6	7	7	8	8	9	8	7	8	6	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	6
Maccabi Ahi Ar'ara 'Ara	style=background:#ffb	2	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	5	7	9	6	8	9	6	5	6	5	5	7
Hapoel Ein as-Sahla	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	6	9	7	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8
Maccabi Bnei Muqeible	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	6	6	7	5	6	8	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	9
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm¹	9	9	10	11	10	10	9	10	style=background:black	-	style=background:black	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Hapoel Tzeirei Ka'abiyye	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Beitar Afula	8	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: Liga Gimel Jezreel IFA

¹On 27 December 2017 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm was temporarily expelled from the league after the club had a check bounced and the club failed to rectify the situation within a month. The club was reinstated on 10 January 2018.^[7]

Samaria (North D) Division

Competition:	Liga Gimel Samaria
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Tzeirei Ironi Baqa
League Topscorer:	Eliyahu Deri (Beitar Haifa) (34)
Matches:	152
Total Goals:	656

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team \ Round
Tzeirei Ironi Baqa	4	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1
Beitar Haifa	9	9	7	6	5	6	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2
Maccabi Neve Sha'anan	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	5	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	4	5	4	5	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3
F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur	10	10	10	9	9	8	5	5	4	4	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Maccabi Ironi Barta'a	6	4	4	5	7	5	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Hapoel Ironi Or Akiva	5	6	6	7	6	7	8	9	9	10	8	8	8	9	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7
Maccabi Isfiya	style=background:#ffb	2	5	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	4	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Maccabi Ahva Fureidis	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Hapoel Ahva Haifa	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	5	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10
Hapoel Kiryat Haim	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Hapoel Menashe	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Hapoel Halissa	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

Source: Liga Gimel Samaria IFA

Sharon (South A) Division

Competition:	Liga Gimel Sharon
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Hapoel Kafr Bara
League Topscorer:	Gary Shpurkin (Ironi Ariel) (25)
Matches:	155
Total Goals:	579

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team \ Round
Hapoel Kafr Bara	6	style=background:#ffb	3	8	5	6	7	6	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1
Bnei Ra'anana	4	9	5	8	9	5	4	4	4	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2
Sporting Tel Aviv	9	7	6	style=background:#ffb	2	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3
Ironi Ariel	style=background:gold	1	6	style=background:#ffb	3	7	8	10	8	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	4
Maccabi HaSharon Netanya	5	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	4	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	4	5	5
Hapoel Jaljulia	13	11	10	10	11	8	7	8	9	7	7	8	6	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Hapoel Oranit	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	4	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	9	8
Tzeirei Tira	style=background:#ffb	3	8	9	6	7	9	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass	6	4	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
F.C. Netanya	8	5	7	9	5	6	9	9	6	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	11
Bnei Qalansawe	11	10	13	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12
Beitar Tubruk	10	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

Source: Liga Gimel Sharon IFA

Tel Aviv (South B) Division

Competition:	Liga Gimel Tel Aviv
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Beitar Ramat Gan
League Topscorer:	Yaniv Avdar (Bnei Yehud) (47)
Matches:	239
Total Goals:	1194

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team \ Round
	6	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1
Hapoel Neve Golan	16	11	6	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2
Bnei Yehud	12	4	4	style=background:#ffb	2	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3
Otzma Holon	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan	4	6	9	6	8	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hapoel Ramat Israel	9	13	14	10	10	9	10	8	7	5	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Maccabi HaShikma Hen	5	9	5	8	7	7	6	6	4	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Inter Aliyah	style=background:#ffb	2	5	8	7	6	8	8	7	9	11	11	9	9	9	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	10	14	15	11	12	11	11	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	12	13	10	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
	14	15	11	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	14	14	15	15	13	12	14	9	12	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Beitar Jaffa	8	10	12	9	9	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	11	11	8	9	11	12	9	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	12	11	12	11
Maccabi Or Yehuda	11	7	9	13	13	13	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	13	14	13	9	10	11	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	12
Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	5	style=background:#ffb	3	6	7	9	10	8	10	11	12	12	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	11	11	13	13	13	13
Elitzur Yehud	13	8	7	12	11	10	9	12	13	10	9	10	10	10	12	14	10	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	13	14	14	14	14
Beitar Ezra	7	12	13	15	15	15	13	14	12	13	13	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15
Maccabi Pardes Katz	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: IFA

Central (South C) Division

Competition:	Liga Gimel Central
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Hapoel Lod
League Topscorer:	Elad Dan (F.C. Rishon LeZion) (35)
Matches:	182
Total Goals:	984

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team \ Round
Hapoel Lod	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1
Hapoel Ironi Gedera	6	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	4	style=background:#ffb	2
Hapoel Bnei Ashdod	12	12	7	8	6	6	5	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3
Beitar Yavne	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	6	4	5	5	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4
Maccabi Kiryat Ekron	4	5	6	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	5	style=background:#ffb	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hapoel Abirei Bat Yam	11	8	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Beitar Ashdod	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	4	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Hapoel Ramla	7	10	12	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Tzeirei Lod	14	11	13	13	10	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
F.C. Rishon LeZion	9	14	10	10	11	9	8	10	8	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Hapoel Tirat Shalom	7	9	11	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Maccabi Bnei Abu Ghosh	13	7	9	7	7	8	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Hapoel Mevaseret Zion	4	5	8	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Hapoel Matzliah	9	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14

Source: IFA

South (South D) Division

Competition:	Liga Gimel South
Season:	2017–18
Winners:	Beitar Kiryat Gat
League Topscorer:	Hisham Azbarga (Ironi Kuseife) (22)
Matches:	108
Total Goals:	509

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team \ Round
Beitar Kiryat Gat	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	4	style=background:#ffb	3	4	4	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1
Ironi Kuseife	6	8	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:gold	1	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2
F.C. Arad	8	6	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	2	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3
F.C. Be'er Sheva	style=background:#ffb	3	5	6	6	8	8	style=background:#ffb	3	style=background:#ffb	3	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	4	5	5	4	4	4
A.S. Ashkelon	9	9	7	5	7	9	7	8	8	8	8	6	5	6	5	5	6	4	4	5	5	5
Hapoel Merhavim	6	7	10	7	9	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	4	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Matnas Ofakim	4	style=background:#ffb	3	5	4	style=background:#ffb	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	4	5	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	7
Maccabi Ironi Hura	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8
Hapoel Rahat	style=background:#ffb	2	4	8	9	6	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
Maccabi Dimona	4	style=background:#ffb	2	4	8	5	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10
Tzeirei al-Hoshla	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Source: Liga Gimel South IFA

Promotion play-offs

North A division

¹The match result was 1–0 to Maccabi Ironi Yafa (after extra time). However, as Kafr Manda fielded an ineligible player, the match was given as a walkover to Yafa.^[8]

Maccabi Ironi Yafa remained in Liga Gimel; Sektzia Ma'alot remained in Liga Bet

North B division

Ihud Bnei Baqa remained in Liga Gimel; Maccabi Ein Mahil remained in Liga Bet

South A division

¹The match was abandoned at the 36th minute following a brawl between the teams.^[9] The match was annulled and neither team advanced to the next round.^[10]

Bnei Yehud remained in Liga Gimel; Hapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet

South B division

Ironi Kuseife Promoted to Liga Bet; Tzeirei Rahat relegated to Liga Gimel

Further promotions

The following teams are eligible to promotion if a vacancy would be created in 2018–19 Liga Bet:

North A

Team	Division	Points-per-Match Ave.
	Lower Galilee	Play-off losing team
	Upper Galilee	2.45
	Upper Galilee	2.25
	Lower Galilee	2.20

South A

Team	Division	Points-per-Match Ave.
	Tel Aviv	Play-off losing team
	Tel Aviv	2.50
	Sharon	2.17
	Tel Aviv	2.17

As both Bnei Ra'anana and Otzma Holon are equal on points-per-match average, Bnei Ra'anana are ahead on winning percentage (0.71% and 0.70%)North B

Team	Division	Points-per-Match Ave.
	Jezreel	Play-off losing team
	Samaria	2.46
	Jezreel	2.32
	Samaria	2.25

South B

Team	Division	Points-per-Match Ave.
	South B	Play-off losing team
	Central	2.50
	Central	2.38
	Central	2.38

As both Hapoel Bnei Ashdod and Beitar Yavne are equal on points-per-match average and winning percentage, Hapoel Bnei Ashdod are ahead on goal difference (+82 and +60).

Notes and References

https://www.yallasport.co.il/single-post/2017/07/04/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%9F-%D7%97%D7%99%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A7-%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%92%D7%94 Hapoel Tzeirei Tamra Signed Another Player and Aiming for Promotion
http://sport1.maariv.co.il/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%94/193422 Umm al-Fahm demoted to Liga Gimel. The Chairman: "We'll Appeal"
https://www.yallasport.co.il/single-post/2017/08/15/%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%97%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%92%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%A8-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A1-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%94 Final: Following Appeal, Maccabi Tamra Promoted to Liga Bet
https://doublepass.sport5.co.il/story.php?id=18507 The Supreme Court decided: Pardes Hanna promoted to Liga Bet
http://football.org.il/SiteCollectionDocuments/FTP/eitan/law/2017/aug/20170827%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%9451257.pdf File 2/17-8, Beitar Pardes Hanna v. IFA & Maccabi Ironi Tamra
http://football.org.il/SiteCollectionDocuments/FTP/eitan/IFA/asifa/hora.pdf Temporary provisions Regarding Changes in Liga Bet Relegation Play-offs and Establishing Liga Gimel Play-offs
http://football.org.il/Association/LawSystem/Pages/DecisionDisciplinaryCourt.aspx?DECISION_ID=112263 Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal
http://football.org.il/Association/LawSystem/Pages/DecisionDisciplinaryCourt.aspx?DECISION_ID=114378 Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal
https://doublepass.sport5.co.il/story.php?id=19981 Watch the Violent Event in Liga Gimel; Sporting Tel Aviv: "We Feared for Our Lives"
https://doublepass.sport5.co.il/story.php?id=19993 The Disciplinary Tribunal Ruled: Sporting and Bnei Ra'anana Expelled from the Play-offs