1969–70 Liga Leumit Explained

Competition:Liga Leumit
Season:1969–70
Winners:Maccabi Tel Aviv
11th title
Relegated:Maccabi Jaffa
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
League Topscorer:Moshe Romano (15)
Prevseason:1968–69
Nextseason:1970–71

The 1969–70 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title on goal difference from city rivals, Hapoel, and qualify for the 1971 Asian Club Championship. Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva were relegated to Liga Alef. Moshe Romano of Shimshon Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.

Starting from this season the first tiebreaker in case teams were equal on points was set to be goal difference.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MAR%2F1969%2F06%2F17&id=Ar00509&sk=3929AAEC Goal Difference Instead of Ratio
  2. http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MAR%2F1969%2F10%2F03&id=Ar03600&sk=D7C136C7 First Professional League in Israel Starts