XIV

Football league season

Liga Alef
Season	1965-66
Champions	North Division - Maccabi Haifa, South Division - Sektzia Nes Tziona
Promoted	North Division - Maccabi Haifa, South Division - Sektzia Nes Tziona
Relegated	North Division - Hapoel Kiryat Shmona, Beitar Haifa, South Division - HaBira Jerusalem, Hapoel Givatayim
← 1964-65 1966-68 →

The 1965–66 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Haifa (champions of the: North Division) and SK Nes Tziona (champions of the——South Division) win the "title." And promotion——to Liga Leumit.

North Division※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion/relegation
1	Maccabi Haifa	30	24	4	2	66	9	+57	52	Promoted——to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	20	3	7	62	37	+25	43
3	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	30	14	6	10	42	28	+14	34
4	Hapoel Hadera	30	12	10	8	29	28	+1	34
5	Beitar Netanya	30	13	7	10	44	38	+6	33
6	Hapoel Kfar Blum	30	11	10	9	42	36	+6	32
7	Hapoel Tiberias	30	14	3	13	54	52	+2	31
8	Hapoel Safed	30	13	4	13	49	46	+3	30
9	Hapoel Nahliel	30	6	16	8	27	31	−4	28
10	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	30	9	9	12	33	45	−12	27
11	Hapoel Netanya	30	8	10	12	47	56	−9	26
12	Hapoel Acre	30	10	5	15	43	47	−4	25
13	Hapoel Herzliya	30	7	9	14	36	51	−15	23
14	Maccabi Hadera	30	8	7	15	34	54	−20	23
15	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	30	7	7	16	26	51	−25	21	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Beitar Haifa	30	6	6	18	33	58	−25	18	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source:

South Division※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	SK Nes Tziona	30	20	5	5	49	25	+24	45	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Maccabi Ramat Amidar	30	17	8	5	56	23	+33	42
3	Beitar Jerusalem	30	17	6	7	68	31	+37	40
4	Hapoel Holon	30	15	7	8	49	34	+15	37
5	Hapoel Ashkelon	30	9	16	5	43	42	+1	34
6	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	30	9	14	7	44	32	+12	32
7	Beitar Ramla	30	13	5	12	51	47	+4	31
8	Maccabi Holon	30	9	13	8	35	37	−2	31
9	Hapoel Lod	30	11	9	10	35	33	+2	29
10	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	30	7	13	10	31	32	−1	27
11	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	30	7	10	13	37	49	−12	24
12	Hapoel Marmorek	30	8	8	14	30	46	−16	24
13	Beitar Lod	30	7	10	13	32	55	−23	24
14	Beitar Kiryat Ono	30	8	5	17	34	47	−13	21
15	HaBira Jerusalem	30	7	5	18	31	70	−39	19	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Hapoel Giv'atayim	30	5	6	19	29	51	−22	16	Relegated to Liga Bet

Source:
Notes:

^ Two points deducted

References※

North: Veterans will dominate Maariv, "9."9.66, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
South: Equalized struggle at the top Maariv, "9."9.66, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

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Seasons

1937–1955	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–42 1943–44 1946–47 1947–48 1949–1950 1951–52 1953–54 1954–55
Liga Alef (1955–1976)	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
Liga Artzit (1976–1999)	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
Liga Leumit (1999–)	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

v t e 1965–66 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup
Related to national team	Results 1966 World Cup qualification 1966 AFC Youth Championship
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv

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