2020–21 Liga Gimel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liga Gimel
Season2020–21
←
→

The 2020–21 Liga Gimel season is the 53rd season of fifth-tier football in Israel.

Format change[]

To accommodate the shortened schedule caused by COVID-19 pandemic, Divisions with more than 12 teams (Sharon, Tel Aviv, Central and South division) were divided into two sub-divisions. After completion of the league schedule the two top teams from each sub-division would qualify to a promotion group of four teams, with the winning team gaining promotion to and the second-placed team qualify to the promotion play-offs.[1] The bottom clubs played another round of matches between themselves.

Upper Galilee (North A) Division[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 18 16 2 0 77 6 +71 50 Promotion to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei 18 16 1 1 81 11 +70 49 Promotion play-offs
3 18 14 1 3 61 20 +41 43
4 18 10 1 7 49 23 +26 31
5 18 9 2 7 42 25 +17 28[a]
6 18 8 0 10 33 44 −11 24
7 Hapoel Shlomi 18 6 0 12 19 63 −44 18
8 18 4 1 13 36 82 −46 12[a]
9 Hapoel Nahariya 18 1 1 16 17 88 −71 4
10 18 1 1 16 12 65 −53 4
Source: Liga Gimel Upper Galilee IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The result of the 12th round match between Bnei Deir Hanna and Hapoel Nahf was set to 0–0 with no points awarded due to infringements from both teams. Deir Hanna players attacked the referee and caused the match to be abandoned and Hapoel Nahf fielded an ineligible player.

Lower Galilee (North B) Division[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 18 14 2 2 44 9 +35 43[a] Promotion to Liga Bet
2 18 13 2 3 52 16 +36 41 Promotion play-offs
3 18 13 1 4 43 12 +31 40
4 Beitar Kafr Kanna 18 9 3 6 44 34 +10 30[b]
5 18 9 3 6 38 26 +12 30[b]
6 18 8 3 7 39 30 +9 27
7 18 7 4 7 36 38 −2 25
8 18 4 3 11 32 62 −30 14[a]
9 18 2 1 15 19 62 −43 7
10 18 0 0 18 14 72 −58 0
Source: Liga Gimel Lower Galilee IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The fourth round match between Hapoel Deir Hanna and Bnei Deir al-Asad was abandoned at the 85th minute as players attacked the referee, his assistant and each other. The result of the match was set to 0–0 without points awarded.[2]
  2. ^ a b Beitar Kafr Kana wins over Al-Ahly Tamra in head-to-head (on away goals) (0–0; 2–2).

Jezreel (North C) Division[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel 18 15 1 2 74 14 +60 46 Promotion to Liga Bet
2 18 14 3 1 80 14 +66 45 Promotion play-offs
3 18 14 2 2 45 14 +31 44
4 Hapoel Tzeirei Nazareth 18 12 2 4 60 24 +36 38
5 18 6 1 11 36 59 −23 19[a]
6 18 6 1 11 25 48 −23 19[a]
7 18 6 0 12 33 52 −19 18
8 18 5 1 12 23 68 −45 16
9 18 3 1 14 23 64 −41 10
10 18 2 2 14 18 60 −42 8
Source: Liga Gimel Jezreel IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tzeirei Iksal wins over Hapoel Al-Batuf in head-to-head (1–3; 5–2).

Samaria (North D) Division[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Isfiya 22 21 1 0 107 7 +100 64 Promotion to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Kiryat Yam 22 14 4 4 71 24 +47 46 Promotion play-offs
3 22 13 3 6 83 38 +45 42
4 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 22 12 4 6 73 39 +34 40
5 22 12 2 8 45 43 +2 38
6 22 10 5 7 61 37 +24 35
7 22 8 4 10 49 58 −9 28
8 22 8 0 14 61 76 −15 24
9 Beitar Pardes Hanna 22 7 2 13 49 87 −38 23[a]
10 22 7 2 13 52 69 −17 23[a]
11 22 4 2 16 32 69 −37 14
12 22 1 1 20 25 161 −136 4
Source: Liga Gimel Samaria IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Beitar Pardes Hanna wins over Maccabi Barkai in head-to-head (on away goals) (2–0; 2–4).

Sharon (South A) Division[]

Sub-division A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bnei Ra'anana 12 10 0 2 54 17 +37 30 Promotion group
2 12 7 4 1 35 19 +16 25
3 16 9 4 3 32 19 +13 31
4 16 7 0 9 33 50 −17 21
5 16 5 5 6 31 34 −3 20
6 16 4 3 9 42 47 −5 15
7 16 1 2 13 24 65 −41 5
Source: Liga Gimel Sharon IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.

Sub-division B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 14 10 0 4 47 14 +33 30 Promotion group
2 14 9 3 2 43 19 +24 30
3 19 10 3 6 41 31 +10 33
4 19 10 2 7 44 42 +2 32
5 Maccabi HaSharon Netanya 19 9 1 9 34 37 −3 28
6 Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona 19 8 3 8 44 35 +9 27
7 F.C. Netanya 19 4 2 13 25 63 −38 14
8 19 2 4 13 15 52 −37 10
Source: Liga Gimel Sharon IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.

Promotion group[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 6 5 0 1 10 4 +6 15 Promotion to Liga Leumit
2 6 3 1 2 11 11 0 10 Promotion play-offs
3 6 2 0 4 16 17 −1 6
4 Bnei Ra'anana 6 1 1 4 8 13 −5 4
Source: Liga Gimel Sharon IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.

Tel Aviv (South B) Division[]

Sub-division A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 12 10 0 2 77 16 +61 30 Promotion group
2 Maccabi HaShikma Hen 12 9 1 2 53 18 +35 28
3 Hapoel Neve Golan 16 10 3 3 85 35 +50 33
4 16 10 1 5 73 20 +53 31
5 16 5 3 8 64 62 +2 18
6 Beitar Jaffa 16 2 3 11 25 62 −37 9
7 Maccabi Pardes Katz 16 0 1 15 14 178 −164 1
Source: Liga Gimel Tel Aviv IFA (in Hebrew)

Sub-division B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Ramat Israel 14 13 1 0 64 14 +50 40 Promotion group
2 Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan 14 11 0 3 51 19 +32 33
3 Bnei Yehud 19 9 4 6 41 24 +17 31
4 19 8 1 10 44 58 −14 25
5 AS Holon 19 6 5 8 38 56 −18 23
6 Beitar Ezra 19 6 1 12 31 52 −21 19
7 Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv 19 5 5 9 42 56 −14 20
8 19 3 3 13 30 62 −32 12
Source: Liga Gimel Tel Aviv IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.

Promotion group[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Ramat Israel 6 3 2 1 15 8 +7 11 Promotion to Liga Leumit
2 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10 Promotion play-offs
3 Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan 6 2 2 2 10 14 −4 8
4 Maccabi HaShikma Hen 6 1 1 4 10 18 −8 4
Source: Liga Gimel Tel Aviv IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.

Central (South C) Division[]

Sub-division A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 12 12 0 0 60 7 +53 36 Promotion group
2 Beitar Givat Ze'ev 12 8 1 3 36 17 +19 25
3 Maccabi Ramla 16 6 5 5 34 32 +2 23
4 16 6 2 8 27 59 −32 20
5 16 6 1 9 44 47 −3 19
6 Hapoel Mevaseret Zion 16 5 3 8 27 32 −5 18
7 16 2 2 12 18 52 −34 6[a]
Source: Liga Gimel Central IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Matzliah had two points deducted.

Sub-division B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda 14 11 2 1 45 10 +35 35 Promotion group
2 Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot 14 11 1 2 39 7 +32 34
3 Hapoel Bnei Ashdod 19 12 3 4 74 29 +45 39
4 19 11 1 7 51 34 +17 34
5 F.C. Rishon LeZion 19 7 3 9 65 57 +8 24
6 19 6 3 10 47 59 −12 21
7 Hapoel Tirat Shalom 19 4 1 14 22 90 −68 13
8 Hapoel Ramla 19 1 2 16 25 82 −57 5
Source: Liga Gimel Central IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.

Promotion group[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 6 5 1 0 20 2 +18 16 Promotion to Liga Leumit
2 Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot 6 4 1 1 17 8 +9 13 Promotion play-offs
3 Beitar Givat Ze'ev 6 1 1 4 7 18 −11 4
4 Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda 6 0 1 5 4 20 −16 1
Source: Liga Gimel Central IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.

South (South D) Division[]

Sub-division A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 14 13 1 0 62 18 +44 40 Promotion group
2 14 12 0 2 57 15 +42 36
3 19 12 3 4 57 35 +22 37[a]
4 19 10 0 9 62 54 +8 30
5 19 8 1 10 31 36 −5 25
6 19 4 1 14 33 74 −41 13[b]
7 19 4 2 13 22 56 −34 13[a]
8 19 3 2 14 32 68 −36 10[a]
Source: Liga Gimel South IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Two matches of Maccabi Hura, against Maccabi Yerucham and Tzeirei al-Hoshla, were given as 0–0 without points given.
  2. ^ Maccabi Dimona wins over Maccabi Yerucham in head-to-head (3–2, 2–1, 0–3).

Sub-division B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 14 12 2 0 48 9 +39 38 Promotion group
2 Hapoel Sderot 14 11 1 2 39 11 +28 34
3 Ironi Beit Shemesh 19 13 3 3 53 26 +27 42
4 F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy 19 9 5 5 51 33 +18 32
5 Maccabi Ashkelon 19 5 1 13 47 67 −20 16
6 Hapoel Rahat 19 4 5 10 25 60 −35 17
7 19 3 3 13 40 67 −27 12
8 19 2 4 13 25 55 −30 10
Source: Liga Gimel South IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head to head; 4) deciding match.

Promotion group[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 6 4 1 1 19 13 +6 13[a] Promotion to Liga Leumit
2 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 6 4 1 1 17 11 +6 13[a] Promotion play-offs
3 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 6 2 0 4 9 18 −9 6
4 Hapoel Sderot 6 1 0 5 12 15 −3 3
Source: Liga Gimel South IFA (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6) deciding match.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Hapoel Segev Shalom wins over Maccabi Be'er Sheva in head-to-head (3–3, 5–3).

Promotion play-offs[]

The promotion play-offs were played in two rounds. In the first the two runners-up from each pair of divisions (Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee, Jezreel and Samaria, Sharon and Tel Aviv and Central and South) played each other, with the winner advancing to meet the losing team of the Liga Bet relegation play-offs.

References[]

  1. ^ "הוראת שעה ליגות א'-ג' 2020-21" [Temporary Provisions Leagues Alef to Gimel 2020-21] (PDF) (in Hebrew). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ Israel Football Association v. Hapoel Deir Hanna et al., IFA Disciplinary Commission 109675 (10 March 2021) (""מאחר ואחריות שתי הקבוצות לסיום המשחק טרם זמנו הינה שווה, הרי שתוצאת המשחק תיקבע על 0:0 ללא נקודות"").
Retrieved from ""