1996–97 Liga Artzit

The 1996–97 Liga Artzit season saw Hapoel Ashkelon win the title and earn promotion to the top division for the first time in their history. Ironi Ashdod were also promoted.

At the other end of the table, Hapoel Kiryat Shmona and Hapoel Hadera were relegated to Liga Alef.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Ashkelon	30	19	6	5	38	15	+23	63	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Ironi Ashdod	30	17	6	7	48	26	+22	57	Promoted to Liga Leumit
3	Maccabi Netanya	30	16	7	7	53	35	+18	55
4	Hakoah Ramat Gan	30	13	8	9	40	29	+11	47
5	Hapoel Bat Yam	30	11	10	9	36	28	+8	43
6	Maccabi Jaffa	30	12	7	11	44	38	+6	43
7	Maccabi Kafr Kanna	30	11	9	10	33	32	+1	42
8	Hapoel Ramat Gan	30	9	11	10	29	26	+3	38
9	Beitar Tel Aviv	30	9	10	11	27	37	−10	37
10	Maccabi Acre	30	8	12	10	28	29	−1	36
11	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	30	8	11	11	26	41	−15	35
12	Hapoel Ashdod	30	8	8	14	29	34	−5	32
13	SK Nes Tziona	30	8	8	14	30	42	−12	32
14	Maccabi Yavne	30	9	5	16	26	50	−24	32
15	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	30	6	13	11	24	34	−10	31	Relegated to Liga Alef
16	Hapoel Hadera	30	5	11	14	27	42	−15	26	Relegated to Liga Alef

Source: rsssf.com

References

Liga Artzit 1996/97 RSSSF
Liga Artzit IFA

Liga Leumit

Clubs

Stadiums

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

1996–97 in Israeli football

Domestic leagues

Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Noar Leumit League

Domestic cups

State Cup
Toto Cup
- Leumit
- Artzit

European competitions

Related to national team

Results
1998 World Cup qualification
1998 U-21 Euro qualifying
1997 U-18 Euro
- qual.
1997 U-16 Euro
- qual.

Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tayibe Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv