1999–2000 Liga Leumit

Israeli football season

The 1999–2000 Liga Leumit season was the first in which Liga Leumit was Israeli football's second tier, following the establishment of the Israeli Premier League in the summer of 1999. Due to the ongoing restructuring, the league had only 10 clubs (expanded to 12 the next season as three clubs were relegated from the Premier League and only one promoted).

Maccabi Jaffa started the season in Liga Leumit, but a failure to have their budget approved by the Israel Football Association led to them being replaced by Bnei Sakhnin (who had finished 9th the previous season and had been relegated to the third tier) soon after the season started, with Maccabi Jaffa dropping into Liga Alef, the fourth tier. Jaffa's results were all annulled and Sakhnin took over their fixtures, replaying the ones Jaffa had already played.

Tzafririm Holon won the title and were promoted, whilst Hapoel Ashkelon finished bottom and were relegated to Liga Artzit. Holon's Danny Nir'on was the league's top scorer with 23 goals.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tzafririm Holon	36	19	9	8	57	33	+24	66	Promoted to Premier League
2	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	36	18	8	10	52	28	+24	62
3	Maccabi Acre	36	17	8	11	58	46	+12	59
4	Bnei Sakhnin	36	13	11	12	51	49	+2	50
5	Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva	36	14	6	16	39	43	−4	48
6	Hakoah Ramat Gan	36	13	7	16	54	61	−7	46
7	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	36	11	12	13	38	35	+3	44^[a]
8	Hapoel Beit She'an	36	11	9	16	45	59	−14	42
9	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	36	10	11	15	41	56	−15	41
10	Hapoel Ashkelon	36	9	9	18	32	57	−25	34^[b]	Relegated to Liga Artzit

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted for violating budget rules.
^ 2 points deducted for violating budget rules.

References

Israel Second Level 1999/2000 RSSSF
Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

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

1999–2000 in Israeli football

Domestic leagues

Premier League Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Ligat Nashim Noar Leumit League

Domestic cups

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons
Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Liga Leumit	Beitar Be'er Sheva Bnei Sakhnin Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Maccabi Acre Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Kiryat Gat