| Season | 1976–77 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv 13th title |
| Relegated | Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Top goalscorer | Vicky Peretz (17) |
1977–78 → | |
The1976–77 Liga Leumit season sawMaccabi Tel Aviv win the title, with strikerVicky Peretz ending as the league's top scorer with 17 goals.
Three clubs,Hapoel Kfar Saba,Maccabi Haifa andMaccabi Petah Tikva, were relegated as the league was reduced to 14 clubs for thefollowing season.Hapoel Be'er Sheva finished one place above the relegation zone a year after winning the title.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv(C) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup |
| 2 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 39 | |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 33 | |
| 4 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 33 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 33 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 32 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Yehud | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 32 | |
| 8 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 31 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 28 | |
| 12 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 27 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 27 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Kfar Saba(R) | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 25 | Relegated toLiga Artzit |
| 15 | Maccabi Haifa(R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 24 | |
| 16 | Maccabi Petah Tikva(R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 51 | −31 | 17 |
| Home \ Away | BEI | BTA | HAR | HAC | HBS | HHA | HJE | HKS | HTA | HYE | MHA | MJA | MNE | MPT | MTA | STA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Acre | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Hapoel Yehud | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–6 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |