| Season | 1998-99 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Hapoel Haifa 1st title |
| Relegated | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Hapoel Beit She'an Maccabi Jaffa |
| Top goalscorer | Andrzej Kubica (21) |
The1998–99 Liga Leumit season began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 29 May 1999, withHapoel Haifa winning their first championship title ever.
That season had two rounds, each team played the other teams twice. The three teams that were relegated toLiga Artzit[1] were:Hapoel Tzafririm Holon,Hapoel Beit She'an andMaccabi Jaffa.
Two team fromLiga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season:Hapoel Tzafririm Holon andMaccabi Jaffa. The two teams relegated wereHapoel Ashkelon andHapoel Be'er Sheva.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Haifa(C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 71 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 77 | 32 | +45 | 63 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 60 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 57 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 52 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
| 6 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 46 | |
| 7 | Ironi Rishon LeZion | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 42 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 66 | −19 | 39 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 38 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 37 | |
| 11 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 36 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Ironi Ashdod | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 36 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 35 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon(R) | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 34 | Relegation toLiga Artzit |
| 15 | Hapoel Beit She'an(R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 83 | −58 | 18 | |
| 16 | Maccabi Jaffa(R) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 73 | −58 | 10 |
| Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | BTS | HHA | HJE | HKS | HPT | HTA | IRZ | MHA | MHE | MIA | MJA | MPT | MTA | TZH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0–3 | — | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 5–1 |
| Hapoel Beit She'an | 1–4 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–4 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Ironi Rishon LeZion | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–7 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2–4 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | 1–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Ironi Ashdod | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 2–2 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | — | 4–0 |
| Tzafririm Holon | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 21 | |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 20 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Ironi Ashdod | 19 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 17 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 17 | ||
| Bnei Yehuda | 17 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 17 | ||
| 8 | Maccabi Haifa | 16 | |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | ||
| 10 | Ironi Rishon Lezion | 14 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 14 |