| Season | 1977–78 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Maccabi Netanya 3rd title |
| Relegated | Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre |
| Top goalscorer | David Lavi (17) |
1978–79 → | |
The1977–78 Liga Leumit season sawMaccabi Netanya win the title, whileHakoah Ramat Gan andHapoel Acre were relegated toLiga Artzit.David Lavi of Maccabi Netanya was the league's top scorer with 17 goals.
Thefollowing season, the league was expanded to 16 clubs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Netanya(C) | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 38 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup |
| 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 33 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 32 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup |
| 4 | Hapoel Yehud | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 29 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 26 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 26 | |
| 7 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 26 | |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 26 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 26 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Jaffa | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 24 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 24 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 23 | |
| 13 | Hakoah Ramat Gan(R) | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 19 | Relegated toLiga Artzit |
| 14 | Hapoel Acre(R) | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 48 | −33 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | BEI | BTA | HAR | HAC | HBS | HAH | HHA | HJE | HTA | HYE | MJA | MNE | MTA | STA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Acre | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Yehud | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |