| Season | 1980–81 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Hapoel Tel Aviv 8th title |
| Relegated | Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Ramat Amidar Hapoel Ramat Gan |
| Top goalscorer | Herzl Fitusi (22) |
1981–82 → | |
The1980–81 Liga Leumit season sawHapoel Tel Aviv win the title, andHapoel Haifa,Maccabi Ramat Amidar,Hapoel Ramat Gan were relegated.Herzl Fitusi ofMaccabi Petah Tikva was the league's top scorer with 22 goals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv(C) | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 38 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup |
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 35 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Jaffa | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 34 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 33 | |
| 5 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 33 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 32 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Yehud | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 32 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 32 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 31 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 30 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup |
| 11 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 30 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 29 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 28 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Haifa(R) | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 26 | Relegated toLiga Artzit |
| 15 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar(R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 25 | |
| 16 | Hapoel Ramat Gan(R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 58 | −43 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | BnY | HBS | HHA | HJE | HKS | HPT | HRG | HRL | HTA | HYE | MJA | MNE | MPT | MRA | MTA | STA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bnei Yehuda | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Yehud | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Maccabi Ramat Amidar | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | 0–0 |
| Shimshon Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — |