2013–14 Liga Alef - Wikipedia

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The 2013–14 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Kfar Saba (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Kiryat Gat (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit.

The clubs which were ranked between 2nd to 5th places in each division competed in a promotion play-offs, in which the winner, Ironi Tiberias advanced to the final round, where they beat the 14th placed club in Liga Leumit, Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 5-1 on aggregate. thus, Ironi Tiberias were also promoted to Liga Leumit.

At the bottom, the bottom two clubs in each division, Maccabi Kafr Kanna, Ahva Arraba (from North division), Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov and Bnei Eilat (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst the two clubs which were ranked in 14th place in each division, Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel and Maccabi Be'er Sheva were relegated after losing the relegation play-offs.

• Hapoel Afula and Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem were promoted to Liga Leumit; Hapoel Kfar Saba (to North division), Sektzia Nes Tziona (to South division) were relegated from Liga Leumit.
• Hapoel Kafr Kanna and Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha were relegated to Liga Bet from North division; Beitar Nahariya and Hapoel Beit She'an were promoted to the North division from Liga Bet.
• Hapoel Arad, Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona and Ortodoxim Lod were relegated to Liga Bet from South division; Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov and F.C. Kafr Qasim were promoted to the South division from Liga Bet.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	18	9	3	57	21	+36	63	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Ironi Tiberias	30	15	9	6	43	28	+15	54	Promotion play-offs
3	F.C. Karmiel Safed	30	15	6	9	42	35	+7	51
4	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	30	13	11	6	42	29	+13	50
5	Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel	30	14	7	9	46	35	+11	49
6	Hapoel Herzliya	30	13	6	11	43	34	+9	45
7	Hapoel Hadera	30	13	5	12	46	45	+1	44
8	Hapoel Beit She'an	30	12	7	11	54	42	+12	43
9	Beitar Nahariya	30	12	7	11	40	37	+3	43
10	Hapoel Asi Gilboa	30	11	7	12	44	35	+9	40
11	F.C. Givat Olga	30	8	14	8	34	34	0	38
12	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	30	9	7	14	36	44	−8	34
13	Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata	30	7	9	14	34	44	−10	30
14	Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel	30	8	5	17	37	58	−21	29	Relegation play-offs
15	Maccabi Kafr Kanna	30	4	13	13	33	56	−23	25	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Ahva Arraba	30	4	6	20	28	82	−54	15[a]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	30	21	5	4	53	16	+37	68	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa	30	16	5	9	47	27	+20	53	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Azor	30	15	8	7	47	29	+18	53
4	Hapoel Marmorek	30	15	7	8	37	18	+19	52
5	Beitar Kfar Saba	30	12	10	8	30	26	+4	46
6	F.C. Kafr Qasim	30	12	7	11	35	37	−2	43
7	Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva	30	11	8	11	34	29	+5	41
8	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	30	11	8	11	29	28	+1	41
9	Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi	30	11	5	14	37	40	−3	38
10	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	30	11	5	14	30	42	−12	38
11	Maccabi Sha'arayim	30	9	10	11	31	32	−1	37
12	Ironi Bat Yam	30	8	11	11	35	35	0	35	Folded
13	Sektzia Nes Tziona	30	12	6	12	31	37	−6	33[a]
14	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	30	7	7	16	33	54	−21	28	Relegation play-offs
15	Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov	30	9	7	14	30	42	−12	25[a]	Relegated to Liga Bet
16	Bnei Eilat	30	3	5	22	20	67	−47	14

Second and third placed clubs played single match at home against the fourth and fifth placed clubs in their respective regional division.

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Ironi Tiberias and Hapoel Migdal HaEmek (from North division) and Hapoel Azor and Beitar Kfar Saba (from South division) advanced to the second round.

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The winners of the first round played single match at home of the higher ranked club (from each regional division).

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Ironi Tiberias and Hapoel Azor advanced to the third round.

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Ironi Tiberias and Hapoel Azor faced each other for a single match in neutral venue. the winner advanced to the fourth round against the 14th placed club in Liga Leumit.

Ironi Tiberias advanced to the promotion/relegation play-offs.

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Ironi Tiberias faced the 14th placed in 2013–14 Liga Leumit Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem. the winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2014–15 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 23 and 27, 2014.

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Ironi Tiberias won 5–1 on aggregate and promoted to Liga Leumit. Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem relegated to Liga Alef.

The 14th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel, faced the Liga Bet North play-offs winner. the winner earned a spot in the 2014–15 Liga Alef.

Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel relegated to Liga Bet.

The 14th placed club in Liga Alef South, Maccabi Be'er Sheva, faced the Liga Bet North play-offs winner. the winner earned a spot in the 2014–15 Liga Alef.

Hapoel Hod HaSharon Promoted to Liga Alef; Maccabi Be'er Sheva relegated to Liga Bet; However, they were eventually reprieved from relegation, after Ironi Bat Yam, which have finished 12th in Liga Alef South, folded during the summer.^[1]

• Liga Alef North 2013/2014 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
• Liga Alef South 2013/2014 The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)