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The 2014–15 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Ashkelon (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 winners, Ironi Nesher, advanced to the final round, where they lost 1-5 on aggregate to the 14th placed club in Liga Leumit, Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Thus, Ironi Nesher remained in Liga Alef.

At the bottom, the bottom two clubs in each division, Beitar Nahariya, Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (from North division), Maccabi Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst the two clubs which were ranked in 14th place in each division, Hapoel Asi Gilboa and Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa entered a promotion/relegation play-offs. Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa prevailing to stay in Liga Alef, while Hapoel Asi Gilboa were relegated after losing the play-offs.

Changes from last season

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Team changes

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North Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Katamon 30 21 6 3 74 23 51 69 Promoted to Liga Leumit
2 Ironi Nesher 30 18 9 3 52 15 37 63 Promotion play-offs
3 Hapoel Herzliya 30 19 5 6 67 28 39 62
4 Hapoel Beit She'an 30 15 8 7 57 29 28 53
5 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 30 14 7 9 46 35 11 49
6 F.C. Givat Olga 30 13 9 8 35 24 11 48
7 Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata 30 14 4 12 49 37 12 46
8 Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel 30 10 9 11 40 33 7 39
9 Hapoel Hadera 30 10 7 13 39 38 1 37
10 Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha 30 10 6 14 40 52 −12 36
11 Maccabi Tzur Shalom 30 10 5 15 25 49 −24 35
12 F.C. Karmiel Safed 30 8 10 12 33 35 −2 34
13 Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum 30 8 9 13 31 40 −9 33
14 Hapoel Asi Gilboa 30 6 12 12 22 32 −10 30 Relegation play-offs
15 Beitar Nahariya 30 8 5 17 35 39 −4 29 Relegated to Liga Bet
16 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 30 0 1 29 10 146 −136 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Maccabi Umm al-Fahm were deducted one point for fielding ineligible player.[2]

Results

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Home \ Away BNH GOL HKS ASG HBN HHD HHE HKN HME IBM INE MDK IKA SMT MTz MUF
Beitar Nahariya 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 7–0
F.C. Givat Olga 1–0 1–3 1–1 4–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0
F.C. Karmiel Safed 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2
Hapoel Asi Gilboa 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1
Hapoel Beit She'an 4–1 0–0 5–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 11–0
Hapoel Hadera 4–0 0–4 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 3–0 5–0
Hapoel Herzliya 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 0–3 5–2 4–0 2–0
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 5–1 13–0
Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 5–0 3–0
Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum 0–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–3 2–3 2–2 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0
Ironi Nesher 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 12–0
Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 13–1
Maccabi Kiryat Ata 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–2 5–2 0–2 6–2
Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–0
Maccabi Tzur Shalom 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–6 3–2 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–3 2–1 4–0
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 0–2 0–2 0–5 0–5 1–3 1–2 0–10 0–6 0–3[a] 0–3 2–4 0–2 0–6 1–2 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2015. Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ 2

2 The Israel Football Association declared the match a 3–0 technical win for Hapoel Migdal HaEmek after Maccabi Umm al-Fahm failed to fulfill the home team duties.[3]

South Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Ashkelon 30 21 8 1 52 15 37 71 Promoted to Liga Leumit
2 Maccabi Sha'arayim 30 17 8 5 45 23 22 59 Promotion play-offs
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 30 12 10 8 56 47 9 46
4 Hapoel Marmorek 30 14 4 12 40 37 3 46
5 Beitar Kfar Saba 30 12 9 9 49 42 7 45
6 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 30 12 8 10 45 34 11 44
7 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 30 9 12 9 37 33 4 39
8 Hapoel Hod HaSharon 30 10 8 12 42 43 −1 38
9 F.C. Kafr Qasim 30 9 10 11 35 39 −4 37
10 Hapoel Morasha 30 8 12 10 30 34 −4 36
11 F.C. Shikun HaMizrah 30 7 14 9 38 42 −4 35
12 Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva 30 9 8 13 29 40 −11 35
13 Hapoel Azor 30 8 10 12 26 40 −14 34
14 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 30 6 12 12 28 32 −4 30 Relegation play-offs
15 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 30 6 9 15 39 61 −22 27 Relegated to Liga Bet
16 Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi 30 6 6 18 23 52 −29 15[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi were deducted nine points for entering administration.[4]

Results

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Home \ Away BKS FKQ FCS HAS HAZ HHH KSL HMY HMK HMO MAP MBS MKJ MSH SNT MKM
Beitar Kfar Saba 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 6–3 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0
F.C. Kafr Qasim 1–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–0
F.C. Shikun HaMizrah 2–0 1–1 3–4 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–4 2–2 2–1
Hapoel Ashkelon 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–0
Hapoel Azor 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–1
Hapoel Hod HaSharon 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 3–2
Hapoel Kfar Shalem 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 4–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 5–0
Hapoel Marmorek 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0
Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–4 1–0
Maccabi Be'er Sheva 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–5 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 4–2 4–1
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1
Maccabi Sha'arayim 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1
Sektzia Nes Tziona 2–2 4–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 4–2 6–0 3–1 1–3 2–0
Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi 1–4 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2015. Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

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First round

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

Ironi Nesher2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Hapoel Migdal HaEmek
Barak 5'
Elkanati 12'		 Report (in Hebrew) Balestra 78'
Frej 85'
Penalties
al-Ali soccer ball with check mark
Elkanati soccer ball with red X
Morjan soccer ball with check mark
Ohayon soccer ball with check mark
Tzhako soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Malul
soccer ball with red X Cohen
soccer ball with red X Ohayon
soccer ball with check mark Frej
soccer ball with check mark Balestra
Referee: Shahar Arbeli
Hapoel Herzliya0 – 1Hapoel Beit She'an
Report (in Hebrew) Malka 54'
Referee: Erez Papir
Maccabi Sha'arayim0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Beitar Kfar Saba
Report (in Hebrew)
Penalties
Karagula soccer ball with check mark
Yosef soccer ball with red X
Reuven soccer ball with check mark
Ovadia soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Berkovic
soccer ball with red X Revivo
soccer ball with check mark Shani
soccer ball with check mark Atias
soccer ball with check mark Alon
Referee: Oren Siminyan
Sektzia Nes Tziona0 – 2Hapoel Marmorek
Report (in Hebrew) Sulimanov 78' 90 3'
Referee: Ziv Adler

Ironi Nesher and Hapoel Beit She'an (from North division) and Hapoel Marmorek and Beitar Kfar Saba (from South division) advanced to the second round.

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).

Ironi Nesher2 – 1Hapoel Beit She'an
Kresner 67'
Tzhako 89'		 Report (in Hebrew) Malka 45'
Referee: Idan Layba
Hapoel Marmorek0 – 3Beitar Kfar Saba
Report (in Hebrew) Revivo 65' 83'
Harari 68'
Referee: Zvika Levi

Ironi Nesher and Beitar Kfar Saba advanced to the third round.

Third round

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Ironi Nesher and Beitar Kfar Saba 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.

Beitar Kfar Saba0 – 1Ironi Nesher
Report (in Hebrew) Ben Asur 80'

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

Fourth round - promotion/relegation play-offs

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Ironi Nesher faced the 14th placed in 2014–15 Liga Leumit Hapoel Nazareth Illit. The winner on aggregate earned a spot in the 2015–16 Liga Leumit. The matches took place on May 26 and 29, 2015.

Hapoel Nazareth Illit5 - 0Ironi Nesher
Hudeda 30' (pen.)
Giditz 46' (o.g.)
Basit 63'
Owusu 73'
Deri 89'		 Report (in Hebrew)
Ironi Nesher1 - 0Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Shulkowsky 59' Report (in Hebrew)
Referee: Igal Frid

Hapoel Nazareth Illit won 5–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Ironi Nesher remained in Liga Alef.

Relegation play-offs

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North play-off

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The 14th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Asi Gilboa, faced the Liga Bet North play-offs winner, Hapoel Iksal. the winner earned a spot in the 2015–16 Liga Alef.

Hapoel Iksal1 – 0Hapoel Asi Gilboa
Abu Leil 61' Report (in Hebrew)
Referee: Guy Berger

Hapoel Iksal Promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Asi Gilboa relegated to Liga Bet; However, they were eventually reprieved from relegation, following the merger between Hapoel Hadera and F.C. Givat Olga.[5]

South play-off

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The 14th placed club in Liga Alef South, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, faced the Liga Bet South play-offs winner, Hapoel Kiryat Ono. the winner earned a spot in the 2015–16 Liga Alef.

Hapoel Kiryat Ono0 – 2Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
Report (in Hebrew) Maman 69'
Levi 90'
Referee: Gal Leibowitz

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa remained in Liga Alef; Hapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet.

References

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  1. ^ Ironi Bat Yam ultimately closed Goler1, 25.8.2014 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Record for Umm al-Fahm: 67 league games without a win Ziv Amoyal, Sport 5, 18.3.2015 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Technical win for Migdal HaEmek, Khalaila and Ohayon eligible to play Kobi Portal, Doublepass, 27.4.2015 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Kiryat Malakhi to enter administration, will start the season with -9 Goler1, 6.8.2014 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ History: Hapoel Hadera and Givat Olga merged Doublepass, 9.9.2015 (in Hebrew)
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