1961–62 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	1961–62
Champions	Hapoel Petah Tikva; 5th title
Relegated	Maccabi Netanya
Top goalscorer	Yitzhak Nizri ; Shlomo Levi (16)
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Petah Tikva crowned as champions for the fourth successive season (a record which no other club has yet repeated). Shlomo Levi of Hapoel Haifa and Yitzhak Nizri of Hapoel Tiberias were the league's joint top scorers with 16 goals each.

Maccabi Netanya were relegated to Liga Alef.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	22	12	4	6	35	19	+16	28
2	Maccabi Jaffa	22	10	6	6	33	29	+4	26
3	Hapoel Tiberias	22	11	3	8	43	31	+12	25
4	Maccabi Haifa	22	11	3	8	45	34	+11	25
5	Bnei Yehuda	22	9	6	7	32	29	+3	24
6	Hapoel Jerusalem	22	8	7	7	26	25	+1	23
7	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22	10	3	9	31	35	−4	23
8	Hapoel Haifa	22	8	6	8	34	27	+7	22
9	Shimshon Tel Aviv	22	8	6	8	24	28	−4	22
10	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22	5	7	10	22	34	−12	17
11	Maccabi Petah Tikva	22	5	6	11	14	30	−16	16
12	Maccabi Netanya	22	4	5	13	23	41	−18	13	Relegated to Liga Alef

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BnY	HHA	HJE	HPT	HTA	HTI	MHA	MJA	MNE	MPT	MTA	STA
Bnei Yehuda	—	0–5	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	5–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
Hapoel Haifa	0–3	—	0–0	0–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	5–3	1–1
Hapoel Jerusalem	3–1	1–0	—	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–0	2–1	2–0	—	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–2	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–3	—	4–2	0–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–2
Hapoel Tiberias	3–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	5–0
Maccabi Haifa	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–3
Maccabi Jaffa	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	4–2	2–2	—	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
Maccabi Netanya	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	5–0	0–2	4–7	1–2	—	0–0	1–0	3–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–7	1–3	0–0	—	2–0	1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	—	2–2
Shimshon Tel Aviv	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Israel - List of final tables RSSSF

v t e Top division football seasons in Israel
Eretz Israel League	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1937 1938–39 1939 1940 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49
Israeli League	1949–50 1950–51
Liga Alef	1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55
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v t e 1961–62 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	State Cup 1961–62 1962–63
Related to national team	Results 1962 World Cup qualification
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tiberias Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

v t e 1961–62 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '61 '62 England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '61 '62 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Sweden '61 '62 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '61 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '61 '62 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '60–'61 '61–'63