2008–09 Liga Leumit
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The 2008–09 Liga Leumit season began on 29 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009.
Season | 2008–09 |
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Champions | Hapoel Haifa |
Promoted | Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Ramat Gan Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Ahi Nazareth |
Relegated | Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 457 (2.31 per match) |
← 2007–08 2009–10 → |
Two teams from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata along with two teams relegated from Israeli Premier League: Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Kfar Saba.
The two teams relegated to Liga Artzit were Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
Due to an expected league expansion,[1] at the end of the season five clubs were automatically promoted to the Israeli Premier League, whilst the sixth-placed club in Liga Leumit played in a play-off match against the 11th-placed team in the Premier League. Only one team relegated automatically, and one team played in a play-off match against a team from Liga Artzit (which ceased to exist, with the regionalised Liga Alef becoming the third tier).