1985–86 Liga Alef

The 1985–86 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Beit She'an (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Dimona (champions of the South Division) win the title and promotion to Liga Artzit. Beitar Nahariya also promoted after promotion play-offs.

North Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Beit She'an	26	51	23	28	36	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Beitar Nahariya	26	35	25	10	34	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Hadera	26	41	30	11	31
4	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	26	22	20	2	29
5	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	26	29	29	0	27
6	Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba	26	35	34	1	26
7	Hapoel Ra'anana	26	24	26	-2	25
8	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	26	36	39	-3	24
9	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	26	28	43	-15	24
10	Maccabi Afula	26	21	33	-12	23
11	Maccabi Tamra	26	37	36	1	22
12	Maccabi Or Akiva	26	31	33	-2	21
13	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	26	23	31	-8	21	Relegated to Liga Bet
14	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	26	30	41	-11	21	Relegated to Liga Bet

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Dimona	24	28	12	16	32	Promoted to Liga Artzit
2	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	24	28	16	12	30	Promotion play-offs
3	Beitar Be'er Sheva	24	24	16	8	29
4	Maccabi Lazarus Holon	24	22	16	6	29
5	Hapoel Ashkelon	24	14	14	0	25
6	Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi	24	23	20	3	24
7	Hapoel Bat Yam	24	18	19	-1	24
8	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	24	18	23	-5	22
9	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	24	22	24	-2	21
10	Hapoel Or Yehuda	24	18	26	-8	21
11	Hapoel Azor	24	16	22	-6	20
12	Hapoel Yeruham	24	8	19	-11	19
13	Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan	24	15	27	-12	16	Relegated to Liga Bet

Tzafririm Holon merged with Liga Artzit club, Hapoel Holon. thus, leaving the league with 13 clubs.

3.5.86

Hapoel Rishon LeZion	2 – 2	Beitar Nahariya
Hajaj (84), Gabson (88)		M.Alfasi (63), Cohen (79)

Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Ovadia Zvi

Beitar Nahariya v Hapoel Rishon LeZion

10.5.86

Beitar Nahariya	2 – 1	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Cohen (12), Daoud (54)		Masubi (33)

Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi

Beitar Nahariya promoted to Liga Artzit.

North division Maariv, 27.4.86, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
South division Maariv, 27.4.86, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
High mark for the first play-off Maariv, 4.5.86, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Beitar balance in Artzit kept Maariv, 11.5.86, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

v t e Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons
North	F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Tzur Shalom
South	Beitar Kfar Saba Bnei Eilat F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Morasha Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Sha'arayim Sektzia Nes Tziona
Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
See also: Liga Artzit