1977–78 Liga Leumit

The 1977–78 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Netanya win the title, while Hakoah Ramat Gan and Hapoel Acre were relegated to Liga Artzit. David Lavi of Maccabi Netanya was the league's top scorer with 17 goals.

The following season, the league was expanded to 16 clubs.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Netanya (C)	26	15	8	3	50	21	+29	38	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
2	Beitar Jerusalem	26	12	9	5	32	14	+18	33
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	12	8	6	44	29	+15	32	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
4	Hapoel Yehud	26	9	11	6	20	17	+3	29
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	9	8	9	43	32	+11	26
6	Hapoel Jerusalem	26	9	8	9	27	22	+5	26
7	Shimshon Tel Aviv	26	8	10	8	23	25	−2	26
8	Beitar Tel Aviv	26	7	12	7	23	26	−3	26
9	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	8	10	8	26	30	−4	26
10	Maccabi Jaffa	26	6	12	8	31	38	−7	24
11	Hapoel Hadera	26	9	6	11	32	41	−9	24
12	Hapoel Haifa	26	8	7	11	19	29	−10	23
13	Hakoah Ramat Gan (R)	26	4	11	11	19	32	−13	19	Relegated to Liga Artzit
14	Hapoel Acre (R)	26	2	8	16	15	48	−33	12	Relegated to Liga Artzit

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	BEI	BTA	HAR	HAC	HBS	HAH	HHA	HJE	HTA	HYE	MJA	MNE	MTA	STA
Beitar Jerusalem	—	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1
Beitar Tel Aviv	2–2	—	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1
Hakoah Ramat Gan	0–4	1–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1
Hapoel Acre	0–0	1–1	0–1	—	2–4	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	2–0	2–2	4–2	—	5–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	6–0	1–3	0–1	1–1
Hapoel Hadera	0–4	0–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	—	5–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–1
Hapoel Haifa	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	—	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2
Hapoel Jerusalem	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	2–1	—	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	—	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2
Hapoel Yehud	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	—	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–0
Maccabi Jaffa	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	—	2–3	1–1	0–2
Maccabi Netanya	0–0	5–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	5–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	—	3–3	1–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–3	1–0	2–0	5–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	5–3	1–1	—	3–2
Shimshon Tel Aviv	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	—

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