The 1989–90 Liga Leumit season saw Bnei Yehuda won their first, and to date only title, whilst Hapoel Ramat Gan and Shimshon Tel Aviv were relegated to Liga Artzit. Uri Malmilian of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.

Liga Leumit
Season1989–90
ChampionsBnei Yehuda
1st title
RelegatedHapoel Ramat Gan
Shimshon Tel Aviv
Top goalscorerUri Malmilian (16)

After the first two rounds of matches (22 matches) the league split into two groups of six clubs; a Championship group and a Relegation group, with clubs playing the others in their group twice more.

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bnei Yehuda 22 10 9 3 31 18 +13 39 Qualification for the championship round
2 Maccabi Haifa 22 10 6 6 27 16 +11 36
3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 22 9 8 5 20 14 +6 35
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 22 9 7 6 27 26 +1 34
5 Hapoel Kfar Saba 22 9 5 8 25 21 +4 32
6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 22 8 6 8 26 27 −1 30
7 Maccabi Netanya 22 7 7 8 20 20 0 28 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Hapoel Jerusalem 22 6 7 9 18 26 −8 25
9 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 22 5 9 8 22 28 −6 24
10 Shimshon Tel Aviv 22 5 9 8 19 25 −6 24
11 Beitar Jerusalem 22 7 3 12 13 19 −6 24
12 Hapoel Ramat Gan 22 5 8 9 16 24 −8 23

Results

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Home \ Away BEI BTA BnY HBS HJE HKS HPT HRG MHA MNE MTA STA
Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Beitar Tel Aviv 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–3 3–1
Bnei Yehuda 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–2
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–1 2–0 3–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0
Maccabi Haifa 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–0
Maccabi Netanya 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 3–3 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–2
Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Top playoff

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bnei Yehuda (C) 32 17 11 4 48 24 +24 62 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 32 16 10 6 40 21 +19 58
3 Maccabi Haifa 32 14 8 10 40 29 +11 50 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 32 14 6 12 48 44 +4 48
5 Beitar Tel Aviv 32 10 8 14 35 46 −11 38
6 Hapoel Kfar Saba 32 10 6 16 28 41 −13 36
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away BTA BnY HKS HPT MHA MTA
Beitar Tel Aviv 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–3
Bnei Yehuda 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–3
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–3
Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1
Maccabi Haifa 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 1–0 5–1 1–4 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom playoff

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Maccabi Netanya 32 9 12 11 31 31 0 39
8 Hapoel Jerusalem 32 9 12 11 29 35 −6 39
9 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 32 8 14 10 29 33 −4 38
10 Beitar Jerusalem 32 10 8 14 20 25 −5 38
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan (R) 32 8 12 12 24 34 −10 36 Relegated to Liga Artzit
12 Shimshon Tel Aviv (R) 32 7 13 12 23 32 −9 34
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BEI HBS HJE HRG MNE STA
Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1
Maccabi Netanya 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0
Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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