The 2008–09 Liga Gimel season saw 83 clubs competing in 6 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet. This was the last season that Liga Gimel was the sixth tier in the Israeli football league system, a position it held since 1998–99.

At the end of the season, due to the league system restructuring, two clubs from each division were promoted to Liga Bet.

Upper Galilee Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum 20 13 4 3 57 22 +35 43 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Maccabi Acre 20 12 5 3 45 22 +23 41
3 Bnei Maghar 20 11 4 5 29 22 +7 37
4 Maccabi Bnei Nahf 20 11 4 5 31 17 +14 36[a]
5 F.C. Bnei Arraba 20 9 1 10 46 37 +9 28
6 Maccabi Ein Mahil 20 8 4 8 39 31 +8 28
7 Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina 20 6 4 10 24 41 −17 22
8 Ironi Bnei Kabul 20 5 7 8 34 33 +1 19[b]
9 Hapoel Shefa-'Amr 20 5 4 11 24 38 −14 19
10 Beitar F.C. Tabash 20 4 6 10 17 35 −18 17[a]
11 F.C. Otzma Bnei Yarka 20 4 1 15 25 73 −48 11[c]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 1 point deducted.
  2. ^ 3 points deducted.
  3. ^ 2 points deducted.

Hapoel Jatt Yanuh HaGlilit, Hapoel Hatzor and Maccabi Kafr Yasif all registered to play in the division, but withdrew before playing a single match.

Jezreel Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Maccabi Ahi Iksal 24 21 2 1 93 16 +77 65 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Bnei Musmus 24 18 5 1 82 23 +59 59
3 Maccabi Nazareth Illit 24 17 5 2 56 22 +34 56
4 F.C. Kfar Kama 24 16 2 6 55 28 +27 50
5 F.C. Daburiyya 24 12 3 9 48 45 +3 39
6 Hapoel al-Ittihad Nazareth 24 10 4 10 54 41 +13 34
7 Hapoel Bnei Nazareth 24 9 5 10 44 39 +5 32
8 Beitar Afula 24 5 10 9 44 35 +9 25
9 Beitar Umm al-Fahm 24 7 6 11 36 42 −6 24[a]
10 Maccabi Bnei Ilut 24 7 4 13 47 54 −7 18[b]
11 Hapoel Ka'abiyye 24 4 2 18 33 91 −58 14
12 Hapoel Manshiya Zabda 24 2 3 19 19 99 −80 9
13 Beitar el-Amal Nazareth 24 2 1 21 37 113 −76 6[c]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 3 points deducted.
  2. ^ 7 points deducted.
  3. ^ 1 point deducted.

Hapoel Muawiya registered to play in the division, but withdrew before playing a single match.

Samaria Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Maccabi Or Akiva 24 21 2 1 101 9 +92 65 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa 24 21 0 3 88 21 +67 63
3 Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel 24 17 2 5 64 28 +36 53
4 Hapoel Spartak Haifa 24 14 1 9 61 44 +17 43
5 Maccabi Neve Sha'anan 24 12 1 11 41 35 +6 37
6 Hapoel Bnei Zemer 24 9 6 9 41 57 −16 33
7 Hapoel Yokneam 24 9 4 11 45 48 −3 31
8 Hapoel Tel Hanan 24 9 5 10 41 46 −5 31[a]
9 Beitar Pardes Hanna 24 10 2 12 47 63 −16 30[b]
10 F.C. Kiryat Yam 24 7 6 11 38 56 −18 27
11 Maccabi Jisr az-Zarqa 24 7 4 13 34 40 −6 25
12 Maccabi Fureidis 24 2 3 19 22 79 −57 9
13 Beitar Hadera 24 0 0 24 31 128 −97 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 point deducted.
  2. ^ 2 points deducted.

Sharon Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Beitar Petah Tikva 30 25 0 5 115 26 +89 75 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden 30 24 2 4 105 20 +85 73[a]
3 Ironi Ariel 30 23 3 4 86 25 +61 72
4 F.C. Bnei Ra'anana 30 18 5 7 105 61 +44 59
5 F.C. Tzeirei Tayibe 30 17 5 8 65 31 +34 56
6 Ahva Tayibe 30 16 7 7 67 46 +21 55
7 F.C. Tel Mond 30 16 4 10 92 64 +28 52
8 Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia 30 14 7 9 56 34 +22 47[b]
9 Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba 30 14 5 11 85 62 +23 45[b]
10 F.C. Bnei Qalansawe 30 11 1 18 60 89 −29 34
11 F.C. Tira 30 8 4 18 69 79 −10 28
12 Beitar Nes Tubruk 30 7 3 20 50 135 −85 24
13 Beitar Ironi Ariel 30 5 6 19 45 86 −41 21
14 Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa 30 7 1 22 41 89 −48 20[b]
15 Hapoel Kafr Bara 30 4 4 22 28 94 −66 16
16 Beitar Oranit 30 1 3 26 13 151 −138 5[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 1 point deducted.
  2. ^ a b c 2 points deducted.

Tel Aviv Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 30 27 2 1 152 9 +143 83 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Kiryat Ono 30 25 1 4 108 25 +83 76
3 Bnei Yehud 30 22 4 4 91 28 +63 70
4 Ironi Beit Dagan 30 19 6 5 84 38 +46 63
5 Gadna Tel Aviv 30 16 6 8 82 41 +41 54
6 Hapoel Neve Golan 30 15 7 8 76 61 +15 52
7 Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv 30 15 3 12 79 48 +31 48
8 Hapoel Oranit 30 15 2 13 68 59 +9 47
9 Hapoel Kiryat Shalom 30 12 3 15 72 74 −2 39
10 A.S. Holon 30 12 0 18 55 95 −40 36
11 Brit Sport Ma'of 30 10 4 16 58 88 −30 34
12 Maccabi Dynamo Holon 30 10 1 19 53 83 −30 27[a]
13 Hapoel Ironi Yehud 30 7 4 19 74 106 −32 22[b]
14 Elitzur Yehud 30 6 4 20 50 97 −47 22
15 Beitar Ezra 30 3 3 24 43 126 −83 12
16 Hapoel Ramla 30 1 0 29 30 197 −167 −4[c]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 4 points deducted.
  2. ^ 3 points deducted.
  3. ^ 7 points deducted.

Central Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F.C. Kiryat Gat 26 18 5 3 87 26 +61 59 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel Rahat 26 18 5 3 73 35 +38 59
3 Bnei Yichalel Rehovot 26 18 5 3 56 21 +35 59
4 Tzeirei Al-Huzeil 26 12 8 6 63 35 +28 42[a]
5 Beitar Ashkelon 26 11 6 9 69 45 +24 39
6 Beitar Jaffa 26 11 5 10 47 59 −12 38
7 Hapoel Matzliah 26 10 6 10 41 49 −8 36
8 Ironi Beit Shemesh 26 10 4 12 45 49 −4 34
9 Hapoel Hura 26 9 5 12 46 61 −15 32
10 Maccabi Rehovot 26 7 7 12 23 35 −12 28
11 Maccabi Segev Shalom 26 7 4 15 37 59 −22 25
12 Hapoel Tel Sheva 26 6 6 14 40 55 −15 24
13 Hapoel Bnei Beit Safafa 26 4 7 15 33 67 −34 19
14 F.C. Rishon LeZion 26 3 3 20 32 96 −64 12
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted.

Promotion play-offs

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As F.C. Kiryat Gat, Hapoel Rahat and Bnei Yichalel Rehovot finished level on points, the three clubs played a promotion play-offs to determine the league winner and the promoting clubs to Liga Bet.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 F.C. Kiryat Gat 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 6 Promoted to Liga Bet.
2 Hapoel Rahat 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Bnei Yichalel Rehovot 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

References

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