title: 1972–73 Liga Alef
text: # 1972–73 Liga Alef
  
  The 1972–73 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Hadera (champions of the North Division) and Bnei Yehuda (champions of the South Division) promoted to Liga Leumit.
  
  ## North Division
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hapoel Hadera | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 18 | +41 | 46 | Promoted to Liga Leumit |
  | 2 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 45 | |
  | 3 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 36 | |
  | 4 | Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 36 | |
  | 5 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 32 | |
  | 6 | Hapoel Tiberias | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 30 | |
  | 7 | Hapoel Herzliya | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 28 | |
  | 8 | Beitar Netanya | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 27 | |
  | 9 | Hapoel Nahliel | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 27 | |
  | 10 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 27 | |
  | 11 | Hapoel Safed | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 26 | |
  | 12 | Hapoel Nahariya | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 25 | |
  | 13 | Hapoel Bnei Nazareth | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 25 | |
  | 14 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 25 | |
  | 15 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 24 | Relegated to Liga Bet |
  | 16 | Hapoel Givat Haim | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 21 | Relegated to Liga Bet |
  
  ## South Division
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 49 | Promoted to Liga Leumit |
  | 2 | Hapoel Holon | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 39 | |
  | 3 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 35 | |
  | 4 | Hapoel Yehud | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 35 | |
  | 5 | Hapoel Dimona | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 31 | |
  | 6 | Hapoel Ashdod | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 31 | |
  | 7 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 30 | |
  | 8 | Beitar Ramla | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 30 | |
  | 9 | Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 29 | |
  | 10 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 29 | |
  | 11 | Hapoel Ramla | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 28 | |
  | 12 | Hapoel Bat Yam | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 27 | |
  | 13 | Hapoel Lod | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 26 | |
  | 14 | Hapoel Beit Shemesh | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 24 | |
  | 15 | Hapoel Eilat | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 20 | Relegated to Liga Bet |
  | 16 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 15 | Relegated to Liga Bet |
  
  * ↑ 2 points deducted
  