title: 1961–62 Liga Leumit
text: # 1961–62 Liga Leumit
  
  The 1961–62 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Petah Tikva crowned as champions for the fourth successive season (a record which no other club has yet repeated). Shlomo Levi of Hapoel Haifa and Yitzhak Nizri of Hapoel Tiberias were the league's joint top scorers with 16 goals each.
  
  Maccabi Netanya were relegated to Liga Alef.
  
  ## Final table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 28 | |
  | 2 | Maccabi Jaffa | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 26 | |
  | 3 | Hapoel Tiberias | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 25 | |
  | 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 25 | |
  | 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 24 | |
  | 6 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 23 | |
  | 7 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 23 | |
  | 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 22 | |
  | 9 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 22 | |
  | 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 17 | |
  | 11 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 16 | |
  | 12 | Maccabi Netanya | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 13 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | BnY | HHA | HJE | HPT | HTA | HTI | MHA | MJA | MNE | MPT | MTA | STA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bnei Yehuda | — | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
  | Hapoel Haifa | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 |
  | Hapoel Jerusalem | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
  | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
  | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
  | Hapoel Tiberias | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
  | Maccabi Haifa | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
  | Maccabi Jaffa | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
  | Maccabi Netanya | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–7 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
  | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–7 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
  | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 |
  | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — |
  