jaffa finished the season in fourth place and qualified for the promotion play-offs. after beating bnei eilat, maccabi kiryat malakhi and asi gilboa in the liga alef play-offs, jaffa faced the 14th placed in 2010–11 liga leumit, hakoah ramat gan. jaffa lost the first leg in their home stadium in holon by a result of 1–2, and the second leg in ramat-gan ended in 1–1 draw. thus, maccabi kabilio jaffa remained in liga alef.