Liga Gimel

Liga Gimmel ( _he. 'ליגה ג, "C League") is the sixth tier of the Israeli football league system.

The league is comprised of six divisions. Previously there had been twelve divisions in the league, but the collapse of many of the teams led to a readjustment of the divisions. Divisions which no longer exist include:
*Liga Gimel Western Galilee Division
*Liga Gimel Bay Area Division
*Liga Gimel Haifa Area division
*Liga Gimel Gush Dan Division
*Liga Gimel Southern Division (merged with Liga Gimel Central Division)
*Liga Gimel Negev Division

The top team from each division is promoted to Liga Bet (the fifth level) at the end of the season. Teams are assigned to their new Liga Bet divisions based on their geographical locations. The bottom two teams from each of Liga Bet's four divisions are demoted to Liga Gimel at the end of every season.

Liga Gimel Upper Galilee

The champion of Liga Gimel Upper Galilee is promoted to Liga Bet North A. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

*Beitar MS Tabbash
*Bnei Arraba
*Bnei Kabul
*Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina
*Hapoel Bnei Maghar
*Hapoel Ironi Hatzor
*Hapoel Jatt HaGlilit Sayif
*Hapoel Shefa-'Amr
*Ihud Bnei Majdal Krum
*Maccabi Bnei Nahf
*Maccabi Ein Mahil/Jamel
*Maccabi Ironi Acre
*Maccabi Kafr Yasif
*Otzma Bnei Yirka

Past winners

*1999-00: Beitar Safed
*2006-07: Ahi Acre
*2007-08: Hapoel Kaukab

Liga Gimel Jezreel

The champion of Liga Gimel Jezreel is promoted to Liga Bet North B. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

*Beitar al-Amal Nazareth
*Beitar Afula
*Beitar Umm al-Fahm
*Hapoel Bnei Musmus Ma'ale Iron
*Hapoel Bnei Nazareth
*Hapoel Ka'abiyye
*Hapoel Manshiya Zabda
*Hapoel Muawiyah
*Hapoel Nazareth
*MS Daburiyya
*MS Kfar Kama
*Maccabi Ahi Iksal
*Maccabi Bnei Ilut
*Maccabi Nazareth Illit

Past winners

*1999-00: Hapoel Yafia
*2006-07: Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim
*2007-08: Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein

Liga Gimel Samaria

The champion of Liga Gimel Samaria is promoted to Liga Bet North B. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

*Beitar Hadera
*Beitar Pardes Hanna
*Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa
*Hapoel Bnei Zemer
*Hapoel Spartak Haifa
*Hapoel Tel Hanan
*Hapoel Yokneam
*MS Kiryat Yam
*Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel
*Maccabi Fureidis
*Maccabi Jisr az-Zarqa
*Maccabi Neve Sha'anan
*Maccabi Or Akiva

Past winners

*1999-00: Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye
*2006-07: Maccabi Ironi Barta'a
*2007-08: Maccabi Ironi Jatt

Liga Gimel Sharon

The champion of Liga Gimel Sharon is promoted to Liga Bet South A. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

*Ahva Tayibe
*Beitar Ironi Ariel
*Beitar Nes Tubruk
*Beitar Oranit
*Beitar Petah Tikva
*Bnei Ra'anana
*Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba
*Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden
*Hapoel Kafr Bara
*Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa
*Ironi Ariel
*MS Bnei Qalansawe
*MS Tel Mond
*MS Tira
*MS Tzairi Tayibe
*Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia

Past winners

*1999-00: Shimshon Bnei Tayibe
*2006-07: Hapoel Pardesiya Noam
*2007-08: Maccabi HaSharon Netanya

Liga Gimel Tel Aviv

The champion of Liga Gimel Tel Aviv is promoted to Liga Bet South A. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

*AS Holon
*Bnei Yehud
*Beitar Ezra
*Brit Sport Ma'of
*Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv
*Elitzur Yehud Yotel
*Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda
*Hapoel Ironi Yehud
*Hapoel Kiryat Ono
*Hapoel Kiryat Shalom
*Hapoel Neve Golan
*Hapoel Oranit
*Hapoel Ramla
*Ironi Beit Dagan
*Maccabi Dynamo Holon
*Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa

Past winners

*1999-00: Beitar Ironi Holon
*2006-07: Ironi Or Yehuda
*2007-08: Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda

Liga Gimel Central

The champion of Liga Gimel Central, which covers the southern half of the country, is promoted to Liga Bet South B. Until 2007 it was known as Liga Gimel Central-South. For the 2008-09 season, the division is composed of:

*Beitar Ashkelon
*Beitar Jaffa Zion
*Hapoel Bnei Beit Tzfefa
*Hapoel Hura
*Hapoel Matzliah
*Hapoel Rahat
*Hapoel Tel as-Sabi
*Hapoel Yichalel Rehovot
*Ironi Beit Shemesh
*MS Kiryat Gat
*MS Rishon LeZion
*Maccabi Lod
*Maccabi Rehovot
*Tzairi Elhuzayil

Past winners

*1999-00: Hapoel Sde Uziyahu/Be'er Tuvia
*2006-07: Bnei Eilat
*2007-08: Hapoel MS Ortodoxim Lod

Defunct division champions

Western Galilee
*1999-00: Hapoel Maghar

Bay Area
*1999-00: Hapoel Bnei Manda

Haifa
*1999-00: Maccabi Tzur Shalom

Gush Dan
*1999-00: Maccabi Yehud

South
*1999-00: Hapoel Rahat

External links

* [http://football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueDetails.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10089 Liga Gimel Central] Israel Football Asssociation he icon
* [http://football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueDetails.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10083 Liga Gimel Jezreel Valley] Israel Football Asssociation he icon
* [http://football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueDetails.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10085 Liga Gimel Samaria] Israel Football Asssociation he icon
* [http://football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueDetails.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10086 Liga Gimel Sharon] Israel Football Asssociation he icon
* [http://football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueDetails.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10088 Liga Gimel Tel Aviv] Israel Football Asssociation he icon
* [http://football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueDetails.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10081 Liga Gimel Upper Galilee] Israel Football Asssociation he icon