The 2002–03 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Herzliya (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Tira (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to 2003–04. During the summer, Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva folded, and Hapoel Marmorek was promoted to 2003–04 as well.

At the bottom, Hapoel Hadera, Hapoel Tayibe (from North division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst Beitar Kiryat Gat and A.S. Ramat Eliyahu (from South division) were reprieved from relegation, after Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Dimona folded.

North Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Herzliya 26 21 4 1 74 10 +64 67 Promoted to Liga Artzit
2 Hapoel Asi Gilboa 26 14 5 7 45 29 +16 47
3 Maccabi Shefa-'Amr 26 10 8 8 40 33 +7 38
4 Hapoel Tuba 26 9 9 8 32 32 0 36
5 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 26 9 8 9 28 36 −8 35
6 Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel 26 8 9 9 40 38 +2 33
7 Ironi Shlomi 26 8 9 9 35 34 +1 33
8 Maccabi Tzur Shalom 26 8 9 9 35 44 −9 33
9 Maccabi Tur'an 26 9 5 12 33 46 −13 32
10 Maccabi Hadera 26 7 10 9 18 27 −9 31
11 Hapoel Kafr Kanna 26 8 5 13 26 45 −19 29
12 Maccabi Tamra 26 9 9 8 24 22 +2 28[a]
13 Hapoel Hadera 26 8 4 14 40 54 −14 28 Relegated to Liga Bet
14 Hapoel Tayibe 26 3 8 15 22 42 −20 17
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 8 points deducted.

South Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Tira 26 17 6 3 56 16 +40 57 Promoted to Liga Artzit
2 Hapoel Marmorek 26 15 3 8 63 37 +26 48
3 Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen 26 13 6 7 58 37 +21 45
4 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 26 11 7 8 52 32 +20 40
5 Maccabi Sha'arayim 26 10 9 7 33 31 +2 39
6 Maccabi Yavne 26 10 10 6 53 40 +13 38[a]
7 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 26 10 7 9 46 39 +7 37
8 Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda 26 10 7 9 39 43 −4 37
9 Ironi Ofakim 25 10 5 10 37 43 −6 35
10 Hapoel Jaljulia 26 10 4 12 32 39 −7 34
11 Hapoel Dimona 26 8 7 11 37 37 0 31 Folded
12 Hapoel Mevaseret Zion 26 8 4 14 36 51 −15 28
13 Beitar Kiryat Gat 26 6 6 14 25 43 −18 24
14 A.S. Ramat Eliyahu 25 1 3 21 11 90 −79 6
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted.

References

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