1962–63 Liga Leumit
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The 1962–63 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Petah Tikva crowned champions for the fifth successive season, a record which remains unbeaten. Hapoel's Zharia Ratzabi was the league's top scorer with 12 goals.
Although Maccabi Petah Tikva finished bottom, they were not relegated as the Israel Football Association made a decision to enlarge the league to 15 clubs the following season.
Final table
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Maccabi Jaffa | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 24* |
| 4 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 33 | -1 | 24 |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 33 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | Hapoel Tiberias | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 41 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -11 | 18 |
| 11 | Hapoel Haifa | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 17* |
* No points or goals were awarded for the Maccabi Petah Tikva-Maccabi Jaffa game due to suspicions of bribery in the match, which ended 3-1.
