The 1996–97 Liga Artzit season saw Hapoel Ashkelon win the title and earn promotion to the top division for the first time in their history. Ironi Ashdod were also promoted.

At the other end of the table, Hapoel Kiryat Shmona and Hapoel Hadera were relegated to Liga Alef.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Ashkelon 30 19 6 5 38 15 +23 63 Promoted to Liga Leumit
2 Ironi Ashdod 30 17 6 7 48 26 +22 57
3 Maccabi Netanya 30 16 7 7 53 35 +18 55
4 Hakoah Ramat Gan 30 13 8 9 40 29 +11 47
5 Hapoel Bat Yam 30 11 10 9 36 28 +8 43
6 Maccabi Jaffa 30 12 7 11 44 38 +6 43
7 Maccabi Kafr Kanna 30 11 9 10 33 32 +1 42
8 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 9 11 10 29 26 +3 38
9 Beitar Tel Aviv 30 9 10 11 27 37 −10 37
10 Maccabi Acre 30 8 12 10 28 29 −1 36
11 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 30 8 11 11 26 41 −15 35
12 Hapoel Ashdod 30 8 8 14 29 34 −5 32
13 SK Nes Tziona 30 8 8 14 30 42 −12 32
14 Maccabi Yavne 30 9 5 16 26 50 −24 32
15 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 30 6 13 11 24 34 −10 31 Relegated to Liga Alef
16 Hapoel Hadera 30 5 11 14 27 42 −15 26
Source: rsssf.com

References

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