The 1997–98 Liga Artzit season saw Maccabi Jaffa win the title and earn promotion to the top division. Tzafririm Holon were also promoted.

At the other end of the table, Hapoel Ramat Gan and Maccabi Yavne 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 Maccabi Jaffa 30 20 9 1 64 24 +40 69 Promoted to Liga Leumit
2 Tzafririm Holon 30 20 8 2 58 20 +38 68
3 Hapoel Ashdod 30 15 10 5 59 37 +22 55
4 Hakoah Ramat Gan 30 12 8 10 38 31 +7 44
5 Maccabi Netanya 30 11 11 8 43 43 0 44
6 Beitar Tel Aviv 30 11 7 12 33 36 −3 40
7 Hapoel Bat Yam 30 11 7 12 40 44 −4 40
8 Hapoel Tayibe 30 10 10 10 36 36 0 39[a]
9 Bnei Sakhnin 30 10 9 11 43 41 +2 38[a]
10 SK Nes Tziona 30 9 10 11 49 40 +9 37
11 Maccabi Acre 30 9 9 12 33 47 −14 36
12 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 30 10 7 13 47 41 +6 34[b]
13 Maccabi Kafr Kanna 30 8 10 12 29 39 −10 34
14 Hapoel Lod 30 8 10 12 45 53 −8 32[c]
15 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 6 8 16 31 52 −21 26 Relegated to Liga Alef
16 Maccabi Yavne 30 1 5 24 24 88 −64 8
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The Hapoel Tayibe vs Bnei Sakhnin match was abandoned due to crowd trouble. The match was not replayed and neither club was awarded points for the game.
  2. ^ 3 points deducted.
  3. ^ 2 points deducted.

References

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