The 1998–99 Liga Alef season was held between 11 September 1998 and 29 May 1999. It was the last season (until 2009–10) in which Liga Alef was the third tier of Israeli football, as the creation of the Israeli Premier League in the summer of 1999 meant that it became the fourth tier.

Due to the restructuring, two clubs were due to be promoted from each division; Hapoel Ra'anana and Hapoel Nazareth Illit from the north and Hapoel Dimona and Hapoel Ramat Gan from the south.

During the summer of 1999, Maccabi Jaffa were demoted to Liga Alef (from Liga Leumit) after their budget was not approved by the Israel Football Association, which resulted in Maccabi Sha'arayim (the third-placed club with the highest points total) being promoted alongside the top two from the South Division. In addition, Hapoel Ashdod, Hapoel Lod and SK Nes Tziona were all demoted from Liga Artzit after their budgets were not approved by the IFA. This resulted in the third- and fourth-placed clubs from the North Division (Hapoel Iksal and Hapoel Acre) and the fourth-placed club in the South Division (Shimshon Tel Aviv) also being promoted.

North Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Ra'anana 30 18 8 4 71 35 +36 62 Promoted to Liga Artzit
2 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 30 16 10 4 54 27 +27 58
3 Hapoel Iksal 30 14 7 9 38 32 +6 49
4 Hapoel Acre 30 12 9 9 47 41 +6 45
5 Hapoel Majd al-Krum 30 13 5 12 47 42 +5 44
6 Maccabi Shefa-'Amr 30 13 3 14 40 45 −5 42
7 Maccabi Afula 30 12 6 12 49 57 −8 42
8 Maccabi Isfiya 30 11 7 12 45 42 +3 40
9 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 30 10 10 10 47 45 +2 40
10 Hapoel Hadera 30 11 7 12 45 43 +2 40
11 Maccabi Tamra 30 11 7 12 44 50 −6 40
12 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 30 10 9 11 47 43 +4 39
13 Maccabi Tur'an 30 10 8 12 34 47 −13 38
14 Hapoel Kafr Kanna 30 10 7 13 50 53 −3 37
15 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 30 9 9 12 48 48 0 33[lower-alpha 1] Relegated to Liga Bet
16 Hapoel Kafr Qasim 30 1 6 23 12 68 −56 9
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ↑ Three points deducted due to crowd trouble.

South Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Dimona 30 21 5 4 61 23 +38 68 Promoted to Liga Artzit
2 Hapoel Ramat Gan 30 18 9 3 71 32 +39 63
3 Maccabi Sha'arayim 30 18 8 4 55 28 +27 62
4 Shimshon Tel Aviv 30 17 7 6 63 30 +33 58
5 Maccabi Ashkelon 30 16 6 8 57 32 +25 54
6 Hapoel Or Yehuda 30 13 7 10 51 47 +4 46
7 Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda 30 14 2 14 46 49 −3 44
8 Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon 30 10 11 9 34 31 +3 41
9 Maccabi Ramat Amidar 30 11 7 12 35 41 −6 40
10 Hapoel Mevaseret Zion 30 10 6 14 45 48 −3 36
11 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 30 9 8 13 38 40 −2 35
12 Maccabi Yavne 30 9 8 13 39 50 −11 35
13 Tzeirei Jaffa 30 10 4 16 45 70 −25 34
14 Maccabi Lazarus Holon 30 8 7 15 39 61 −22 31
15 Hapoel Yeruham 30 6 5 19 43 80 −37 23 Relegated to Liga Bet
16 Beitar Ramla 30 0 0 30 0 60 −60 0[lower-alpha 1]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ↑ Beitar Ramla withdrew after 15 rounds. Their record was expunged and all results awarded as a 2–0 defeat.

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