The 2001–02 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Kafr Sumei (champions of the North Division) and Maccabi Ramat Amidar (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Artzit. At the bottom, , Hapoel Hurfeish (from North division), Hapoel Kiryat Ono, Hapoel Lod and (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet.