The 1940 Liga Bet season was the second-tier league of the Palestine League organized by the EIFA. The league was split into three regional divisions: North, Samaria and South. The Samaria division was won by Degel Zion Tel Aviv, while Hapoel Hadera won the North division and a British military team, RSG, which competed in the league as a guest, won the South Division.
At the end of the season, Degel Zion, Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Rishon LeZion (who finished as runners-up in the South division) competed for promotions to the top division. Hapoel Rishon leZion and Degel Zion won the two top places and were promoted.
Regular season results
editNorth division
edit8 teams competed in the division, with Hapoel Hadera winning the league with a perfect record.
League Clubs:
- Bar Kochva Haifa
- Beitar Haifa
- Hapoel Binyamina
- Hapoel Hadera (division champions; advanced to promotion play-offs)
- Hapoel Kfar Ata
- Maccabi Binyamina
- Maccabi Hadera
- Maccabi Haifa
Samaria division
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Degel Zion Tel Aviv | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 2.944 | 31 |
| 2 | Egged Tel Aviv | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 25 | 2.960 | 27 |
| 3 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 83 | 34 | 2.441 | 26 |
| 4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 32 | 2.219 | 25 |
| 5 | Hakoah Petah Tikva | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 42 | 1.190 | 21 |
| 6 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 49 | 0.694 | 14 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 47 | 0.660 | 13 |
| 8 | Hapoel Netanya | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 59 | 0.492 | 12 |
| 9 | Beitar Netanya | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 67 | 0.313 | 10 |
| 10 | Maccabi Ramat Gan | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 87 | 0.161 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
South division
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RSG Rehovot | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 21 | 2.476 | 24 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 2.235 | 22 |
| 3 | Maccabi Rehovot | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 1.550 | 20 |
| 4 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 1.700 | 14 |
| 5 | HaTehiya Tel Aviv | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 0.964 | 13 |
| 6 | Hapoel Rehovot | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 0.615 | 11 |
| 7 | Hegge Tel Aviv | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 0.278 | 8 |
| 8 | Maccabi Gedera | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 0.205 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Promotion play-offs
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | HRL | DZT | HHD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 7 | Promotion to Liga Alef | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Degel Zion Tel Aviv | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2.000 | 4 | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0.167 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 1940. Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
References
edit- 1939/1940 Season Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (in Hebrew)
- In Liga Bet Samaria division Davar, 26.5.40, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)