The 2005–06 Liga Bet season saw Beitar Safed (champions of the North A division), Hapoel Ahva Haifa (champions of the North B division), Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Maxim Lod (champions of the South B division) win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.

The runners-up in each division entered a promotion/relegation play-offs with the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef. In the north section, Beitar Haifa (from North B division) won the play-offs and was promoted. In the south section, Ironi Ramla (from South B division) won the play-offs and was promoted.

Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi, which finished third in the South B division, was also promoted to Liga Alef, after a vacancy was created in the South division, following the merger of Beitar Kiryat Gat and Maccabi Kiryat Gat.[1]

At the bottom, Beitar Jaffa, A.S. Holon (from South A division) and Maccabi Yehud (from South B division) were all relegated to Liga Gimel, whilst Hapoel Ironi I'billin (from North A division) and Hapoel Kafr Misr/Nein (from South A division) folded during the season. However, Hapoel Deir Hanna (from North B division), Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel (from North B division) and Hapoel Bnei Lakhish (from South B division), which finished in the relegation zone, were all reprieved from relegation, after several vacancies were created in Liga Bet for the 2006–07 season, mostly due to withdrawals and mergers of clubs.

North A Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Beitar Safed 28 20 4 4 71 29 +42 64 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Beitar Haifa 28 17 6 5 83 28 +55 57 Promotion play-offs
3 Maccabi Kafr Sumei 28 15 7 6 50 43 +7 52
4 Beitar Ihud Mashhad 28 14 8 6 49 29 +20 50
5 Hapoel Karmiel 28 12 9 7 51 32 +19 45
6 Hapoel Tuba 28 11 7 10 35 36 −1 40 Withdrew
7 Hapoel Sakhnin 28 10 8 10 50 54 −4 38
8 Ahva Arraba 28 10 6 12 48 48 0 36
9 Bnei Abu Snan 28 8 10 10 40 51 −11 34
10 Hapoel Halat al-Sharif Tamra 28 9 4 15 39 46 −7 31
11 Beitar Kafr Kanna 28 8 6 14 34 49 −15 30
12 Hapoel Kisra 28 8 6 14 41 63 −22 30
13 Maccabi Kafr Yasif 28 6 10 12 39 63 −24 28
14 Hapoel Yanuh 28 5 8 15 26 59 −33 23
15 Hapoel Deir Hanna 28 5 5 18 32 58 −26 20 Reprieved from relegation
Source: [citation needed]

During the season, Hapoel Ironi I'billin (after 13 matches) folded and its results were annulled.[2]

North B Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Hapoel Ahva Haifa 28 20 7 1 85 19 +66 67 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm 28 19 6 3 64 26 +38 63 Promotion play-offs
3 Hapoel Iksal 27 18 3 6 54 28 +26 57
4 Maccabi Or Akiva 28 17 3 8 53 33 +20 54
5 Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton 28 17 3 8 52 35 +17 54
6 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 28 11 5 12 32 36 −4 38
7 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 27 11 4 12 49 45 +4 37
8 Hapoel Isfiya 28 9 4 15 34 52 −18 31
9 Maccabi Kafr Qara 28 8 6 14 33 42 −9 30
10 Hapoel Tel Hanan 28 8 6 14 33 57 −24 30
11 Hapoel Yokneam 28 8 4 16 25 39 −14 28
12 Maccabi Tur'an 28 7 7 14 34 46 −12 28
13 Hapoel Ar'ara 28 8 3 17 27 54 −27 27
14 Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel 28 8 2 18 25 58 −33 26
15 Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel 28 6 5 17 28 58 −30 23 Reprieved from relegation
Source: [citation needed]

During the season, Hapoel Kafr Misr/Nein (after 21 matches) folded and its results were annulled.[3]

South A Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva 30 21 6 3 47 19 +28 69 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Azor 30 20 8 2 66 26 +40 68 Promotion play-offs
3 Shimshon Bnei Tayibe 30 19 4 7 53 27 +26 61
4 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 30 19 2 9 61 33 +28 59
5 Hapoel Kiryat Ono 30 17 5 8 57 36 +21 56
6 Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona 30 15 9 6 62 27 +35 54
7 Beitar Kfar Saba 30 16 3 11 48 38 +10 51
8 Hapoel Hadera 30 13 5 12 43 37 +6 44
9 Hapoel Hod HaSharon 30 12 3 15 38 49 −11 39
10 Beitar Ramat Gan 30 11 4 15 48 46 +2 37
11 Hapoel Ramat Yisrael 30 10 7 13 50 52 −2 37
12 Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaffa 30 9 5 16 30 50 −20 32
13 Hapoel Qalansawe 30 6 5 19 23 54 −31 23
14 Otzma Holon 30 5 8 17 37 72 −35 23
15 Beitar Jaffa 30 5 5 20 38 64 −26 20 Relegated to Liga Gimel
16 A.S. Holon 30 1 3 26 33 104 −71 6
Source: [citation needed]

South B Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Maxim Lod 30 23 3 4 78 23 +55 72 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Ironi Ramla 30 21 6 3 71 21 +50 69
3 Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi 30 19 6 5 64 20 +44 63
4 Hapoel Oranit 30 16 7 7 68 40 +28 55
5 Maccabi Ironi Netivot 30 16 6 8 44 25 +19 54
6 Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom 30 16 3 11 62 48 +14 51
7 Maccabi Ironi Sderot 30 15 5 10 59 32 +27 50
8 Hapoel Merhavim 30 13 6 11 65 63 +2 45
9 Maccabi Kiryat Ekron 30 10 7 13 45 47 −2 37
10 Hapoel Jaljulia 30 10 3 17 34 55 −21 33
11 Moadon Tzeirei Rahat 30 9 6 15 29 50 −21 33
12 Hapoel Tirat Shalom 30 9 5 16 44 75 −31 32
13 Hapoel Tel Sheva 30 6 5 19 31 59 −28 23
14 F.C. Dimona 30 5 8 17 34 61 −27 23
15 Hapoel Bnei Lakhish 30 6 3 21 31 86 −55 21 Reprieved from relegation
16 Maccabi Yehud 30 5 3 22 21 75 −54 18 Relegated to Liga Gimel
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion play-offs

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North play-off

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Liga Bet North A and North B runners-up, Beitar Haifa and Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Maccabi Tamra. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.

Maccabi Tamra1 - 6Beitar Haifa
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Beitar Haifa 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 6 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm 2 1 0 1 7 8 −1 3 Remained in Liga Bet
3 Maccabi Tamra 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 0 Relegated to Liga Bet
Source: [citation needed]

Beitar Haifa won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.

South play-off

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Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Azor and Ironi Ramla faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Maccabi Sha'arayim. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Bat Yam Municipal Stadium.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ironi Ramla 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Sha'arayim 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Relegated to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Azor 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 Remained in Liga Bet
Source: [citation needed]

Ironi Ramla won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.

References

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  1. ^ History Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Hapoel Ironi I'billin The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Hapoel Kafr Misr/Nein The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)