1940 Liga Bet
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
North division
8 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
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Degel Zion Tel Aviv | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 2.94 | 31 |
2 | Egged Tel Aviv | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 25 | 2.96 | 27 |
3 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 83 | 34 | 2.44 | 26 |
4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 32 | 2.22 | 25 |
5 | Hakoah Petah Tikva | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 42 | 1.19 | 21 |
6 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 49 | 0.69 | 14 |
7 | Maccabi Netanya | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 47 | 0.66 | 13 |
8 | Hapoel Netanya | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 59 | 0.49 | 12 |
9 | Beitar Netanya | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 67 | 0.31 | 10 |
10 | Maccabi Ramat Gan | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 87 | 0.16 | 1 |
South division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | RSG Rehovot | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 21 | 2.48 | 24 |
2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 2.24 | 22 |
3 | Maccabi Rehovot | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 1.55 | 20 |
4 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 1.70 | 14 |
5 | HaTehiya Tel Aviv | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 0.96 | 13 |
6 | Hapoel Rehovot | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 0.62 | 11 |
7 | Hegge Tel Aviv | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 0.28 | 8 |
8 | Maccabi Gedera | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 0.20 | 0 |
Promotion Play-offs
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2.67 | 7 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
2 | Degel Zion Tel Aviv | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2.00 | 4 | |
3 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0.17 | 1 |
References
- 1939/1940 Season Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (Hebrew)
- In Liga Bet Samaria division Davar, 26.5.40, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
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