1958–59 Liga Bet

The 1958–59 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Tiberias and Hapoel Ramla promoted to Liga Alef as the respective winners of the north and south divisions. They were joined by runners-up, Hapoel Netanya and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, which were promoted after promotion play-offs.

No club relegated, as in the following season, Liga Bet expanded from 24 clubs, divided in two regional divisions, to 64 clubs, divided in four regional divisions.^[1]

North Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Hapoel Tiberias	20	–	–	–	82	20	+62	37	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Netanya	21	–	–	–	50	23	+27	30	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Beit Lid	22	–	–	–	44	28	+16	28
4	Hapoel Acre	22	–	–	–	38	39	−1	24
5	Hapoel Safed	20	–	–	–	43	38	+5	23
6	Beitar Netanya	22	–	–	–	45	44	+1	22
7	Hapoel Tel Hanan	22	–	–	–	40	44	−4	22
8	Hapoel Nahariya	22	–	–	–	60	51	+9	21
9	Hapoel Even Yehuda	22	–	–	–	32	62	−30	16
10	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	22	–	–	–	30	51	−21	15
11	Hapoel Kfar Ata	22	–	–	–	23	54	−31	11
12	Hapoel Atlit	21	–	–	–	20	53	−33	9

Source:^{[citation needed]}

South Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Hapoel Ramla	22	–	–	–	59	15	+44	35	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	22	–	–	–	38	16	+22	33	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv	22	–	–	–	52	27	+25	31
4	SK Nes Tziona	22	–	–	–	37	21	+16	29
5	Maccabi Ramat Gan	21	–	–	–	40	29	+11	25
6	Hapoel Holon	21	–	–	–	39	32	+7	25
7	Maccabi Ramla	22	–	–	–	26	45	−19	20
8	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	22	–	–	–	33	33	0	17
9	Hapoel Ra'anana	22	–	–	–	26	41	−15	16
10	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	22	–	–	–	30	58	−28	14
11	Beitar Jaffa	22	–	–	–	28	58	−30	9
12	Beitar Mahane Yehuda	22	–	–	–	16	59	−43	8

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Promotion play-offs[]

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 11th and 12th placed clubs in Liga Alef, Maccabi Sha'arayim and Hapoel Afula, and the second placed clubs of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Hapoel Netanya and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Each club played the other three once.

30 May 1959	Hapoel Afula	5–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	showHapoel Hadera Stadium
	Langbord 5', 10' 19', 44' Tenenboim 23'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hoze

30 May 1959	Maccabi Sha'arayim	1–1	Hapoel Netanya	showHapoel Ground, Petah Tikva
	Mizrahi 35'		80' Mali'ach	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ashkenazi

6 June 1959	Hapoel Afula	3–1	Hapoel Netanya	showMaccabi Jaffa Stadium, Tel Aviv
	Langbord 20' Farkas 46' 64'		3' Orenstein	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Uziel

6 June 1959	Maccabi Sha'arayim	0–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	showHaMakhtesh Stadium
			20' Bitton 70' Kofman	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Zohar

13 June 1959	Hapoel Afula	6–0	Maccabi Sha'arayim	showHapoel Kfar Saba Ground
	20', 85' Tenenboim 47' Katz 52' Farkas 75' Tal 88'			Attendance: 600 Referee: Schleifer

13 June 1959	Hapoel Netanya	1–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	showMaccabi Rehovot Ground
	Gueta 5'		22' Fridman 36' Markus	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ben-Rubi

Shortly after the Relegation play-offs, as Hapoel Netanya appealed against the fielding of Hapoel Afula player , and the three matches which were played by Hapoel Afula were given as a walkover win to the opposition, as the disciplinary tribunal determined that Singel was registered with and was not properly transferred to Hapoel Afula.^[2] Hapoel Afula appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied^[3] and, as a result, Hapoel Afula were relegated to Liga Bet and Hapoel Netanya took their place in Liga Alef

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Netanya	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Maccabi Sha'arayim	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3	Relegated to Liga Bet
4	Hapoel Afula	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	Disqualified, relegated to Liga Bet

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

Hapoel Rishon LeZion - Maccabi Shmuel 2:2, Hapoel Nahariya - Kfar Ata 1:0 (Page 6) Hadshot HaSport, 24.5.59, archive.football.co.il (in Hebrew)
Maccabi Shmuel and Beitar Jaffa charged in matches interruption (Page 4) Hadshot HaSport, 28.5.59, archive.football.co.il (in Hebrew)
Tiberias defeated (Page 6) Hadshot HaSport, 31.5.59, archive.football.co.il (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Afula almost certain in Liga Alef Maariv, 7.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
Hapoel Balfouria and Beer Sheva in Liga Alef Davar, 14.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

^ Who and who in Liga Bet? Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Kaduri, G. (5 July 1959). "נפסלו משחקי הפועל עפולה" [Hapoel Afula Games Were Disqualified]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ "הפועל נתניה לליגה א'" [Hapoel Netanya to Liga Alef]. Al HaMishmar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 17 September 1959. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[Who_and_who_in_Liga_Bet?-1] Who and who in Liga Bet? Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[2] Kaduri, G. (5 July 1959). "נפסלו משחקי הפועל עפולה" [Hapoel Afula Games Were Disqualified]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[3] "הפועל נתניה לליגה א'" [Hapoel Netanya to Liga Alef]. Al HaMishmar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 17 September 1959. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Tamra Tzeirei Kafr Kanna
South	Bnei Eilat F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Hapoel Kfar Shalem Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1950–51 1952–53 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020–21
See also: Liga Artzit

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