2014–15 Liga Bet
The 2014–15 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Kafr Kanna (champions of the North A division), Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden (champions of the South A division) and Bnei Eilat (champions of the South B division) win the title and promotion to Liga Alef.
The clubs ranked 2nd to 5th in each division entered a promotion play-off, at the end of which, Hapoel Iksal (from the North section) and Hapoel Kiryat Ono (from the South section) met the teams ranked 14th in Liga Alef. Hapoel Iksal won their tie and was promoted to Liga Alef as well, while Hapoel Kiryat Ono lost and remained in Liga Bet.
At the bottom, (from North A division) and Otzma F.C. Holon (from South A division) were automatically relegated to Liga Gimel. (from North B division) and Hapoel Arad (form South B division) folded during the season, leaving their respective divisions with 15 teams.
The clubs ranked 12th to 15th in each division entered a relegation play-off, at the end of which Ahva Arraba (from North A division), (from North B division), (from South A division) and F.C. Bnei Ra'anana (from South B division) dropped to Liga Gimel as well.
North A Division[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Hapoel Kafr Kanna | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 89 | 16 | +73 | 77 | Promotion to Liga Alef |
2 | Bnei Kabul | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 64 | Promotion play-offs |
3 | Maccabi Acre | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 63 | |
4 | Ahi Acre | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 54 | |
5 | Beitar Haifa | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 51 | |
6 | Hapoel Bu'eine | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 43 | |
7 | Ihud Bnei Sumei | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 42 | |
8 | Ahva Kafr Manda | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 40 | |
9 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 39[a] | ||
10 | Al-Nahda Nazareth | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 38 | |
11 | Hapoel Ironi Safed | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 37 | |
12 | Hapoel Sakhnin | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 34 | Relegation play-offs |
13 | Hapoel Kaukab | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 29 | |
14 | Ahva Arraba | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 29 | |
15 | Bnei Maghar | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 25 | |
16 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 89 | −67 | 11 | Relegation to Liga Gimel |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head; 4th decision match
Notes:
- ^ had two points deducted
North B Division[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 65 | Promotion to Liga Alef |
2 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 62 | Promotion play-offs |
3 | Hapoel Iksal | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 57 | |
4 | Maccabi Ein Mahil | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 52 | |
5 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 49 | |
6 | F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | |
7 | Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 40 | |
8 | Maccabi Sulam | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 39 | |
9 | Hapoel Sandala Gilboa | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 33 | |
10 | Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 32 | |
11 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 32 | |
12 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 25 | Relegation play-offs | |
13 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 22 | ||
14 | F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 19 | |
15 | F.C. Daburiyya | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 13 | |
– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dismissed[a] |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head; 4th decision match
Notes:
South A Division[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 66 | Promotion to Liga Alef |
2 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 57 | Promotion play-offs |
3 | Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 57 | |
4 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 56 | |
5 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 52 | |
6 | Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 48 | |
7 | Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 47 | |
8 | F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 46[a] | |
9 | F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 44 | |
10 | Hapoel Ramat Israel | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 43 | |
11 | F.C. Tira | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 39 | |
12 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 35 | Relegation play-offs | |
13 | Beitar Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 33 | |
14 | F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 31 | |
15 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 31 | 91 | −60 | 14 | ||
16 | Otzma F.C. Holon | 30 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 107 | −86 | 6 | Relegation to Liga Gimel |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head; 4th decision match
Notes:
- ^ F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim had one point deducted.
South B Division[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bnei Eilat | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 65 | Promotion to Liga Alef |
2 | Ironi Modi'in | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 64 | Promotion play-offs |
3 | Maccabi Ironi Netivot | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 54 | |
4 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 54 | ||
5 | Hapoel Merhavim | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 50[a] | |
6 | Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 50[a] | |
7 | F.C. Dimona | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 45 | |
8 | F.C. Be'er Sheva | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 42 | |
9 | Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 37 | |
10 | A.S. Holon | 28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 34 | |
11 | Tzeirei Rahat | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 33 | |
12 | Hapoel Rahat | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 25[b] | Relegation play-offs |
13 | Beitar Yavne | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 60 | −39 | 20 | |
14 | Ironi Beit Shemesh | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 78 | −36 | 16 | |
15 | F.C. Bnei Ra'anana | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 124 | −102 | 0 | |
– | Hapoel Arad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Folded[c] |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head; 4th decision match
Notes:
Promotion Play-offs[]
Northern Divisions[]
Division semi-finals | Division final | Regional final | ||||||||||||
2 | Ironi Bnei Kabul | 1 | ||||||||||||
5 | Beitar Haifa | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Ironi Bnei Kabul | 0 | ||||||||||||
North A division | ||||||||||||||
3 | Maccabi Ironi Acre | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Maccabi Ironi Acre | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ahi Acre | 1 | ||||||||||||
3NA | Maccabi Ironi Acre | 2 | ||||||||||||
3NB | Hapoel Iksal | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 1 | ||||||||||||
North B division | ||||||||||||||
3 | Hapoel Iksal | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Hapoel Iksal | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Maccabi Ein Mahil | 1 |
Hapoel Iksal qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef North division, Hapoel Asi Gilboa.
Southern Divisions[]
Division semi-finals | Division final | Regional final | ||||||||||||
2 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 1 | ||||||||||||
5 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 0 | ||||||||||||
South A division | ||||||||||||||
4 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Hap. K. Qasim Shouaa | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||
4 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||
4SA | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||
2SB | Ironi Modi'in | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||
2 | Ironi Modi'in | 1 | ||||||||||||
5 | Hapoel Merhavim | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Ironi Modi'in | 2 | ||||||||||||
South B division | ||||||||||||||
4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
3 | Maccabi Ironi Netivot | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
4 | 1 (4) |
Hapoel Kiryat Ono qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef South division, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa.
Promotion Play-off Matches[]
North section[]
12 May 2015 | Hapoel Asi Gilboa | 0–1 | Hapoel Iksal | Ilut Stadium |
18:00 UTC+3 | ![]() |
Hapoel Iksal Promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Asi Gilboa relegated to Liga Bet;[3] However, they were eventually reprieved from relegation, following the merger between Hapoel Hadera and F.C. Givat Olga.[4]
South Section[]
12 May 2015 | Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 2–0 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | Lod Municipal Stadium |
18:00 UTC+3 | ![]() ![]() |
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa remained in Liga Alef; Hapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet.
Relegation Play-offs[]
Northern divisions[]
North A division
Ahva Arraba relegated to Liga Gimel |
North B division
relegated to Liga Gimel |
Southern divisions[]
South A division
relegated to Liga Gimel |
South B division
F.C. Bnei Ra'anana relegated to Liga Gimel |
References[]
- ^ Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal, File 91703 IFA, 25 February 2015 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Arad Is Expected to Announce Its Folding on Sunday Michael Weissermann, 7 January 2014, doublepass (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Iksal In Liga Alef! 12 May 2015, doublepass (in Hebrew)
- ^ History: Hapoel Hadera and Givat Olga merged Doublepass, 9 September 2015 (in Hebrew)
External links[]
- The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
- The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
- The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
- The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
- Liga Bet seasons
- 2014–15 in Israeli football leagues
- 2014–15 in European fourth tier association football leagues