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 | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
South Division
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Promotion play-offs
A promotion-relegation play-off between the second placed clubs of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Hapoel Netanya and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and the 11th and 12th placed clubs in Liga Alef, Maccabi Sha'arayim and Hapoel Afula. Each club played the other three once.
Shortly after the play-offs, Hapoel Afula was disqualified for fielding Zvi Singel, who was also listed at the Israeli football association as a player of lower division club, Hapoel Beit HaShita. as a result, Afula lost their Liga Alef status, and Hapoel Netanya took their place in Liga Alef.[2]
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Afula | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 6 | Disqualified, relegated to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 3 | Hapoel Netanya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 4 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 1 | Relegated to Liga Bet |
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 (Hebrew)
- Maccabi Shmuel and Beitar Jaffa charged in matches interruption (Page 4) Hadshot HaSport, 28.5.59, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
- Tiberias defeated (Page 6) Hadshot HaSport, 31.5.59, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
- Hapoel Afula almost certain in Liga Alef Maariv, 7.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
- Hapoel Balfouria and Beer Sheva in Liga Alef Davar, 14.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
- ↑ Who and who in Liga Bet? Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
- ↑ Hapoel Afula disqualified Maariv, 5.7.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
