1940 Palestine League

Palestine League

Season	1940
Champions	Hapoel Tel Aviv 4th title
Matches played	56
Goals scored	216 (3.86 per match)
← 1939 1941–42 →

The 1940 Palestine League was the eighth season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine. The defending champions were Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Eight clubs took part in the league. The league was played between 27 January^[1] and 29 June 1940.^[2] All clubs completed their schedule of 14 matches.

The championship was won by defending champions Hapoel Tel Aviv.

League table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	14	10	3	1	31	12	2.58	23
2	Beitar Tel Aviv	14	8	3	3	43	8	5.38	19
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14	8	2	4	46	14	3.29	18
4	Maccabi Nes Tziona	14	6	4	4	24	28	0.86	16
5	Hapoel Haifa	14	5	2	7	22	34	0.65	12
6	Hakoah Tel Aviv	14	4	4	6	12	25	0.48	12
7	Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva	14	5	0	9	32	42	0.76	10
8	Hapoel Herzliya	14	0	2	12	6	53	0.11	2

Results

Home ╲ Away	BTA	HKT	HHA	HHE	HTA	MNZ	MPT	MTA
Beitar Tel Aviv		0–0	4–2	7–0	3–0	9–0	3–0	0–0
Hakoah Tel Aviv	0–0		0–2	1–0	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–1
Hapoel Haifa	2–4	2–1		3–0	0–3	2–3	3–2	0–5
Hapoel Herzliya	0–4	0–1	0–0		1–2	2–2	2–6	0–4
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	5–2	1–1	6–0		0–0	2–1	2–1
Maccabi Nes Tziona	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1		2–3	1–4
Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–9	7–1	7–1	2–0	1–3	1–2		1–5
Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	3–0	1–3	11–0	1–2	0–3	8–1

Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• RSSSF
• Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

1. The Rain Shut Down Sport Activities Over the Weekend HaBoker, 28 January 1940, viar archive.football.org.il (Hebrew)
2. End of the Football Season – Hapoel Tel Aviv Wins Assis Cup HaBoker, 30 June 1940, via archive.football.org.il (Hebrew)