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	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	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.

Hapoel Afula v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Afula	5 – 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Maccabi Sha'arayim v Hapoel Netanya

Maccabi Sha'arayim	1 – 1	Hapoel Netanya

Hapoel Afula v Hapoel Netanya

Hapoel Afula	3 – 1	Hapoel Netanya

Maccabi Sha'arayim v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Maccabi Sha'arayim	0 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Afula v Maccabi Sha'arayim

Hapoel Afula	6 – 0	Maccabi Sha'arayim

Hapoel Netanya v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Netanya	1 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

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)

Third Level Israeli football leagues seasons

North	F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba Bnei Eilat F.C. Kafr Qasim F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Hod HaSharon Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Hapoel Morasha Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Sha'arayim Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 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

See also: Liga Artzit

1958–59 in Israeli football

« 1957–58 1959–60 »

Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel Liga Dalet

Domestic cups	State Cup 1957–58 1958–59 10th Anniversary Cup

Related to national team	Results

Club seasons

Liga Leumit	Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

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