1965–66 Liga Gimel

The 1965–66 Liga Gimel season saw 175 clubs competing in 14 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.

Hapoel Hatzor, Beitar Acre, Hapoel Beit She'an, Hapoel Shefa-'Amr, Hapoel Atlit, Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov, Hapoel Kfar Yona, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin, David Tel Aviv, Maccabi Ramla, Beitar Beit Dagan, Maccabi Kiryat Gat, Beitar Ashdod and Hapoel Yeruham won their regional divisions and qualified for the Promotion play-offs.

At the Promotion play-offs, Hapoel Beit She'an, Beitar Acre, Hapoel Atlit and Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov were promoted to Liga Bet from the North play-offs, whilst Maccabi Ramla, Beitar Beit Dagan, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin and David Tel Aviv were promoted to Liga Bet from the South play-offs.

15 clubs did not finish the season due to suspensions and withdrawals.

Upper Galilee Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Hatzor	20	70	12	58	37	Promotion play-offs
2	Beitar Tiberias	20	62	27	35	30
3	Hapoel Dan	20	54	29	25	29
4	Beitar Safed	20	60	26	34	27
5	Hapoel Ayelet HaShahar	20	64	31	33	23
6	Hapoel Yir'on	20	46	51	-5	21
7	Hapoel Neot Mordechai	20	45	41	4	20
8	Maccabi Rosh Pinna	20	37	51	-14	14
9	Hapoel Bnei HaGalil	20	18	54	-36	10
10	Hapoel Dishon	20	28	83	-55	9
11	Beitar Yosef Kiryat Shmona	20	3	82	-79	0

Western Galilee Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Acre	26	93	9	84	50	Promotion play-offs
2	Al-Amal Acre	26	99	11	88	49
3	Hapoel Kafr Yasif	26	61	34	27	34
4	Al Ahly Majd al-Krum	26	42	35	7	28
5	Shimshon Nahariya	26	65	41	24	27
6	Hapoel Shlomi	26	69	60	9	26
7	Bnei Tamra	26	39	34	5	26
8	Maccabi Nahariya	26	47	44	3	25
9	Hapoel Tamra	26	39	68	-29	23
10	Maccabi Tamra	26	39	75	-36	21
11	Hapoel Mi'ilya	26	32	64	-32	20
12	Hapoel Sakhnin	26	31	60	-29	15
13	Hapoel I'billin	26	20	74	-54	11
14	Hapoel Tarshiha	26	10	77	-67	3

Valleys Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Beit She'an	18	88	20	68	33	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Beit HaShita	18	86	16	70	30
3	Maccabi Afula	18	53	22	31	28
4	Beitar Beit She'an	18	40	31	9	20
5	Hapoel Tel Yosef	18	56	34	22	19
6	Hapoel Kafr Sulam	18	35	41	-6	16
7	Hapoel Geva	18	41	57	-16	11
8	Hapoel Hever	18	23	60	-37	9
9	Hapoel Vatikei Balfouria	18	18	81	-63	9
10	Maccabi Beit She'an	18	12	68	-56	4

Nazareth Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	22	88	11	77	39	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on	22	72	17	55	38
3	Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth	22	55	23	32	33
4	Beitar Migdal HaEmek	22	51	23	28	30
5	Al Ahly Nazareth	22	47	29	18	25
6	HaPiryon Shefa-'Amr	22	33	37	-4	22
7	Tzeirei HaDruzim	22	36	39	-3	20
8	Hapoel Reineh	22	34	53	-19	17
9	Hapoel Rekhasim	22	29	49	-20	14
10	Al-Amal HaKatoli	22	27	64	-37	13
11	Al-Salam Nazareth	22	22	63	-41	9
12	Hapoel Daburiyya	22	8	91	-83	1

Haifa Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Atlit	24	99	17	82	46	Promotion play-offs
2	Beitar Kiryat Binyamin	24	63	24	39	37
3	Maccabi Neve Sha'anan	24	63	56	7	28
4	Hapoel Ahva Haifa	24	49	50	-1	27
5	Hapoel Geva HaCarmel	24	59	43	16	25
6	Beitar Tel Hanan	24	35	34	1	23
7	Hapoel HaTzair Haifa	24	34	33	1	21
8	Maccabi Tel Hanan	24	38	44	-6	21
9	Hapoel Kiryat Yam	24	44	58	-14	20
10	Hapoel Ein HaMifratz	24	39	49	-10	19
11	Hapoel Kiryat Binyamin	24	37	65	-28	17
12	Hapoel Tzrufa	24	35	79	-44	11
13	Hapoel Yokneam	24	25	68	-43	9

Samaria Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov	28	109	29	80	48	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Beit Yitzhak	28	97	37	60	42
3	Beitar Zvi Netanya	28	85	31	54	42
4	Maccabi Amidar Netanya	28	90	41	49	41
5	Maccabi Fureidis	28	85	43	42	35
6	Beitar Binyamina	28	66	33	33	34
7	Beitar Hadera	28	80	46	34	34
8	Hapoel Or Akiva	28	63	38	25	29
9	Maccabi HaSharon Netanya	28	43	19	24	29
10	Maccabi Kafr Qasim	28	40	97	-57	18
11	Hapoel Lehavot Haviva	28	37	74	-37	16
12	Beitar Or Akiva	28	82	97	-15	14
13	Hapoel Kafr Qara	28	34	75	-41	13
14	Beitar Zikhron Ya'akov	28	23	112	-89	6
15	Hapoel 'Ara	28	9	91	-82	6

Sharon Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Kfar Yona	24	73	22	51	43	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Ein HaTchelet	24	76	21	55	39
3	Hapoel Tel Mond	24	93	36	57	32
4	Hapoel Yanuv	24	52	36	16	30
5	Hapoel Burgata	24	46	30	16	29
6	Hapoel Tira	24	68	31	37	28
7	Hapoel Tayibe	24	45	46	-1	26
8	Hapoel Elyakhin	24	49	44	5	24
9	Hapoel Qalansawe	24	30	43	-13	23
10	Maccabi Bnei Tira	24	37	73	-36	14
11	Hapoel Tnuvot	24	22	64	-42	12
12	Maccabi Kfar Yona	24	27	76	-49	8
13	Maccabi Tayibe	24	5	101	-96	1

Petah Tikva Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin	26	117	15	102	50	Promotion play-offs
2	F.C. Ein Ya'akov	26	86	22	64	46
3	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	26	90	28	62	35
4	Shimshon Rosh HaAyin	26	70	44	26	34
5	Beitar Magdiel	26	91	60	31	29
6	Hapoel Peretz Ra'anana	26	56	51	5	28
7	Hapoel Jaljulia	26	51	43	8	27
8	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	26	57	89	-32	26
9	Beitar Mahane Yehuda	26	36	66	-30	18
10	Hapoel Eliyahu Ra'anana	26	46	73	-27	16
11	Beitar Rosh HaAyin	26	38	79	-41	13
12	Beitar Fajja Petah Tikva	26	36	82	-46	10
13	Beitar Amishav Petah Tikva	26	35	76	-41	9
14	Maccabi Rosh HaAyin	26	38	119	-81	5

Tel Aviv Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	David Tel Aviv	24	80	13	67	46	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	24	83	21	62	40
3	Beitar Herzliya	24	69	32	37	35
4	Hapoel Kiryat Shalom	24	80	39	41	31
5	Hapoel Ezra	24	49	44	5	24
6	Beitar HaTzafon Tel Aviv	24	51	52	-1	23
7	Maccabi Darom Tel Aviv	24	44	53	-9	23
8	Hapoel Afeka	24	48	78	-30	22
9	Beitar Kiryat Matalon	24	44	61	-17	18
10	Beitar Sheikh Munis	24	34	37	-3	17
11	Hapoel Bavli Tel Aviv	24	35	57	-22	15
12	Maccabi Ever HaYarkon	24	29	68	-39	13
13	Beitar Ganei Tikva	24	9	100	-91	0

Jaffa Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Ramla	20	82	20	62	38	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Bnei Ramla	20	52	8	44	34
3	Hapoel Kireon	20	45	27	18	25
4	Tzeirei Jaffa	20	59	45	14	24
5	Hapoel Neve Monosson	20	44	32	12	23
6	Beitar Eli Kireon	20	29	57	-28	16
7	Beitar Yehud	20	33	41	-8	15
8	Beitar Jaffa	20	32	74	-42	14
9	Maccabi Yehud	20	35	54	-19	11
10	Hapoel HaRakevet Lod	20	26	43	-17	11
11	Shabab Jaffa	20	14	50	-36	7

Central Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Beit Dagan	26	106	23	83	46	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Gedera	26	95	36	59	40
3	Maccabi Yavne	26	77	43	34	37
4	Beitar Rishon LeZion	26	66	32	34	36
5	Maccabi Kfar Gvirol	26	44	43	1	27
6	Maccabi Haim Rehovot	26	69	71	-2	26
7	Hapoel Hatzav	26	32	36	-4	26
8	Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi	26	45	74	-29	22
9	Maccabi Ezra UBitzaron	26	35	53	-18	21
10	Beitar Gedera	26	44	59	-15	18
11	Hapoel Ezra UBitzaron	26	40	64	-24	17
12	Beitar Tirat Shalom	26	41	84	-43	17
13	Maccabi Kiryat Ekron	26	31	84	-53	15
14	Maccabi Gan Yavne	26	29	52	-23	14

Jerusalem Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	18	50	20	30	29	Promotion play-offs
2	Beitar Beit Shemesh	18	54	15	39	28
3	Hapoel Beit Safafa	18	39	25	14	23
4	ASA Jerusalem	18	39	24	15	22
5	Maccabi Beit Shemesh	18	25	32	-7	19
6	Hapoel Katamonim	18	25	31	-6	16
7	Hapoel Kiryat Gat	18	35	42	-7	12
8	Beitar Katamonim	18	20	43	-23	12
9	Hapoel Beit Shemesh B	18	26	40	-14	11
10	Beitar Ein Karem	18	22	63	-41	7

South Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Ashdod	22	65	28	37	34	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Be'eri	22	54	26	28	34
3	Maccabi Ashkelon	22	63	19	44	32
4	Maccabi Ashdod	22	56	29	27	30
5	Hapoel Gvar'am Yad Mordechai	22	55	32	23	28
6	Beitar Ashkelon	22	43	32	11	26
7	Hapoel Merhavim	22	36	49	-13	17
8	Hapoel Sde Uziyahu	22	33	48	-15	15
9	Hapoel Shimshon Ashkelon	22	34	53	-19	14
10	Hapoel Or HaNer	22	33	68	-35	11
11	Hapoel Shtulim	22	22	52	-30	11
12	Hapoel Beit Ezra	22	23	81	-58	8

Negev Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Yeruham	16	38	6	32	29	Promotion play-offs
2	Beitar Dimona	16	49	19	30	21
3	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	16	49	14	35	20
4	Beitar Ofakim	16	28	27	1	20
5	Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon	16	28	29	-1	17
6	Shimshon Yeruham	16	28	29	-1	17
7	Maccabi Dimona	16	27	39	-12	10
8	Hapoel Mashabei Sadeh	16	14	53	-39	5
9	Beitar Yeruham	16	8	66	-58	4

Promotion play-offs

North play-offs

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Beit She'an	6	12	8	4	7	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Beitar Acre	6	14	11	3	7
3	Hapoel Atlit	6	13	11	2	7
4	Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov	6	12	7	5	6
5	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	6	9	8	1	6	Remained in Liga Gimel
6	Hapoel Hatzor	6	5	7	-2	4
7	Hapoel Kfar Yona	6	6	19	-13	2

South play-offs

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Ramla	6	14	5	9	9	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Beitar Beit Dagan	6	13	7	6	9
3	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin	6	13	9	4	8
4	David Tel Aviv	6	14	7	7	7
5	Beitar Ashdod	6	8	11	-3	5	Remained in Liga Gimel
6	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	6	10	14	-4	4
7	Hapoel Yeruham	6	0	19	-19	0

References

Liga Gimel competed with the World Cup games: Who will finish first... (Page 4) Moshe Kashtan, Hadshot HaSport, 7 August 1966, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)

Fourth Level Israeli football league seasons

North A	Ahi Acre Ahi Bir al-Maksur Ahva Kafr Manda Al-Nahda Nazareth Beitar Haifa Beitar Kafr Kanna Beitar Nahariya F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Hapoel Bnei Maghar Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Bnei Nahf Maccabi Ironi Acre

North B	F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo Hapoel Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ihud Bnei Baqa Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Sulam Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

South A	Agudat Sport Holon Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeiri Tayibe Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Pardesiya Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Ironi Beit Dagan Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona

South B	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Yavne Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Be'er Sheva F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yaniv Hapoel Merhavim Hapoel Rahat Ironi Beit Shemesh Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Segev Shalom Tzeirei Rahat

Seasons (fourth level)	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

1965–66 in Israeli football

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Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel

Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup

Related to national team	Results 1966 World Cup qualification 1966 AFC Youth Championship

Club seasons

Liga Leumit	Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv

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