1973–74 Liga Bet

The 1973–74 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Beit She'an, Maccabi Hadera, Beitar Jaffa and Hapoel Ashkelon win their regional divisions and qualify with the second-placed clubs, Beitar Tiberias, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Maccabi Yavne for promotion play-offs against the bottom two clubs of both North and South divisions in Liga Alef. Maccabi Hadera and Beitar Jaffa were the only Liga Bet clubs who achieved promotion to Liga Alef.

On same basis, promotion-relegation play-offs contested between the bottom Liga Bet clubs and the top Liga Gimel clubs.

North Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Beit She'an	30	74	30	44	47	Promotion play-offs
2	Beitar Tiberias	30	67	40	27	43	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	30	46	35	11	39
4	Hapoel Kiryat Yam	30	59	36	23	38
5	Hapoel Tel Hanan	30	42	22	20	38
6	Hapoel Nazareth Illit ¹	30	66	41	25	37
7	Beitar Nahariya	29	44	26	18	37
8	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	30	50	55	-5	29
9	Hapoel Kfar Ruppin	30	59	62	-3	28
10	Beitar Kiryat Shmona	30	48	52	-4	28
11	Hapoel Afikim	30	62	65	–3	26
12	Hapoel Hatzor	30	31	59	-28	20
13	Maccabi Tiberias	30	36	59	-23	19
14	Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on	30	45	75	–30	19
15	Hapoel Bnei Acre	29	30	58	-28	17	Relegation play-offs
16	Beitar Acre	30	15	75	-60	9	Relegation play-offs

1. Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth became Hapoel Nazareth Illit, following the city establishment.

North Division B

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Hadera	30	107	12	95	54	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	30	100	23	77	54	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Givat Olga	30	58	27	31	38
4	Hapoel Afula	30	66	43	23	36
5	Beitar Dov Netanya	30	49	34	15	36
6	Hapoel Ra'anana	30	82	49	33	35
7	Hapoel Givat Haim	30	68	53	15	31
8	Maccabi Pardes Hanna	30	58	50	8	30
9	Hapoel Tayibe	30	35	55	-20	29
10	Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov	30	45	63	-18	26
11	Hapoel Geva HaCarmel	30	52	68	-16	23
12	Beitar Binyamina	30	40	60	–20	23
13	Maccabi HaSharon Netanya	30	33	50	-17	22
14	Hapoel Beit Eliezer	30	31	57	-26	22
15	Hapoel Binyamina	30	26	56	-30	20	Relegation play-offs
16	Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov	30	13	163	-150	1	Relegation play-offs

South Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Jaffa	30	60	27	33	48	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	30	60	19	41	45	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Or Yehuda	30	38	23	15	40
4	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin	30	41	25	16	35
5	Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan	30	44	30	14	34
6	Beitar Holon	30	45	33	12	32
7	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	30	37	37	0	31
8	Beitar Lod	30	45	40	5	28
9	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	30	49	50	-1	27
10	Beitar Bat Yam	30	30	38	-8	26
11	Beitar Ramat Gan	30	43	58	-15	26
12	Hapoel Giv'atayim	30	40	39	1	25
13	Beitar Herzliya	30	37	50	–13	24
14	Maccabi Yehud	30	36	54	-18	23
15	Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv	30	33	54	–21	22	Relegation play-offs
16	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	30	17	73	–56	10	Relegation play-offs

South Division B

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Ashkelon	30	66	16	50	50	Promotion play-offs
2	Maccabi Yavne	30	47	18	29	47	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Eilat	30	49	28	21	39
4	Beitar Be'er Sheva	30	53	20	33	38
5	Hapoel Ofakim	30	57	40	17	35
6	Hapoel Kiryat Gat	30	39	33	6	34
7	Hapoel Merhavim	30	35	35	0	28
8	Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah	30	34	40	-6	28
9	Hapoel Yeruham	30	35	57	-22	28
10	Beitar Ashdod	30	45	46	-1	27
11	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	30	35	45	-10	27
12	Maccabi Jerusalem	30	35	49	-14	25
13	Maccabi Ramla	30	27	42	–15	24
14	Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi	30	24	44	–20	22
15	Maccabi Rehovot	30	37	52	–15	20	Relegation play-offs
16	HaBira Jerusalem	30	9	59	–50	6	Relegation play-offs

Promotion play-offs

North play-offs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Hadera	4	3	1	0	13	3	10	7	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Herzliya	4	2	2	0	4	2	2	6	Remained in Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	4	2	0	2	5	3	2	4	Remained in Liga Bet
4	Hapoel Beit She'an	4	1	0	3	2	7	-5	2	Remained in Liga Bet
5	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	4	0	1	3	3	12	-9	1	Relegated to Liga Bet

Beitar Tiberias suspended from the play-offs due to crowd trouble against Hapoel Beit She'an.^[1]

South play-offs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Jaffa	5	3	2	0	6	2	4	8	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Ramla	5	3	1	1	6	4	2	7	Remained in Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Ashkelon	5	2	2	1	5	2	3	6	Remained in Liga Bet
4	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	5	2	1	2	6	5	1	5	Remained in Liga Bet
5	Maccabi Yavne	5	1	2	2	1	3	-2	4	Remained in Liga Bet
6	Maccabi Holon	5	0	0	5	1	9	-8	0	Relegated to Liga Bet

Relegation play-offs

North A play-offs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Hatzor	4	2	2	0	10	3	7	6	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Majd al-Krum	4	1	3	0	5	2	3	5	Promoted to Liga Bet
3	Hapoel Bnei Acre ¹	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	3	Relegated to Liga Gimel
4	Hapoel Ein Harod ¹	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3	Remained in Liga Gimel
5	Beitar Tel Hanan	4	0	1	3	3	14	-22	1	Remained in Liga Gimel

1. Hapoel Bnei Acre - Hapoel Ein Harod interrupted after 70 minutes.

Beitar Acre withdrew from the play-offs and relegated to Liga Gimel.

North B play-offs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	5	4	1	0	8	2	6	9	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Binyamina	5	3	1	1	13	7	6	7	Remained in Liga Bet
3	Beitar Givat Olga	5	3	0	2	8	6	2	6	Remained in Liga Gimel
4	Maccabi Tzofei Haifa	5	2	0	3	7	9	-2	4	Remained in Liga Gimel
5	Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov	5	1	1	3	6	10	-4	3	Relegated to Liga Gimel
6	Hapoel Yokneam	5	0	1	4	5	13	-8	1	Remained in Liga Gimel

South A play-offs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba	5	5	0	0	17	6	11	10	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv	5	4	0	1	13	4	9	8	Remained in Liga Bet
3	Maccabi Bat Yam	5	2	1	2	6	9	-3	5	Remained in Liga Gimel
4	Hapoel Ganei Tikva	5	2	0	3	11	11	0	4	Remained in Liga Gimel
5	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	5	1	0	4	6	13	-7	2	Relegated to Liga Gimel
6	Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa	5	0	1	4	9	19	-10	1	Remained in Liga Gimel

South B play-offs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	5	3	2	0	11	2	9	8	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Beitar Ashkelon	5	4	0	1	8	4	4	8	Promoted to Liga Bet
3	Maccabi Ashkelon	5	3	1	1	11	4	7	7	Remained in Liga Gimel
4	Tzafririm Holon	5	1	2	2	5	8	-3	4	Remained in Liga Gimel
5	HaBira Jerusalem	5	1	1	3	8	9	-1	3	Relegated to Liga Gimel
6	Maccabi Rehovot	5	0	0	5	3	19	-16	0	Relegated to Liga Gimel

References

One play-off team to be determined Maariv, 23.6.74, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Jaffa and Ramla will play in Liga Alef Davar, 21.7.74, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Seven promoted teams to Liga Bet determined Davar, 21.7.74, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

↑ Tiberias suspended from play-offs Maariv, 4.7.74, 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

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