1975–76 Liga Bet

The 1975–76 Liga Bet season was the last in which Liga Bet was the third tier of Israeli football, as at the end of the season, Liga Artzit came into existence, and became the new second tier, Liga Alef became the third tier, and Liga Bet became the fourth tier.

As no club relegated from Liga Alef in the previous season, each Liga Bet division had 15 clubs. due to the restructuring, two clubs promoted from each division; winners, Hapoel Beit She'an, Hapoel Nazareth Illit, Hapoel Or Yehuda and Maccabi Yavne, who joined by second placed clubs, Hapoel Afikim, Hapoel Ra'anana, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin and Hapoel Ashkelon.

North Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Beit She'an	28	69	23	46	43	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Afikim	28	67	21	46	40	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Beitar Nahariya	28	45	44	1	32
4	Hapoel Kiryat Yam	27	48	33	15	31
5	Hapoel Majd al-Krum	27	37	40	-3	30
6	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	28	43	39	4	29
7	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	28	45	43	2	29
8	Maccabi Neve Sha'anan	27	33	32	1	28
9	Hapoel Hatzor	28	32	31	1	26
10	Hapoel HaTzair Haifa	28	36	42	–6	25
11	Beitar Kiryat Shmona	28	39	50	-11	22
12	Maccabi Tiberias	28	21	35	-14	22
13	Beitar Tiberias	28	39	49	-10	20
14	Hapoel Ein Harod	28	33	56	–23	19	Relegated to Liga Gimel
15	Hapoel Karmiel	27	25	74	-49	14	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Hapoel Kfar Ruppin folded.^[1] as a result, the spare place in the division was filled by promoting extra club from Liga Gimel.

North Division B

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	28	75	31	44	42	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Ra'anana	28	48	15	33	42	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Tayibe	28	42	24	18	39
4	Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov	28	47	31	16	37
5	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	28	56	51	5	29
6	Hapoel Givat Olga	28	38	38	0	27
7	Hapoel Kafr Qara	28	36	44	-8	25
8	Hapoel Beit Eliezer	28	30	43	-13	23
9	Hapoel Geva HaCarmel	28	32	49	-17	23
10	Hapoel Afula	28	32	39	-7	22
11	Hapoel Binyamina	28	35	43	-8	22
12	Maccabi HaSharon Netanya	28	32	46	-14	22
13	Beitar Dov Netanya	28	34	57	–23	22
14	Hapoel Givat Haim	28	38	47	-9	21	Relegated to Liga Gimel
15	Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on	28	44	61	-17	19	Relegated to Liga Gimel

South Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Or Yehuda	28	72	22	50	42	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin ¹	28	58	21	37	38	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Kiryat Ono ²	28	50	17	33	38
4	Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba	28	48	36	12	34
5	Beitar Holon	28	47	38	9	29
6	Tzafririm Holon	28	51	45	6	29
7	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	28	41	39	2	29
8	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	28	40	45	-5	26
9	Beitar Bat Yam	28	31	39	-8	25
10	Maccabi Yehud ²	28	26	43	-17	22
11	Hapoel Giv'atayim	28	36	62	-26	22
12	Beitar Herzliya	28	32	48	-16	21
13	Beitar Ramat Gan	28	26	52	-26	18
14	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	28	34	62	–28	17	Relegated to Liga Gimel
15	Beitar Lod ¹	28	36	59	–23	14	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. No points or goals were awarded for Hapoel Rosh HaAyin - Beitar Lod due to suspicions of bribery in the match, which ended 5-0. furthermore, two points deducted from both clubs.^[2]

2. No points or goals were awarded for Hapoel Kiryat Ono - Maccabi Yehud due to suspicions of bribery in the match, which ended 10-0. furthermore, two points deducted from both clubs.^[3]

South Division B

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Yavne	28	44	18	26	40	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Ashkelon	28	48	17	31	39	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Beitar Be'er Sheva	28	55	29	26	39
4	Hapoel Ofakim	28	39	37	2	29
5	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	28	35	40	-5	28
6	Maccabi Ramla	28	35	41	-6	28
7	Hapoel Kiryat Gat	28	36	34	2	27
8	Hapoel Gedera	28	45	50	-5	27
9	Maccabi Ashkelon	28	42	45	-3	25
10	Beitar Ashkelon	28	38	46	-8	25
11	Hapoel Merhavim	28	33	35	-2	24
12	Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah	28	36	43	–7	24
13	Hapoel Eilat	28	37	47	–10	23
14	Maccabi Jerusalem ¹	28	38	59	-21	22	Six points deducted
15	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	28	26	46	–20	14	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. Maccabi Jerusalem were docked six points for not showing up for their match against Hapoel Gedera.^[4]

References

Verdict in the South - in last matchday Davar, 17.5.76, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Bet Leagues Davar, 23.5.76, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

↑ Kibbutz Movement declares war on Football Davar, 22.6.75, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ 0:0 without points in Rosh HaAyin - Beitar Lod Davar, 7.9.76, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Two points deducted from Kiryat Ono Maariv, 31.8.76, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ League finished, Appendages remained (Page 3) Hadshot HaSport, 31.5.76, archive.football.co.il (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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