1996–97 Liga Bet

The 1996–97 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Majd al-Krum, Maccabi Tur'an, Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda and Maccabi Ashkelon win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.

At the bottom, Hapoel Bnei Tamra, Maccabi Givat HaRakafot, Maccabi Kabul (from North A division), Hapoel Givat Olga, Maccabi Tzur Shalom, Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm (from North B division), Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, Beitar Bat Yam, Beitar Jaffa (from South A division), Beitar Netiv Ashdod and Hapoel Gedera (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.

North A division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Majd al-Krum	30	18	7	5	52	28	24	61	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Arraba	30	16	8	6	62	43	19	56
3	Tzeirei Nahf	30	13	10	7	39	29	10	49
4	Hapoel Kafr Sumei	30	10	12	8	39	33	6	42
5	Hapoel Sakhnin	30	9	15	6	48	40	8	42
6	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	30	10	11	9	37	31	6	41
7	Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	30	10	11	9	31	29	2	41
8	Hapoel Bu'eine	30	11	7	12	28	36	-8	40
9	Hapoel Deir Hanna	30	9	13	8	41	34	7	40
10	Hapoel Hurfeish	30	11	6	13	44	47	-3	39
11	Hapoel Tuba	30	10	9	11	35	31	4	39
12	Beitar Hatzor	30	8	14	8	34	35	-1	38
13	Hapoel Ein Mahil	30	10	7	13	46	51	-5	37
14	Hapoel Bnei Tamra	30	10	7	13	32	39	-7	37	Relegated to Liga Gimel
15	Maccabi Givat HaRakafot	30	7	14	9	33	29	4	35
16	Maccabi Kabul	30	0	5	25	7	73	-66	5

North B division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Tur'an	30	21	7	2	82	21	62	¹69	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Kafr Qara	30	20	8	2	53	18	35	¹67
3	Maccabi Umm al-Fahm	30	15	6	9	40	34	6	51
4	Hapoel Nahliel	30	13	8	9	37	30	7	47
5	Hapoel Barta'a	30	11	9	10	41	52	-11	42
6	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	30	11	8	11	41	44	-3	41
7	Hapoel Fureidis	30	10	11	9	40	37	3	41
8	Maccabi Or Akiva	30	10	9	11	31	40	-9	39
9	Hapoel Arab Nujeidat	30	9	10	11	39	46	-7	37
10	Hapoel Bir al-Maksur	30	8	13	9	42	43	-1	37
11	Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel	30	9	7	14	28	37	-9	34
12	Maccabi Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye	30	9	7	14	37	46	-9	34
13	Hapoel Reineh	30	6	15	9	28	35	-7	33
14	Hapoel Givat Olga	30	8	4	18	37	54	-17	28	Relegated to Liga Gimel
15	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	30	7	6	17	39	50	-11	27
16	Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm	30	6	6	18	30	59	-29	24

1. One point deducted.

South A division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda	30	20	6	4	68	30	38	66	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	M.M. Givat Shmuel	30	16	5	9	46	27	19	53
3	Hapoel Azor	30	16	5	9	53	37	16	53
4	Maccabi Bat Yam	30	14	7	9	44	27	17	49
5	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	30	13	10	7	49	37	12	49
6	Hapoel Ra'anana	30	13	9	8	46	33	13	48
7	Maccabi Qalansawe	30	12	12	6	42	32	10	48
8	Hapoel Herzliya	30	12	6	12	39	30	9	42
9	Beitar Kfar Saba	30	11	6	13	40	47	-7	39
10	Beitar Kfar Yona	30	10	8	12	29	36	-7	38
11	Maccabi Holon	30	11	3	16	42	57	-15	36
12	Maccabi Kafr Qasim	30	10	7	13	36	41	-5	¹35
13	Hapoel Tira	30	9	10	11	40	39	1	¹35
14	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	30	7	11	12	35	44	-9	32	Relegated to Liga Gimel
15	Beitar Bat Yam	30	4	7	19	30	68	-38	19
16	Beitar Jaffa	30	3	6	21	20	74	-53	15

1. Two point deducted.

South B division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Ashkelon	30	18	11	1	52	15	37	64	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Eilat	30	19	6	5	48	18	30	63
3	A.S. Ramat Eliyahu	30	16	12	2	52	15	37	60
4	Ironi Ofakim	30	14	4	12	45	38	7	46
5	Maccabi Ben Zvi	30	14	4	12	50	38	12	46
6	Hapoel Bnei Lakhish	30	11	11	8	48	42	6	43
7	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov	30	10	11	9	34	31	3	41
8	Hapoel Marmorek	30	11	7	12	49	42	7	40
9	Hapoel Merhavim	30	11	6	13	33	48	-15	39
10	Beitar Beit Shemesh	30	10	9	11	47	41	6	39
11	Hapoel Mevaseret Zion	30	10	8	12	51	43	8	38
12	Hapoel Bnei Laqiya	30	10	4	16	46	56	-10	34
13	Beitar Lod	30	10	2	18	36	74	-38	32
14	Maccabi Neve Alon Lod	30	8	8	14	41	54	-13	32
15	Beitar Netiv Ashdod	30	8	4	18	33	56	-23	28	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	Hapoel Gedera	30	4	5	21	36	90	-54	17	Relegated to Liga Gimel

References

Liga Bet North A IFA (Hebrew)
Liga Bet North B IFA (Hebrew)
Liga Bet South A IFA (Hebrew)
Liga Bet South B IFA (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

Football in Israel

Domestic leagues

Men	Premier League (2015–16) Liga Leumit (2015–16) Liga Alef (2015–16) Liga Bet (2015–16) Liga Gimel (2015–16) Noar Premier League (2015–16)

Women	Women's League (2015–16)

Other	Beach Soccer League ('15) ('16) Futsal League

Domestic cups

Men	State Cup (2015–16) Super Cup Toto Cup (2015–16 Al, 2015–16 Leumit) Youth State Cup (2015–16)

Women	Israeli Women's Cup (2015–16)

Defunct competitions

National teams

Men	National team (History Players Records) U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 Mandatory Palestine

Women	National team U-19 U-17

Other	National beach team National futsal team

Related to national team