2007–08 Liga Bet

The 2007–08 Liga Bet season saw Ahva Arraba (champions of the North A division), Maccabi Kafr Qara (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Hadera (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom (champions of the South B division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Alef.

The runners-up in each division entered a promotion/relegation play-offs with the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef, Maccabi Tamra (from North A division) and Hapoel Arad (from South B division) won their respective play-offs and were promoted.

At the bottom, Maccabi Kafr Yasif, Hapoel Yanuh (from North A division), Hapoel Yokneam, Maccabi Or Akiva (from North B division), Beitar Pardes Hanna, Hapoel Qalansawe (from South A division), Hapoel Tel Sheva and Hapoel Oranit (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel

Changes from last season

Team changes

To/from Liga Alef

Beitar Ihud Mashhad was promoted from North A division to Liga Alef; Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Hapoel Kafr Sumei were relegated from Liga Alef and were placed in North A division.
Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm and Ironi Tiberias were promoted from North B division to Liga Alef; Since Hapoel Reineh folded, no relegated club was placed in North B division.
Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona and Beitar Kfar Saba were promoted from South A division to Liga Alef; A.S. Ramat Eliyahu was relegated from Liga Alef and was placed in South A division.
Maccabi Ironi Netivot was promoted from South B division to Liga Alef; Hapoel Arad was relegated from Liga Alef and was placed in South B division.

Intra-divisional movements

Beitar Kafr Kanna was transferred from North A division to North B division.

To/from Liga Gimel

Ahi Acre and F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda (both from Liga Gimel Upper Galilee) were promoted to North A division, to replace the relegated Hapoel Kisra and Hapoel Deir Hanna.
Maccabi Beit She'an (from Liga Gimel Jezreel) and Maccabi Barta'a (from Liga Gimel Shomron) were promoted to North B division to replace the demoted Hapoel Tel Hanan and Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel.
F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda (from Liga Gimel Tel Aviv) and Hapoel Pardesiya (from Liga Gimel Sharon) were promoted to South A division to replace the relegated Hapoel Kiryat Ono and Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaffa.
Bnei Eilat and F.C. Be'er Sheva (both from Liga Gimel Center-South) were promoted to South B division to replace the relegated Maccabi Kiryat Ekron and Hapoel Bnei Lakhish.
Since Hapoel Reineh folded over the summer, Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot were promoted from Liga Gimel Jezreel) to North B division fill the vacant space.
Since Hapoel Maxim Lod folded over the summer, Ortodoxim Jaffa were promoted to South A division fill the vacant space.

North A Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Ahva Arraba	30	24	2	4	76	25	51	74	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Tamra	30	22	6	2	75	18	57	72	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	30	19	4	7	53	36	17	61
4	Hapoel Kafr Sumei	30	18	5	7	56	38	18	58
5	Hapoel Halat el-Sharif Tamra	30	13	7	10	59	46	13	45¹
6	Ahi Acre	30	11	5	14	41	44	-3	38
7	Bnei Abu Snan	30	10	5	15	41	48	-7	35
8	Maccabi Kabul	30	10	5	15	42	55	-13	35
9	Maccabi Kafr Sumei	30	10	6	14	38	43	-5	35
10	Maccabi Sha'ab	30	8	10	12	43	52	-9	34
11	Hapoel Karmiel	30	9	6	15	33	48	-15	33
12	Maccabi Bi'ina	30	8	7	15	40	55	-15	31	Folded
13	Hapoel Sakhnin	30	8	7	15	48	58	-10	31
14	F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda	30	8	6	16	39	59	-20	30
15	Maccabi Kafr Yasif	30	7	9	14	30	46	-16	30	Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded
16	Hapoel Yanuh	30	8	4	18	31	74	-43	28	Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded

1. One point deducted.

North B Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Kafr Qara	30	24	4	2	74	26	48	76	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Iksal	30	22	6	2	70	20	50	72	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	30	20	5	5	60	33	27	65
4	Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel	30	17	5	8	73	41	32	56
5	Maccabi Beit She'an	30	13	7	10	62	50	12	46
6	Maccabi Umm al-Fahm	30	12	6	12	70	49	21	42
7	F.C. Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur	30	10	6	14	36	44	-8	36
8	Ihud Bnei Baka	30	9	8	13	48	59	-11	35
9	Maccabi Tur'an	30	10	4	16	41	62	-21	34	Folded
10	Hapoel Isfiya	30	8	9	13	50	53	-3	33
11	Maccabi Barta'a	30	8	8	14	37	54	-17	32
12	Beitar Kafr Kanna	30	10	1	19	36	83	-47	31
13	Hapoel Ar'ara	30	9	6	15	34	51	-17	31¹
14	Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot	30	9	4	17	34	64	-30	31
15	Hapoel Yokneam	30	7	6	17	49	62	-13	27	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	Maccabi Or Akiva	30	5	9	16	30	53	-23	22¹	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. Two points deducted.

South A Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Hadera	30	20	8	2	60	19	41	68	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	30	21	4	5	76	25	51	67	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Azor	30	16	10	4	54	18	36	58
4	Shimshon Bnei Tayibe	30	13	14	3	62	32	30	53
5	F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda	30	15	6	9	56	42	14	51
6	Beitar Ramat Gan	30	12	9	9	41	33	8	45
7	Hapoel Pardesiya	30	12	6	12	49	47	2	42
8	F.C. Kafr Qasim	30	10	10	10	52	52	0	40
9	Hapoel Ramat Israel	30	11	5	14	46	52	-6	38
10	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	30	9	8	13	35	48	-13	35
11	Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan	30	9	5	16	35	75	-40	32
12	Ortodoxim Jaffa	30	8	7	15	28	43	-15	31
13	A.S. Ramat Eliyahu	30	8	6	16	55	72	-17	30
14	Otzma F.C. Holon	30	8	6	16	29	52	-23	30
15	Beitar Pardes Hanna	30	6	10	14	42	53	-11	28	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	Hapoel Qalansawe	30	3	4	23	21	78	-57	13	Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded

South B Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom	30	25	4	1	77	19	58	79	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Arad	30	22	6	2	66	24	42	72	Promotion play-offs
3	F.C. Dimona	30	17	3	10	50	29	21	54
4	Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov	30	16	6	8	57	36	21	54
5	Bnei Eilat	30	14	6	10	63	43	20	48
6	Maccabi Sha'arayim	30	13	9	8	56	40	16	48
7	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	30	13	5	12	48	35	13	44
8	Beitar Ma'ale Adumim	30	12	7	11	50	45	5	43
9	Mo'adon Tzeirei Rahat	30	13	3	14	42	58	-16	42
10	F.C. Be'er Sheva	30	12	1	17	43	59	-16	37
11	Hapoel Merhavim	30	10	5	15	63	64	-1	35
12	Hapoel Tirat Shalom	30	9	8	13	46	52	-6	35
13	Maccabi Sderot	30	9	3	18	48	70	-22	30
14	Hapoel Jaljulia	30	8	5	17	36	66	-30	29
15	Hapoel Tel Sheva	30	9	1	20	30	71	-27	21¹	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	Hapoel Oranit	30	0	4	26	29	93	-64	4	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. One point deducted.

Promotion play-offs

North play-off

Liga Bet North A and Liga Bet North B runners-up, Maccabi Tamra faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Beitar Haifa in a two legged play-off. The Liga Bet North A runners-up, Hapoel Iksal was suspended from the play-offs, following an attempt for match fixing, prior to their scheduled match against Beitar Haifa.^[1]

Beitar Haifa v Maccabi Tamra

Beitar Haifa	1 - 1	Maccabi Tamra

Maccabi Tamra v Beitar Haifa

Maccabi Tamra	3 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Beitar Haifa

Maccabi Tamra won 4-2 on aggregate and was promoted to Liga Alef.

South play-off

Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and Hapoel Arad faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament.

Hapoel Arad v Hapoel Mahane Yehuda

Hapoel Arad	2 - 1	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	2 - 0	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda

Hapoel Arad v Hapoel Tzafririm Holon

Hapoel Arad	4 - 1	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon

Pos	Club	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Arad	2	2	0	6	2	4	6	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	2	1	1	3	4	-1	3	Relegated to Liga Bet
3	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	2	0	2	1	4	-3	0	Remained in Liga Bet

Hapoel Arad won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.

References

The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
Play-offs: Hapoel Arad promoted to Liga Alef The Israel Football Association, 23.5.2008 (Hebrew)
Play-offs: Maccabi Tamra promoted to Liga Alef North The Israel Football Association, 3.6.2008 (Hebrew)

↑ Iksal dismissed from the play-offs Asher Goldberg, telesport.co.il, 22.5.2008 (Hebrew)

Liga Gimel

Upper Galilee	Bnei Ma'alot Tarshiha F.C. Aramshe Danun F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalil F.C. Hatzor HaGlilit F.C. Julis Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina Hapoel Bnei Hurfeish Hapoel Bnei Peki'in Hapoel Bnei Rameh Hapoel Jat Yanuh HaGlilit Hapoel Merom HaGalil Hapoel Nahariya Hapoel Tarshiha Maccabi Ahva Yarka

Lower Galilee	Ahva Arraba F.C. Bnei Arraba F.C. Halat al-Sharif F.C. Tzeirei Ibtin Khawaled F.C. Tzeirei Tamra Hapoel Bnei Deir al-Asad Hapoel Bnei Nujidat Hapoel Ironi Bni I'billin Ironi Bnei Sha'ab Maccabi Basmat Tab'un Maccabi Bnei Deir Hanna Maccabi Kafr Manda Maccabi Ironi Tamra Maccabi Tzeirei Shefa-'Amr

Jezreel	Beitar Afula Beitar al-Amal Nazareth Beitar Ein Mahil Beitar Umm al-Fahm Bnei Musheirifa Baiada F.C. Kfar Kama F.C. Nazareth Illit Hapoel al-Ittihad Nazareth Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Isfiya Maccabi Ahi Ar'ara 'Ara

Samaria	Beitar Hadera Beitar Pardes Hanna F.C. Hapoel Kiryat Yam Hapoel Ahva Haifa Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa Hapoel Ein as-Sahala Hapoel Halissa Hapoel Ironi Or Akiva Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad Maccabi Ironi Barta'a Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel Maccabi Isfiya

Sharon	Beitar Tubruk Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jatt Hapoel Jaljulia Hapoel Kafr Bara Hapoel Oranit F.C. Bnei Qalansawe F.C. Bnei Ra'anana F.C. Ironi Ariel F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass F.C. Netanya Maccabi HaSharon Netanya Shimshon Bnei Tayibe Shimshon Kafr Qasim

Tel Aviv	Beitar Ezra Beitar Jaffa Zion Bnei Yehud Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv Elitzur Yehud Yotel Hapoel Kiryat Shalom Hapoel Neve Golan Maccabi Hashikma Hen Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda Maccabi Pardes Katz Maccabi Spartak Ramat Gan Otzma F.C. Holon Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan Shimshon Tel Aviv

Central	A.S. Nordia Jerusalem F.C. Rishon LeZion F.C. Tzeirei Lod Hapoel Abirei Bat Yam Hapoel F.C. Hevel Modi'in Hapoel Ironi Gedera Hapoel Matzliah Hapoel Mevaseret Zion Hapoel Ramla Hapoel Tirat Shalom Ironi Lod Maccabi Kiryat Ekron

South	A.S. Ashdod A.S. Ashkelon Bnei al-Salam Rahat Elitzur Ironi Yehuda F.C. Arad F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy F.C. Hapoel Bnei Ashdod F.C. Hapoel Yeruham F.C. Ironi Kuseife F.C. Maccabi Ashdod F.C. Tzeirei al-Hoshla Hapoel Tzeirei al-Mahdi Maccabi Dimona Maccabi Ironi Hura Maccabi Ironi Sderot

Seasons (fifth level)	1958–59 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

Seasons (sixth level)	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

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

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