1979–80 Liga Bet

The 1979–80 Liga Bet season saw Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, Maccabi Or Akiva, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin and Maccabi Be'er Sheva win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.[1]

At the bottom, Maccabi Tiberias, Beitar al-Amal Nazareth (from North A division), Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov, Maccabi HaSharon Netanya (from North B division), Beitar Holon, Beitar Jaffa (from South A division), Hapoel Ofakim and Hapoel Kiryat Gat (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.

North Division A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Shefa-'Amr 26 90 26 +64 47 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Kiryat Bialik 26 53 32 +21 36
3 Hapoel Kfar Kama 26 52 38 +14 29
4 Maccabi Acre 26 54 44 +10 27
5 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 26 34 49 15 26
6 Maccabi Neve Sha'anan 26 29 31 2 25
7 Maccabi Afula 26 34 48 14 24
8 Hapoel Bnei Acre 26 36 43 7 23
9 Hapoel Hatzor 26 33 36 3 22
10 Maccabi Hatzor 26 44 51 7 22
11 Beitar Kiryat Shmona 26 30 47 17 22
12 Hapoel Safed 26 40 36 +4 20
13 Maccabi Tiberias 26 40 50 10 20 Relegated to Liga Gimel
14 Beitar al-Amal Nazareth 26 34 72 38 15
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North Division B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Or Akiva 26 54 27 +27 39 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Kafr Sulam 26 44 27 +17 32
3 Maccabi Fureidis 26 45 37 +8 29
4 Hapoel Givat Haim 26 35 36 1 28
5 Hapoel Nahliel 26 25 23 +2 27
6 Hapoel Kiryat Yam 26 41 38 +3 26
7 Hapoel Afula 26 45 49 4 25
8 Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel 26 31 35 4 25
9 Hapoel Tayibe 26 25 36 11 25
10 Hapoel Kafr Qara 26 34 36 2 24
11 Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba 26 38 52 14 24
12 Hapoel HaTzair Haifa 26 36 29 +7 23
13 Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 26 32 42 10 22 Relegated to Liga Gimel
14 Maccabi HaSharon Netanya 26 20 44 24 13
Source:

South Division A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Rosh HaAyin 26 60 25 +35 36 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Tzafririm Holon[lower-alpha 1] 26 50 17 +33 36
3 Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan 26 43 11 +32 33
4 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 26 35 23 +12 33
5 Hapoel Azor 26 40 26 +14 30
6 Hapoel Ganei Tikva 26 30 40 10 29
7 Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa 26 33 27 +6 27
8 Hapoel Kiryat Shalom 26 37 33 +4 27
9 Hapoel Tira 26 36 31 +5 26
10 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 26 26 35 9 22
11 Maccabi Ramla 26 26 43 17 19
12 Beitar Herzliya[lower-alpha 1] 26 22 38 16 18
13 Beitar Holon 26 18 61 43 16 Relegated to Liga Gimel
14 Beitar Jaffa 26 17 57 40 12
Source:
Notes:
  1. Beitar Herzliya - Tzafririm Holon which ended 0-0,[2] was awarded 2-0 to Tzafririm Holon. Prior to the last match of the season, the Israel Football Association reversed its decision, and the original result stood as is.[1]

South Division B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 26 46 18 +28 38 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov 26 54 28 +26 34
3 Hapoel Yeruham 26 40 27 +13 33
4 Hapoel Merhavim 26 42 36 +6 28
5 SK Nes Tziona 26 41 46 5 26
6 Beitar Ashdod[lower-alpha 1] 26 38 48 10 25
7 Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi 26 35 34 +1 23
8 Maccabi Rehovot 26 37 40 3 23
9 Maccabi Ashkelon 26 29 38 9 23
10 Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah 26 30 41 11 22
11 Beitar Lod 26 36 44 8 21
12 Hapoel Gedera 26 24 35 11 21
13 Hapoel Ofakim 26 31 44 13 21 Relegated to Liga Gimel
14 Hapoel Kiryat Gat[lower-alpha 1] 26 26 35 9 18
Source:
Notes:
  1. Beitar Ashdod - Hapoel Kiryat Gat which ended 1-1, was awarded 2-0 to Hapoel Kiryat Gat after Beitar Ashdod was found guilty for fielding ineligible players.[3] Later, Beitar Ashdod was cleared of allegation, and the original result stood as is.[4]

References

  1. Rosh HaAyin and Maccabi Be'er Sheva promoted to Liga Alef Maariv, 27.4.80, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. Liga Bet Maariv, 6.4.80, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. Only 2 completion matches in Liga Bet Maariv, 4.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hakoah - Cleared of allegation for crowd trouble Maariv, 15.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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