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

Intra-divisional movements

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 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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[lower-alpha 1]
5 Hapoel Halat el-Sharif Tamra 30 13 7 10 59 46 +13 45[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
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
Source:
Notes:
  1. One point deducted?
  2. One point deducted.
  3. One point deducted?

North B Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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 31[lower-alpha 1]
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 22[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Two points deducted.

South A Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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
Source:

South B Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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 −41 27[lower-alpha 1] Relegated to Liga Gimel
16 Hapoel Oranit 30 0 4 26 29 93 −64 4
Source:
Notes:
  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 Haifa1 - 1Maccabi Tamra
Maccabi Tamra3 - 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 Arad2 - 1Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon2 - 0Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
Hapoel Arad4 - 1Hapoel Tzafririm Holon
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Arad 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 6 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3 Relegated to Liga Bet
3 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 Remained in Liga Bet
Source:

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

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