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[edit]

Team changes[edit]

To/from Liga Alef[edit]

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[edit]

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

To/from Liga Gimel[edit]

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[edit]

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^[a]
5	Hapoel Halat el-Sharif Tamra	30	13	7	10	59	46	+13	45^[b]
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^[c]
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ One point deducted?
^ One point deducted.
^ One point deducted?

North B Division[edit]

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^[a]
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^[a]	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Two points deducted.

South A Division[edit]

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: ^{[citation needed]}

South B Division[edit]

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^[a]	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	Hapoel Oranit	30	0	4	26	29	93	−64	4	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ One point deducted.

Promotion play-offs[edit]

North play-off[edit]

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	1 - 1	Maccabi Tamra

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[edit]

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	2 - 1	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	2 - 0	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda

Hapoel Arad	4 - 1	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

References[edit]

[1] The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
[2] The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
[3] The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
[4] The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
Play-offs: Hapoel Arad promoted to Liga Alef The Israel Football Association, 23.5.2008 (in Hebrew)
Play-offs: Maccabi Tamra promoted to Liga Alef North The Israel Football Association, 3.6.2008 (in Hebrew)

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

[table_hth_IBS0.54371659017341-1] One point deducted?

[table_hth_HHS0.54371659017341-2] One point deducted.

[table_hth_MKS0.54371659017341-3] One point deducted?

[table_hth_HAR0.14565612335953-4] Two points deducted.

[table_hth_TLS0.010917783254254-5] One point deducted.

[6] Iksal dismissed from the play-offs Asher Goldberg, telesport.co.il, 22.5.2008 (in Hebrew)

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v t e Liga Gimel
Upper Galilee	Bnei Maghar Hapoel Mi'ilya Hapoel Nahef F.C. Beit Jann Hapoel Fassuta Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Shlomi Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Tzeirei Sakhnin
Lower Galilee	Beitar Kafr Kanna Beitar Kiryat Ata Bnei Kafr Yasif F.C. Kabul F.C. Kafr Yasif Hapoel Bnei Dir al-Asad Hapoel Ironi Ibli'in Maccabi Basmat Tab'un Maccabi Ihud Bnei Ibtin Tzeirei Kafr Manda
Jezreel	Beitar Umm al-Fahm Bnei Daburiyya Bnei Umm al-Fahm F.C. Kafr Kama F.C. Mash'ad Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Ein as-Sahala Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido Hapoel Reineh Hapoel Tzeirei Nazareth Maccabi Ironi Barta'a Tzeirei Iksal
Samaria	Beitar Pardes Hanna F.C. Kababir F.C. Kiryat Haim F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur F.C. Or Akiva F.C. Karmel Haifa Hapoel Bnei Jasr a-Zarqa Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jatt Hapoel Kiryat Haim Maccabi Barkai Tzeirei Haifa Tzofey Haifa
Sharon	Beitar Kfar Saba Beitar Mate Binyamin Beitar Tubruk Bnei Jaljulia Bnei Tira F.C. Bnei Ra'anana F.C. Bnei Zemer F.C. Giv'at Shmuel F.C. Kafr Qasim Nibrass F.C. Ironi Ariel Hapoel 1928 Kfar Saba Hapoel Oranit Hapoel Pardesiya Ironi Rosh HaAyin Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Maccabi HaSharon Netanya Shimshon Bnei Tayibe
Tel Aviv	Agudat Sport Holon Beitar Ezra Beitar Jaffa Bnei Herzliya Bnei Yehud Dizengoff Tel Aviv Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv Elitzur Yehud Yotel F.C. Tel Aviv Hakoah Gil Ramat Gan Hapoel Neve Golan Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel Maccabi Hashikma Ramat Hen Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda Maccabi Pardes Katz Maccabi Spartak Ramat Gan Maccabi Yehud-Monosson Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan
Central	Ashdod City Beitar Gan Yavne Beitar Gedera Bnei Ramla Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim F.C. Be'er Ya'akov F.C. Rishon LeZion Hapoel Mevaseret Zion Hapoel Tirat Shalom Ihud Tzeirei Abu Gush Ironi Beit Shemesh Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov Maccabi Bnei Abu Gush Macccabi Kiryat Ekron Tzeirei Lod
South	Bnei Yeruham F.C. Be'er Sheva F.C. Be'er Sheva Haim Levy F.C. Meitar Hapoel Bnei Kuseife Hapoel Rahat Maccabi Ashkelon Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Hura Otzma Be'er Sheva Tzeirei Rahat
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