2004–05 Liga Bet

The 2004–05 Liga Bet season saw Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot (champions of the North A division), Hapoel Bnei Tamra (champions of the North B division), Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Arad (champions of the South B division) win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.

The runners-up in each division entered a promotion/relegation play-offs with the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef. In the north section, Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (from North B division) won the play-offs and was promoted. In the south section, Ironi Nes Tziona (from South B division) won the play-offs and was promoted.

At the bottom, Beitar Acre (from North A division) and Maccabi Bnei Tira (from South A division) were relegated to Liga Gimel, whilst Maccabi Majd al-Krum (from North A division) and Beitar Kiryat Ono (from South A division) folded during the season. However, Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel, Hapoel Kafr Misr/Nein (from North B division) (from North B division), Moadon Tzeirei Rahat and Maccabi Yehud (from South B division), which finished in the relegation zone, were all reprieved from relegation, after several vacancies were created in Liga Bet for the 2005–06 season, mostly due to withdrawals of clubs.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

North A Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot	28	22	5	1	76	20	+56	71	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Karmiel	28	18	8	2	64	22	+42	62	Promotion play-offs
3	Beitar Haifa	28	18	5	5	72	25	+47	59
4	Beitar Safed	28	17	8	3	76	37	+39	59
5	Hapoel Sakhnin	28	17	6	5	67	36	+31	57
6	Hapoel Bnei Manda	28	12	5	11	50	48	+2	41	Withdrew
7	Ironi I'billin	28	10	8	10	48	46	+2	38
8	Hapoel Yanuh	28	10	3	15	48	67	−19	33
9	Hapoel Deir Hanna	28	10	6	12	44	47	−3	33^[a]
10	Beitar Kafr Kanna	28	9	5	14	50	68	−18	32
11	Bnei Abu Snan	28	7	10	11	45	47	−2	29^[b]
12	Hapoel Peki'in	28	5	7	16	40	67	−27	22	Withdrew
13	Ironi Nahariya	28	6	3	19	32	85	−53	21	Merged with Ironi Shlomi
14	Beitar Julis	28	3	7	18	38	80	−42	14^[b]	Withdrew
15	Beitar Acre	28	2	2	24	24	79	−55	8	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Three points deducted
^ ^a ^b Two points deducted

During the season, Maccabi Majd al-Krum (after 11 matches) folded and its results were annulled.^[5]

North B Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Hapoel Bnei Tamra	30	22	2	6	67	26	+41	68	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	30	20	6	4	86	25	+61	66	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Tel Hanan	30	19	7	4	70	28	+42	64
4	Hapoel Ahva Haifa	30	16	5	9	61	46	+15	53
5	Maccabi Kafr Qara	30	16	6	8	53	41	+12	52^[a]
6	Maccabi Or Akiva	30	11	8	11	41	36	+5	41
7	Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel	30	10	11	9	37	40	−3	41
8	Hapoel Iksal	30	10	9	11	47	54	−7	39
9	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	30	11	9	10	48	48	0	39^[b]
10	Hapoel Yokneam	30	11	6	13	56	46	+10	39
11	Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton	30	10	7	13	49	43	+6	37
12	Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm	30	10	4	16	56	61	−5	34
13	Hapoel Yafa	30	8	8	14	49	65	−16	32	Withdrew
14	Hapoel Ar'ara	30	8	7	15	37	57	−20	31
15	Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel	30	6	5	19	31	80	−49	23	Reprieved from relegation
16	Hapoel Kafr Misr/Nein	30	2	0	28	17	109	−92	6	Reprieved from relegation

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Two points deducted
^ Three points deducted

South A Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam	28	21	5	2	90	23	+67	68	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Azor	28	20	5	3	65	26	+39	65	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona	28	16	5	7	67	23	+44	53
4	Beitar Kfar Saba	28	13	10	5	43	32	+11	49
5	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	28	15	2	11	64	28	+36	47
6	Beitar Ramat Gan	28	13	7	8	50	30	+20	46
7	Hapoel Or Yehuda	28	13	7	8	54	38	+16	46	Withdrew
8	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	28	12	7	9	37	22	+15	43
9	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	28	12	4	12	49	41	+8	40
10	Hapoel Hadera	28	8	12	8	32	36	−4	36
11	Beitar Jaffa	28	6	7	15	31	61	−30	25
12	Hapoel Ramat Yisrael	28	6	6	16	38	60	−22	24
13	Shimshon Bnei Tayibe	28	4	6	18	21	68	−47	18
14	Otzma Holon	28	2	8	18	22	81	−59	14
15	Maccabi Bnei Tira	28	3	1	24	15	109	−94	10	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

During the season, Beitar Kiryat Ono (after 13 matches) folded and its results were annulled.^[6]

South B Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Hapoel Arad	30	22	7	1	76	14	+62	73	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Ironi Nes Tziona^[a]	30	21	3	6	73	29	+44	66	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi	30	21	2	7	68	39	+29	65
4	Maccabi Ironi Sderot	30	13	13	4	58	36	+22	52
5	Maccabi Jerusalem/Ma'ale Adumim	30	16	3	11	64	54	+10	51	Withdrew
6	Hapoel Merhavim	30	14	5	11	40	42	−2	47
7	Hapoel Yeruham	30	13	5	12	55	45	+10	44	Withdrew
8	A.S. Eilat	30	10	8	12	52	46	+6	38	Withdrew
9	Maccabi Ironi Netivot	30	11	5	14	46	45	+1	38
10	Hapoel Oranit	30	10	7	13	43	59	−16	37
11	Maccabi Kiryat Ekron	30	7	10	13	36	54	−18	31
12	Hapoel Bnei Lakhish	30	7	8	15	43	64	−21	29
13	Ironi Ramla	30	8	3	19	40	64	−24	27
14	Hapoel Tirat Shalom	30	8	3	19	46	86	−40	27
15	Moadon Tzeirei Rahat	30	6	11	13	36	48	−12	25^[b]	Reprieved from relegation
16	Maccabi Yehud	30	3	7	20	17	68	−51	16	Reprieved from relegation

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Maccabi Ben Zvi became Ironi Nes Tziona.
^ Four points deducted

Promotion play-offs[edit]

North play-off[edit]

Liga Bet North A and North B runners-up, Hapoel Karmiel and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Maccabi Shefa-'Amr. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Nahariya Municipal Stadium.

20 May 2005

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	1 - 1	Hapoel Karmiel
	Report (in Hebrew)

24 May 2005

Hapoel Karmiel	0 - 3	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr
	Report (in Hebrew)

28 May 2005

Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	0 - 1	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
	Report (in Hebrew)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3	Remained in Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Karmiel	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1	Remained in Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Hapoel Umm al-Fahm won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef. Maccabi Shefa-'Amr remained in Liga Alef after Hapoel Majd al-Krum (which relegated from Liga Artzit to Liga Alef) folded during the summer.

South play-off[edit]

Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Azor and Ironi Nes Tziona faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Bat Yam Municipal Stadium.

20 May 2005

Ironi Nes Tziona	3 - 1	Hapoel Azor
	Report (in Hebrew)

24 May 2005

Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	1 - 1	Hapoel Azor
	Report (in Hebrew)

27 May 2005

Ironi Nes Tziona	1 - 0	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev
	Report (in Hebrew)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Ironi Nes Tziona	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Remained in Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Azor	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	Remained in Liga Bet

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Ironi Nes Tziona won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef. Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev remained in Liga Alef after a vacancy was created in the South division, following the merger of Liga Artzit club, Maccabi Ramat Amidar, with Hakoah Ramat Gan.

References[edit]

Liga Bet North, 04-05 Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)
Liga Bet North B, 04-05 Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)
Liga Bet South A, 04-05 One (in Hebrew)
Liga Bet South B, 04-05 One (in Hebrew)

^ Liga Bet North, 05-06 One (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Bet North B, 05-06 One (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Bet South A, 05-06 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Bet South B, 05-06 Archived 2014-12-24 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi Majd al-Krum Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
^ Beitar Kiryat Ono Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[table_hth_HDH0.54462943903386-5] Three points deducted

[table_hth_BAS0.54462943903386-6] Two points deducted

[table_hth_MKQ0.56537892882031-8] Two points deducted

[table_hth_HMH0.56537892882031-9] Three points deducted

[table_note_INT0.24787891015777-11] Maccabi Ben Zvi became Ironi Nes Tziona.

[table_hth_MTR0.24787891015777-12] Four points deducted

[1] Liga Bet North, 05-06 One (in Hebrew)

[2] Liga Bet North B, 05-06 One (in Hebrew)

[3] Liga Bet South A, 05-06 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)

[4] Liga Bet South B, 05-06 Archived 2014-12-24 at the Wayback Machine One (in Hebrew)

[7] Maccabi Majd al-Krum Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

[10] Beitar Kiryat Ono Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Football Association (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
Seasons (fifth tier)	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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Seasons (sixth tier)	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