1958–59 Liga Bet

The 1958–59 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Tiberias and Hapoel Ramla promoted to Liga Alef as the respective winners of the north and south divisions. They were joined by runners-up, Hapoel Netanya and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, which were promoted after promotion play-offs.

No club relegated, as in the following season, Liga Bet expanded from 24 clubs, divided in two regional divisions, to 64 clubs, divided in four regional divisions.[1]

North Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Hapoel Tiberias 20 – – – 82 20 +62 37 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Netanya 21 – – – 50 23 +27 30 Promotion play-offs
3 Hapoel Beit Lid 22 – – – 44 28 +16 28
4 Hapoel Acre 22 – – – 38 39 −1 24
5 Hapoel Safed 20 – – – 43 38 +5 23
6 Beitar Netanya 22 – – – 45 44 +1 22
7 Hapoel Tel Hanan 22 – – – 40 44 −4 22
8 Hapoel Nahariya 22 – – – 60 51 +9 21
9 Hapoel Even Yehuda 22 – – – 32 62 −30 16
10 Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel 22 – – – 30 51 −21 15
11 Hapoel Kfar Ata 22 – – – 23 54 −31 11
12 Hapoel Atlit 21 – – – 20 53 −33 9
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South Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Hapoel Ramla 22 – – – 59 15 +44 35 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 22 – – – 38 16 +22 33 Promotion play-offs
3 Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv 22 – – – 52 27 +25 31
4 SK Nes Tziona 22 – – – 37 21 +16 29
5 Maccabi Ramat Gan 21 – – – 40 29 +11 25
6 Hapoel Holon 21 – – – 39 32 +7 25
7 Maccabi Ramla 22 – – – 26 45 −19 20
8 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 22 – – – 33 33 0 17
9 Hapoel Ra'anana 22 – – – 26 41 −15 16
10 Hapoel Kiryat Ono 22 – – – 30 58 −28 14
11 Beitar Jaffa 22 – – – 28 58 −30 9
12 Beitar Mahane Yehuda 22 – – – 16 59 −43 8
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Promotion play-offs

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 11th and 12th placed clubs in Liga Alef, Maccabi Sha'arayim and Hapoel Afula, and the second placed clubs of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Hapoel Netanya and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Each club played the other three once.

30 May 1959 Hapoel Afula 5–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Hadera Stadium
Langbord 5', 10'
Singel 19', 44'
Tenenboim 23'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hoze
30 May 1959 Maccabi Sha'arayim 1–1 Hapoel Netanya Hapoel Ground, Petah Tikva
Mizrahi 35' 80' Mali'ach Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ashkenazi
6 June 1959 Hapoel Afula 3–1 Hapoel Netanya Maccabi Jaffa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Langbord 20'
Farkas 46'
Singel 64'		 3' Orenstein Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Uziel
6 June 1959 Maccabi Sha'arayim 0–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva HaMakhtesh Stadium
20' Bitton
70' Kofman		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Zohar
13 June 1959 Hapoel Afula 6–0 Maccabi Sha'arayim Hapoel Kfar Saba Ground
Singel 20', 85'
Tenenboim 47'
Katz 52'
Farkas 75'
Tal 88'		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Schleifer
13 June 1959 Hapoel Netanya 1–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Rehovot Ground
Gueta 5' 22' Fridman
36' Markus		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi

Shortly after the Relegation play-offs, as Hapoel Netanya appealed against the fielding of Hapoel Afula player Zvi Singel, and the three matches which were played by Hapoel Afula were given as a walkover win to the opposition, as the disciplinary tribunal determined that Singel was registered with Hapoel Beit HaShita and was not properly transferred to Hapoel Afula.[2] Hapoel Afula appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied[3] and, as a result, Hapoel Afula were relegated to Liga Bet and Hapoel Netanya took their place in Liga Alef

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Netanya 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 3
3 Maccabi Sha'arayim 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3 Relegated to Liga Bet
4 Hapoel Afula 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 Disqualified, relegated to Liga Bet
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References
  1. Who and who in Liga Bet? Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. Kaduri, G. (5 July 1959). "נפסלו משחקי הפועל עפולה" [Hapoel Afula Games Were Disqualified]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. "הפועל נתניה לליגה א'" [Hapoel Netanya to Liga Alef]. Al HaMishmar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 17 September 1959. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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