1949–50 Liga Meuhedet

Liga Meuhedet (Hebrew: ליגה מיוחדת, lit. 'Special League') was a temporary second division of Israeli football in the 1949–50 season, the first after Israeli independence. It consisted of five regional division; North, Samaria, Sharon, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and South. There was no promotion or relegation.

There was no league football during the 1950–51 season, and when it resumed in 1951–52, Liga Bet returned as the second tier with the same composition as the aborted 1947–48 Liga Bet, with the top teams from Samaria, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem-South divisions replacing inactive teams.

North Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 16 14 0 2 56 11 5.091 28
2 Hakoah Haifa 16 10 3 3 38 16 2.375 23
3 Hapoel Kfar Ata 16 10 2 4 35 18 1.944 22
4 Hapoel Dror Haifa 16 10 1 5 32 19 1.684 21
5 Hapoel Acre 16 8 1 7 31 33 0.939 17
6 Brit Poalei Eretz Yisrael Nazareth 16 7 3 6 32 25 1.280 16[a]
7 Hapoel Balfouria 16 1 5 10 5 32 0.156 3[a]
8 Hapoel Kfar HaHoresh 16 1 3 12 4 43 0.093 2[a]
9 Brit Poalei Eretz Yisrael Haifa 16 0 4 12 1 37 0.027 0[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 1950. Source: Israel FA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Matches between Brit Po'alei Nazareth (1 match), Hapoel Kfar HaHoresh (3 matches), Hapoel Balfouria and Brit Po'alei Haifa (4 matches each) were given as 0–0 with no points awarded.

Samaria Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Hapoel Hadera 16 13 2 1 46 9 5.111 28
2 Hapoel HaNamal Haifa 16 12 1 3 55 16 3.438 25
3 Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 16 8 3 5 45 35 1.286 19
4 Hapoel Givat Haim 16 8 4 4 36 31 1.161 19[a]
5 S.C. Atlit 16 6 3 7 22 30 0.733 14[a]
6 Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov 16 4 4 8 27 30 0.900 12
7 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 16 5 2 9 31 57 0.544 12
8 Degel Yehuda Haifa 16 5 1 10 26 39 0.667 11
9 Hapoel Netanya 16 1 0 15 12 53 0.226 2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 July 1950. Source: Memo No. 31/50, p. 3, IFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b A match between Hapoel Givat Haim and S.C. Atlit was given as 0–0 with no points awarded.

Sharon Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Ramat Gan 16 11 5 0 60 12 5.000 27
2 Hapoel Herzliya 16 12 3 1 50 12 4.167 27
3 Hapoel Ra'anana 16 12 3 1 59 16 3.688 27
4 Hapoel Kfar Saba 16 10 0 6 41 24 1.708 20
5 Maccabi Giv'atayim 16 6 0 10 28 42 0.667 12
6 Beitar Ramat Gam 16 5 1 10 24 37 0.649 11
7 Hapoel Even Yehuda 16 5 0 11 22 45 0.489 10
8 Beitar Tel Yehuda 16 3 0 13 15 70 0.214 6
9 Hapoel Yehudia 16 2 0 14 9 50 0.180 4
Updated to match(es) played on 21 June 1950. Source: Memo No. 28, p. 2, IFA

Tel Aviv Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Bnei Yehuda 16 14 0 2 48 6 8.000 28
2 Hapoel Jaffa 16 13 1 2 41 11 3.727 27
3 Maccabi Jaffa 16 11 0 5 40 23 1.739 22
4 Shimshon Tel Aviv 16 9 1 6 34 26 1.308 19
5 Hapoel Holon 16 7 1 8 27 27 1.000 14[a]
6 Hakoah Tel Aviv 16 6 1 9 26 42 0.619 13
7 Degel Zion 16 3 3 10 18 34 0.529 8[a]
8 Beitar Jaffa 16 2 1 13 9 45 0.200 4[a]
9 Maccabi HaTzafon 16 1 4 11 9 38 0.237 3[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 July 1950. Source: Memo No. 31/50, p. 3, IFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Three matches of Maccabi HaTzafon, against Hapoel Holon, Degel Zion and Beitar Jaffa, were given as 0–0 with no points awarded.

Jerusalem and South Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Hapoel Jerusalem 16 13 1 2 48 13 3.692 27
2 Hapoel Rehovot 16 11 3 2 48 14 3.429 25
3 Maccabi Sha'arayim 16 11 2 3 30 7 4.286 24
4 Maccabi Jerusalem 16 9 1 6 30 15 2.000 19
5 Beitar Jerusalem 16 9 1 6 37 21 1.762 19
6 Hapoel Lod 16 8 1 7 29 26 1.115 17
7 Hapoel Ramla 16 3 1 12 12 47 0.255 7
8 Hapoel Aqir 16 2 2 12 7 52 0.135 6
9 Hapoel Beit Dagon 16 0 0 16 0 46 0.000 0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 July 1950. Source: Memo No. 31/50, p. 3, IFA

See also

References

  • 1949-50 Bnei Yehuda (in Hebrew)
  • 100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006