1943–44 Liga Bet

Palestine League Liga Bet
Season1943–44
Matches played61
Goals scored290 (4.75 per match)

The 1943–44 Liga Bet was the fifth season of second tier football in Mandatory Palestine.

The season began on 30 October 1943,[1] and was played until the summer break, on 24 June 1944. Initially seven teams competed in the league,[2] but after several weeks more teams, including reserve teams of Palestine League teams were added to the line-up. By the end of the season, no team played all its matches and the season was never completed.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts HIR BPT MTA BNE HTA MRG HRR BRG MPT BYE MRV BRL HNE EGG
1 Hapoel Itzhar Ramat Gan 13 10 1 2 52 14 3.714 21 — 3–0[a] 5–0 5–3 5–0 2–3 9–0 8–1 3–0[a]
2 Beitar Petah Tikva 10 8 1 1 33 12 2.750 17 3–1 — 1–1 5–2 2–0 6–3 8–1 2–0
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv B 10 7 2 1 35 16 2.188 16 2–1 — 6–1 8–3 4–1 6–2
4 Beitar Netanya 12 7 0 5 30 24 1.250 14 4–1 1–3 — 3–0[a] 3–0[a] 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–0[b] 6–4
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv B 11 6 0 5 23 19 1.211 12 3–1 — 3–2 4–0 3–0[a]
6 Maccabi Ramat Gan 15 6 1 8 26 38 0.684 13 1–2 4–3 2–1 — 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0
7 Harari Tel Aviv 9 4 1 4 15 19 0.789 9 1–1 — 2–1 5–0 1–0 3–0[c]
8 Beitar Ramat Gan 11 3 2 6 20 29 0.690 8 3–2 1–2 — 3–2 4–1 1–1
9 Maccabi Meir Petah Tikva 10 3 1 6 17 32 0.531 7 2–4 0–2 4–1 — 3–0[a] 3–0
10 Bnei Yehuda 6 3 0 3 15 17 0.882 6 5–3 — 7–0
11 Maccabi Rehovot B 8 3 0 5 15 21 0.714 6 1–4 2–0 — 3–1 3–0[a]
12 Beitar Rishon LeZion 13 2 1 10 20 45 0.444 5 0–2 7–2 2–2 — 5–0
13 Hapoel Netanya 6 1 1 4 11 18 0.611 3 6–0 —
14 Egged Tel Aviv 4 0 1 3 2 10 0.200 1 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 1944. Source: IFA,
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Walkover win.
  2. ^ Abandoned at the 70th minute.
  3. ^ Abandoned at the 70th minute. Given as a 3–0 victory to Harari Tel Aviv.

References

  1. ^ Day of Victories to Maccabi Teams HaBoker, 31 October 1943 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ משתתפי ליגה מלחמתית ב' Davar, 22 October 1943(in Hebrew)