1958–59 Liga Bet

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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	Club	Notes
1	Hapoel Tiberias	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Netanya	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Beit Lid
4	Hapoel Safed
5	Beitar Netanya
6	Hapoel Acre
7	Hapoel Tel Hanan
8	Hapoel Nahariya
9	Hapoel Even Yehuda
10	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel
11	Hapoel Kfar Ata
12	Hapoel Atlit

South Division

Pos	Club	Notes
1	Hapoel Ramla	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv
4	SK Nes Tziona
5	Maccabi Ramat Gan
6	Hapoel Holon
7	Maccabi Ramla
8	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
9	Hapoel Ra'anana
10	Hapoel Kiryat Ono
11	Beitar Jaffa
12	Beitar Mahane Yehuda

Promotion play-offs

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

Hapoel Afula	5 – 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Maccabi Sha'arayim	1 – 1	Hapoel Netanya

Hapoel Afula	3 – 1	Hapoel Netanya

Maccabi Sha'arayim	0 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Hapoel Afula	6 – 0	Maccabi Sha'arayim

Hapoel Netanya	1 – 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Shortly after the play-offs, Hapoel Afula was disqualified for fielding Zvi Singel, who was also listed at the Israeli football association as a player of lower division club, Hapoel Beit HaShita. as a result, Afula lost their Liga Alef status, and Hapoel Netanya took their place in Liga Alef. ^[2]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Afula	3	3	0	0	14	1	14	6	Disqualified, relegated to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	2	0	1	4	6	-2	4	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Netanya	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1	Promoted to Liga Alef
4	Maccabi Sha'arayim	3	0	1	2	1	9	–8	1	Relegated to Liga Bet

References

Conclusion of the 1958/9 football season in Liga Bet Heruth, 7.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Hapoel Afula almost certain in Liga Alef Maariv, 7.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Hapoel Balfouria and Beer Sheva in Liga Alef Davar, 14.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

↑ Who and who in Liga Bet? Heruth, 20.9.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel Afula disqualified Maariv, 5.7.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

v t e Liga Alef

North	Ahva Arraba Beitar Nahariya F.C. Givat Olga F.C. Karmiel Safed Hapoel Asi Gilboa Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata Maccabi Kafr Kanna Maccabi Tzur Shalom

South	Beitar Kfar Saba Bnei Eilat F.C. Kafr Qasim Hapoel Azor Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Sha'arayim Sektzia Nes Tziona

Seasons (third level)	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 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

See also: Liga Artzit

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