1976–77 Liga Bet

The 1976–77 Liga Bet season was the first in which Liga Bet was the fourth tier of Israeli football due to the formation of Liga Artzit.

Hapoel Tiberias, Hapoel Beit Eliezer, Hapoel Kiryat Ono and Hapoel Lod won their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.

North Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Tiberias	26	35	19	16	36	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Kiryat Ata	26	46	27	19	35
3	Hapoel Kiryat Yam	26	47	23	24	33
4	Maccabi Neve Sha'anan	26	38	28	10	28
5	Hapoel Hatzor	26	41	37	4	28
6	Beitar Kiryat Shmona	26	32	34	-2	28
7	Beitar Nahariya	26	34	34	0	27
8	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	26	44	34	10	25
9	Maccabi Hatzor	26	47	50	-3	25
10	Maccabi Tiberias	26	36	48	-12	24
11	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	26	35	35	0	22
12	Hapoel Majd al-Krum	26	31	44	-13	18
13	Hapoel Bnei Acre	26	25	44	-19	17	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Beitar Tiberias	26	22	56	-34	14	Relegated to Liga Gimel

North Division B

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Beit Eliezer	26	52	14	38	39	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	26	53	24	29	34
3	Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov	26	49	30	19	34
4	Hapoel Kafr Sulam	26	43	35	8	29
5	Maccabi HaSharon Netanya	26	34	36	-2	28
6	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	26	47	44	3	26
7	Hapoel Givat Olga	26	37	37	0	26
8	Hapoel Geva HaCarmel	26	33	42	-9	23
9	Hapoel HaTzair Haifa	26	41	44	-3	22
10	Hapoel Kafr Qara	26	29	36	-7	22
11	Hapoel Tayibe	26	26	37	-11	22
12	Hapoel Binyamina	26	37	47	-10	21
13	Beitar Dov Netanya	26	35	49	-14	21	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Hapoel Afula	26	33	74	-41	9	Relegated to Liga Gimel

South Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	26	70	21	49	45	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	26	53	22	31	39
3	Tzafririm Holon	26	28	26	2	29
4	Beitar Herzliya	26	33	32	1	29
5	Beitar Mahane Yehuda	26	28	23	5	28
6	Beitar Holon	26	41	42	-1	28
7	Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba	26	33	35	-2	28
8	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	26	34	31	3	26
9	Beitar Jaffa	26	29	36	-7	25
10	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	26	43	42	1	21
11	Beitar Bat Yam	26	30	35	-5	21
12	Beitar Ramat Gan	26	27	34	-7	21
13	Maccabi Yehud	26	26	42	-16	18	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Hapoel Giv'atayim	26	15	69	-54	4	Relegated to Liga Gimel

South Division B

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Lod	26	48	16	32	38	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	26	39	23	16	32
3	Maccabi Ashkelon	26	44	36	8	29
4	Maccabi Ramla	26	40	33	7	28
5	Beitar Be'er Sheva	26	41	42	-1	28
6	Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi	26	38	41	-3	26
7	Hapoel Eilat	26	22	29	-7	26
8	Hapoel Merhavim	26	47	39	8	25
9	Hapoel Kiryat Gat	26	38	43	-5	23
10	Hapoel Ofakim	26	34	40	-6	23
11	Hapoel Gedera	26	26	36	-10	23
12	Maccabi Rehovot	26	39	48	-9	22
13	Beitar Ashkelon	26	37	49	-12	22	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah	26	25	43	-18	17	Relegated to Liga Gimel

References

Beit Eliezer - Almost relegated - Promoted at Saturday (Page 9) Hadshot HaSport, 17.4.77, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
Liga Bet (Page 9) Hadshot HaSport, 24.4.77, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
Liga Bet (Page 7) Hadshot HaSport, 2.5.77, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)

Fourth Level Israeli football league seasons

North A	Ahi Acre Ahva Arraba Ahva Kafr Manda Al-Nahda Nazareth Beitar Haifa Hapoel Bnei Maghar Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Ironi Bnei I'billin Hapoel Ironi Safed Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Sakhnin Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Ironi Acre

North B	F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an Hapoel Bnei Nujeidat Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo Hapoel Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Sulam

South A	Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Tira F.C. Tzeiri Tayibe Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Otzma Holon

South B	Agudat Sport Holon Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Yavne Bnei Eilat Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Be'er Sheva F.C. Bnei Ra'anana F.C. Dimona Hapoel Arad Hapoel Merhavim Hapoel Rahat Ironi Beit Shemesh Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Netivot Tzeirei Rahat

Seasons (fourth level)	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 2014–15