1979–80 Liga Bet

The 1979–80 Liga Bet season saw Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, Maccabi Or Akiva, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin and Maccabi Be'er Sheva win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.^[1]

At the bottom, Maccabi Tiberias, Beitar al-Amal Nazareth (from North A division), Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov, Maccabi HaSharon Netanya (from North B division), Beitar Holon, Beitar Jaffa (from South A division), Hapoel Ofakim and Hapoel Kiryat Gat (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel

North Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr	26	90	26	64	47	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	26	53	32	21	36
3	Hapoel Kfar Kama	26	52	38	14	29
4	Maccabi Acre	26	54	44	10	27
5	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	26	34	49	-15	26
6	Maccabi Neve Sha'anan	26	29	31	-2	25
7	Maccabi Afula	26	34	48	-14	24
8	Hapoel Bnei Acre	26	36	43	-7	23
9	Hapoel Hatzor	26	33	36	-3	22
10	Maccabi Hatzor	26	44	51	-7	22
11	Beitar Kiryat Shmona	26	30	47	-17	22
12	Hapoel Safed	26	40	36	4	20
13	Maccabi Tiberias	26	40	50	-10	20	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Beitar al-Amal Nazareth	26	34	72	-38	15	Relegated to Liga Gimel

North Division B

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Or Akiva	26	54	27	27	39	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Kafr Sulam	26	44	27	17	32
3	Maccabi Fureidis	26	45	37	8	29
4	Hapoel Givat Haim	26	35	36	-1	28
5	Hapoel Nahliel	26	25	23	2	27
6	Hapoel Kiryat Yam	26	41	38	3	26
7	Hapoel Afula	26	45	49	-4	25
8	Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel	26	31	35	-4	25
9	Hapoel Tayibe	26	25	36	-11	25
10	Hapoel Kafr Qara	26	34	36	-2	24
11	Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba	26	38	52	-14	24
12	Hapoel HaTzair Haifa	26	36	29	7	23
13	Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov	26	32	42	-10	22	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Maccabi HaSharon Netanya	26	20	44	-24	13	Relegated to Liga Gimel

South Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin	26	60	25	35	36	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Tzafririm Holon ¹	26	50	17	33	36
3	Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan	26	43	11	32	33
4	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	26	35	23	12	33
5	Hapoel Azor	26	40	26	14	30
6	Hapoel Ganei Tikva	26	30	40	-10	29
7	Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa	26	33	27	6	27
8	Hapoel Kiryat Shalom	26	37	33	4	27
9	Hapoel Tira	26	36	31	5	26
10	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	26	26	35	-9	22
11	Maccabi Ramla	26	26	43	-17	19
12	Beitar Herzliya ¹	26	22	38	-16	18
13	Beitar Holon	26	18	61	-43	16	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Beitar Jaffa	26	17	57	-40	12	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. Beitar Herzliya - Tzafririm Holon which ended 0-0,^[2] was awarded 2-0 to Tzafririm Holon. Prior to the last match of the season, the Israel Football Association reversed its decision, and the original result stood as is.^[1]

South Division B

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	26	46	18	28	38	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov	26	54	28	26	34
3	Hapoel Yeruham	26	40	27	13	33
4	Hapoel Merhavim	26	42	36	6	28
5	SK Nes Tziona	26	41	46	-5	26
6	Beitar Ashdod ¹	26	38	48	-10	25
7	Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi	26	35	34	1	23
8	Maccabi Rehovot	26	37	40	-3	23
9	Maccabi Ashkelon	26	29	38	-9	23
10	Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah	26	30	41	-11	22
11	Beitar Lod	26	36	44	-8	21
12	Hapoel Gedera	26	24	35	-11	21
13	Hapoel Ofakim	26	31	44	-13	21	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Hapoel Kiryat Gat ¹	26	26	35	-9	18	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. Beitar Ashdod - Hapoel Kiryat Gat which ended 1-1, was awarded 2-0 to Hapoel Kiryat Gat after Beitar Ashdod was found guilty for fielding ineligible players.^[3] Later, Beitar Ashdod was cleared of allegation, and the original result stood as is.^[4]

References

Liga Bet Maariv, 27.4.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Due to goal difference Tiberias relegated to Liga Gimel Maariv, 11.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosh HaAyin and Maccabi Be'er Sheva promoted to Liga Alef Maariv, 27.4.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Bet Maariv, 6.4.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Only 2 completion matches in Liga Bet Maariv, 4.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hakoah - Cleared of allegation for crowd trouble Maariv, 15.5.80, Historical Jewish Press (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

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