1940 Liga Bet

The 1940 Liga Bet season was the second tier league of the Palestine League organized by the EIFA. The league was split into three regional divisions: North, Samaria and South. The Samaria division was won by Degel Zion Tel Aviv, while Hapoel Hadera won the North division and a British military team, RSG, which competed in the league as a guest, won the South Division.

At the end of the season, Degel Zion, Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Rishon LeZion (who finished as runners-up in the South division) competed for promotions to the top division. Hapoel Rishon leZion and Degel Zion won the two top places and were promoted.

Regular season results

North division

8 teams competed in the division, with Hapoel Hadera winning the league with a perfect record.

League Clubs:

Bar Kochva Haifa
Beitar Haifa
Hapoel Binyamina
Hapoel Hadera (division champions; advanced to promotion play-offs)
Hapoel Kfar Ata
Maccabi Binyamina
Maccabi Hadera
Maccabi Haifa

Samaria division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Degel Zion Tel Aviv	18	13	5	0	53	18	2.94	31
2	Egged Tel Aviv	18	13	1	4	74	25	2.96	27
3	Hapoel Ramat Gan	18	12	2	4	83	34	2.44	26
4	Hapoel Petah Tikva	18	11	3	4	71	32	2.22	25
5	Hakoah Petah Tikva	18	10	1	7	50	42	1.19	21
6	Hapoel Ra'anana	18	6	2	10	34	49	0.69	14
7	Maccabi Netanya	18	5	3	10	31	47	0.66	13
8	Hapoel Netanya	18	5	2	11	29	59	0.49	12
9	Beitar Netanya	18	3	4	11	21	67	0.31	10
10	Maccabi Ramat Gan	18	0	1	17	14	87	0.16	1

South division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	RSG Rehovot	14	11	2	1	52	21	2.48	24
2	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	14	10	2	2	38	17	2.24	22
3	Maccabi Rehovot	14	9	2	3	31	20	1.55	20
4	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	14	6	2	6	34	20	1.70	14
5	HaTehiya Tel Aviv	14	6	1	7	27	28	0.96	13
6	Hapoel Rehovot	14	5	1	8	24	39	0.62	11
7	Hegge Tel Aviv	14	4	0	10	10	36	0.28	8
8	Maccabi Gedera	14	0	0	14	9	44	0.20	0

Promotion Play-offs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	4	3	1	0	8	3	2.67	7	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Degel Zion Tel Aviv	4	2	0	2	10	5	2.00	4	Promoted to Liga Alef
3	Hapoel Hadera	4	0	1	3	2	12	0.17	1

References

1939/1940 Season Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (Hebrew)
In Liga Bet Samaria division Davar, 26.5.40, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Afula Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne

Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1941–42 1946–47 1949–50 1951–52 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 2014–15 2015–16

1939–40 in Mandatory Palestine football

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Domestic leagues	Palestine League 1939 1940 Liga Bet 1939 1940

Domestic cups	Palestine Cup

Related to national team	Results

Club seasons

Palestine League	Beitar Tel Aviv Hakoah Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Nes Tziona Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

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