1940 Palestine League

Palestine League
Season	1940
Champions	Hapoel Tel Aviv 4th title
Matches played	54
Goals scored	210 (3.89 per match)
← 1939 1941–42 →

The 1940 Palestine League was the eighth season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine. The defending champions were Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Eight clubs took part in the league. The league was played between 27 January^[1] and 29 June 1940.^[2] All clubs completed their schedule of 14 matches.

The championship was won by defending champions Hapoel Tel Aviv.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	14	10	3	1	31	12	2.583	23	Champions
2	Beitar Tel Aviv	14	8	3	3	43	8	5.375	19
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14	8	2	4	46	14	3.286	18
4	Maccabi Nes Tziona	14	6	4	4	24	28	0.857	16
5	Hapoel Haifa	14	5	2	7	22	34	0.647	12
6	Hakoah Tel Aviv	14	4	4	6	12	25	0.480	12
7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	14	5	0	9	32	42	0.762	10
8	Hapoel Herzliya	14	0	2	12	6	53	0.113	2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 1940. Source: IFA

Results

Home ╲ Away	Beitar Tel Aviv !BTA	Hakoah Tel Aviv !HKT	Hapoel Haifa !HHA	Hapoel Herzliya !HHE	Hapoel Tel Aviv !HTA	Maccabi Nes Tziona !MNZ	Maccabi Petah Tikva !MPT	Maccabi Tel Aviv !MTA
Beitar Tel Aviv !Beitar Tel Aviv		0–0	4–2	7–0	3–0	9–0	3–0	0–0
Hakoah Tel Aviv !Hakoah Tel Aviv	0–0		0–2	1–0	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–1
Hapoel Haifa !Hapoel Haifa	2–4	2–1		3–0	0–3	2–3	3–2	0–5
Hapoel Herzliya !Hapoel Herzliya	0–4	0–1	0–0		1–2	2–2	2–6	0–4
Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	5–2	1–1	6–0		0–0	2–1	2–1
Maccabi Nes Tziona !Maccabi Nes Tziona	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1		2–3	1–4
Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–9	7–1	7–1	2–0	1–3	1–2		1–5
Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	3–0	1–3	11–0	1–2	0–3	8–1

Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

RSSSF
Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

↑ The Rain Shut Down Sport Activities Over the Weekend HaBoker, 28 January 1940, viar archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
↑ End of the Football Season – Hapoel Tel Aviv Wins Assis Cup HaBoker, 30 June 1940, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)

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1939–40 in Mandatory Palestine football
« 1938–39 1940–41 »
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

1939–40 in European football
« 1938–39 1940–41 »
Domestic leagues	Austria Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Estonia Finland '39 '40 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '39 '40 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Soviet Union '39 '40 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '39 '40 Cyprus Estonia France Germany '39 '40 Greece Hungary Italy Latvia '39 Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '39 '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '39 '40 Switzerland
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '39 '40

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