1962–63 Liga Gimel

The 1962–63 Liga Gimel season saw 158 clubs competing in 14 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.

Beitar Safed, Beitar Nahariya, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek, Shefa-'Amr Club, Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel, F.C. Even Yehuda, Maccabi Herzliya, Beitar Ezra, Hapoel Bnei Zion, Hapoel HaTzafon Jerusalem, Beitar Ekron, Maccabi Ashkelon, Hapoel Avraham Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Dorot won their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Bet.

Second placed clubs, Hapoel Afikim, Beitar Acre, Hapoel Pardesiya, Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah were also promoted.

Eastern Galilee Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Beitar Safed 14 – – – 37 6 +31 23 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Kfar Giladi 14 – – – 30 13 +17 20
3 Hapoel Hulata 14 – – – 28 30 −2 15
4 Nevatim Safed 14 – – – 17 23 −6 15
5 Hapoel Ayelet HaShahar 14 – – – 36 23 +13 14
6 Hapoel Dan 14 – – – 23 26 −3 8
7 Beitar Tiberias 14 – – – 24 48 −24 8
8 Hapoel Kivshan 14 – – – 9 33 −24 4[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Kivshan failed to show for three fixtures and were punished with suspension of activity by the Israel Football Association.

Western Galilee Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Beitar Nahariya 14 – – – 40 3 +37 28 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Shlomi 14 – – – 36 16 +20 18
3 Hapoel Matzuva 14 – – – 33 25 +8 17
4 Al Ahly Majd al-Krum 14 – – – 32 24 +8 16
5 Hapoel Tarshiha 14 – – – 23 35 −12 12
6 Hapoel Hanita 14 – – – 20 29 −9 10[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hapoel Ma'alot 14 – – – 15 34 −19 8[lower-alpha 1]
8 Isasbest Nahariya 14 – – – 4 37 −33 3[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Hanita, Hapoel Ma'alot and Isasbest Nahariya failed to show for more than three fixtures and were suspended by the Israel Football Association.

Valleys Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 28 – – – 102 14 +88 50 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Afikim 28 – – – 129 27 +102 50
3 Maccabi Afula 28 – – – 104 15 +89 48
4 Hapoel Beit She'an 28 – – – 60 32 +28 38
5 Hapoel Sde Nahum 28 – – – 69 41 +28 38
6 Hapoel Sharona\Kfar Kama 28 – – – 56 69 −13 28
7 Hapoel Neve Eitan 28 – – – 59 42 +17 26
8 Hapoel Tel Yosef 28 – – – 50 54 −4 24
9 Hapoel Beit Keshet 28 – – – 44 71 −27 21
10 Beitar Afula 28 – – – 48 66 −18 20
11 Hapoel Yardena 28 – – – 34 59 −25 17
12 Hapoel Ein Harod 28 – – – 46 73 −27 16
13 Beitar Beit She'an 28 – – – 28 96 −68 16
14 Maccabi Beit She'an 28 – – – 27 92 −65 15
15 Hapoel Kfar Baruch 28 – – – 19 114 −95 3
Source:

Haifa Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Shefa-'Amr Club 24 – – – 70 20 +50 41 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Beitar Acre 24 – – – 71 29 +42 39
3 Hapoel Tel Hanan 24 – – – 53 19 +34 37
4 Maccabi Kfar Ata 24 – – – 68 51 +17 31
5 Al-Amal Acre 24 – – – 51 29 +22 29
6 Hapoel Ein HaMifratz 24 – – – 50 35 +15 23
7 Beitar Kiryat Tiv'on 24 – – – 32 44 −12 21
8 Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth 24 – – – 42 52 −10 18
9 Beitar Tel Hanan 24 – – – 24 41 −17 18
10 Hapoel Yokneam 24 – – – 27 43 −16 14
11 Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on 24 – – – 33 58 −25 13
12 Maccabi Tel Hanan 24 – – – 22 63 −41 12
13 Beitar Shprintzak 24 – – – 18 77 −59 8
Source:

Carmel Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel 20 – – – 95 10 +85 37 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Karkur 20 – – – 56 23 +33 32
3 Hapoel Beit Eliezer 20 – – – 50 15 +35 29
4 Beitar Tirat HaCarmel 20 – – – 56 21 +35 26
5 Hapoel Geva HaCarmel 20 – – – 41 46 −5 21
6 Beitar Hadera 20 – – – 37 45 −8 20
7 Hapoel Or Akiva 20 – – – 32 40 −8 19
8 Hapoel Kfar Glikson 20 – – – 32 58 −26 11
9 Beitar Atlit 20 – – – 18 49 −31 10
10 Hapoel Beit Oren 20 – – – 13 54 −41 5
11 Beitar Zikhron Ya'akov 20 – – – 20 89 −69 4
Source:

Samaria Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 F.C. Even Yehuda 26 – – – 95 12 +83 48 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Pardesiya 26 – – – 90 20 +70 45
3 Hapoel HaSharon HaTzfoni 26 – – – 66 26 +40 36
4 Hapoel Beit Yitzhak 26 – – – 66 42 +24 33
5 Beitar Zvi Netanya 26 – – – 57 40 +17 33
6 Hapoel Tel Mond 26 – – – 68 38 +30 31
7 Hapoel Mishmar HaSharon 26 – – – 69 54 +15 31
8 Hapoel Kfar Yona 26 – – – 57 57 0 25
9 Maccabi Beit Lid 26 – – – 42 67 −25 23
10 Hapoel Yanuv 26 – – – 41 61 −20 15
11 Hapoel Kadima 26 – – – 24 76 −52 14
12 Hapoel Burgata 26 – – – 27 79 −52 13
13 Maccabi Amidar Netanya 26 – – – 21 76 −55 13[lower-alpha 1]
14 Hapoel Maor 26 – – – 6 81 −75 4[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Maccabi Amidar Netanya and Hapoel Maor failed to show for more than three fixtures and were suspended by the Israel Football Association.

Sharon Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Maccabi Herzliya 22 – – – 85 11 +74 38[lower-alpha 1] Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Shefayim 22 – – – 72 15 +57 38
3 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 22 – – – 95 18 +77 36
4 Hapoel Ramatayim 22 – – – 64 24 +40 32
5 Hapoel Rosh HaAyin 22 – – – 40 25 +15 26[lower-alpha 1]
6 Hapoel Tira 22 – – – 34 40 −6 21
7 Hapoel Nof Yam 22 – – – 32 39 −7 18
8 Beitar Kfar Saba 22 – – – 37 70 −33 15
9 Beitar Ramat HaSharon 22 – – – 29 69 −40 14
10 Beitar Rosh HaAyin 22 – – – 16 64 −48 9
11 Beitar Magdiel 22 – – – 19 84 −65 9
12 Hapoel Jaljulia 22 – – – 11 72 −61 6
Source:
Notes:
  1. Maccabi Herzliya defeated Hapoel Rosh HaAyin 1-0 in away match. The match was postponed and held at 14 September 1963. As a result, Maccabi Herzliya surpassed Hapoel Shefayim on the league table and were promoted to Liga Bet.[1]

Tel Aviv Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Beitar Ezra 25 – – – 86 21 +65 42 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 25 – – – 74 23 +51 42[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hapoel Sha'ariya 25 – – – 41 16 +25 35
4 HaKochav Or Yehuda 25 – – – 58 46 +12 31
5 Beitar Bat Yam 25 – – – 52 25 +27 29
6 Hapoel Ezra 25 – – – 50 36 +14 27
7 Kedma Club 25 – – – 35 38 −3 23
8 Beitar Petah Tikva 25 – – – 43 58 −15 23
9 Beitar Ganei Tikva 25 – – – 48 67 −19 23
10 Maccabi Ramat Hen 25 – – – 56 49 +7 22
11 Beitar Ramat Gan 25 – – – 42 45 −3 21
12 Maccabi Ein Ganim 25 – – – 17 62 −45 8[lower-alpha 2]
13 Beitar Jaffa 13 – – – 16 34 −18 4[lower-alpha 3]
14 Beitar Or Yehuda 25 – – – 19 117 −98 4
Source:
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Kfar Shalem were promoted to Liga Bet by the Israel Football Association, after winning a special draw, in order to make an even number of clubs in Liga Bet North B division.[2]
  2. Maccabi Ein Ganim failed to show in most of the second round and were suspended by the Israel Football Association.
  3. Beitar Jaffa entered the league in the second round.

Central Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hapoel Bnei Zion 22 – – – 69 30 +39 40 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah 22 – – – 70 19 +51 35
3 Beitar Rehovot 22 – – – 49 32 +17 30
4 Hapoel Zarnuga 22 – – – 60 31 +29 27
5 Beitar Rishon LeZion 22 – – – 46 27 +19 27
6 Beitar Mahane Israel 22 – – – 32 41 −9 21
7 Maccabi Kfar Gvirol 22 – – – 44 39 +5 20
8 Hapoel Givat Brenner 22 – – – 37 43 −6 19
9 Beitar Yehud 22 – – – 25 43 −18 15
10 Hapoel Beit Dagan 22 – – – 21 58 −37 11
11 Hapoel Zeitan 22 – – – 24 55 −31 10[lower-alpha 1]
12 Beitar Beit Dagan 22 – – – 11 78 −67 6
Source:
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Zeitan failed to show for away fixtures in the second round and were suspended by the Israel Football Association.

Hapoel Shmuel Ramla were suspended from the league at the beginning of the season.

Jerusalem Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hapoel HaTzafon Jerusalem 12 – – – 36 6 +30 21 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Beit Shemesh 12 – – – 29 6 +23 17
3 Hapoel HaDarom Jerusalem 12 – – – 19 25 −6 12
4 Hapoel Ein Karem 12 – – – 18 16 +2 11
5 Maccabi Jerusalem 12 – – – 21 27 −6 10
6 Beitar Beit Shemesh 12 – – – 16 24 −8 9
7 Beitar Ein Karem 12 – – – 8 43 −35 2
Source:

Beitar Amatzia folded at the beginning of the season.

South A Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Beitar Ekron 16 – – – 49 11 +38 30 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Gedera 16 – – – 33 15 +18 23
3 Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi 16 – – – 39 12 +27 22
4 Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi 16 – – – 30 23 +7 17
5 Hapoel Hatzav 16 – – – 26 23 +3 15
6 Beitar Gedera 16 – – – 28 38 −10 13
7 Hapoel Yinon 16 – – – 25 41 −16 8
8 Hapoel Azrikam 16 – – – 14 39 −25 6[lower-alpha 1]
9 Maccabi Ekron 16 – – – 14 56 −42 2
Source:
Notes:
  1. Hapoel Azrikam failed to show in the second round fixtures and were punished with suspension of activity by the Israel Football Association.

South B Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Maccabi Ashkelon 20 – – – 52 26 +26 33 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Gat 20 – – – 68 22 +46 32
3 Beitar Ashkelon 20 – – – 44 31 +13 27
4 Hapoel Ashdod 20 – – – 68 34 +34 26
5 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 20 – – – 27 30 −3 18
6 Hapoel Nehora 20 – – – 32 43 −11 17
7 Hapoel Shtulim 20 – – – 25 47 −22 15
8 Hapoel Sde Uziyahu 20 – – – 38 40 −2 14
9 Hapoel Beit Ezra 20 – – – 35 52 −17 14
10 Maccabi Ashdod 20 – – – 22 36 −14 13
11 Beitar Ashdod 20 – – – 20 70 −50 7
Source:

Negev A Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hapoel Avraham Be'er Sheva 14 – – – 60 11 +49 26 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Dimona 14 – – – 40 17 +23 21
3 Beitar Dimona 14 – – – 28 18 +10 18
4 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 14 – – – 25 27 −2 11
5 Hapoel Kfar Yeruham 14 – – – 25 23 +2 9
6 Hapoel Mashabei Sadeh 14 – – – 21 51 −30 8
7 Beitar Ofakim 14 – – – 17 45 −28 7
8 Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon 14 – – – 9 33 −24 6
Source:

Negev B Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hapoel Dorot 20 – – – 87 22 +65 36 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Be'eri 20 – – – 72 23 +49 32
3 Hapoel Shelahim 20 – – – 46 36 +10 24
4 Hapoel Erez 20 – – – 51 38 +13 21
5 Hapoel Or HaNer 20 – – – 47 48 −1 21
6 Hapoel Bror Hayil 20 – – – 46 53 −7 20
7 Hapoel Nir Yitzhak 20 – – – 37 52 −15 19
8 Hapoel Gevim 20 – – – 31 40 −9 17
9 Hapoel Mefalsim 20 – – – 33 50 −17 14
10 Hapoel Netivot 20 – – – 22 65 −43 8
11 Hapoel Sha'ariyot 20 – – – 20 65 −45 6
Source:

Hapoel Patish\Maslul, Hapoel Ein HaShlosha and Hapoel Yakhini were all folded during the first round.

See also

References
  1. Maccabi Herzliya promoted to Liga Bet Davar, 15 September 1963, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. FA approved: 16 in Leumit in the next season Maariv, 13 October 1963, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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