2008–09 Liga Bet

The 2008–09 Liga Bet season was the last season of Liga Bet as the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system. The third tier, Liga Artzit was scrapped at the end of the season, making Liga Bet the fourth tier.

The season saw Maccabi Ironi Jatt (champions of the North A division), Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (champions of the North B division), Shimshon Bnei Tayibe (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon (champions of the South B division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Alef.

The runners-up in each division entered a promotion/relegation play-offs, which saw a change of format, as this time, the North runners-up faced each other, as well as the South runners-up, with the winner of each match faced the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef North and South divisions respectively, for a decisive matches. Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel lost to Maccabi Kafr Qara of Liga Alef North and Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva lost to Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda of Liga Alef South. However, Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva was eventually promoted to Liga Alef after a vacancy was created in the South division, since Hapoel Umm al-Fahm folded during the summer break.[1]

At the bottom, Bnei Abu Snan, Beitar Kafr Kanna (from North A division), Hapoel Deir el-Asad, Maccabi Sha'ab (from North B division), Hapoel Hod HaSharon, Maccabi Or Yehuda (from South A division), Hapoel F.C. Hevel Modi'in and Hapoel Jaljulia (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel

North A Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Ironi Jatt 30 23 4 3 74 27 +47 73 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Ahva Haifa 30 23 3 4 83 38 +45 72 Promotion play-offs
3 Hapoel Kafr Sumei 30 17 5 8 69 44 +25 56
4 Hapoel Sakhnin 30 14 5 11 62 52 +10 47
5 Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo 30 13 8 9 54 40 +14 47
6 F.C. Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur 30 13 4 13 47 50 −3 43
7 Hapoel Kaukab 30 12 5 13 45 48 −3 41
8 Hapoel Isfiya 30 11 5 14 61 71 −10 38
9 Beitar Nahariya 30 10 8 12 53 47 +6 38
10 Hapoel Ar'ara 30 10 5 15 54 68 −14 35
11 Hapoel Iksal 30 15 4 11 54 46 +8 32[lower-alpha 1]
12 Ahi Acre 30 9 5 16 50 71 −21 32
13 Hapoel Karmiel 30 9 4 17 45 55 −10 31
14 Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot 30 8 7 15 37 61 −24 31
15 Bnei Abu Snan 30 8 5 17 37 64 −27 25[lower-alpha 2] Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded
16 Beitar Kafr Kana 30 4 5 21 35 78 −43 17 Relegated to Liga Gimel
Source:
Notes:
  1. 17 points deducted.
  2. 4 points deducted.

North B Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 30 25 3 2 98 29 +69 78 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel 30 23 3 4 110 36 +74 72 Promotion play-offs
3 Beitar Haifa 30 19 4 7 97 43 +54 61
4 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 30 13 9 8 72 52 +20 48
5 Hapoel Umm al-Ghanam/Nein 30 13 6 11 63 56 +7 45
6 F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda 30 11 7 12 53 59 −6 40
7 Maccabi Kabul 30 11 7 12 52 57 −5 40
8 Hapoel Halat el-Sharif Tamra 30 12 3 15 51 65 −14 39
9 Maccabi Beit She'an 30 11 5 14 74 71 +3 38
10 Ihud Bnei Baka 30 10 7 13 57 70 −13 37
11 Maccabi Barta'a 30 9 8 13 53 61 −8 35
12 Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha 30 11 3 16 67 77 −10 34[lower-alpha 1]
13 Hapoel Nahariya 30 10 4 16 63 86 −23 34
14 Maccabi Kafr Sumei 30 9 6 15 40 67 −27 33[lower-alpha 2]
15 Hapoel Deir el-Asad 30 9 6 15 50 86 −36 33[lower-alpha 2] Relegated to Liga Gimel
16 Maccabi Sha'ab 30 2 3 25 24 109 −85 8[lower-alpha 3]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Two points deducted.
  2. As ranking in Liga Bet is not set by any other criteria other than points, a match was played between Maccabi Kafr Sumei and Hapoel Deir el-Asad to determine which club will be ranked 14th (and thus will be remained in Liga Bet) and which will be ranked 15th, and will be relegated to Liga Gimel. In the match, played on 16 May 2009 in a neutral venue, Beit She'an Municipal Stadium, Maccabi Kafr Sumei won 2–0 and was ranked 14th and remained in Liga Bet.[2]
  3. One point deducted.

South A Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Shimshon Bnei Tayibe 30 25 4 1 67 15 +52 79 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva 30 24 4 2 75 18 +57 76 Promotion play-offs
3 Hapoel Azor 30 18 5 7 72 30 +42 59
4 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 30 17 4 9 57 33 +24 55
5 F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda 30 15 6 9 49 38 +11 51
6 Otzma F.C. Holon 30 11 6 13 51 52 −1 39
7 F.C. Bnei Jaffa 30 11 5 14 40 39 +1 38
8 F.C. Kafr Qasim 30 10 7 13 40 42 −2 37
9 Hapoel Pardesiya 30 9 9 12 39 44 −5 36
10 Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan 30 9 9 12 44 56 −12 36
11 Ortodoxim Jaffa 30 9 8 13 35 40 −5 35
12 Beitar Ramat Gan 30 8 10 12 41 42 −1 34
13 Hapoel Ramat Israel 30 7 11 12 31 53 −22 32
14 Maccabi HaSharon Netanya 30 8 7 15 32 53 −21 31
15 Hapoel Hod HaSharon 30 8 5 17 34 63 −29 29 Relegated to Liga Gimel
16 Maccabi Or Yehuda 30 0 2 28 18 107 −89 2
Source:

South B Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 30 24 4 2 63 16 +47 76 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Sderot 30 22 6 2 64 21 +43 72 Promotion play-offs
3 Bnei Eilat 30 20 5 5 74 18 +56 65
4 F.C. Dimona 30 15 6 9 53 36 +17 51
5 Beitar Ma'ale Adumim 30 14 5 11 49 36 +13 47
6 Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov 30 14 5 11 64 57 +7 47
7 Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev 30 13 5 12 47 33 +14 44
8 F.C. Be'er Sheva 30 11 5 14 43 48 −5 38
9 F.C. Shikun HaMizrach 30 11 5 14 45 51 −6 38
10 Hapoel Merhavim 30 10 8 12 48 56 −8 38
11 Maccabi Sha'arayim 30 10 7 13 35 36 −1 37
12 Ortodoxim Lod 30 10 3 17 44 70 −26 33
13 Hapoel Tirat Shalom 30 9 5 16 35 56 −21 32
14 Mo'adon Tzeirei Rahat 30 8 5 17 39 62 −23 29
15 Hapoel F.C. Hevel Modi'in 30 5 3 22 33 86 −53 18 Relegated to Liga Gimel
16 Hapoel Jaljulia 30 5 1 24 28 82 −54 16
Source:

Promotion play-offs

North play-off

Liga Bet North A and North B runners-up, Hapoel Ahva Haifa and Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel faced each other. The winner advanced to the decisive play-off match against the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Maccabi Kafr Qara.

Hapoel Ahva Haifa0–1Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel
Report (in Hebrew)

Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel qualified for the decisive play-off match against Maccabi Kafr Qara.

Maccabi Kafr Qara1–0 (a.e.t.)Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel
Report (in Hebrew)

Maccabi Kafr Qara remained in Liga Alef.

South play-off

Liga Bet South A and South B runners-up, Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva and Maccabi Sderot faced each other. The winner advanced to the decisive play-off match against the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda.

Maccabi Sderot0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
3-4 (pen.)		Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva
Report (in Hebrew)

Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva qualified for the decisive play-off match against Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda.

Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva0–2Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda
Report (in Hebrew)

Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda remained in Liga Alef; Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva was promoted after Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (which relegated from Liga Artzit to Liga Alef) folded during the summer.

References
  1. Now it's final: Amishav in Liga Alef and the Bik'a in Liga Bet Doublepass, 17 August 2009 (in Hebrew)
  2. Conclusion of the weekend's play-off matches in the amateur leagues Israel Football Association, 16 May 2009 (in Hebrew)
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