1946–47 Palestine League

Palestine League

Season	1946-47
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv 4th title
← 1944–45 1947–48 →

The 1946-47 Palestine League was the eleventh season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine. The defending champions were Hapoel Tel Aviv and the championship was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Hapoel Rehovot and Hapoel Herzliya were both relegated, whilst Hakoah Tel Aviv withdrew from league,^[1] and in the following month, merged with Hakoah 09 Tel Aviv,^[2] which have played in the second tier.

The following season was abandoned shortly after it began due to outbreak of the 1947–48 Civil War, meaning the 1946-47 season was the last completed season of the Palestine League, as following the Israeli Declaration of Independence, it was succeeded by the Israeli League. The top 12 clubs from the 1946–47 season kept their status in the new Israeli League, with the addition of promoted clubs Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa.

League table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26	22	2	2	116	30	86	46
2	Beitar Tel Aviv	26	20	3	3	90	32	58	43
3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	17	3	6	84	45	39	37
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	26	14	6	6	55	28	27	34
5	Hapoel Petah Tikva	26	13	4	9	55	30	25	30
6	Hapoel Ramat Gan	26	12	6	8	62	56	6	30
7	Maccabi Rehovot	26	10	7	9	55	58	–3	27
8	Hapoel Haifa	26	9	7	10	57	44	13	25
9	Maccabi Netanya	26	9	6	11	47	62	–15	24
10	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	26	6	7	13	39	67	–28	19
11	Maccabi Nes Tziona	26	7	4	15	52	68	–16	18
12	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	26	5	6	15	27	67	–40	16
13	Hapoel Rehovot	26	4	4	18	23	67	–44	12	Relegated
14	Hapoel Herzliya	26	0	1	25	12	100	–88	1

References

• RSSSF
• Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

1. From the EI Football Association news Hamashkif, 3.11.46, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
2. הבקר Sport HaBoker, 29.12.46, Israeli Football Association (Hebrew)