2013–14 Liga Bet

The 2013–14 Liga Bet season saw Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum (champions of the North A division), Ironi Nesher (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon (champions of the South A division) and F.C. Shikun HaMizrach (champions of the South B division) win the title and promotion to Liga Alef.

The clubs ranked 2nd to 5th in each division entered a promotion play-off, at the end of which, in the North section Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Hapoel Hod HaSharon won against their Liga Alef opponents and were promoted to Liga Alef as well.

At the bottom, F.C. Bnei Arraba (from North A division), F.C. Bu'eine (from North B division), Shimshon Bnei Tayibe (from South A division), and Hapoel Abirei Bat Yam (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.

The clubs ranked 12th to 15th in each division entered a relegation play-off, at the end of which Maccabi Tamra (from North A division), Hapoel Isfiya (from North B division), Maccabi HaSharon Netanya (from South A division) and Maccabi Sderot (from South B division) dropped to Liga Gimel as well.

North A Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1^1	Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum	30	22	5	3	64	14	50	71	Promoted to Liga Alef
2^1	Hapoel Kafr Kanna	30	22	5	3	64	25	39	71	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	30	16	4	10	54	31	23	52
4	F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda	30	15	6	9	45	43	2	51
5	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	30	15	4	11	54	52	2	49
6	Bnei Kabul	30	13	5	12	37	33	4	44
7	Hapoel Bu'eine	30	13	5	12	47	42	5	44
8	Hapoel Kaukab	30	12	2	16	35	48	-13	37^2
9	Beitar Haifa	30	11	4	15	53	62	-9	37
10	Maccabi Acre	30	10	7	13	42	46	-4	37
11	Ahi Acre	30	10	6	14	43	47	-4	36
12	Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei	30	10	5	15	45	58	-13	35	Relegation play-offs
13	Bnei Maghar	30	10	5	15	43	49	-6	35
14	Maccabi Tamra	30	7	8	15	32	55	-23	29
15	Hapoel Sakhnin	30	7	5	18	28	61	-33	26
16	F.C. Bnei Arraba	30	7	4	19	27	47	-20	25	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. As ranking in Liga Bet is not set by any other criteria other than points, a match was played between Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum and Hapoel Kafr Kanna to determine which club will be ranked 1st (and thus will be promoted directly to Liga Alef) and which will be ranked 2nd, and will play in the promotion play-offs. In the match, played on 30 April 2014 in a neutral venue, Ilut Stadium, Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum won 4–3 on penalties and was ranked 1st and promoted.^[1]
2. 1 point deducted.

North B Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Ironi Nesher	28	20	3	5	64	27	37	63	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye	28	19	5	4	73	30	43	62	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Iksal	28	18	5	5	57	28	29	59
4	Maccabi Ahi Iksal	28	17	4	7	49	40	9	55
5	Maccabi Kafr Qara	28	13	7	8	46	33	13	46
6	Maccabi Sulam	28	10	9	9	42	34	8	39
7	Maccabi Ein Mahil	28	10	5	13	40	45	-5	35
8	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	28	9	7	12	29	35	-6	34
9	F.C. Daburiyya	28	9	7	12	41	39	2	34
10	Bnei Nujeidat	28	9	5	14	42	50	-8	32
11	Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo	28	8	6	14	38	48	-10	30
12	Hapoel Isfiya	28	8	5	15	34	51	-17	29	Relegation play-offs
13	F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an	28	7	6	15	34	48	-14	27
14	Hapoel Yoqneam	28	7	5	16	44	67	-23	26
15	Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein	28	5	3	20	30	88	-58	18

F.C. Bu'eine was dismissed from the league, demoted to Liga Gimel and its results were nullified.

South A Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon	30	22	5	3	82	31	51	71	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	30	20	7	3	79	28	51	67	Promotion play-offs
3	Maccabi Kfar Yona	30	19	2	9	72	44	28	59
4	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	30	15	6	9	55	42	13	51
5	Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden	30	14	9	7	55	30	25	51
6	Beitar Ramat Gan	30	13	10	7	50	38	12	49
7	F.C. Tira	30	13	9	8	51	44	7	48
8	Hapoel Ramat Israel	30	14	4	12	64	61	3	46
9	F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim	30	12	5	13	58	47	11	41
10	Otzma F.C. Holon	30	12	2	16	55	64	-9	38
11	Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia	30	11	5	14	57	68	-11	38
12	F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda	30	8	9	13	44	49	-5	33	Relegation play-offs
13	Beitar Petah Tikva	30	7	6	17	43	66	-23	27
14	Tzafririm Holon	30	6	6	18	37	57	-20	24
15	Maccabi HaSharon Netanya	30	5	3	22	40	90	-50	18
16	Shimshon Bnei Tayibe	30	2	6	22	31	114	-83	12	Relegated to Liga Gimel

South B Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	F.C. Shikun HaMizrach	30	19	7	4	57	24	33	64	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Netivot	30	19	5	6	70	29	41	62	Promotion play-offs
3	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	30	17	7	6	71	31	40	58
4	Ironi Modi'in	30	16	9	5	74	39	35	57
5	Hapoel Rahat	30	17	4	9	60	43	17	54
6	F.C. Dimona	30	14	7	9	58	44	14	49
7	Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda	30	14	5	11	55	45	10	47
8	Moadon Tzeirei Rahat	30	11	6	13	51	70	-19	39
9	F.C. Be'er Sheva	30	12	2	16	56	65	-9	38
10	Bnei Yichalel Rehovot	30	11	4	15	43	44	-1	37
11	F.C. Tzeirei Tayibe	30	9	10	11	41	40	1	37
12	Ironi Beit Shemesh	30	10	5	15	45	47	-2	35	Relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Arad	30	9	4	17	35	54	-19	31
14	Beitar Ma'ale Adumim	30	7	7	16	38	66	-28	28
15	Maccabi Sderot	30	8	3	19	41	64	-23	27
16	Hapoel Abirei Bat Yam	30	4	1	25	36	126	-90	13	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Promotion Play-offs

Northern Divisions

	Division semi-finals					Division final					Regional final
	2	Hapoel Kafr Kanna	1
	5	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	4
						5	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	1
	North A division
						3	Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	2
	3	Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	0 (5)
	4	F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda	0 (4)
											3NA	Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	3
											4NB	Maccabi Ahi Iksal	1
	2	Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye	2
	5	Maccabi Kafr Qara	1
						2	Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye	2
	North B division
						4	Maccabi Ahi Iksal	4
	3	Hapoel Iksal	0
	4	Maccabi Ahi Iksal	1

Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef North division, Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel.

Promotion Play-off Match

Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel v Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha

15 May 2014	Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha	Ilut Stadium
16:30 UTC+3		Report		Referee: Arbeli
		Penalties
	El-Ali Tweel Tatur Atma Naser el-Din Zeitun Al-Kara		Tal De Kalbo Edri Zaika Levi Huari Ajam

Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel relegated to Liga Bet.

Southern Divisions

	Division semi-finals					Division final					Regional final
	2	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	2
	5	Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden	0
						2	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	3
	South A division
						3	Maccabi Kfar Yona	0
	3	Maccabi Kfar Yona	4
	4	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	2
											2SA	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	2
											5SB	Hapoel Rahat	1
	2	Maccabi Netivot	1 (2)
	5	Hapoel Rahat	1 (4)
						5	Hapoel Rahat	1
	South B division
						4	Ironi Modi'in	0
	3	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	0
	4	Ironi Modi'in	1

Hapoel Hod HaSharon qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef South division, Maccabi Be'er Sheva.

Relegation/promotion match

Maccabi Be'er Sheva v Hapoel Hod HaSharon

14 May 2014	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	0–1	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	Ramat Gan Stadium
18:00 UTC+3		Report	Menachem  89'	Referee: Hacmon

Hapoel Hod HaSharon Promoted to Liga Alef; Maccabi Be'er Sheva relegated to Liga Bet. However, they were eventually reprieved from relegation, after Ironi Bat Yam, which have finished 12th in Liga Alef South, folded during the summer.^[2]

Relegation Play-offs

Northern divisions

North A division Semi-finals Final             12 Ihud Bnei Sumei 5 15 Hapoel Sakhnin 0 15 Hapoel Sakhnin 1 14 Maccabi Tamra 0 13 Bnei Maghar 4 14 Maccabi Tamra 0 Maccabi Tamra relegated to Liga Gimel

North B division Semi-finals Final             12 Hapoel Isfiya 2 15 Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein 3 12 Hapoel Isfiya 0 13 F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an 1 13 F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an 1 14 Hapoel Yoqneam 2 Hapoel Isfiya relegated to Liga Gimel

Southern divisions

South A division Semi-finals Final             12 Ironi Or Yehuda 1 15 HaSharon Netanya 0 15 HaSharon Netanya 2 (2) 13 Beitar Petah Tikva 2 (4) 13 Beitar Petah Tikva 2 14 Tzafririm Holon 4 HaSharon Netanya relegated to Liga Gimel

South B division Semi-finals Final             12 Ironi Beit Shemesh 0 (4) 15 Maccabi Sderot 0 (2) 15 Maccabi Sderot 1 13 Hapoel Arad 3 13 Hapoel Arad 1 14 Beitar Ma'ale Adumim 2 Maccabi Sderot relegated to Liga Gimel

References

• The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
• The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
• The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
• The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

1. At the end of a great drama: Majd al-Krum promoted to Liga Alef Guy Goldfarb and Michael Wassermann, doublepass.sport5.co.il (Hebrew)
2. Ironi Bat Yam ultimately closed Goler1, 25.8.2014 (Hebrew)