2006–07 Liga Bet

The 2006–07 Liga Bet season saw Beitar Ihud Mashhad (champions of the North A division), Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm (champions of the North B division), Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona (champions of the South A division) and Maccabi Ironi Netivot (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 with the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef. In the north section, Ironi Tiberias (from North B division) won the play-offs and was promoted. In the south section, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon from Liga Alef won over both runners-up and remained in Liga Alef. However, since Hapoel Maxim Lod folded over the summer, South A division runner-up, Beitar Kfar Saba was also promoted.

At the bottom, Hapoel Kisra, Hapoel Deir Hanna (from North A division), Hapoel Kiryat Ono, Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaffa (from South A division), Maccabi Kiryat Ekron and Hapoel Bnei Lakhish (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel. In North B division, Hapoel Tel Hanan and Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel were both had their activity suspended during the season and were demoted to Liga Gimel.

North A Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Beitar Ihud Mashhad 30 25 4 1 69 22 +47 79 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Ahva Arraba 30 24 1 5 62 14 +48 70[lower-alpha 1] Promotion play-offs
3 Maccabi Tamra 30 21 5 4 65 28 +37 67[lower-alpha 2]
4 Hapoel Bi'ina 30 16 1 13 57 49 +8 49
5 Hapoel Karmiel 30 13 8 9 50 28 +22 47
6 Maccabi Sha'ab 30 13 8 9 44 39 +5 47
7 Maccabi Kabul 30 12 8 10 47 38 +9 44
8 Bnei Abu Snan 30 13 4 13 42 41 +1 43
9 Maccabi Kafr Sumei 30 9 6 15 62 54 +8 33
10 Maccabi Kafr Yasif 30 9 5 16 41 59 −18 32
11 Hapoel Yanuh 30 8 6 16 39 63 −24 30
12 Hapoel Halat el-Sharif Tamra 30 8 5 17 32 53 −21 29
13 Beitar Kafr Kanna 30 8 5 17 36 60 −24 29
14 Hapoel Sakhnin 30 10 5 15 49 60 −11 23[lower-alpha 3]
15 Hapoel Kisra 30 6 4 20 26 65 −39 22 Relegated to Liga Gimel
16 Hapoel Deir Hanna 30 5 5 20 35 83 −48 18[lower-alpha 4] Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded
Source:
Notes:
  1. 3 points deducted?
  2. 1 point deducted?
  3. 12 points deducted?
  4. 2 points deducted?

North B Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm 26 20 5 1 58 18 +40 65 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Ironi Tiberias 26 17 7 2 62 18 +44 58 Promotion play-offs
3 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 26 17 7 2 50 15 +35 57[lower-alpha 1]
4 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 26 11 8 7 49 29 +20 41
5 Hapoel Iksal 26 11 7 8 44 32 +12 40
6 Maccabi Tur'an 26 8 9 9 38 40 −2 33
7 Ihud Bnei Baka 26 8 7 11 33 43 −10 31
8 Maccabi Or Akiva 26 8 4 14 31 52 −21 28
9 Maccabi Kafr Qara 26 7 6 13 32 44 −12 27
10 Hapoel Yokneam 26 7 4 15 23 39 −16 23[lower-alpha 2]
11 F.C. Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur 26 5 8 13 25 41 −16 23
12 Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel 26 6 5 15 29 59 −30 23
13 Hapoel Isfiya 26 5 6 15 28 62 −34 21
14 Hapoel Ar'ara 26 5 11 10 21 31 −10 18[lower-alpha 3]
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted?
  2. 2 points deducted?
  3. 8 points deducted?

During the season, Hapoel Tel Hanan and Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel failed to show to fixtures and were punished with suspension of activity, their record was annulled and the clubs were demoted to Liga Gimel.[1][2]

South A Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Kfar Yona 30 22 5 3 69 20 +49 71 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Beitar Kfar Saba 30 21 5 4 61 26 +35 68 Promotion play-offs
3 Hapoel Azor 30 20 3 7 74 37 +37 63
4 Shimshon Bnei Tayibe 40 18 8 14 52 24 +28 62
5 Hapoel Hod HaSharon 30 14 6 10 41 40 +1 48
6 Hapoel Hadera 30 11 9 10 58 42 +16 42
7 Beitar Ramat Gan 30 11 4 15 43 54 −11 37
8 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 30 9 9 12 37 44 −7 36
9 Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan 30 10 5 15 38 56 −18 35
10 Otzma F.C. Holon 30 8 10 12 25 33 −8 34
11 Hapoel Qalansawe 30 10 4 16 35 52 −17 33[lower-alpha 1]
12 F.C. Kafr Qasim 30 8 7 15 30 40 −10 31
13 Beitar Pardes Hanna 30 8 7 15 32 46 −14 31
14 Hapoel Ramat Israel 30 8 7 15 37 53 −16 31
15 Hapoel Kiryat Ono 30 8 6 16 28 42 −14 30 Relegated to Liga Gimel
16 Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaffa 30 3 7 20 24 75 −51 16
Source:
Notes:
  1. One point deducted.

South B Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Netivot 30 22 7 1 51 12 +39 73 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom 30 20 6 4 85 23 +62 66 Promotion play-offs
3 Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov 30 19 7 4 57 26 +31 64
4 Hapoel Merhavim 30 13 9 8 57 35 +22 48
5 Maccabi Sderot 30 14 8 8 55 28 +27 47[lower-alpha 1]
6 Beitar Ma'ale Adumim 30 13 8 9 58 34 +24 47
7 Maccabi Sha'arayim 30 11 7 12 51 52 −1 40
8 F.C. Dimona 30 10 6 14 36 55 −19 36
9 Hapoel Tirat Shalom 30 10 5 15 50 48 +2 35
10 Hapoel Tel Sheva 30 8 10 12 39 46 −7 34
11 Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev 30 7 12 11 27 40 −13 33
12 Mo'adon Tzeirei Rahat 30 8 9 13 42 55 −13 33
13 Hapoel Jaljulia 30 9 5 16 44 61 −17 32
14 Hapoel Oranit 30 8 5 17 37 68 −31 29
15 Maccabi Kiryat Ekron 30 5 8 17 26 75 −49 21[lower-alpha 2] Relegated to Liga Gimel
16 Hapoel Bnei Lakhish 30 4 6 20 25 82 −57 12[lower-alpha 3] Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded
Source:
Notes:
  1. 3 points deducted?
  2. Two points deducted.
  3. 6 points deducted?

Promotion play-offs

North play-off

Liga Bet North A and North B runners-up, Ahva Arraba and Ironi Tiberias faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Kafr Sumei. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Green Stadium.

Hapoel Kafr Sumei3 - 4Ahva Arraba
Ironi Tiberias3 - 3Hapoel Kafr Sumei
Ironi Tiberias2 - 0Ahva Arraba
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ironi Tiberias 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Ahva Arraba 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 Remained in Liga Bet
3 Hapoel Kafr Sumei 2 0 1 1 6 7 −1 1 Relegated to Liga Bet
Source:

Ironi Tiberias won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.

South play-off

Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Beitar Kfar Saba and Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Bat Yam Municipal Stadium.

Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom2 - 2Beitar Kfar Saba
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon3 - 0Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon3 - 0Beitar Kfar Saba
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Remained in Liga Alef
2 Beitar Kfar Saba 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1 Remained in Liga Bet
Source:

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon won the play-offs to retain its place in Liga Alef. Since Hapoel Maxim Lod folded during the summer break, Beitar Kfar Saba was promoted as well, as they had better winning percentage of the two Liga Bet south divisions' runners-up.

References
  • The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  • The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  • The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  • The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
  • Play-off Liga Alef/Liga Bet One (in Hebrew)
  1. (item no. 14), Israeli Football Association, 27.3.2007 (in Hebrew)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-06-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (item no. 17), Israeli Football Association, 25.4.2007 (in Hebrew)
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