1943–44 Liga Bet

Palestinian association football competition

Football league season

Palestine League Liga Bet
Season	1943–44
Matches played	61
Goals scored	290 (4.75 per match)
← 1941–42 1946–47 →

The 1943–44 Liga Bet was the fifth season of second tier football in Mandatory Palestine.

The season began on 30 October 1943,^[1] and was played until the summer break, on 24 June 1944. Initially seven teams competed in the league,^[2] but after several weeks more teams, including reserve teams of Palestine League teams were added to the line-up. By the end of the season, no team played all its matches and the season was never completed.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	HIR	BPT	MTA	BNE	HTA	MRG	HRR	BRG	MPT	BYE	MRV	BRL	HNE	EGG
1	Hapoel Itzhar Ramat Gan	13	10	1	2	52	14	3.714	21	—		3–0^[a]	5–0	5–3	5–0		2–3	9–0	8–1		3–0^[a]
2	Beitar Petah Tikva	10	8	1	1	33	12	2.750	17	3–1	—	1–1			5–2	2–0				6–3	8–1		2–0
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv B	10	7	2	1	35	16	2.188	16		2–1	—			6–1	8–3				4–1	6–2
4	Beitar Netanya	12	7	0	5	30	24	1.250	14	4–1	1–3		—	3–0^[a]	3–0^[a]	1–0	3–1	4–0	4–0^[b]			6–4
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv B	11	6	0	5	23	19	1.211	12				3–1	—	3–2		4–0				3–0^[a]
6	Maccabi Ramat Gan	15	6	1	8	26	38	0.684	13		1–2		4–3	2–1	—		2–2		1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0
7	Harari Tel Aviv	9	4	1	4	15	19	0.789	9	1–1						—	2–1	5–0	1–0		3–0^[c]
8	Beitar Ramat Gan	11	3	2	6	20	29	0.690	8					3–2	1–2		—			3–2	4–1	1–1
9	Maccabi Meir Petah Tikva	10	3	1	6	17	32	0.531	7	2–4				0–2	4–1			—				3–0^[a]	3–0
10	Bnei Yehuda	6	3	0	3	15	17	0.882	6									5–3	—		7–0
11	Maccabi Rehovot B	8	3	0	5	15	21	0.714	6			1–4		2–0						—	3–1		3–0^[a]
12	Beitar Rishon LeZion	13	2	1	10	20	45	0.444	5	0–2							7–2	2–2			—	5–0
13	Hapoel Netanya	6	1	1	4	11	18	0.611	3							6–0						—
14	Egged Tel Aviv	4	0	1	3	2	10	0.200	1			2–2											—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 1944. Source: IFA,
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Walkover win.
^ Abandoned at the 70th minute.
^ Abandoned at the 70th minute. Given as a 3–0 victory to Harari Tel Aviv.

References

^ Day of Victories to Maccabi Teams HaBoker, 31 October 1943 (in Hebrew)
^ משתתפי ליגה מלחמתית ב' Davar, 22 October 1943(in Hebrew)

Liga Leumit

Clubs

Stadiums

Seasons

1937–1955	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–42 1943–44 1946–47 1947–48 1949–1950 1951–52 1953–54 1954–55
Liga Alef (1955–1976)	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76
Liga Artzit (1976–1999)	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Liga Leumit (1999–)	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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Domestic cups	Palestine Cup 1943 1944
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