2012–13 Liga Bet

Israeli football season

The 2012–13 Liga Bet season saw Beitar Nahariya (champions of the North A division), Hapoel Beit She'an/Mesilot (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Mahane Yehuda (champions of the South A division) and Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov (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 Hapoel Iksal lost against Maccabi Kafr Kanna from Liga Alef North and remained in Liga Bet, while, in the South section, F.C. Kafr Qasim won against Hapoel Arad from Liga Alef South and was promoted to Liga Alef.

At the bottom, F.C. Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur (from North A division), Ihud Bnei Baka (from North B division), Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan (from South A division), and Bnei Yehud (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 Hapoel Ahva Haifa (from North A division), F.C. Kfar Kama (from North B division), Gadna Tel Aviv (from South A division) and Hapoel Merhavim (from South B division) dropped to Liga Gimel as well.

North A Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Beitar Nahariya	30	20	7	3	70	29	+41	67	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum	30	15	9	6	50	36	+14	54	Promotion play-offs
3	Bnei Kabul	30	14	7	9	44	35	+9	49
4	Hapoel Kaukab	30	12	10	8	54	36	+18	46
5	F.C. Bnei Arraba	30	12	8	10	40	39	+1	44
6	Ahi Acre	30	11	11	8	53	40	+13	44
7	Maccabi Tamra	30	12	6	12	38	35	+3	42
8	Bnei Maghar	30	11	7	12	32	41	−9	40
9	Maccabi Acre	30	10	9	11	50	47	+3	39
10	F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda	30	11	4	15	44	46	−2	37
11	Beitar Haifa	30	10	6	14	49	62	−13	36
12	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	30	9	9	12	41	49	−8	36	Relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Ahva Haifa	30	9	7	14	33	45	−12	34
14	Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei	30	8	9	13	46	60	−14	33
15	Hapoel Sakhnin	30	8	7	15	37	69	−32	30^[a]
16	F.C. Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur	30	5	10	15	36	48	−12	25	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted.

North B Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Beit She'an/Mesilot	30	27	1	2	109	23	+86	82	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Ahi Iksal	30	17	9	4	75	35	+40	60	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Iksal	30	17	8	5	66	34	+32	59
4	F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an	30	17	6	7	65	40	+25	57
5	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	30	14	7	9	52	39	+13	49
6	Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye	30	13	8	9	40	45	−5	47
7	Maccabi Kafr Qara	30	12	8	10	58	40	+18	44
8	Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo	30	12	6	12	55	49	+6	42
9	Ironi Nesher	30	12	5	13	58	52	+6	41
10	F.C. Daburiyya	30	11	4	15	53	59	−6	37
11	Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein	30	11	5	14	47	51	−4	36^[a]
12	Maccabi Ein Mahil	30	9	9	12	59	67	−8	31^[b]	Relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Isfiya	30	5	6	19	32	66	−34	21
14	F.C. Bu'eine	30	4	8	18	23	79	−56	20
15	F.C. Kfar Kama	30	5	4	21	34	90	−56	19
16	Ihud Bnei Baqa	30	4	6	20	32	89	−57	18	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 2 points deducted?
^ 5 points deducted?

South A Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	30	22	5	3	81	21	+60	71	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	F.C. Kafr Qasim	30	20	6	4	63	19	+44	66	Promotion play-offs
3	Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden	30	20	5	5	54	29	+25	65
4	F.C. Tira	30	18	7	5	56	31	+25	61
5	F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim	30	14	5	11	54	43	+11	47
6	Beitar Petah Tikva	30	14	3	13	45	55	−10	45
7	Hapoel Morasha Ramat HaSharon	30	10	9	11	57	54	+3	39
8	Otzma F.C. Holon	30	12	2	16	65	68	−3	38
9	F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda	30	12	1	17	48	50	−2	37
10	Beitar Ramat Gan	30	11	4	15	61	60	+1	37
11	Hapoel Hod HaSharon	30	10	6	14	49	46	+3	36
12	Maccabi HaSharon Netanya	30	9	8	13	35	62	−27	35	Relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	30	8	10	12	29	38	−9	34
14	Gadna Tel Aviv	30	8	3	19	39	76	−37	27
15	Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia	30	7	6	17	32	59	−27	27
16	Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan	30	3	4	23	26	83	−57	13	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South B Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov	30	22	5	3	75	28	+47	71	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Netivot	30	19	7	4	67	23	+44	64	Promotion play-offs
3	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	30	19	5	6	61	24	+37	62
4	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	30	18	7	5	51	28	+23	61
5	F.C. Shikun HaMizrach	30	18	6	6	70	31	+39	60
6	Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda	30	16	7	7	72	34	+38	55
7	Ironi Modi'in	30	14	5	11	71	50	+21	47
8	Bnei Yichalel Rehovot	30	12	8	10	47	41	+6	44
9	Beitar Ma'ale Adumim	30	12	6	12	47	51	−4	41^[a]
10	Ironi Beit Shemesh	30	9	8	13	49	57	−8	35
11	Hapoel Rahat	30	10	4	16	47	64	−17	34
12	Moadon Tzeirei Rahat	30	9	6	15	44	54	−10	33	Relegation play-offs
13	F.C. Dimona	30	6	3	21	25	75	−50	21
14	Hapoel Merhavim	30	5	5	20	43	78	−35	20
15	F.C. Be'er Sheva	30	5	2	23	50	98	−48	17
16	Bnei Yehud	30	2	4	24	26	109	−83	10	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted?

Promotion play-offs

Northern Divisions

Division semi-finals			Division final			Regional final

2	Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum	0 (2)

5	F.C. Bnei Arraba	0 (4)
			5	F.C. Bnei Arraba	2
North A division
			4	Hapoel Kaukab	4
3	Bnei Kabul	1

4	Hapoel Kaukab	2
						4NA	Hapoel Kaukab	1

						3NB	Hapoel Iksal	4
2	Maccabi Ahi Iksal	2

5	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	1
			2	Maccabi Ahi Iksal	0
North B division
			3	Hapoel Iksal	1
3	Hapoel Iksal	3 (5)

4	F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an	3 (4)

Hapoel Iksal qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef North division, Maccabi Kafr Kanna.

Promotion play-off Match

15 May 2013

19:00

Hapoel Iksal	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Kafr Kanna
Dahan 78'	Report (in Hebrew)	Khatib 54'
Penalties
Darawshe Sahan Shlusberg Azulai As'ad	3–4	Abdalla Siman Tov Ghadir Saleh

Ilut Stadium

Referee: Grinfeld

Maccabi Kafr Kanna remained in Liga Alef; Hapoel Iksal remained in Liga Bet.

Southern Divisions

Division semi-finals			Division final			Regional final

2	F.C. Kafr Qasim	3

5	F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim	2
			2	F.C. Kafr Qasim	2
South A division
			4	Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden	1
3	Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden	2

4	F.C. Tira	1
						2SA	F.C. Kafr Qasim	3

						5SB	F.C. Shikun HaMizrach	0
2	Maccabi Netivot	2

5	F.C. Shikun HaMizrach	3
			5	F.C. Shikun HaMizrach	0 (4)
South B division
			4	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	0 (2)
3	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev	3

4	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	5

F.C. Kafr Qasim qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef South division, Hapoel Arad.

Promotion play-off Match

12 May 2013

19:00

F.C. Kafr Qasim	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Arad
	Report (in Hebrew)
Penalties
Ben Lulu Mer'ab Drei Amer M. Sarsur Sarusi Sarbush M. Sarsur Cohen A. Sarsur	9–8	Elkarat Arzuan Ovadia Saban Hazut Gozlan Weizman Karev Bezel Davidi

Haberfeld Stadium

Referee: Shmuelevich

F.C. Kafr Qasim promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Arad relegated to Liga Bet.

Relegation play-offs

Northern divisions

North A division

Semi-finals			Final

12	Hapoel Shefa-'Amr	1

15	Hapoel Sakhnin	0
			15	Hapoel Sakhnin	4

			13	Hapoel Ahva Haifa	1
13	Hapoel Ahva Haifa	1

14	Ihud Bnei Sumei	6

Hapoel Ahva Haifa relegated to Liga Gimel

North B division

Semi-finals			Final

12	Maccabi Ein Mahil	3

15	F.C. Kfar Kama	0
			15	F.C. Kfar Kama	1 (0)

			14	F.C. Bu'eine	1 (3)
13	Hapoel Isfiya	4

14	F.C. Bu'eine	0

F.C. Kfar Kama relegated to Liga Gimel

Southern divisions

South A division

Semi-finals			Final

12	HaSharon Netanya	2

15	Bnei Jaljulia	1
			15	Bnei Jaljulia	6

			14	Gadna Tel Aviv	3
13	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	2

14	Gadna Tel Aviv	0

Gadna Tel Aviv relegated to Liga Gimel

South B division

Semi-finals			Final

12	Tzeirei Rahat	1

15	F.C. Be'er Sheva	2
			12	Tzeirei Rahat	4

			14	Hapoel Merhavim	2
13	F.C. Dimona	4

14	Hapoel Merhavim	1

Hapoel Merhavim relegated to Liga Gimel

References

[1] The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
[2] The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
[3] The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
[4] The Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)

Liga Bet

North A

Ahi Acre
Ahli Tamra
Ahva Arraba
Ahva Kafr Manda
Beitar Nahariya
F.C. Bnei M.M.B.E. HaGolan VeHaGalil
F.C. Shefa'-Amr
F.C. Tzeirei Tamra
Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina
Hapoel Karmiel
Ironi Bnei Kabul
Maccabi Abu Sna'an
Maccabi Ahva Sha'ab
Maccabi Bnei Jadeida
Maccabi Ironi Tamra
Maccabi Ironi Yafa

North B

South A

South B

Beitar Kiryat Gat
Beitar Yavne
Bnei Eilat
F.C. Jerusalem
F.C. Ramla
F.C. Sderot
F.C. Shikun HaMizrah
Hapoel Ar'arat an-Naqab
Hapoel Bnei Ashdod
Hapoel Shimshon Ashkelon
Hapoel Gedera
Hapoel Segev Shalom
Hapoel Yeruham
Maccabi Ironi Netivot
Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Maccabi Ramla

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2012–13 in Israeli football

Domestic leagues

Israeli Premier League Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Ligat Nashim Israeli Noar Premier League

Domestic cups

European competitions

Transfers

Summer 2012
Winter 2012–13

Club seasons
Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Yehuda F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona Ironi Ramat HaSharon Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv
Liga Leumit	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Umm al-Fahm Maccabi Yavne Sektzia Nes Tziona