2007–08 Liga Bet
# 2007–08 Liga Bet

The 2007–08 Liga Bet season saw Ahva Arraba (champions of the North A division), Maccabi Kafr Qara (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Hadera (champions of the South A division) and Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom (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, Maccabi Tamra (from North A division) and Hapoel Arad (from South B division) won their respective play-offs and were promoted.

At the bottom, Maccabi Kafr Yasif, Hapoel Yanuh (from North A division), Hapoel Yokneam, Maccabi Or Akiva (from North B division), Beitar Pardes Hanna, Hapoel Qalansawe (from South A division), Hapoel Tel Sheva and Hapoel Oranit (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel

## Changes from last season

### Team changes

**To/from Liga Alef**

* Beitar Ihud Mashhad was promoted from North A division to Liga Alef; Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Hapoel Kafr Sumei were relegated from Liga Alef and were placed in North A division.
* Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm and Ironi Tiberias were promoted from North B division to Liga Alef; Since Hapoel Reineh folded, no relegated club was placed in North B division.
* Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona and Beitar Kfar Saba were promoted from South A division to Liga Alef; A.S. Ramat Eliyahu was relegated from Liga Alef and was placed in South A division.
* Maccabi Ironi Netivot was promoted from South B division to Liga Alef; Hapoel Arad was relegated from Liga Alef and was placed in South B division.

**Intra-divisional movements**

* Beitar Kafr Kanna was transferred from North A division to North B division.

**To/from Liga Gimel**

* Ahi Acre and F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda (both from Liga Gimel Upper Galilee) were promoted to North A division, to replace the relegated Hapoel Kisra and Hapoel Deir Hanna.
* Maccabi Beit She'an (from Liga Gimel Jezreel) and Maccabi Barta'a (from Liga Gimel Shomron) were promoted to North B division to replace the demoted Hapoel Tel Hanan and Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel.
* F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda (from Liga Gimel Tel Aviv) and Hapoel Pardesiya (from Liga Gimel Sharon) were promoted to South A division to replace the relegated Hapoel Kiryat Ono and Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaffa.
* Bnei Eilat and F.C. Be'er Sheva (both from Liga Gimel Center-South) were promoted to South B division to replace the relegated Maccabi Kiryat Ekron and Hapoel Bnei Lakhish.
* Since Hapoel Reineh folded over the summer, Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot were promoted from Liga Gimel Jezreel) to North B division fill the vacant space.
* Since Hapoel Maxim Lod folded over the summer, Ortodoxim Jaffa were promoted to South A division fill the vacant space.

## North A Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ahva Arraba | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 74 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Maccabi Tamra | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 18 | +57 | 72 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 61 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kafr Sumei | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 58 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Halat el-Sharif Tamra | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 45 | |
| 6 | Ahi Acre | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 38 | |
| 7 | Bnei Abu Snan | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 35 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Kabul | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 35 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Kafr Sumei | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 35 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Sha'ab | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 34 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Karmiel | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 33 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Bi'ina | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 31 | Folded |
| 13 | Hapoel Sakhnin | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 31 | |
| 14 | F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 30 | |
| 15 | Maccabi Kafr Yasif | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 30 | Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded |
| 16 | Hapoel Yanuh | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 74 | −43 | 28 | Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded |

* ↑ One point deducted?
* ↑ One point deducted.
* ↑ One point deducted?

## North B Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Kafr Qara | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 76 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Iksal | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 70 | 20 | +50 | 72 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 65 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 56 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Beit She'an | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 46 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 42 | |
| 7 | F.C. Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Ihud Bnei Baka | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 35 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Tur'an | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 34 | Folded |
| 10 | Hapoel Isfiya | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 33 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Barta'a | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 32 | |
| 12 | Beitar Kafr Kanna | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 36 | 83 | −47 | 31 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Ar'ara | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 31 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 31 | |
| 15 | Hapoel Yokneam | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 27 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 16 | Maccabi Or Akiva | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 22 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |

* 1 2 Two points deducted.

## South A Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Hadera | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 68 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 67 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Azor | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 58 | |
| 4 | Shimshon Bnei Tayibe | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 53 | |
| 5 | F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 51 | |
| 6 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 45 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Pardesiya | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 42 | |
| 8 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Israel | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 38 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Hod HaSharon | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 35 | |
| 11 | Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 75 | −40 | 32 | |
| 12 | Ortodoxim Jaffa | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 31 | |
| 13 | A.S. Ramat Eliyahu | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 55 | 72 | −17 | 30 | |
| 14 | Otzma F.C. Holon | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 30 | |
| 15 | Beitar Pardes Hanna | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 28 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 16 | Hapoel Qalansawe | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 78 | −57 | 13 | Relegated to Liga Gimel, folded |

## South B Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 19 | +58 | 79 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Arad | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 72 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | F.C. Dimona | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 54 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 54 | |
| 5 | Bnei Eilat | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 48 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 48 | |
| 7 | Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 44 | |
| 8 | Beitar Ma'ale Adumim | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 43 | |
| 9 | Mo'adon Tzeirei Rahat | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 42 | |
| 10 | F.C. Be'er Sheva | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 37 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Merhavim | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 35 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Tirat Shalom | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 35 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Sderot | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 30 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Jaljulia | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 29 | |
| 15 | Hapoel Tel Sheva | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 71 | −41 | 27 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 16 | Hapoel Oranit | 30 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 93 | −64 | 4 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |

* ↑ One point deducted.

## Promotion play-offs

### North play-off

Liga Bet North A and Liga Bet North B runners-up, Maccabi Tamra faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Beitar Haifa in a two legged play-off. The Liga Bet North A runners-up, Hapoel Iksal was suspended from the play-offs, following an attempt for match fixing, prior to their scheduled match against Beitar Haifa.

Maccabi Tamra won 4-2 on aggregate and was promoted to Liga Alef.

### South play-off

Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda and Hapoel Arad faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Arad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Relegated to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | Remained in Liga Bet |

Hapoel Arad won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.

