2014–15 Liga Bet
# 2014–15 Liga Bet

The 2014–15 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Kafr Kanna (champions of the North A division), Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden (champions of the South A division) and Bnei Eilat (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, Hapoel Iksal (from the North section) and Hapoel Kiryat Ono (from the South section) met the teams ranked 14th in Liga Alef. Hapoel Iksal won their tie and was promoted to Liga Alef as well, while Hapoel Kiryat Ono lost and remained in Liga Bet.

At the bottom, Hapoel Ironi Bnei I'billin (from North A division) and Otzma F.C. Holon (from South A division) were automatically relegated to Liga Gimel. Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein (from North B division) and Hapoel Arad (form South B division) folded during the season, leaving their respective divisions with 15 teams.

The clubs ranked 12th to 15th in each division entered a relegation play-off, at the end of which Ahva Arraba (from North A division), Bnei Nujeidat (from North B division), Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia (from South A division) and F.C. Bnei Ra'anana (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 | Hapoel Kafr Kanna | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 89 | 16 | +73 | 77 | Promotion to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Bnei Kabul | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 64 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Maccabi Acre | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 63 | Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Ahi Acre | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 54 | Promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Beitar Haifa | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 51 | Promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Hapoel Bu'eine | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 43 | |
| 7 | Ihud Bnei Sumei | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 42 | |
| 8 | Ahva Kafr Manda | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Shefa-'Amr | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 39 | |
| 10 | Al-Nahda Nazareth | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 38 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Ironi Safed | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 37 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Sakhnin | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 34 | Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Hapoel Kaukab | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 29 | Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Ahva Arraba | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 29 | Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Bnei Maghar | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 25 | Relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Hapoel Ironi Bnei I'billin | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 89 | −67 | 11 | Relegation to Liga Gimel |

* ↑ Hapoel Shefa-'Amr had two points deducted

## North B Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 65 | Promotion to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 62 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 57 | Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Maccabi Ein Mahil | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 52 | Promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 49 | Promotion play-offs |
| 6 | F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | |
| 7 | Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 40 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Sulam | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 39 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Sandala Gilboa | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 33 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 32 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 32 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Ironi Yafa | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 25 | Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Hapoel Bnei Nujeidat | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 22 | Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | F.C. Pardes Hanna-Karkur | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 19 | Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | F.C. Daburiyya | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 13 | Relegation play-offs |
| – | Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dismissed |

* ↑ After failing to appear to three matches, Hapoel Umm al-Ghanem Nein was dismissed from the league and its results were nullified.

## South A Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 66 | Promotion to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 57 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 57 | Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 56 | Promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 52 | Promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 48 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 47 | |
| 8 | F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 46 | |
| 9 | F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat Israel | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 43 | |
| 11 | F.C. Tira | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 39 | |
| 12 | F.C. Tzeirei Tayibe | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 35 | Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Beitar Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 33 | Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 31 | Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 31 | 91 | −60 | 14 | Relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Otzma F.C. Holon | 30 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 107 | −86 | 6 | Relegation to Liga Gimel |

* ↑ F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim had one point deducted.

## South B Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bnei Eilat | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 65 | Promotion to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Ironi Modi'in | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 64 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Maccabi Ironi Netivot | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 54 | Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Beitar Ma'ale Adumim | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 54 | Promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Hapoel Merhavim | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 50 | Promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 50 | |
| 7 | F.C. Dimona | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 45 | |
| 8 | F.C. Be'er Sheva | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 42 | |
| 9 | Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 37 | |
| 10 | A.S. Holon | 28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 34 | |
| 11 | Tzeirei Rahat | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 33 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Rahat | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 25 | Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Beitar Yavne | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 60 | −39 | 20 | Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Ironi Beit Shemesh | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 78 | −36 | 16 | Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | F.C. Bnei Ra'anana | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 124 | −102 | 0 | Relegation play-offs |
| – | Hapoel Arad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Folded |

* 1 2 BYR–HMR 1–4; HMR–BYR 0–3
* ↑ Hapoel Rahat had one point deducted.
* ↑ Hapoel Arad folded after 15 matches and its results were nullified.

## Promotion play-offs

### Northern Divisions

| Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division final | Division final | Division final | Regional final | Regional final | Regional final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Ironi Bnei Kabul | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Beitar Haifa | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Beitar Haifa | 0 | 2 | Ironi Bnei Kabul | 0 | | | |
| North A division | North A division | North A division | 2 | Ironi Bnei Kabul | 0 | | | |
| North A division | North A division | North A division | 3 | Maccabi Ironi Acre | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Maccabi Ironi Acre | 2 | 3 | Maccabi Ironi Acre | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Ahi Acre | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ahi Acre | 1 | | | | 3NA | Maccabi Ironi Acre | 2 |
| | | | | | | 3NB | Hapoel Iksal | 4 |
| 2 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 2 | | | | | | | 3NB | Hapoel Iksal | 4 |
| 5 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal | 1 | 2 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 1 | | | |
| North B division | North B division | North B division | 2 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 1 | | | |
| North B division | North B division | North B division | 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 2 | 3 | Hapoel Iksal | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Maccabi Ein Mahil | 1 | | | | | | |

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

### Southern Divisions

| Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division final | Division final | Division final | Regional final | Regional final | Regional final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 2 | 5 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 0 | | | |
| South A division | South A division | South A division | 5 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 0 | | | |
| South A division | South A division | South A division | 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Hap. K. Qasim Shouaa | 2 (1) | 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 2 (3) | | | | | | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 2 (3) | | | | 4SA | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 0 (5) |
| | | | | | | 2SB | Ironi Modi'in | 0 (3) |
| 2 | Ironi Modi'in | 1 | | | | | | | 2SB | Ironi Modi'in | 0 (3) |
| 5 | Hapoel Merhavim | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Hapoel Merhavim | 0 | 2 | Ironi Modi'in | 2 | | | |
| South B division | South B division | South B division | 2 | Ironi Modi'in | 2 | | | |
| South B division | South B division | South B division | 4 | Beitar Ma'ale Adumim | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Maccabi Ironi Netivot | 1 (3) | 4 | Beitar Ma'ale Adumim | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Beitar Ma'ale Adumim | 1 (4) | | | | | | |

Hapoel Kiryat Ono qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef South division, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa.

### Promotion play-off Matches

**North section**

Hapoel Iksal Promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Asi Gilboa relegated to Liga Bet; However, they were eventually reprieved from relegation, following the merger between Hapoel Hadera and F.C. Givat Olga.

**South Section**

Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa remained in Liga Alef; Hapoel Kiryat Ono remained in Liga Bet.

## Relegation play-offs

### Northern divisions

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Hapoel Sakhnin | 5 | | | |
| 15 | Bnei Maghar | 2 | | | |
| 15 | Bnei Maghar | 2 | 15 | Bnei Maghar | 2 |
| | | | 14 | Ahva Arraba | 1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Kaukab | 1 | 14 | Ahva Arraba | 1 |
| 14 | Ahva Arraba | 0 | | | |
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 12 | Ironi Yafa | 5 | | | |
| 15 | F.C. Daburiyya | 2 | | | |
| 15 | F.C. Daburiyya | 2 | 15 | F.C. Daburiyya | 6 |
| | | | 13 | Bnei Nujeidat | 0 |
| 13 | Bnei Nujeidat | 1 | 13 | Bnei Nujeidat | 0 |
| 14 | Pardes Hanna-Karkur | 3 | | | |

### Southern divisions

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Tzeirei Tayibe | 2 | | | |
| 15 | Bnei Jaljulia | 1 | | | |
| 15 | Bnei Jaljulia | 1 | 15 | Bnei Jaljulia | 0 |
| | | | 14 | Ironi Or Yehuda | 1 |
| 13 | Beitar Petah Tikva | 1 | 14 | Ironi Or Yehuda | 1 |
| 14 | Ironi Or Yehuda | 0 | | | |
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 12 | Hapoel Rahat | 5 | | | |
| 15 | Bnei Ra'anana | 1 | | | |
| 15 | Bnei Ra'anana | 1 | 15 | Bnei Ra'anana | 1 (2) |
| | | | 13 | Beitar Yavne | 1 (4) |
| 13 | Beitar Yavne | 2 | 13 | Beitar Yavne | 1 (4) |
| 14 | Ironi Beit Shemesh | 3 | | | |
