1951–52 Liga Bet

Israeli football season The 1951–52 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Balfouria (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Kfar Saba (champions of the South Division) promoted to Liga Alef. Hapoel Kfar Ata of the North Division, Maccabi Nes Tziona and Hapoel HaNamal Jaffa of the South Division were all relegated. Hapoel HaNamal Haifa relegated following suspension, whilst Beitar Netanya and Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov both withdrew from the league during season. thus, also relegated to Liga Gimel.Football league kicks off at February 21st Al Hamishmar, 8.2.53, Historical Jewish Press he Participating teams All active teams that have played in the aborted 1947–48 Liga Bet were invited to join the league. 11 teams from the North Division (Hapoel Balfouria, Hapoel Hadera, Hakoah Haifa, Hapoel Netanya, Hapoel Kiryat Haim, Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov, Degel Yehuda Haifa, S.C. Atlit, Maccabi Hadera, Hapoel Dror Haifa and Hapoel Kfar Ata) and 8 teams from the South Division (Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Ramat Gan, Hakoah Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Rehovot, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Ra'anana and Hapoel Herzliya) have done so. Maccabi Nes Tziona, who finished bottom of the 1949–50 Israeli League was placed in the South Division. To fill in the vacancies, one club from the Liga Meuhedet Samaria Division (Hapoel HaNamal Haifa, who finished second in the division) was placed in the North Division to complete a 12-team line-up, and three teams from Liga Meuhedet Tel Aviv Division (Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Jaffa and Maccabi Jaffa, who finished first, second and third in the division) and two from Jerusalem-South division (Maccabi Sha'arayim and Maccabi Jerusalem, who finished 3rd and 4th in the division) were placed in the South division to complete a 14-team line-up. North Division main WDL PR 2 HBL Hapoel Balfouria HHD Hapoel Hadera KHF Hakoah Haifa HNE Hapoel Netanya HKH Hapoel Kiryat Haim NML Hapoel HaNamal Haifa MZY Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov DYH Degel Yehuda Haifa CSA Sport Club Atlit MHD Maccabi Hadera HDR Hapoel Dror Haifa HKA Hapoel Kfar Ata Hapoel HaNamal Haifa demoted from Liga Bet, due to riot in their match against Hakoah Haifa.Hapoel HaNamal Haifa club suspended from games Al Hamishmar, 18.5.52, Historical Jewish Press he 19 2 1 52 18 18 2 2 80 14 12 1 9 55 35 11 3 8 57 42 12 0 10 43 38 11 0 11 46 45 9 2 11 47 52 9 0 12 54 67 7 4 11 33 49 7 1 13 31 48 6 1 15 31 68 1 0 21 17 67 green1 Promoted to Liga Alef P red1 Relegated to Liga Gimel R R complete South Division main WDL PR 2 HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba MRG Maccabi Ramat Gan KTA Hakoah Tel Aviv HJE Hapoel Jerusalem HRV Hapoel Rehovot MJF Maccabi Jaffa BYT Bnei Yehuda NJE Beitar Jerusalem MJR Maccabi Jerusalem HRA Hapoel Ra'anana SHA Maccabi Sha'arayim HHZ Hapoel Herzliya MNT Maccabi Nes Tziona HHJ Hapoel HaNamal Jaffa 20 3 3 90 30 17 5 4 64 27 16 5 5 76 29 17 3 6 56 27 14 5 7 66 46 11 7 8 51 39 11 6 9 40 34 11 5 10 45 50 10 2 14 45 53 7 4 15 47 62 5 5 16 38 63 5 4 17 24 71 4 5 17 17 67 3 3 20 26 91 green1 Promoted to Liga Alef P red1 Relegated to Liga Gimel R R complete References 1951-52 Bnei Yehuda he Previous seasons The Israel Football Association he Category:Liga Bet seasons Israel 2