# 1965–66 Liga Gimel

The 1965–66 Liga Gimel season saw 175 clubs competing in 14 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.
Hapoel Hatzor, Beitar Acre, Hapoel Beit She'an, Hapoel Shefa-'Amr, Hapoel Atlit, Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov, Hapoel Kfar Yona, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin, David Tel Aviv, Maccabi Ramla, Beitar Beit Dagan, Maccabi Kiryat Gat, Beitar Ashdod and Hapoel Yeruham won their regional divisions and qualified for the Promotion play-offs.
At the Promotion play-offs, Hapoel Beit She'an, Beitar Acre, Hapoel Atlit and Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov were promoted to Liga Bet from the North play-offs, whilst Maccabi Ramla, Beitar Beit Dagan, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin and David Tel Aviv were promoted to Liga Bet from the South play-offs.
15 clubs did not finish the season due to suspensions and withdrawals.

## Upper Galilee Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Hatzor | 20 | – | – | – | 70 | 12 | +58 | 37 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Beitar Tiberias | 20 | – | – | – | 62 | 27 | +35 | 30 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Dan | 20 | – | – | – | 54 | 29 | +25 | 29 | |
| 4 | Beitar Safed | 20 | – | – | – | 60 | 26 | +34 | 27 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ayelet HaShahar | 20 | – | – | – | 64 | 31 | +33 | 23 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Yir'on | 20 | – | – | – | 46 | 51 | −5 | 21 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Neot Mordechai | 20 | – | – | – | 45 | 41 | +4 | 20 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Rosh Pinna | 20 | – | – | – | 37 | 51 | −14 | 14 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Bnei HaGalil | 20 | – | – | – | 18 | 54 | −36 | 10 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Dishon | 20 | – | – | – | 28 | 83 | −55 | 9 | |
| 11 | Beitar Yosef Kiryat Shmona | 20 | – | – | – | 3 | 82 | −79 | 0 | |

## Western Galilee Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Beitar Acre | 26 | – | – | – | 93 | 9 | +84 | 50 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Al-Amal Acre | 26 | – | – | – | 99 | 11 | +88 | 49 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Kafr Yasif | 26 | – | – | – | 61 | 34 | +27 | 34 | |
| 4 | Al Ahly Majd al-Krum | 26 | – | – | – | 42 | 35 | +7 | 28 | |
| 5 | Shimshon Nahariya | 26 | – | – | – | 65 | 41 | +24 | 27 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Shlomi | 26 | – | – | – | 69 | 60 | +9 | 26 | |
| 7 | Bnei Tamra | 26 | – | – | – | 39 | 34 | +5 | 26 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Nahariya | 26 | – | – | – | 47 | 44 | +3 | 25 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Tamra | 26 | – | – | – | 39 | 68 | −29 | 23 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Tamra | 26 | – | – | – | 39 | 75 | −36 | 21 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Mi'ilya | 26 | – | – | – | 32 | 64 | −32 | 20 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Sakhnin | 26 | – | – | – | 31 | 60 | −29 | 15 | |
| 13 | Hapoel I'billin | 26 | – | – | – | 20 | 74 | −54 | 11 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Tarshiha | 26 | – | – | – | 10 | 77 | −67 | 3 | |

## Valleys Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Beit She'an | 18 | – | – | – | 88 | 20 | +68 | 33 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Beit HaShita | 18 | – | – | – | 86 | 16 | +70 | 30 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Afula | 18 | – | – | – | 53 | 22 | +31 | 28 | |
| 4 | Beitar Beit She'an | 18 | – | – | – | 40 | 31 | +9 | 20 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Yosef | 18 | – | – | – | 56 | 34 | +22 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Kafr Sulam | 18 | – | – | – | 35 | 41 | −6 | 16 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Geva | 18 | – | – | – | 41 | 57 | −16 | 11 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Hever | 18 | – | – | – | 23 | 60 | −37 | 9 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Vatikei Balfouria | 18 | – | – | – | 18 | 81 | −63 | 9 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Beit She'an | 18 | – | – | – | 12 | 68 | −56 | 4 | |

## Nazareth Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Shefa-'Amr | 22 | – | – | – | 88 | 11 | +77 | 39 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on | 22 | – | – | – | 72 | 17 | +55 | 38 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth | 22 | – | – | – | 55 | 23 | +32 | 33 | |
| 4 | Beitar Migdal HaEmek | 22 | – | – | – | 51 | 23 | +28 | 30 | |
| 5 | Al Ahly Nazareth | 22 | – | – | – | 47 | 29 | +18 | 25 | |
| 6 | HaPiryon Shefa-'Amr | 22 | – | – | – | 33 | 37 | −4 | 22 | |
| 7 | Tzeirei HaDruzim | 22 | – | – | – | 36 | 39 | −3 | 20 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Reineh | 22 | – | – | – | 34 | 53 | −19 | 17 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Rekhasim | 22 | – | – | – | 29 | 49 | −20 | 14 | |
| 10 | Al-Amal HaKatoli | 22 | – | – | – | 27 | 64 | −37 | 13 | |
| 11 | Al-Salam Nazareth | 22 | – | – | – | 22 | 63 | −41 | 9 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Daburiyya | 22 | – | – | – | 8 | 91 | −83 | 1 | |

## Haifa Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Atlit | 24 | – | – | – | 99 | 17 | +82 | 46 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Beitar Kiryat Binyamin | 24 | – | – | – | 63 | 24 | +39 | 37 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Neve Sha'anan | 24 | – | – | – | 63 | 56 | +7 | 28 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Ahva Haifa | 24 | – | – | – | 49 | 50 | −1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Geva HaCarmel | 24 | – | – | – | 59 | 43 | +16 | 25 | |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Hanan | 24 | – | – | – | 35 | 34 | +1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Hapoel HaTzair Haifa | 24 | – | – | – | 34 | 33 | +1 | 21 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Tel Hanan | 24 | – | – | – | 38 | 44 | −6 | 21 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Kiryat Yam | 24 | – | – | – | 44 | 58 | −14 | 20 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Ein HaMifratz | 24 | – | – | – | 39 | 49 | −10 | 19 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Kiryat Binyamin | 24 | – | – | – | 37 | 65 | −28 | 17 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Tzrufa | 24 | – | – | – | 35 | 79 | −44 | 11 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Yokneam | 24 | – | – | – | 25 | 68 | −43 | 9 | |

## Samaria Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov | 28 | – | – | – | 109 | 29 | +80 | 48 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Beit Yitzhak | 28 | – | – | – | 97 | 37 | +60 | 42 | |
| 3 | Beitar Zvi Netanya | 28 | – | – | – | 85 | 31 | +54 | 42 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Amidar Netanya | 28 | – | – | – | 90 | 41 | +49 | 41 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Fureidis | 28 | – | – | – | 85 | 43 | +42 | 35 | |
| 6 | Beitar Binyamina | 28 | – | – | – | 66 | 33 | +33 | 34 | |
| 7 | Beitar Hadera | 28 | – | – | – | 80 | 46 | +34 | 34 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Or Akiva | 28 | – | – | – | 63 | 38 | +25 | 29 | |
| 9 | Maccabi HaSharon Netanya | 28 | – | – | – | 43 | 19 | +24 | 29 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Kafr Qasim | 28 | – | – | – | 40 | 97 | −57 | 18 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Lehavot Haviva | 28 | – | – | – | 37 | 74 | −37 | 16 | |
| 12 | Beitar Or Akiva | 28 | – | – | – | 82 | 97 | −15 | 14 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Kafr Qara | 28 | – | – | – | 34 | 75 | −41 | 13 | |
| 14 | Beitar Zikhron Ya'akov | 28 | – | – | – | 23 | 112 | −89 | 6 | |
| 15 | Hapoel 'Ara | 28 | – | – | – | 9 | 91 | −82 | 6 | |

## Sharon Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Kfar Yona | 24 | – | – | – | 73 | 22 | +51 | 43 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Ein HaTchelet | 24 | – | – | – | 76 | 21 | +55 | 39 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Mond | 24 | – | – | – | 93 | 36 | +57 | 32 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Yanuv | 24 | – | – | – | 52 | 36 | +16 | 30 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Burgata | 24 | – | – | – | 46 | 30 | +16 | 29 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Tira | 24 | – | – | – | 68 | 31 | +37 | 28 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Tayibe | 24 | – | – | – | 45 | 46 | −1 | 26 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Elyakhin | 24 | – | – | – | 49 | 44 | +5 | 24 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Qalansawe | 24 | – | – | – | 30 | 43 | −13 | 23 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Bnei Tira | 24 | – | – | – | 37 | 73 | −36 | 14 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Tnuvot | 24 | – | – | – | 22 | 64 | −42 | 12 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Kfar Yona | 24 | – | – | – | 27 | 76 | −49 | 8 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Tayibe | 24 | – | – | – | 5 | 101 | −96 | 1 | |

## Petah Tikva Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Rosh HaAyin | 26 | – | – | – | 117 | 15 | +102 | 50 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | F.C. Ein Ya'akov | 26 | – | – | – | 86 | 22 | +64 | 46 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Kafr Qasim | 26 | – | – | – | 90 | 28 | +62 | 35 | |
| 4 | Shimshon Rosh HaAyin | 26 | – | – | – | 70 | 44 | +26 | 34 | |
| 5 | Beitar Magdiel | 26 | – | – | – | 91 | 60 | +31 | 29 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Peretz Ra'anana | 26 | – | – | – | 56 | 51 | +5 | 28 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Jaljulia | 26 | – | – | – | 51 | 43 | +8 | 27 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Hod HaSharon | 26 | – | – | – | 57 | 89 | −32 | 26 | |
| 9 | Beitar Mahane Yehuda | 26 | – | – | – | 36 | 66 | −30 | 18 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Eliyahu Ra'anana | 26 | – | – | – | 46 | 73 | −27 | 16 | |
| 11 | Beitar Rosh HaAyin | 26 | – | – | – | 38 | 79 | −41 | 13 | |
| 12 | Beitar Fajja Petah Tikva | 26 | – | – | – | 36 | 82 | −46 | 10 | |
| 13 | Beitar Amishav Petah Tikva | 26 | – | – | – | 35 | 76 | −41 | 9 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Rosh HaAyin | 26 | – | – | – | 38 | 119 | −81 | 5 | |

## Tel Aviv Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | David Tel Aviv | 24 | – | – | – | 80 | 13 | +67 | 46 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 24 | – | – | – | 83 | 21 | +62 | 40 | |
| 3 | Beitar Herzliya | 24 | – | – | – | 69 | 32 | +37 | 35 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | 24 | – | – | – | 80 | 39 | +41 | 31 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ezra | 24 | – | – | – | 49 | 44 | +5 | 24 | |
| 6 | Beitar HaTzafon Tel Aviv | 24 | – | – | – | 51 | 52 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Darom Tel Aviv | 24 | – | – | – | 44 | 53 | −9 | 23 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Afeka | 24 | – | – | – | 48 | 78 | −30 | 22 | |
| 9 | Beitar Kiryat Matalon | 24 | – | – | – | 44 | 61 | −17 | 18 | |
| 10 | Beitar Sheikh Munis | 24 | – | – | – | 34 | 37 | −3 | 17 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Bavli Tel Aviv | 24 | – | – | – | 35 | 57 | −22 | 15 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Ever HaYarkon | 24 | – | – | – | 29 | 68 | −39 | 13 | |
| 13 | Beitar Ganei Tikva | 24 | – | – | – | 9 | 100 | −91 | 0 | |

## Jaffa Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Ramla | 20 | – | – | – | 82 | 20 | +62 | 38 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Bnei Ramla | 20 | – | – | – | 52 | 8 | +44 | 34 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Kireon | 20 | – | – | – | 45 | 27 | +18 | 25 | |
| 4 | Tzeirei Jaffa | 20 | – | – | – | 59 | 45 | +14 | 24 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Neve Monosson | 20 | – | – | – | 44 | 32 | +12 | 23 | |
| 6 | Beitar Eli Kireon | 20 | – | – | – | 29 | 57 | −28 | 16 | |
| 7 | Beitar Yehud | 20 | – | – | – | 33 | 41 | −8 | 15 | |
| 8 | Beitar Jaffa | 20 | – | – | – | 32 | 74 | −42 | 14 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Yehud | 20 | – | – | – | 35 | 54 | −19 | 11 | |
| 10 | Hapoel HaRakevet Lod | 20 | – | – | – | 26 | 43 | −17 | 11 | |
| 11 | Shabab Jaffa | 20 | – | – | – | 14 | 50 | −36 | 7 | |

## Central Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Beitar Beit Dagan | 26 | – | – | – | 106 | 23 | +83 | 46 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Gedera | 26 | – | – | – | 95 | 36 | +59 | 40 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Yavne | 26 | – | – | – | 77 | 43 | +34 | 37 | |
| 4 | Beitar Rishon LeZion | 26 | – | – | – | 66 | 32 | +34 | 36 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Kfar Gvirol | 26 | – | – | – | 44 | 43 | +1 | 27 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Haim Rehovot | 26 | – | – | – | 69 | 71 | −2 | 26 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Hatzav | 26 | – | – | – | 32 | 36 | −4 | 26 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi | 26 | – | – | – | 45 | 74 | −29 | 22 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Ezra UBitzaron | 26 | – | – | – | 35 | 53 | −18 | 21 | |
| 10 | Beitar Gedera | 26 | – | – | – | 44 | 59 | −15 | 18 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Ezra UBitzaron | 26 | – | – | – | 40 | 64 | −24 | 17 | |
| 12 | Beitar Tirat Shalom | 26 | – | – | – | 41 | 84 | −43 | 17 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Kiryat Ekron | 26 | – | – | – | 31 | 84 | −53 | 15 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Gan Yavne | 26 | – | – | – | 29 | 52 | −23 | 14 | |

## Jerusalem Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 18 | – | – | – | 50 | 20 | +30 | 29 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Beitar Beit Shemesh | 18 | – | – | – | 54 | 15 | +39 | 28 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Beit Safafa | 18 | – | – | – | 39 | 25 | +14 | 23 | |
| 4 | ASA Jerusalem | 18 | – | – | – | 39 | 24 | +15 | 22 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Beit Shemesh | 18 | – | – | – | 25 | 32 | −7 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Katamonim | 18 | – | – | – | 25 | 31 | −6 | 16 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Kiryat Gat | 18 | – | – | – | 35 | 42 | −7 | 12 | |
| 8 | Beitar Katamonim | 18 | – | – | – | 20 | 43 | −23 | 12 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Beit Shemesh B | 18 | – | – | – | 26 | 40 | −14 | 11 | |
| 10 | Beitar Ein Karem | 18 | – | – | – | 22 | 63 | −41 | 7 | |

## South Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Beitar Ashdod | 22 | – | – | – | 65 | 28 | +37 | 34 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'eri | 22 | – | – | – | 54 | 26 | +28 | 34 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Ashkelon | 22 | – | – | – | 63 | 19 | +44 | 32 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Ashdod | 22 | – | – | – | 56 | 29 | +27 | 30 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Gvar'am Yad Mordechai | 22 | – | – | – | 55 | 32 | +23 | 28 | |
| 6 | Beitar Ashkelon | 22 | – | – | – | 43 | 32 | +11 | 26 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Merhavim | 22 | – | – | – | 36 | 49 | −13 | 17 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Sde Uziyahu | 22 | – | – | – | 33 | 48 | −15 | 15 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Shimshon Ashkelon | 22 | – | – | – | 34 | 53 | −19 | 14 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Or HaNer | 22 | – | – | – | 33 | 68 | −35 | 11 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Shtulim | 22 | – | – | – | 22 | 52 | −30 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Beit Ezra | 22 | – | – | – | 23 | 81 | −58 | 8 | |

## Negev Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Yeruham | 16 | – | – | – | 38 | 6 | +32 | 29 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Beitar Dimona | 16 | – | – | – | 49 | 19 | +30 | 21 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 16 | – | – | – | 49 | 14 | +35 | 20 | |
| 4 | Beitar Ofakim | 16 | – | – | – | 28 | 27 | +1 | 20 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon | 16 | – | – | – | 28 | 29 | −1 | 17 | |
| 6 | Shimshon Yeruham | 16 | – | – | – | 28 | 29 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Dimona | 16 | – | – | – | 27 | 39 | −12 | 10 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Mashabei Sadeh | 16 | – | – | – | 14 | 53 | −39 | 5 | |
| 9 | Beitar Yeruham | 16 | – | – | – | 8 | 66 | −58 | 4 | |

## Promotion play-offs
### North play-offs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Hapoel Beit She'an | 6 | – | – | – | 12 | 8 | +4 | 7 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Beitar Acre | 6 | – | – | – | 14 | 11 | +3 | 7 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Hapoel Atlit | 6 | – | – | – | 13 | 11 | +2 | 7 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 4 | Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov | 6 | – | – | – | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 5 | Hapoel Shefa-'Amr | 6 | – | – | – | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 6 | Hapoel Hatzor | 6 | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 7 | Hapoel Kfar Yona | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | 19 | −13 | 2 | Remained in Liga Gimel |

### South play-offs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Maccabi Ramla | 6 | – | – | – | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Beitar Beit Dagan | 6 | – | – | – | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Hapoel Rosh HaAyin | 6 | – | – | – | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 4 | David Tel Aviv | 6 | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | +7 | 7 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 5 | Beitar Ashdod | 6 | – | – | – | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 6 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 6 | – | – | – | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 7 | Hapoel Yeruham | 6 | – | – | – | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | Remained in Liga Gimel |