# 1979–80 Liga Bet

The 1979–80 Liga Bet season saw Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, Maccabi Or Akiva, Hapoel Rosh HaAyin and Maccabi Be'er Sheva win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.
At the bottom, Maccabi Tiberias, Beitar al-Amal Nazareth (from North A division), Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov, Maccabi HaSharon Netanya (from North B division), Beitar Holon, Beitar Jaffa (from South A division), Hapoel Ofakim and Hapoel Kiryat Gat (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.

## North Division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Shefa-'Amr | 26 | – | – | – | 90 | 26 | +64 | 47 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Maccabi Kiryat Bialik | 26 | – | – | – | 53 | 32 | +21 | 36 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Kfar Kama | 26 | – | – | – | 52 | 38 | +14 | 29 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Acre | 26 | – | – | – | 54 | 44 | +10 | 27 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 26 | – | – | – | 34 | 49 | −15 | 26 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Neve Sha'anan | 26 | – | – | – | 29 | 31 | −2 | 25 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Afula | 26 | – | – | – | 34 | 48 | −14 | 24 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Bnei Acre | 26 | – | – | – | 36 | 43 | −7 | 23 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Hatzor | 26 | – | – | – | 33 | 36 | −3 | 22 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Hatzor | 26 | – | – | – | 44 | 51 | −7 | 22 | |
| 11 | Beitar Kiryat Shmona | 26 | – | – | – | 30 | 47 | −17 | 22 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Safed | 26 | – | – | – | 40 | 36 | +4 | 20 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Tiberias | 26 | – | – | – | 40 | 50 | −10 | 20 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 14 | Beitar al-Amal Nazareth | 26 | – | – | – | 34 | 72 | −38 | 15 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |

## North Division B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Or Akiva | 26 | – | – | – | 54 | 27 | +27 | 39 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Kafr Sulam | 26 | – | – | – | 44 | 27 | +17 | 32 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Fureidis | 26 | – | – | – | 45 | 37 | +8 | 29 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Givat Haim | 26 | – | – | – | 35 | 36 | −1 | 28 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Nahliel | 26 | – | – | – | 25 | 23 | +2 | 27 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Kiryat Yam | 26 | – | – | – | 41 | 38 | +3 | 26 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Afula | 26 | – | – | – | 45 | 49 | −4 | 25 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 26 | – | – | – | 31 | 35 | −4 | 25 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Tayibe | 26 | – | – | – | 25 | 36 | −11 | 25 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Kafr Qara | 26 | – | – | – | 34 | 36 | −2 | 24 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba | 26 | – | – | – | 38 | 52 | −14 | 24 | |
| 12 | Hapoel HaTzair Haifa | 26 | – | – | – | 36 | 29 | +7 | 23 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov | 26 | – | – | – | 32 | 42 | −10 | 22 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 14 | Maccabi HaSharon Netanya | 26 | – | – | – | 20 | 44 | −24 | 13 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |

## South Division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Rosh HaAyin | 26 | – | – | – | 60 | 25 | +35 | 36 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Tzafririm Holon | 26 | – | – | – | 50 | 17 | +33 | 36 | |
| 3 | Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan | 26 | – | – | – | 43 | 11 | +32 | 33 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 26 | – | – | – | 35 | 23 | +12 | 33 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Azor | 26 | – | – | – | 40 | 26 | +14 | 30 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Ganei Tikva | 26 | – | – | – | 30 | 40 | −10 | 29 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa | 26 | – | – | – | 33 | 27 | +6 | 27 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | 26 | – | – | – | 37 | 33 | +4 | 27 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Tira | 26 | – | – | – | 36 | 31 | +5 | 26 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 26 | – | – | – | 26 | 35 | −9 | 22 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Ramla | 26 | – | – | – | 26 | 43 | −17 | 19 | |
| 12 | Beitar Herzliya | 26 | – | – | – | 22 | 38 | −16 | 18 | |
| 13 | Beitar Holon | 26 | – | – | – | 18 | 61 | −43 | 16 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 14 | Beitar Jaffa | 26 | – | – | – | 17 | 57 | −40 | 12 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
* 1 2 Beitar Herzliya - Tzafririm Holon which ended 0-0, was awarded 2-0 to Tzafririm Holon. Prior to the last match of the season, the Israel Football Association reversed its decision, and the original result stood as is.

## South Division B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 26 | – | – | – | 46 | 18 | +28 | 38 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov | 26 | – | – | – | 54 | 28 | +26 | 34 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Yeruham | 26 | – | – | – | 40 | 27 | +13 | 33 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Merhavim | 26 | – | – | – | 42 | 36 | +6 | 28 | |
| 5 | SK Nes Tziona | 26 | – | – | – | 41 | 46 | −5 | 26 | |
| 6 | Beitar Ashdod | 26 | – | – | – | 38 | 48 | −10 | 25 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi | 26 | – | – | – | 35 | 34 | +1 | 23 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Rehovot | 26 | – | – | – | 37 | 40 | −3 | 23 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Ashkelon | 26 | – | – | – | 29 | 38 | −9 | 23 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah | 26 | – | – | – | 30 | 41 | −11 | 22 | |
| 11 | Beitar Lod | 26 | – | – | – | 36 | 44 | −8 | 21 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Gedera | 26 | – | – | – | 24 | 35 | −11 | 21 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Ofakim | 26 | – | – | – | 31 | 44 | −13 | 21 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 14 | Hapoel Kiryat Gat | 26 | – | – | – | 26 | 35 | −9 | 18 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
* 1 2 Beitar Ashdod - Hapoel Kiryat Gat which ended 1-1, was awarded 2-0 to Hapoel Kiryat Gat after Beitar Ashdod was found guilty for fielding ineligible players. Later, Beitar Ashdod was cleared of allegation, and the original result stood as is.