# 1973–74 Liga Bet

The 1973–74 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Beit She'an, Maccabi Hadera, Beitar Jaffa and Hapoel Ashkelon win their regional divisions and qualify with the second-placed clubs, Beitar Tiberias, Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Maccabi Yavne for promotion play-offs against the bottom two clubs of both North and South divisions in Liga Alef. Maccabi Hadera and Beitar Jaffa were the only Liga Bet clubs who achieved promotion to Liga Alef.
On same basis, promotion-relegation play-offs contested between the bottom Liga Bet clubs and the top Liga Gimel clubs.

## North Division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Beit She'an | 30 | – | – | – | 74 | 30 | +44 | 47 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Beitar Tiberias | 30 | – | – | – | 67 | 40 | +27 | 43 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Kiryat Haim | 30 | – | – | – | 46 | 35 | +11 | 39 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Yam | 30 | – | – | – | 59 | 36 | +23 | 38 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Hanan | 30 | – | – | – | 42 | 22 | +20 | 38 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 30 | – | – | – | 66 | 41 | +25 | 37 | |
| 7 | Beitar Nahariya | 29 | – | – | – | 44 | 26 | +18 | 37 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Kiryat Bialik | 30 | – | – | – | 50 | 55 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Kfar Ruppin | 30 | – | – | – | 59 | 62 | −3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Beitar Kiryat Shmona | 30 | – | – | – | 48 | 52 | −4 | 28 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Afikim | 30 | – | – | – | 62 | 65 | −3 | 26 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Hatzor | 30 | – | – | – | 31 | 59 | −28 | 20 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Tiberias | 30 | – | – | – | 36 | 59 | −23 | 19 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on | 30 | – | – | – | 45 | 75 | −30 | 19 | |
| 15 | Hapoel Bnei Acre | 29 | – | – | – | 30 | 58 | −28 | 17 | Relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Beitar Acre | 30 | – | – | – | 15 | 75 | −60 | 9 | Relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth became Hapoel Nazareth Illit, following the city establishment.

## North Division B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Hadera | 30 | – | – | – | 107 | 12 | +95 | 54 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 30 | – | – | – | 100 | 23 | +77 | 54 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Givat Olga | 30 | – | – | – | 58 | 27 | +31 | 38 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | – | – | – | 66 | 43 | +23 | 36 | |
| 5 | Beitar Dov Netanya | 30 | – | – | – | 49 | 34 | +15 | 36 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | – | – | – | 82 | 49 | +33 | 35 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Givat Haim | 30 | – | – | – | 68 | 53 | +15 | 31 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Pardes Hanna | 30 | – | – | – | 58 | 50 | +8 | 30 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Tayibe | 30 | – | – | – | 35 | 55 | −20 | 29 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov | 30 | – | – | – | 45 | 63 | −18 | 26 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Geva HaCarmel | 30 | – | – | – | 52 | 68 | −16 | 23 | |
| 12 | Beitar Binyamina | 30 | – | – | – | 40 | 60 | −20 | 23 | |
| 13 | Maccabi HaSharon Netanya | 30 | – | – | – | 33 | 50 | −17 | 22 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Beit Eliezer | 30 | – | – | – | 31 | 57 | −26 | 22 | |
| 15 | Hapoel Binyamina | 30 | – | – | – | 26 | 56 | −30 | 20 | Relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov | 30 | – | – | – | 13 | 163 | −150 | 1 | Relegation play-offs |

## South Division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Beitar Jaffa | 30 | – | – | – | 60 | 27 | +33 | 48 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 30 | – | – | – | 60 | 19 | +41 | 45 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Or Yehuda | 30 | – | – | – | 38 | 23 | +15 | 40 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Rosh HaAyin | 30 | – | – | – | 41 | 25 | +16 | 35 | |
| 5 | Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan | 30 | – | – | – | 44 | 30 | +14 | 34 | |
| 6 | Beitar Holon | 30 | – | – | – | 45 | 33 | +12 | 32 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Kafr Qasim | 30 | – | – | – | 37 | 37 | 0 | 31 | |
| 8 | Beitar Lod | 30 | – | – | – | 45 | 40 | +5 | 28 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | 30 | – | – | – | 49 | 50 | −1 | 27 | |
| 10 | Beitar Bat Yam | 30 | – | – | – | 30 | 38 | −8 | 26 | |
| 11 | Beitar Ramat Gan | 30 | – | – | – | 43 | 58 | −15 | 26 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Giv'atayim | 30 | – | – | – | 40 | 39 | +1 | 25 | |
| 13 | Beitar Herzliya | 30 | – | – | – | 37 | 50 | −13 | 24 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Yehud | 30 | – | – | – | 36 | 54 | −18 | 23 | |
| 15 | Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv | 30 | – | – | – | 33 | 54 | −21 | 22 | Relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 30 | – | – | – | 17 | 73 | −56 | 10 | Relegation play-offs |

## South Division B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 30 | – | – | – | 66 | 16 | +50 | 50 | Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Maccabi Yavne | 30 | – | – | – | 47 | 18 | +29 | 47 | Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hapoel Eilat | 30 | – | – | – | 49 | 28 | +21 | 39 | |
| 4 | Beitar Be'er Sheva | 30 | – | – | – | 53 | 20 | +33 | 38 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Ofakim | 30 | – | – | – | 57 | 40 | +17 | 35 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Kiryat Gat | 30 | – | – | – | 39 | 33 | +6 | 34 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Merhavim | 30 | – | – | – | 35 | 35 | 0 | 28 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah | 30 | – | – | – | 34 | 40 | −6 | 28 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Yeruham | 30 | – | – | – | 35 | 57 | −22 | 28 | |
| 10 | Beitar Ashdod | 30 | – | – | – | 45 | 46 | −1 | 27 | |
| 11 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 30 | – | – | – | 35 | 45 | −10 | 27 | |
| 12 | Maccabi Jerusalem | 30 | – | – | – | 35 | 49 | −14 | 25 | |
| 13 | Maccabi Ramla | 30 | – | – | – | 27 | 42 | −15 | 24 | |
| 14 | Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi | 30 | – | – | – | 24 | 44 | −20 | 22 | |
| 15 | Maccabi Rehovot | 30 | – | – | – | 37 | 52 | −15 | 20 | Relegation play-offs |
| 16 | HaBira Jerusalem | 30 | – | – | – | 9 | 59 | −50 | 6 | Relegation play-offs |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Hadera | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Maccabi Herzliya | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Remained in Liga Alef |
| 3 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Remained in Liga Bet |
| 4 | Hapoel Beit She'an | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | Remained in Liga Bet |
| 5 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | Relegated to Liga Bet |
Beitar Tiberias suspended from the play-offs due to crowd trouble against Hapoel Beit She'an.

### South play-offs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Beitar Jaffa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
| 2 | Hapoel Ramla | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Remained in Liga Alef |
| 3 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Remained in Liga Bet |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Remained in Liga Bet |
| 5 | Maccabi Yavne | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | Remained in Liga Bet |
| 6 | Maccabi Holon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Relegated to Liga Bet |

## Relegation play-offs
### North A play-offs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Hatzor | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Majd al-Krum | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Hapoel Bnei Acre | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 4 | Hapoel Ein Harod | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Hanan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 1 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
* 1 2 Hapoel Bnei Acre - Hapoel Ein Harod interrupted after 70 minutes.
Beitar Acre withdrew from the play-offs and relegated to Liga Gimel.

### North B play-offs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel Binyamina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | Remained in Liga Bet |
| 3 | Beitar Givat Olga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 4 | Maccabi Tzofei Haifa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 5 | Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 6 | Hapoel Yokneam | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | Remained in Liga Gimel |

### South A play-offs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 10 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 8 | Remained in Liga Bet |
| 3 | Maccabi Bat Yam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 4 | Hapoel Ganei Tikva | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 6 | Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 1 | Remained in Liga Gimel |

### South B play-offs

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 8 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 2 | Beitar Ashkelon | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 | Promoted to Liga Bet |
| 3 | Maccabi Ashkelon | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 4 | Tzafririm Holon | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | Remained in Liga Gimel |
| 5 | HaBira Jerusalem | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 6 | Maccabi Rehovot | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |