Tel-Aviv League 1923 (Mis'chakei HaBechora) NB: 8 entrants; organised following the Hebrew Cup (Magen Shimshon) listed below. Final Table: 1.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 7 6 0 1 18- 4 12 2.Ayala Tel-Aviv 7 6 0 1 18- 7 12 3.Maccabi Nes Tziona 7 6 0 1 18- 8 12 4.Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 7 3 1 3 15-11 7 5.Nordia Rishon LeZion 7 1 3 3 8- 9 5 6.Ofer Tel-Aviv 7 2 1 4 4-15 5 7.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 7 1 1 5 5-13 3 8.Maccabi Rehovot 7 0 0 7 1-20 0 Judea League 1923 NB: 5 participating teams 1.Rishon LeZion 2.Nes-Ziona 3.Rehovot 4.Ekron -.Gedea withdrew during tournament Palestine Cup 1923 Known results: Round 1 Palestine General Hospital 7-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Quarterfinals No. 14 Squadron (Ramla) bt Palestine General Hospital Semifinals No. 14 Squadron (Ramla) 2-1 Palestine Gendarmerie, Third Division RAF XI 2-5 Palestine Railways XI (Haifa) Final No. 14 Squadron (Ramla) 2-2 Palestine Railways XI (Haifa) Final Replay [Apr 27] No. 14 Squadron (Ramla) 2-1 Palestine Railways XI (Haifa) Hebrew Cup (Magen Shimshon) 1923 NB: for Jewish clubs ineligible for the Palestine Cup tournament above. Round 1 Maccabi Nes Tziona 3-0 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Round 2 Ayala Tel-Aviv 1-1 Ofer Tel-Aviv Maccabi Tel-Aviv B 5-0 Beranovich Tel-Aviv Maccabi Nes Tziona 3-0 Maccabi Rehovot Round 2 Replay Ayala Tel-Aviv 3-0 Ofer Tel-Aviv Quarterfinals Maccabi Nes Tziona 3-0 Maccabi Petah-Tikva Ayala Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv B Semifinals Maccabi Nes Tziona 2-1 Ayala Tel-Aviv Maccabi Haifa bye Final Maccabi Nes Tziona 2-0 Maccabi Haifa
Tel-Aviv League 1928 NB: 6 participating teams; 3 Jewish, 3 British Maccabi Tel-Aviv Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Hapoel Tev-Aviv ------------------------- Zerifin Hospital Flying Ramla Wireless Zerifin Eretz Israel Cup 1928 NB: first official cup competition, with 12 participants; viz. 6 Jewish clubs: Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Allenby Tel-Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 1 Arab club: SC El-Carmel Haifa 5 British clubs: British Police Mount Scopus Palestine Police Force Gaza Bedouins [aka Flying Gaza] P.G.H. Sarafand [aka Military Hospital All-Stars] RAF Amman [aka Flying Amman] (NB: Amman is currently the capital of Jordan) Round 1 [Apr 7 and 14] Hapoel Haifa 3-1 SC El-Carmel Haifa Maccabi Tel-Aviv 5-0 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 2-0 RAF Amman British Police Mount Scopus 4-0 Hapoel Jerusalem Quarterfinals [Apr 21 and 28] British Police Mount Scopus 0-0 Hapoel Haifa P.G.H. Sarafand 3-3 Hapoel Allenby Tel-Aviv Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 3-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Gaza Bedouins w/o Palestine Police Force Quarterfinal Replays [date ?] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-1 P.G.H. Sarafand [May 5] Hapoel Haifa 2-1 British Police Mount Scopus Semifinals [May 4] Hapoel Allenby Tel-Aviv 1-0 Gaza Bedouins [May 19] Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 1-0 Hapoel Haifa Final [May 26] Hapoel Allenby Tel-Aviv 2-0 Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem [Poliakov 66, Nudelman 81] NB: as Hapoel Allenby Tel-Aviv used an ineligible player, the result was annulled and the cup was shared
Palestine Cup 1928/29 Round 1 [Dec 1] Wireless Sarafand 6-0 Gaza Bedouins [Dec 15] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-0 P.G.H. Sarafand Round 2 [Jan ?] Hapoel Haifa 4-0 Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-3 RAF Amman Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 5-0 Maccabi Tiberias Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem w/o Maccabi Hadera Wireless Sarafand 2-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv [aet] Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 3-3 St George [aet] Maccabi Nordia Tel-Aviv 2-1 Transjordan Frontier Force Maccabi HaGibor Haifa 0-2 British Police Round 2 Replay St George 2-1 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Quarterfinals [Feb 2] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-1 British Police Maccabi Nordia Tel-Aviv 1-1 Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov [aet] Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 4-2 St George [Feb 16] Hapoel Haifa 3-0 Wireless Sarafand Quarterfinal Replay [Feb 16] Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 2-1 Maccabi Nordia Tel-Aviv Semifinals [Mar 2] Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 2-0 Hapoel Haifa [Mar 23] Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 2-9 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Final [Mar 30] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-0 Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem [Zelivanski 4, 83, Berger 69pen, Zvi 81]
Palestine Cup 1930 Start: Feb 15 Round 1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv B 0-10 South Staffords Maccabi Tel-Aviv B 4-0 Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov [abandoned at half-time at the request of M.Z.Y. due to the weather conditions] Hapoel Haifa B awd Maccabi Tel-Aviv Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 9-1 Maccabi Herzliya British Police 2-2 RAF Amman Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-0 Hapoel Haifa Islamic Haifa 2-7 Northamptonshire Regiment Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 2-1 YMCA Jerusalem Round 1 Replay [Mar 8] British Police 4-2 RAF Amman Quarterfinals [Mar 1-?] Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 1-4 South Staffords Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 0-3 Northamptonshire Regiment Hapoel Tel-Aviv w/o Hapoel Haifa B Maccabi Tel-Aviv B 4-3 British Police Semifinals [Apr ?] Northamptonshire Regiment 2-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Maccabi Tel-Aviv B 3-1 South Staffords Final [May 3] Maccabi Tel-Aviv B 2-1 Northamptonshire Regiment [Bachar 20, Heresh 88; N.N.]
Palestine League 1931/32 [Dec 10] Hashmonai Jerusalem abd Maccabi Nes-Ziona [abandoned at 3-0; Nes-Ziona walked off] Table: 1.British Police 15 12 3 0 62-18 27 Champions 2.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 15 11 2 2 52-13 24 3.Hapoel Haifa 12 8 2 2 33-15 18 4.Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 15 8 2 5 35-32 18 5.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 15 7 2 6 37-38 16 6.Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 16 4 1 11 30-45 9 7.Maccabi Haifa 14 3 2 9 22-42 8 8.Maccabi Nes-Ziona 15 2 3 10 16-35 7 9.Hapoel Jerusalem 13 1 1 11 11-60 3 NB: remaining matches not played Jerusalem Flower League NB: second oldest football league in Palestine [Dec 10] Arab SC 1-2 Y.M.C.A. Hapoel Hanoar Haoved abd Hapoel Ophir [abandoned at 1-0; Ophir walked off] Palestine Cup 1932 Round 1 P.G.H. Sarafand 0-3 Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa 2-4 British Police Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 3-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv No 2 Armoured Car Company 1-1 Middlesex Regiment Round 1 Replay Middlesex Regiment 0-1 No 2 Armoured Car Company Quarterfinals Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-1 No 2 Armoured Car Company King's Own Regiment 6-0 Maccabi Nes Tziona British Police 3-2 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 0-3 Hapoel Haifa Semifinals Hapoel Haifa 2-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv British Police w/o King's Own Regiment [awarded 3-0] Final [May 7] British Police awd Hapoel Haifa [awarded 3-0; abandoned at 1-0 in 82'] [Hapoel Haifa walked off when a penalty was awarded against them; cup awarded to British Police but stolen by fans Hapoel Haifa]
Palestine Cup Round 1 [Apr 28] Hapoel Jerusalem w/o Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Hadera 0-1 Maccabi Nes Tziona Maccabi Rehovot 2-1 Hapoel Hadera Quarterfinals Hapoel Haifa 5-3 Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Avshalem Petah-Tikva 4-0 Maccabi Nes Tziona Hapoel Tel-Aviv 9-0 Hapoel Rehovot Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem abd Maccabi Tel-Aviv [abandoned at 3-1 in extra time] Quarterfinal Replay Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 0-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv [abandoned at 0-3 in 80' due to crowd trouble; result stood] Semifinals Hapoel Tel-Aviv 5-0 Hapoel Haifa [also reported 5-2] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 6-2 Maccabi Avshalem Petah-Tikva Final [Jun 10] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv [Ya'akobi 89] Jerusalem Government Departmental Football League 1932/33 NB: aka Department League; oldest football league in Palestine Table (Mar 20): 1.Education Department 8 6 1 1 23- 7 13 Champions 2.Public Health 8 5 1 2 16- 5 11 3.Public Works and Agriculture 6 2 0 4 9-17 4 4.Immigratioon and Lands Registry 5 1 0 4 3-16 2 5.Post Office 5 0 2 3 1- 7 2 NB: Public Health were defending champions All-British Services League NB: divided into 3 divisions Jaffa Division Final Table: 1.No 2 Armoured Car Company Ramleh 8 7 1 0 25-11 15 2.Middlesex Det. Sarafand 8 3 3 2 17-15 9 3.British Police Jaffa 8 3 2 3 20-16 8 4.No 2 Wireless Company 8 2 2 4 16-22 6 5.Palestine General Hospital 8 0 2 6 10-24 2 Jerusalem Division Top of Table (Jan 22): 1.Palestine Police Depot 2.R.A.S.C. Jerusalem Haifa Division [Jan ?] A Company Seaforth Fighters 1-2 Nazareth Police R.A.S.C. Haifa 0-0 Haifa Police Jerusalem Flower League Winners: Arab Sports Club
Palestine League 1933/34 Final Table: 1.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 14 14 0 0 45- 7 28 Champions 2.Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 13 7 2 4 27-17 16 3.Hapoel Haifa 11 5 4 2 25-18 14 4.Maccabi Absalom Petah-Tikva 11 5 2 4 13-15 12 5.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 12 4 3 5 25-20 11 6.Maccabi Nes-Ziona 13 4 2 7 10-24 10 7.Maccabi Rehovot 13 2 2 9 11-30 6 8.Hapoel Jerusalem 13 0 3 10 10-35 3 -.Maccabi Haifa withdrew; results annulled; record at withdrawl 2 0 0 2 2-13 0 NB: remaining matches not played Palestine Cup Quarterfinals Hapoel Jerusalem 0-4 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Maccabi Petah-Tikva 0-7 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hapoel Haifa 4-1 Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem Maccabi Nes Tziona bye Semifinals Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-1 Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-0 Maccabi Nes Tziona Final [Jun 2] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv [Harlap 12, Berger (pen), Zimon; Neufeld 2, Beit haLevi] Palestine Sports Federation NB: first edition Table (Mar 12): 1.Arab SC 10 8 0 2 23-11 16 2.Moslem SC Jaffa 9 5 2 2 25-11 12 3.Silesian Haifa 10 5 2 3 24-14 12 4.Orthodox Club Jaffa 9 6 0 3 24-18 12 5.Moslem SC Haifa 9 4 0 5 12-22 8 6.Rawdah Maaref 10 3 0 7 11-19 6 7.White Star Haifa 9 0 0 9 8-32 0 Jerusalem Flower League Table (Mar 12): 1.Y.M.C.A. 7 5 2 0 19- 3 12 2.Arab SC 6 4 1 1 11- 4 9 3.Hanoar Haoved 5 2 2 1 6- 6 6 4.Nordia 6 1 2 3 3-15 4 5.Shell Company 6 1 0 5 4-11 2 6.Ophir 4 0 1 3 2- 6 1
First Division Reported Table (at abandonment): 1.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 13 10 1 2 31-11 21 2.Hapoel Petah-Tikva 8 5 2 1 15- 5 12 3.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 7 4 1 2 14-11 9 4.Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 9 3 1 5 18-19 7 5.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 6 2 1 3 10-10 5 6.Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 4 2 0 2 9- 9 5 7.Hapoel Haifa 6 2 0 4 10-13 4 8.Maccabi Nes-Ziona 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3 9.Maccabi Rehovot 5 1 0 4 3- 9 2 10.Hapoel Jerusalem 7 0 0 7 0-19 0 NB: 2 more losses than wins; odd number of matches and draws; overall goal difference +2; source: http://futbolas.lietuvai.lt/Izraelio_auk%C5%A1%C4%8Diausioji_futbolo_lyga_1934%E2%80%931935_m. Palestine Cup Round 1 [May 25] Quarterfinals [Jun 1] Hakoah Tel-Aviv 5-1 Maccabi Nes Tziona Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva w/o Maccabi Tel-Aviv Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem bye Hapoel Haifa bye Semifinals [Jun 22] Hakoah Tel-Aviv 3-2 Hapoel Haifa [aet] [Jul 6] Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 1-8 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Final [Jul 13] Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 1-0 Hakoah Tel-Aviv [Machlis 85]
Palestine Football League First Division Final Table: 1.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 10 7 2 1 21- 9 16 Champions 2.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 10 6 3 1 18- 8 15 3.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 10 4 4 2 24-12 12 4.Hapoel Haifa 10 4 2 4 16-13 10 5.Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 10 2 3 5 10-20 7 6.Maccabi Nes-Ziona 10 0 0 10 2-29 0 -.Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem excluded; results annulled; record at withdrawal: 2 0 1 1 2- 5 1 Palestine Cup Round 1 [Feb 15] Hapoel Hadarom abd Maccabi Bar-Kochba [abandoned at 1-1 in extra time] Round ? [Apr?] Hapoel Haifa 2-4 Hapoel Petah-Tikva NB: final not played; tournament apparently abandoned
Palestine Football League First Division Final Table: 1.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 8 7 0 1 28-10 14 Champions 2.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 8 5 1 2 20- 9 11 3.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 8 2 3 3 13-18 7 4.Hapoel Haifa 8 2 1 5 13-22 5 5.Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 8 1 1 6 9-24 2 Second Division North Participating teams: Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Hedera Maccabi Attid Tel-Aviv Hapoel Herzliya (champions, promoted) Beitar Tel-Aviv Hakochav Tel-Aviv Second Division South Participating teams: Maccabi Bar Kochbah Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Rehovoth Maccabi Ness Ziona Maccabi Belu Gedera Hapoel Rishon-le-Zion NB: below the second division, there were four district leagues, for Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and the Emek Colonies Palestine Cup Round 1 [Jan 23] Hapoel Haifa 2-0 Hapoel Hakochav Tel-Aviv Macc. Bar Kochba Jerusalem 0-10 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Tel-Aviv 12-1 Maccabi Haifa Hakoah Tel-Aviv 4-1 Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Nes Tziona 1-2 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Maccabi Hadera 1-0 Hapoel Herzliya [aet] Hapoel Hadarom Tel-Aviv bye Hapoel Rishon LeZion bye Quarterfinals (Round 2) Hapoel Haifa 2-3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hapoel Hadarom Tel-Aviv 5-2 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Hakoah Tel-Aviv 0-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Maccabi Hadera 1-0 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Quarterfinal Replay Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-0 Hakoah Tel-Aviv Semifinals [Apr ?] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 5-0 Maccabi Hadera Hapoel Hadarom Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Final [May 9] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-0 Hapoel Hadarom Tel-Aviv [N.N. 55, Bakshi 57og, Poliakov 86] Shumel Cup Final [date ?] Hapoel Shomreir 2-2 Hapoel Kadima Final Replay [Jul 12] Hapoel Shomreir 2-1 Hapoel Kadima
Palestine Football League First Division Round 1 [Feb 14] Maccabi Nes-Ziona lt Palestine Police Maccabi Tel-Aviv - R.A.F. Ramleh Hapoel Haifa drw Hakoah Tel-Aviv Hapoel Herzliya bt Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Table at abandonment: 1.Hapoel Haifa 11 9 2 0 27- 9 20 2.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 11 7 3 1 44-13 17 3.Palestine Police 8 5 0 3 21-17 10 4.Hapoel Haifa 8 4 1 3 15-17 9 5.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 11 3 2 6 19-28 8 6.Hapoel Herzliya 8 3 0 5 11-20 6 7.Maccabi Nes-Ziona 11 2 2 7 13-20 6 8.Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 8 1 2 5 12-23 4 9.Royal Air Force (Ramleh) 8 2 0 6 10-25 4 Palestine Cup Round 1 [Jan 28] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 6-2 2nd Batt., Black Watch Hakochav Tel-Aviv 0-2 Hakoah Tel-Aviv Maccabi Nes-Ziona 1-0 Palestine Police RAF Ramleh 1-6 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Herzliya 0-2 Hapoel Haifa Renaissance Jerusalem o/w 1st Battalion Royal Scots Maccabi Haifa 0-4 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Maccabi Petah-Tikva bye(?) Round 2 [Mar 3] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 6-1 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Hapoel Haifa 1-0 1st Royal Scots Hakoah Tel-Aviv 2-0 Maccabi Petah-Tikva [aet] Maccabi Nes-Ziona 1-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Semifinals [Mar 19] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-3 Hapoel Haifa Hakoah Tel-Aviv 1-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Semifinal Replay Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-1 Hapoel Haifa Semifinal Second Replay Hapoel Tel-Aviv 5-2 Hapoel Haifa Final [May 28] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv [Poliakov 10, Nudelman 50; Neufeld 25pen]
Palestine Football League First Division Section Tel-Aviv Final Table: 1.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 10 8 1 1 32- 8 17 2.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 10 8 1 1 31-10 17 3.Absalom Tel-Aviv 10 5 1 4 16-12 11 4.Maccabi Nes-Ziona 10 3 1 6 12-28 7 5.Hapoel Herzliya 10 1 2 7 13-28 4 6.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 10 1 2 7 13-31 4 Second Division Section Tel-Aviv Top of Table (Nov 30): 1.Beitar Tel-Aviv 21 40 2.Degel Zion Tel-Aviv 21 33 3.Eged Tel-Aviv 20 32 4.Hapoel Petah-Tikva 21 30 5.Hege Tel-Aviv 20 24 [Dec ?] Maccabi Ramat-Gan 2-2 Hatehiya Hegge Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hapoel Ramat-Gan Hakoah Tel-Aviv 2-2 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv [Feb 5?] Degel Zion 4-0 Maccabi Ramat-Gan Beitar Tel-Aviv 3-0 Montefiore SC Champions and promoted: Beitar Tel-Aviv. Section Haifa (Haifa Football League 1938/39) Table (Jan 29): 1.16th Infantry Brigade 6 6 0 0 17- 3 12 2.R.A.M.C. 6 5 0 1 23- 5 10 [aka Hospital] 3.Haifa Police 5 5 0 0 15- 7 10 4.R.A.O.C. 6 4 1 1 18- 8 9 5.Royal W. Kents 7 4 1 2 17-12 9 6.R.A.S.C. 6 4 0 2 14-10 8 [aka Northern] 7.I.P.C. 6 3 1 2 13- 9 7 8.Hapoel Haifa 6 3 0 3 20-15 6 9.8th Division Head Quarters 6 3 0 3 13-11 6 10.Maccabi Haifa 5 2 0 3 6-18 4 11.Shemen 5 1 1 3 11- 3 3 12.45th Company Royal Engineers 5 1 0 4 9-10 2 13.19th Battery Royal Artillery 6 0 1 5 12-18 1 14.8th Division Signals 7 0 1 6 3-20 1 15.Hapoel Kfar Ata 6 0 0 6 3-26 0 NB: total goal difference +19; goal record Shemen almost certainly incorrect [Feb 5?] Haifa Police 2-1 45th Coy. R.E. 19th Battery R.A. 2-0 Shemen Royal West Kents 3-2 Hapoel Haifa 19th Battery R.A. 1-0 R.A.M.C. R.A.O.C. 5-3 Kfar Ata Champions and promoted: Hapoel Haifa Palestine Cup Round 1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 5-2 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Macabi Hadera 2-5 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hakoah Tel-Aviv 3-2 Hegge Tel-Aviv [aet] Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 2-0 Beitar Tel-Aviv Hapoel Herzliya 5-0 Hakoah Petah-Tikva Maccabi Nes Tziona o/w Hapoel Rishon LeZion British Police w/o Hatehiya Tel-Aviv Quarterfinals [Mar 4] Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1-3 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-2 British Police Hapoel Herzliya 0-0 Hakoah Tel-Aviv [aet] Hapoel Tel-Aviv bye Quarterfinal Replay [Mar ?] Hapoel Herzliya 1-6 Hakoah Tel-Aviv Semifinals [Apr ?] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 4-1 Hakoah Tel-Aviv Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Final [May 6] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva [Fuchs 14, Meitner 15; Zimmett 12] Jerusalem Area Football League 1938/39 Round 2 [Nov 26?] Hapoel 2-3 Dror Hegge 2-2 Massada Degel Zion 3-0 Sharon Fourth match not known Round 4 [Dec 9] Massada 2-1 Hapoel Hakoah 4-0 Eitan Degel Zion 1-0 Hegge Fourth match not known Top of Table: 1.Degel Zion 4 3 1 0 - 7 Jerusalem Departmental and Companies Football League NB: first season of the Government Departmental FL in which company teams were included Champions: Post Office Tiberias Football League 1938/39 [Feb 5?] Tiberias Police 0-0 An Army XI Hapoel Tiberias 1-1 An Amry XI
Palestine Football League First Division Start: Mar 23 Final Table: 1.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 14 10 3 1 31-12 23 Champions 2.Beitar Tel-Aviv 14 8 3 3 43- 8 19 3.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 14 8 2 4 46-14 18 4.Maccabi Nes-Ziona 14 6 4 4 24-27 16 5.Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 14 5 2 7 22-34 12 6.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 14 4 4 6 11-25 12 7.Hapoel Haifa 14 5 0 9 32-42 10 8.Hapoel Herzliya 14 0 2 12 6-53 2 Second Division Round 1 [Mar 23] - North Maccabi Benyamina - Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Herda - Beitar Haifa Hapoel Atta - Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Benyamina - Bar Kochba Haifa - Samaria Maccabi Ramat-Gan - Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Hapoel Ramat-Gan - Egged Tel-Aviv Maccabi-Hakoah Petah-Tikva - Hapoel Raanana Maccabi-Hakoah (?) - Hapoel Nathanya Beitar Nathanya - Hapoel Petah-Tikva - Southern Maccabi Rishon - Maccabi Hadera Maccabi Rehovoth - Hapoel Rishon Hegge Tel-Aviv - R.S.G. Rehovoth Hapoel Rehovoth - Hatehiya Tel-Aviv Palestine Cup Round 1 R.S.G. 5-1 Maccabi Hadera Beitar Tel-Aviv 7-0 Maccabi Rishon 17th Heavy Battery 2-1 ROAC Haifa [aet] [annulled and replayed] Hapoel Raanana 1-2 RAF Ramla Hapoel Rishon LeZion 0-1 Maccabi-Hakoah Petah-Tikva Maccabi Rehovot 3-3 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv [aet] Hapoel Petah-Tikva 3-1 Hapoel Hadera Hegge Tel-Aviv 1-4 Egged Tel-Aviv Byes: Hapoel T.-A., Hapoel T.-A., Hakoah T.-A., Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva, Maccabi Nes-Ziona, Hapoel Herzlia, Hapoel Ramat-Gan. Round 1 Replays 17th Heavy Battery 5-3 ROAC Haifa Degel Zion Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Rehovot [aet] Round 2 [Feb ?] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 5-1 Hakoah Petah-Tikva Maccabi Nes-Ziona 1-8 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Beitar Tel-Aviv 4-1 R.S.G. R.A.F. 2-3 Hapoel Haifa Hakoah Tel-Aviv 0-5 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 17th Heavy Battery 2-1 Maccabi Petah-Tikva [annulled; replay ordered] Hapoel Ramat-Gan 1-4 Egged Tel-Aviv Hapoel Petah-Tikva w/o Hapoel Herzliya Round 2 Replay [Feb ?] 17th Heavy Battery 5-3 Maccabi Petah-Tikva Quarterfinals [Mar ?] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 5-1 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Beitar Tel-Aviv 3-0 Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-0 Hapoel Petah-Tikva 17th Heavy Battery 6-3 Egged Tel-Aviv Semifinals [Apr ?] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 17th Heavy Battery 0-1 Beitar Tel-Aviv NB: 17th Heavy Battery aka Gunners or Royal Artillery Final [May 18] Beitar Tel-Aviv 3-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv [Kretchman 6, Bogdanov 60, Panz 88; Bei HaLevi 9] Haifa Football League 1939/40 Round 1 [Oct 14] Maccabi - 8th Division HQ Hapoel - Sherwood Foresters Police - Bar Kochba R.A.O.C. - Kfar Ata [Oct 15] I.P.C. bt 16th Infantry Brigade R.A.M.C. - Battery 12th FC - R.A.S.C. Round 2 [Oct 21,22] Tigers (Acre) 1-0 R.A.S.C. Hermes 4-0 Sappers Kfar Ata 3-1 Brigade I.P.C. 2-0 R.A.O.C. Police 0-2 Medicals [aka R.A.M.C.] Hapoel 3-1 Maccabi Bar Kochba 2-3 Royal Artillery Old Stubborns 3-2 8th Division HQ Round 5 [Nov 11?] Kfar Ata 1-2 Hapoel Brigade 3-1 Maccabi Police 1-0 R.A.S.C. [Dec ?] Police 3-0 I.P.C. Police 2-0 12th FC R.A.O.C. 6-0 Hapoel Bar Kochba 0-3 R.A.S.C. Hermes Greek Club 1-1 R.A.M.C. Table (Jan 21): 1.Battery 13 11 0 2 42-10 22 [aka Gunners] 2.Old Stubborns 10 8 1 1 34-18 17 3.Police 12 8 0 4 22-12 16 4.Tigers 10 7 1 2 34- 7 15 5.Hapoel 11 7 0 4 42-10 14 6.R.A.O.C. 14 5 4 5 29-18 14 7.Hermes 11 4 5 2 23-22 13 8.Sappers 11 6 0 5 22-29 12 9.Maccabi 12 4 3 5 15-17 11 10.R.A.S.C. 12 4 1 7 20-22 9 11.Kfar Ata 12 4 1 7 12-23 9 12.Medicals 13 3 2 8 13-30 8 13.Division HQ 13 2 4 7 20-50 8 14.Bar Kochba 11 2 3 6 6-20 7 15.I.P.C. 10 3 0 7 11-20 6 16.Brigade 9 1 1 7 5-30 3 NB: total goal difference +12 Jerusalem Football League 1940 Start: Mar 23 [Mar 23] Hapoel - Broons RAMC&CMP - Maccabi [Apr 13] Maccabi Bar Kochba 4-2 Broons Leaders (Apr 14): Maccabi Bar Kochba Jerusalem Departmental and Companies Football League 1939/40 Table (Mar 15): 1.Post Office 6 5 0 1 20- 8 10 2.Shell Company 7 4 1 2 18-12 9 3.Municipality 6 4 0 2 15- 9 8 4.Barclays Bank 8 3 2 3 14-19 8 5.Law Courts 6 3 0 3 19-14 6 6.Palestine Potash Company 5 2 2 1 10- 8 6 7.Secretariat 5 3 0 2 11-18 6 8.Palace 6 1 0 5 10-17 2 9.Administration & Migration 6 0 1 5 2-18 1 NB: 1 more win than loss; odd number of matches; total goal difference -4
Palestine Cup Round 1 [Sep 13] Hapoel Rishon LeZion 3-1 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Nathanya 4-3 Hapoel Ramat-Gan Hakoah Tel-Aviv 0-3 Hapoel Rehovot Maccabi Avshalom 5-2 Donaldson's XI RAF XI 4-1 Hapoel Hadera Imperial Haifa 4-2 Beitar Nathanya Medicals Jerusalem 2-1 Maccabi Jerusalem Homenetmen Jerusalem 1-0 Hapoel Petah-Tikva Degel Zion Tel-Aviv 3-1 Hapoel Jerusalem RAPC XI o/w Brown's XI Mander's Army XI 1-0 Hapoel Netanya Round 2 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 1-2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv [aet] Hapoel Rihson Le Zion 2-1 Imperial Haifa Homenetmen Jerusalem 1-4 Beitar Tel-Aviv Hapoel Rehovot 2-1 Medicals Jerusalem [aka RAMC XI] RAF XI 2-1 Maccabi Netanya Brown's XI 2-3 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Maccabi Nes Tziona 1-2 Mander's Army XI Hapoel Haifa 2-4 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Quarterfinals Beitar Tel-Aviv 2-4 Hapoel Tel-Aviv [aet] RAF XI o/w Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Rehovot 1-4 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Mander's Army XI 0-2 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Semifinals Hapoel Rishon LeZion 0-4 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-0 Degel Zion Tel-Aviv Final [Nov 15] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv [Fritzner 53, A. Sidi 87; Philosof 43] Jerusalem Departmental and Companies Football League 1940/41 Table (Jan 13): 1.Secretariat 7 5 2 0 17-10 12 2.Law-Health 6 5 0 1 18- 5 10 3.Barclays Bank 7 4 2 1 19- 8 10 4.Post Office 7 4 2 1 25-12 10 5.Police Civ. 8 4 2 2 20-10 10 6.Palestine Potash Company 8 3 2 3 16-15 8 7.Municipality 7 2 2 3 9-14 6 8.Shell Company 7 2 1 4 12-17 5 9.Electric-Admin.-MIgration 6 2 1 3 11-18 5 10.Palace 7 1 2 4 11-24 4 11.Education 7 1 1 5 12-23 3 12.N.A.A..F.I. 7 0 1 6 5-19 1
Palestine Football League 1941/42 First Division NB: divided into 3 sections (Haifa, Jerusalem, Southern) with playoffs at the end of the season; start announced for Sep 21 Southern League 1941/42 Final Table: 1.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 26 20 3 3 87-22 43 Championship Playoff 2.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 26 21 1 4 82-26 43 Championship Playoff 3.Maccabi Nes Tziona 26 19 3 4 69-31 41 4.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 26 19 2 5 87-23 40 5.Maccabi Petah-Tikva 26 15 2 9 54-38 32 6.Hapoel Petah-Tikva 26 13 5 8 55-49 31 7.Beitar Tel-Aviv 26 11 4 11 50-48 25 [-1] 8.Al-Qawmi Jaffa 26 11 3 12 55-55 25 [Arab club] 9.Hapoel Ramat-Gan 26 9 4 13 54-67 22 10.Maccabi Rehovot 26 8 5 13 34-50 21 11.Hapoel Herzliya 26 4 3 19 27-66 11 12.Hapoel Rishon LeZion 26 5 2 19 26-71 10 [-2] 13.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 26 4 1 21 27-95 9 14.Degel Zion Tel-Aviv 26 1 6 19 11-77 7 [-1] Jerusalem League 1941/42 Final Table: 1.Homenetmen Jerusalem 14 10 3 1 38-10 23 Championship Playoff 2.Maccabi Jerusalem 14 10 2 2 28- 9 22 3.Hapoel Jerusalem 14 8 3 3 28-12 19 4.Degel Zion Jerusalem 14 5 5 4 15-16 14 [-1] 5.De La Salle College Jerusalem 14 5 2 7 19-23 11 [-1] [Arab club] 6.Hoyetchmen Jerusalem 14 4 2 8 21-36 10 7.Royal Army Pay Corps 14 3 1 10 11-30 7 8.Araks Jerusalem 14 2 0 12 8-32 4 -.Royal Army Medical Corps withdrew -.Elitzur Jerusalem withdrew Haifa League 1941/42 NB: cancelled on 5 Mar 1942; a cup competition was played instead. Championship Playoff 1941/42 Final Table: 1.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4 4 0 0 13- 0 8 Champioons 2.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 4 1 1 2 6-10 3 3.Homenetmen Jerusalem 4 0 1 3 3-12 1 NB: Homenetmen only played one match (3-3 vs Rishon LeZion) before forfeiting their remaining three matches, all awarded 0-3 Palestine Cup Round 1 Beitar Tel-Aviv 5-1 Islamic Haifa Mander's XI 3-1 Imperial Haifa Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-2 Hapoel Jerusalem [aet] Maccabi Rishon 4-1 Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv Hapoel Haifa 5-2 Tirsana Haifa Maccabi Nes-Ziona 4-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hapoel Petah-Tikva 0-0 Maccabi Haifa [aet] Maccabi Nathanya 4-0 Hapoel Hadera Maccabi Abshalom 3-2 Maccabi Jerusalem Hapoel Rehovot 4-6 Royal Hellenic Air Force XI Barber's XI 4-0 Beitar Nathanya Round 1 Replays Hapoel Jerusalem 1-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Maccabi Haifa 3-2 Hapoel Petah-Tikva [aet] NB: Hapoel Petah-Tikva lodged a complaint after the replay, as an expelled player of Maccabi Haifa had returned to the field in extra time. The protest was upheld, and a second replay ordered, after Maccabi Haifa had already played their round 2 match. Round 1 Second Replay [Apr 25] Hapoel Petah-Tikva w/o Maccabi Haifa [Maccabi dns] Round 2 Al-Qawmi Jaffa 1-2 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Beitar Tel-Aviv 3-0 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva De La Salle College J'salem 0-1 Maccabi Haifa [on Mar 14] Barker's XI 0-4 Maccabi Netanya Mander's Army 1-3 Shabab al-Arab Haifa RAPC Jerusalem 0-3 Maccabi Nes Tziona Royal Hellenic Air Force XI 3-2 Hapoel Ramat-Gan Hapoel Haifa 1-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Round 2 Replay De La Salle College J'salem 1-2 Hapoel Petah-Tikva NB: match fixtured after Maccabi Haifa were disqualified for failing to show for the second replay of their round 1 match against Hapoel Petah-Tikva; upon a protest by Maccabi Haifa, the result of the first replay was upheld and the above match declared void). Quarterfinals Beitar Tel-Aviv 1-0 Maccabi Nes Tziona Maccabi Tel-Aviv 7-4 Shabab al-Arab Haifa [Maccabi disqualified for using Maccabi Netanya 1-4 Maccabi Rishon LeZion four ineligible players but the Maccabi Haifa w/o Royal Hellenic Air Force XI result itself was upheld] NB: Royal Hellenic Air Force XI had flown out of Palestine, accompanying King George II of Greece, whom they had helped escape the Nazi invasion of Greece, to England. Semifinals Maccabi Rishon 1-4 Beitar Tel-Aviv Maccabi Haifa w/o Maccabi Tel-Aviv [Maccabi Tel-Aviv disqualified] Final [Jul 4] Beitar Tel-Aviv 12-1 Maccabi Haifa [Spiegel (7), Wermes, Bogdanov, Schneor, Shraga Grinwald, Dvorin 89pen; Steinhardt 40]
PFA League 1942/43 Participating: 27 teams, among them Arab, Jewish, British and Greek clubs; the 5 Arab teams were Qawmi SC Jaffa, Islamic SC Haifa, Shabab al-Arab, YMCA Jerusalem and Tirsana Club Haifa; the tournament was abandoned with 8 clubs left in the third round due to WW II. Jerusalem Department and Companies League 1942/43 Confined to one division. Participating: Secretariat Post Office Palestine Potash Shell Company Barclay's Bank Controllers Jewish Settlement Police Temporary Additional Police Law-Health-District Administration-Municipality Combined War Cup 1943 Regional Phase Haifa Region Round 1 Shabab al-Arab 4-0 Tarsana Semifinals Hapoel Haifa 1-1 Shabab al-Arab Gunners 4-3 Workshop Semifinal Replay Hapoel Haifa 2-0 Shabab al-Arab Final Gunners 5-1 Hapoel Haifa Samaria Region Semifinals Con-Depot 5-2 Maccabi Netanya Beitar Netanya 1-3 Hapoel Herzliya Final Con-Depot 5-0 Hapoel Herzliya Jerusalem Region Round 1 Maccabi Jerusalem 3-1 Splints Semifinals Hapoel Jerusalem 5-0 Homenetmen Jerusalem Maccabi Jerusalem 5-1 Degel Zion Jerusalem Final Hapoel Jerusalem 2-2 Maccabi Jerusalem Final Replay Hapoel Jerusalem 3-1 Maccabi Jerusalem South Region Round 1 Beitar Tel-Aviv 3-1 1st Jewish Battalion Hapoel Rehovot 1-5 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hapoel Ramat-Gan 3-0 Maccabi Nes Tziona Maccabi Rehovot 3-0 Maccabi Company Round 2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-0 Maccabi Rehovot Beitar Tel-Aviv 3-1 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Hapoel Ramat-Gan 4-3 Hapoel Petah-Tikva Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-2 RAF XI Semifinals Hapoel Ramat-Gan 4-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0-0 Beitar Tel-Aviv Semifinal Replay Beitar Tel-Aviv 2-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Final Beitar Tel-Aviv 3-0 Hapoel Ramat-Gan Final Stage NB: Beitar Tel-Aviv excluded before semifinals for playing Al-Ahly (Cairo) Semifinals Gunners 7-0 Con-Depot Beitar Tel-Aviv o/w Hapoel Jerusalem Final [Oct 16, Petah-Tikva] Gunners 7-1 Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Area Football League Top of Table (Nov 29): 1.The Blues 9 7 1 1 34- 9 15 2.R.A.F. Head Quarters 9 6 1 2 21-11 13 3.Paymasters 8 6 1 1 30-16 13 4.Police Depot 9 5 2 2 28-11 12 5.Police Dist. 9 5 2 2 18- 7 12 6.Alamein C. 9 5 1 3 36-14 11
Palestine Football League 1943/44 Reported Table at abandonment: 1.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 21 17 3 1 76-11 37 Champions 2.Maccabi Rehovot 25 16 5 4 62-36 37 3.Maccabi Nes Tziona 22 14 3 5 63-31 31 4.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 21 13 2 6 62-27 28 5.Hapoel Petah-Tikva 23 13 1 9 67-32 27 6.Maccabi Netanya 20 11 5 4 47-38 27 7.Hapoel Ramat-Gan 25 9 7 9 61-55 25 8.Beitar Tel-Aviv 22 11 0 11 48-43 22 9.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 22 9 1 12 46-48 19 10.Hapoel Rehovot 21 8 3 10 31-41 19 11.Hapoel Rishon LeZion 24 6 4 14 39-87 16 12.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 22 5 5 12 25-45 15 13.Maccabi Petah-Tikva 23 5 2 16 32-73 12 14.Hapoel Herzliya 22 1 1 20 16-100 3 NB: 5 more wins than losses; odd number of matches; total goal difference +18 War Cup 1944/45 Round 1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 9-1 Hakoah Tel-Aviv Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1-7 Hapoel Petah-Tikva Hapoel Ramat-Gan 0-3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Round 2 RAF XI 1-3 Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-2 Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Ramat-Gan 2-6 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Hapoel Itzhar Ramat-Gan 1-1 Maccabi Petah-Tikva [aet] Harari Tel-Aviv 0-5 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Maccabi Nes Tziona 2-6 All-White Maccabi Netanya w/o Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Petah-Tikva 2-0 Hapoel Rehovot Round 2 Replay Maccabi Petah-Tikva w/o Hapoel Itzhar Ramat-Gan Quarterfinals Hapoel Petah-Tikva 3-1 Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Nes Tziona 3-1 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Netanya abd Maccabi Petah-Tikva [abandoned at 0-1 after crowd invasion] Maccabi Rehovot 0-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Quarterfinal Replay Maccabi Netanya 0-2 Maccabi Petah-Tikva Semifinals Hapoel Petah-Tikva 7-0 Maccabi Petah-Tikva Hapoel Tel-Aviv w/o Maccabi Nes Tziona Final [Jan 13, 1945] Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Petah-Tikva [Erlich 53] NB: final abandoned after 89 minutes when a Hapoel Petah-Tikva player refused to leave the field after being sent off for insulting the referee.
Palestine Football League 1944/45 NB: played as "test" league, not an official championship. Tables at abandonment: Northern Division 1.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 10 8 2 0 28- 8 18 2.Hapoel Ramat-Gan 10 5 3 2 29-16 13 3.Hapoel Haifa 12 5 3 4 24-19 13 4.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 11 4 3 4 19-16 11 5.Hapoel Petah-Tikva 11 4 2 5 14-13 10 6.Maccabi Petah-Tikva 12 3 1 8 9-32 7 7.Maccabi Netanya 12 3 0 9 21-40 6 -.Hapoel Herzliya withdrew Southern Division 1.Beitar Tel-Aviv 10 9 1 0 33- 9 19 2.Maccabi Rehovot 10 6 1 3 22-11 13 3.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 12 5 2 5 23-21 12 4.Maccabi Nes Tziona 11 5 1 5 16-18 11 5.Hapoel Rehovot 11 5 0 6 29-26 10 6.Hapoel Rishon LeZion 10 4 1 5 16-19 9 7.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 10 0 0 10 5-40 0 NB: the two divisional winners were to meet in two friendly matches at the end of the season but that did not happen. Maccabi Football League [Nov ?] Natanya 8-0 Rehovot Avshalom Petah-Tikva 3-1 Rishon Haifa 3-2 Nes-Ziona Tel-Aviv 0-1 Hakoah Tel-Aviv Hapoel Football League [Nov ?] Natanya 2-1 Hadera Ramat-Gan 1-1 Petah-Tikva Rishon 2-0 Rehovot
Palestine Football League Second Division Round 1 [Sep 21,22] - North Hapoel Natanya 4-0 Hapoel Hadera Athlit SC 5-0 Hakoah 09 Hapoel Balfouria 5-0 Lab. League Maccabi Haifa 3-0 Maccabi Zikron - South Hapoel Raanana 4-0 Dan Tel-Aviv Hakoah 09 4-1 Bnei Yehuda Palestine Cup 1946 Round 1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 6-0 0-1 Hapoel Givatayim Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-0 3-0 Hapoel Rehovot Degel Zion Tel-Aviv 1-10 0-3 Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Nes Tziona 3-2 1-0 Beitar Tel-Aviv Maccabi Rishon LeTzion 2-2 1-2 Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Avshalom P.-T. 3-1 2-1 Hapoel Dror Haifa Maccabi Netanya 5-0 5-1 Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Balfouria awd awd Beitar Petah-Tikva [1st leg awarded 0-3, ball bursted; 2nd Maccabi Ramat-Gan 1-0 3-2 Beitar Netanya leg awarded 3-0 (originally 2-0), Beitar Beitar Jerusalem w/o Hakoah Tel-Aviv Petah-Tikva fielded ineligible players] Hapoel Herzliya o/w Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Hadera awd 1-0 Hapoel Hatzafon Tel-Aviv [1st leg awarded 0-3 (originally 3-0), Hapoel Petah-Tikva 6-1 4-2 Hapoel Ramat-Gan Hapoel Hadera had no player cards] Hapoel Jerusalem 3-3 2-1 Maccabi Hatzafon Tel-Aviv Bnei Yehuda 2-2 awd Hapoel Netanya [2nd leg awarded 3-0, H. Netanya forfeited] Hakoah 09 Tel-Aviv 4-1 2-2 Beitar Ramat-Gan Round 1 Playoff Hapoel Balfouria w/o Beitar Petah-Tikva Round 2 First Legs Maccabi Rehovot 2-2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hapoel Netanya 0-0 Maccabi Nes-Ziona Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-2 Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Haifa 4-2 Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Ramat-Gan 1-1 Hakoah Tel-Aviv Hazafon Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-1 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Hapoel Jerusalem 2-0 Hapoel Balfouria Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 0-2 Hapoel Petah-Tikva Second Legs Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-1 Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Nes-Ziona 5-0 Hapoel Netanya Beitar Jerusalem 3-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Maccabi Netanya 2-1 Hapoel Haifa Hakoah Tel-Aviv 2-3 Maccabi Ramat-Gan Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2-2 Hazafon Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hapoel Balfouria 0-2 Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Petah-Tikva 2-1 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Round 2 Playoffs Hapoel Tel-Aviv 4-2 Maccabi Rehovot Hazafon Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0-1 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Quarterfinals First Legs Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hapoel Haifa 1-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Jerusalem 6-0 Maccabi Ramat-Gan Hapoel Petah-Tikva 0-3 Hapoel Nes-Ziona Second Legs Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0-1 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Tel-Aviv 6-1 Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Ramat-Gan 1-0 Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Nes-Ziona 2-0 Hapoel Petah-Tikva Semifinals First Legs Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-0 Maccabi Nes-Ziona Hapoel Jerusalem 0-1 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Second Legs Maccabi Nes-Ziona 2-6 Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2-2 Hapoel Jerusalem Final First Leg [Jun 22] Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-1 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Second Leg [Jul 14] Hapoel Rishon LeZion 0-3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Palestine Football League 1946/47 Liga Alef 1946/47 Reported Final Table: 1.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 26 22 2 2 116-30 46 Champions 2.Beitar Tel-Aviv 26 20 3 3 90-32 43 3.Maccabi Petah-Tikva 26 17 3 6 84-45 37 4.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 26 14 6 6 55-28 34 5.Hapoel Petah-Tikva 26 13 4 9 55-30 30 6.Hapoel Ramat-Gan 26 12 6 8 62-56 30 7.Maccabi Rehovot 26 10 7 9 55-58 27 8.Hapoel Haifa 26 9 7 10 57-44 25 9.Maccabi Netanya 26 9 6 11 47-62 24 10.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 26 6 7 13 39-67 19 11.Maccabi Nes Tziona 26 7 4 15 52-68 18 12.Hapoel Rishon LeZion 26 5 6 15 27-67 16 13.Hapoel Rehovot 26 4 4 18 23-67 12 Relegated 14.Hapoel Herzliya 26 0 1 25 12-100 1 Relegated NB: two more losses than wins; total goal difference +20 Liga Bet 1946/47 North Division Reported Final Table: 1.Maccabi Haifa 24 19 3 2 81-22 41 Promoted 2.Hapoel Netanya 24 19 2 3 72-19 40 3.Hapoel Hadera 24 14 2 8 68-34 30 4.Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 24 13 3 8 72-39 29 5.Hapoel Balfouria 24 13 3 8 57-40 29 6.Sport Club Atlit 24 13 2 9 61-40 28 7.Beitar Netanya 24 13 2 9 56-40 28 8.Hapoel Kiryat Haim 24 9 2 13 45-55 20 9.Maccabi Hadera 24 8 1 15 49-72 17 10.Hapoel Kfar Ata 24 8 0 16 39-68 16 11.Hakoah 09 Haifa 24 7 1 16 44-70 15 12.Degel Yehuda Haifa 24 5 1 18 21-65 11 13.Brit Poalei Eretz Yisrael Haifa 24 0 0 24 5-106 0 NB: eight more losses than wins South Division Final Table: 1.Hapoel HaTzafon Tel-Aviv 16 13 3 0 56-15 29 Promoted 2.Hakoah Tel-Aviv 16 12 2 2 51-18 26 3.Hapoel Kfar Saba 16 10 2 4 63-22 22 4.Maccabi Ramat-Gan 16 9 0 7 42-31 18 5.Maccabi HaTzafon Tel-Aviv 16 8 0 8 34-35 16 6.Maccabi Gedera 16 7 1 8 36-47 15 7.Hapoel Ra'anana 16 6 0 10 34-35 12 8.Beitar Ramat-Gan 16 2 0 14 17-67 4 9.Dan Tel-Aviv 16 1 0 15 10-73 2 Palestine Cup 1947 Round 1 Maccabi Nes Tziona 5-3 Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Hadera 4-5 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ramat-Gan 1-6 Hapoel Hatzafon Tel-Aviv Maccabi Netanya 6-3 Beitar Netanya Hapoel Jerusalem w/o Beitar Ramat-Gan Hapoel Rishon LeZion 4-3 Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Hadera 3-3 Hakoah Tel-Aviv [aet] SC Atlit w/o Hapoel Netanya Round 1 Replay Hakoah Tel-Aviv 4-2 Maccabi Hadera Round 2 Beitar Tel-Aviv 4-0 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Tel-Aviv 5-0 SC Atlit Hapoel Hatzafon Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hakoak Tel-Aviv Maccabi Rishon LeZion 0-1 Hapoel Petah-Tikva [aet] Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva 4-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Hapoel Haifa 2-3 Maccabi Rehovot Hapoel Ramat-Gan 4-2 Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Jerusalem 1-3 Maccabi Nes Tziona Quarterfinals Beitar Tel-Aviv 6-1 Hapoel Hatzafon Tel-Aviv Maccabi Tel-Aviv 5-0 Hapoel Ramat-Gan Maccabi Nes Tziona 2-4 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Maccabi Rehovot 2-2 Hapoel Petah-Tikva Quarterfinal Replay Hapoel Petah-Tikva 2-1 Maccabi Rehovot Semifinals Beitar Tel-Aviv 2-0 Hapoel Petah-Tikva Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-2 Maccabi Avshalom Petah-Tikva Final [Jun 28] Maccabi Tel-Aviv awd Beitar Tel-Aviv [abandoned in 88' at 3-2; awarded 3-0]
Palestine Football League 1947/48 Reported Table at abandonment (Jan 3, 1948): 1.Nordia Tel-Aviv 6 5 1 0 16- 8 11 [*] 2.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 5 5 0 0 26- 4 10 3.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 6 5 0 1 15- 3 10 4.Maccabi Rehovot 6 3 2 1 16- 9 8 5.Hapoel Petah-Tikva 7 3 1 3 15-12 7 6.Maccabi Petah-Tikva 7 3 1 3 16-16 7 7.Hapoel Haifa 3 2 1 0 14- 9 5 8.Hapoel Ramat-Gan 5 2 1 2 14-11 5 9.Hapoel Rishon LeZion 4 2 0 2 10-14 4 10.Maccabi Netanya 4 1 0 3 8-13 2 11.Maccabi Haifa 4 1 0 3 6-14 2 12.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 5 0 2 3 7-22 2 13.Maccabi Nes Tziona 3 0 0 3 2-11 0 14.Hapoel HaTzafon Tel-Aviv 6 0 0 6 3-23 0 NB: 2 more wins than losses; total goal difference -1 [*] Beitar Tel-Aviv were renamed Nordia Tel-Aviv following a ban by the British authorities on Beitar clubs due to their involvement in terrorist activities; this ban was circumvented by renaming all Beitar clubs Nordia Ligat Herum 1948 NB: after the abandonment of the league, an "emergency league" (Ligat Herum) was started involving seven clubs from Tel-Aviv and its surroundings, but it was halted after two months, only a dozen matches having been played. Table at abandonment (Apr 17, 1948): 1.Nordia Tel-Aviv 4 3 1 0 12- 4 7 [*] 2.Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4 2 2 0 14- 4 6 3.Hapoel Tel-Aviv 4 2 1 1 16- 4 5 4.Hapoel Petah-Tikva 5 2 1 2 9-11 5 5.Maccabi Petah-Tikva 3 0 1 2 4-10 1 6.Hapoel Ramat-Gan 2 0 0 2 2- 8 0 7.Hapoel HaTzafon Tel-Aviv 2 0 0 2 0-16 0 [*] Beitar Tel-Aviv were renamed Nordia Tel-Aviv following a ban by the British authorities on Beitar clubs due to their involvement in terrorist activities; this ban was circumvented by renaming all Beitar clubs Nordia
League A [Dec 25] Hapoel Haifa awd Maccabi Nes-Ziona [Maccabi dns; awarded 3-0] Maccabi Natanya awd Beitar Tel-Aviv [Maccabi dns; awarded 0-3] Special League [Dec 25] - Tel-Aviv District Maccabi Hatz Tel-Aviv 2-2 Hapoel Jaffa Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv 2-0 Beitar Jaffa Shimshon Tel-Aviv 3-0 Hakoah Tel-Aviv - Shomron District Haifa Christians 3-0 Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Namal Haifa 3-0 Hapoel Tira - Northern District Hakoah Haifa 1-0 Israel Workers - Sharon District Beitar Ramat-Gan 5-4 Maccabi Givatayim Maccabi Ramat-Gan 1-1 Hapoel Herzliya
Sources: [KaG 08], [Kha 13], [Bli 19], [Sho 06], Palestine Post, wikivisually
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