Israel (Palestine) - 1923-1949


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Palestine 1923

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

Palestine 1928

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 1929

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 1930

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 1932

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 1933

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 1934

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  

Palestine 1935

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 1936

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 1937

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 1938

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 1939

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 1940

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 1941

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 1942

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]

Palestine 1943

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 1944

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 1945

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 1946

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 1947

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 1948

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


Palestine 1949

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   


About this document

Sources: [KaG 08], [Kha 13], [Bli 19], [Sho 06], Palestine Post, wikivisually

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Hans Schöggl and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 4 Jan 2023

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