1949–50 Israeli League

The 1949–50 season was the first and only edition of the Israeli League. It was the first season after independence in 1948, and the eleventh season of league football in what had been Mandatory Palestine. The season started on 28 May 1949 and ended on 24 June 1950, with the league played on the basis of two points for a win and one for a draw.

Israeli League
Season1949-50
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
5th title
RelegatedMaccabi Nes Tziona

Originally 14 teams were due to contest the league, the same line-up as the league for the abandoned 1947–48 season. However Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv had disbanded and after failing to play their first three matches, the rest of the club's fixtures were cancelled and the league was contested by 13 clubs.

The title was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv. In early March 1950, Maccabi Nes Tziona were ejected from the league after failing to appear at three consecutive matches; all remaining matches in the season were forfeited. The club finished bottom of the league and were relegated.

After a season's hiatus, football resumed in 1951, by which time Liga Alef had become the country's top division.

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPts
1Maccabi Tel Aviv242112103185.72243Champions
2Hapoel Tel Aviv24173459124.91737
3Hapoel Haifa24164453301.76736
4Hapoel Petah Tikva24154563312.03233[a]
5Maccabi Petah Tikva24135684471.78731
6Beitar Tel Aviv24123957411.39026[a]
7Maccabi Haifa241211160491.22425
8Maccabi Rehovot241121152411.26824
9Maccabi Netanya24731443730.58917
10Hapoel Ramat Gan24801647620.75816
11Hapoel Rishon LeZion24621627650.41514
12Maccabi Rishon LeZion243219201110.1808
13Maccabi Nes Tziona2400247950.0740Relegation to Liga Bet
14Hapoel HaTzafon30030Folded
Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The result of the match between Hapoel Petah Tikva and Beitar Tel Aviv (2–3) was annulled and no points were awarded.

Results edit

Home \ AwayBTAHHAHPTHRGHRLHTAMHAMNZMNEMPTMRVMRLMTA
Beitar Tel Aviv7–17–03–13–01–51–35–21–13–10–34–11–5
Hapoel Haifa3–10–02–03–20–02–03–05–04–14–13–01–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva0–0[a]1–05–27–01–52–110–19–12–32–13–01–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan3–01–21–22–30–32–15–14–11–31–610–12–3
Hapoel Rishon LeZion0–13–30–22–10–33–61–01–01–30–12–10–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–03–00–03–02–05–03–04–01–02–03–00–3
Maccabi Haifa3–01–23–00–13–01–03–03–02–23–08–12–10
Maccabi Nes Tziona0–60–30–30–30–50–40–31–70–30–31–30–3
Maccabi Netanya1–21–30–44–03–00–33–23–05–42–25–00–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva2–22–21–18–16–13–35–43–010–12–17–11–4
Maccabi Rehovot0–12–41–21–45–12–03–13–03–20–69–00–1
Maccabi Rishon LeZion0–80–30–33–12–20–61–73–02–21–60–30–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv5–04–02–35–15–01–06–07–17–15–22–213–0
Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The result of the match between Hapoel Petah Tikva and Beitar Tel Aviv (2–3) was annulled and no points were awarded.

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