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
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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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