1961–62 Liga Bet

The 1961–62 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Safed, Hapoel Hadera, Hapoel Lod and Hapoel Holon promoted to Liga Alef as the respective winners of their regional divisions.

North Division A

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Safed	30	122	40	82	49	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel HaMechonit ¹	30	95	33	62	47
3	Hapoel Nahariya	30	63	35	28	42
4	Hapoel Kfar Ata	30	72	47	25	38
5	A.S. Kiryat Bialik	30	62	51	11	36
6	Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov	30	69	42	27	34
7	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	30	62	57	5	32
8	Beitar Haifa	30	63	66	–3	27
9	Hapoel Acre	30	46	57	–11	26
10	Hapoel Atlit	30	42	55	–13	25
11	Hapoel Afula	30	59	73	–14	25
12	Hapoel Kfar Blum	30	67	61	6	21
13	Hapoel Yagur ¹	30	38	55	-17	20
14	Hapoel Ramat David	30	35	95	-60	20
15	Hapoel Tel Hanan	30	30	74	-44	19	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	Hapoel Beit HaShita	30	32	78	–46	17	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. No points or goals were awarded for the Hapoel HaMechonit - Hapoel Yagur due to suspicions of bribery in the match, which ended 9-0.^[1]

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Hadera	30	74	13	61	51	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Nahliel	30	76	26	50	47
3	Hapoel Givat Haim	30	89	52	37	41
4	Maccabi Neve Shalom	30	57	33	24	38
5	Hapoel Netanya	29	69	36	33	36
6	Hapoel Kiryat Ono	30	47	32	15	36
7	Hapoel Ra'anana	30	54	41	13	29
8	Hapoel Herzliya	30	45	44	1	29
9	Hapoel Ganei Tikva	30	38	56	–18	25
10	Beitar Beit Lid	28	40	76	–36	24
11	Hapoel Pardes Hanna	30	36	62	-26	22
12	Hapoel Givat Olga	30	40	68	–28	22
13	Beitar Mahane Yehuda	30	44	68	-24	20
14	Maccabi Pardes Hanna	30	47	72	-25	20
15	Hapoel Pardesiya	30	41	62	-21	19	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	HaCarmel Club Haifa	29	22	78	–56	13	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Lod	30	96	21	75	54	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Ramat Gan	30	81	49	32	42
3	YMCA Jerusalem	30	65	26	39	38
4	Maccabi Ramat Amidar	30	36	26	10	38
5	Beitar Holon	30	63	44	19	34
6	Maccabi Bat Yam	30	48	42	6	34
7	Hapoel Bat Yam	30	50	45	5	32
8	Beitar Lod	30	44	50	-6	28
9	Hapoel Azor	30	45	47	–2	27
10	Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv	30	42	51	–9	27
11	Hapoel Yehud	30	54	69	–15	27
12	Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv	30	42	58	–16	24
13	Hapoel HaDarom Kiryat Shalom ¹	30	48	64	–24	23
14	Hapoel Ya'akov Kfar Saba	30	51	64	–13	22
15	Maccabi Jerusalem	30	49	75	–26	22	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	Hapoel Ein Karem	30	35	95	–60	10	Relegated to Liga Gimel

1. Hapoel HaDarom Tel Aviv merged with Hapoel Kiryat Shalom.

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Holon	30	71	19	52	48	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	SK Nes Tziona	30	76	21	55	47
3	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	30	72	34	38	45
4	Maccabi Holon	30	71	36	35	39
5	Beitar Ramla	30	66	35	31	38
6	Hapoel Ashkelon	30	58	43	15	33
7	Beitar Be'er Sheva	30	52	62	-10	29
8	Hapoel Eilat	30	49	52	-3	27
9	Hapoel Or Yehuda	30	43	56	–13	27
10	Hapoel Sderot	30	50	76	–26	26
11	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov	30	37	47	–10	25
12	Maccabi Rehovot	30	50	71	–21	25
13	Hapoel Merhavim	30	49	78	–29	25
14	Hapoel Marmorek	30	45	55	–10	22
15	Hapoel Bnei Zion	30	34	55	–21	22	Relegated to Liga Gimel
16	Beitar Jaffa	30	16	99	–83	4	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Liga Bet tables Heruth, 19.6.62, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon
Further complications in Liga Bet Maariv, 16.4.62, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Tayibe Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
See also: Liga Artzit

v t e 1961–62 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	State Cup 1961–62 1962–63
Related to national team	Results 1962 World Cup qualification
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tiberias Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv