1939–40 in Mandatory Palestine football

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Football in Mandatory Palestine
Season 1939–40
← 1938–39 Mandatory Palestine 1940–41 →

The 1939–40 season was the 13th season of competitive football in the British Mandate for Palestine under the Eretz Israel Football Association.

IFA Competitions

1939 Palestine League

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Main articles: 1939 Palestine League and 1939 Liga Bet

Matches of the 1939 Palestine League, which, due to the Arab Revolt, was split into regional leagues, rather than holding a national championship, were carried from the previous season , and were finished in fall 1939. Maccabi Tel Aviv and British Police won the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem divisions of top tier Liga Alef, while Hapoel Hadera, Beitar Tel Aviv and Maccabi Rehovot won their Liga Bet regional divisions.

1940 Palestine League

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Main articles: 1940 Palestine League and 1940 Liga Bet

Shortly after the conclusion of the previous league season, a new league season was held, starting on 3 February 1940. League matches were completed in early July 1940, with Hapoel Tel Aviv winning the championship.

League table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 14 10 3 1 31 12 2.58 23
2 Beitar Tel Aviv 14 8 3 3 43 8 5.38 19
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 14 8 2 4 46 14 3.29 18
4 Maccabi Nes Tziona 14 6 4 4 24 28 0.86 16
5 Hapoel Haifa 14 5 2 7 22 34 0.65 12
6 Hakoah Tel Aviv 14 4 4 6 12 25 0.48 12
7 Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva 14 5 0 9 32 42 0.76 10
8 Hapoel Herzliya 14 0 2 12 6 53 0.11 2

Liga Bet

In Liga Bet, Hapoel Hadera, Degel Zion Tel Aviv and RSG Rehovot won their regional divisions. At the end of the season, Degel Zion, Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Rishon LeZion (who finished as runners-up in the South division) competed for promotions to the top division, with Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Degel Zion winning promotion.

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GAv Pts Notes
1 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 4 3 1 0 8 3 2.67 7 Promoted to
Liga Alef
2 Degel Zion Tel Aviv 4 2 0 2 10 5 2.00 4
3 Hapoel Hadera 4 0 1 3 2 12 0.17 1

1940 Palestine Cup

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Main article: 1940 Palestine Cup

Hapoel Tel Aviv, the defending cup holders were beaten by local rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–4 in the semi-finals. In the final, Maccabi were beaten 1–3 by Beitar Tel Aviv.[1]

18 May 1940
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–3 Beitar Tel Aviv
Beit HaLevi Goal 9' Kretchman Goal 6'
Bogdanov Goal 60'
Panz Goal 88'
Maccabiah Stadium
Attendance: 8000
Referee: Chodshoni

Jerusalem League

A five-team league was played in Jerusalem during spring 1940, with each team playing its opponents twice. Maccabi Bar Kochva Jerusalem won the league.[2][3]

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Maccabi Bar Kochva Jerusalem 8 6 2 0 17 5 3.40 14
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 8 4 2 2 15 9 1.66 10
3 Homenetmen 8 3 2 3 14 15 0.93 8
4 RAMC/CMP 8 1 2 5 11 20 0.55 4
5 Club Jerusalem 8 1 2 5 9 17 0.53 4

National Team

The national Eretz Israel team hosted the Lebanese national team for a single match, which was played on 27 April 1940.

Notable Events

References

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  2. ↑ Maccabi Jerusalem Champion of Jerusalem Division League HaBoker, 30 June 1940, via archive.football.org.il (Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Maccabi Nes Tziona Won the Melchett Cup HaBoker, 10 December 1939, via archive.football.org.il (Hebrew)
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