1998–99 Liga Bet

The 1998–99 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Hurfeish (champions of the North A division), Maccabi Hadera (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Kiryat Ono (champions of the South A division) and A.S. Ramat Eliyahu (champions of the South B division) win the title. The four clubs were placed in Liga Alef, which became the fourth tier upon the creation of the Israeli Premier League.

At the bottom, Hapoel Karmiel, Beitar Tiberias, Hapoel Bu'eine (from North A division), Hapoel Ilut, Maccabi Umm al-Fahm (from North B division), Maccabi Qalansawe, Hapoel Tel Mond, Maccabi Holon (from South A division) and Beitar Beit Shemesh (from South B division) were all placed in Liga Gimel, which became the sixth tier.

The rest of the clubs remained in Liga Bet, which became the fifth tier of the Israeli football league system.

North A division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Hurfeish 30 22 8 0 60 19 +41 74 Placed in Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Bnei Nazareth 30 22 5 3 75 22 +53 71 Placed in Liga Bet
3 Hapoel Tuba 30 16 8 6 51 27 +24 56
4 Maccabi Givat-Harakafot 30 14 6 10 48 43 +5 48
5 Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha 30 13 8 9 58 41 +17 47
6 Tzeirei Nahf 30 14 4 12 52 38 +14 43[a]
7 Hapoel Sakhnin 30 13 4 13 47 49 −2 43
8 Hapoel Arraba 30 12 4 14 47 49 −2 40
9 Hapoel Kafr Sumei 30 11 7 12 54 47 +7 40
10 Ironi Nahariya 30 11 5 14 37 38 −1 38
11 Hapoel Dir Hanna 30 11 4 15 37 44 −7 37
12 Ironi I'billin 30 11 4 15 28 46 −18 37
13 Hapoel Bnei Kafr Yasif 30 10 6 14 40 50 −10 36
14 Hapoel Karmiel 30 8 10 12 35 44 −9 34 Placed in Liga Gimel
15 Beitar Tiberias 30 6 5 19 41 85 −44 23
16 Hapoel Bu'eine 30 2 0 28 7 75 −68 6
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ 3 points deducted.

North B division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Hadera 30 23 4 3 90 21 +69 73 Placed in Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Bir al-Maksur 30 22 4 4 78 30 +48 70 Placed in Liga Bet
3 Hapoel Nahliel 30 16 3 11 48 50 −2 51
4 Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel 30 14 6 10 59 45 +14 48
5 Hapoel Arab Nujeidat 29 13 7 9 41 41 0 46
6 Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton 30 13 4 13 45 40 +5 43
7 Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel 30 13 4 13 41 45 −4 43
8 Ironi Zikhron Ya'akov 30 10 9 11 53 60 −7 39
9 Maccabi Beit She'an 30 10 8 12 51 58 −7 38
10 Maccabi Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye 30 11 4 15 54 72 −18 37
11 Hapoel Asi Gilboa 29 9 10 10 34 29 +5 37
12 Hapoel Fureidis 30 9 10 11 33 44 −11 37
13 Hapoel Reine 30 9 8 13 40 42 −2 35
14 Hapoel Barta'a 29 8 5 16 29 46 −17 29
15 Hapoel Ilut 30 8 3 19 32 56 −24 27 Placed in Liga Gimel
16 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 29 3 5 21 24 73 −49 14
Source: rsssf.com

South A division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Kiryat Ono 30 20 6 4 58 25 +33 66 Placed in Liga Alef
2 Hapoel Herzliya 30 17 10 3 52 18 +34 61 Placed in Liga Bet
3 Beitar Kfar Saba 30 16 6 8 65 48 +17 54
4 Maccabi Bat Yam 30 14 7 9 31 31 0 49
5 M.M. Givat Shmuel 30 12 10 8 43 30 +13 46
6 Beitar Nes Tubruk 30 13 5 12 41 37 +4 44
7 Hapoel Azor 29 12 7 10 46 47 −1 43
8 Beitar Ramat Gan 30 10 9 11 45 41 +4 39
9 Hapoel Jaljulia 30 10 8 12 39 43 −4 38
10 Hapoel Tira 30 10 8 12 30 39 −9 38
11 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 30 9 11 10 32 37 −5 38
12 Hapoel Ironi Hod HaSharon 30 11 4 15 45 43 +2 37
13 Maccabi Kafr Qasim 29 10 6 13 45 39 +6 36
14 Maccabi Qalansawe 30 8 7 15 33 44 −11 31 Placed in Liga Gimel
15 Hapoel Tel Mond 30 8 6 16 32 46 −14 30
16 Maccabi Holon 30 1 6 23 24 93 −69 9
Source: rsssf.com

South B division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A.S. Ramat Eliyahu 26 19 6 1 47 14 +33 63 Placed in Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Shikun HaMizrach 25 15 6 4 55 27 +28 51 Placed in Liga Bet
3 Hapoel Marmorek 26 13 9 4 57 27 +30 48
4 Maccabi Ben Zvi 24 14 5 5 47 28 +19 47
5 Maccabi Jerusalem/Ma'ale Adumim 25 14 4 7 60 33 +27 46
6 Hapoel Ironi Eilat 26 10 1 15 63 60 +3 31
7 Maccabi Neve-Alon Lod 25 10 1 14 45 57 −12 31
8 Hapoel Bnei Lod 26 7 10 9 36 43 −7 31
9 Ironi Ofakim 24 8 6 10 40 38 +2 30
10 Hapoel Merhavim 26 8 5 13 43 48 −5 29
11 Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom 26 7 8 11 35 46 −11 29
12 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 26 7 5 14 31 54 −23 26
13 Hapoel Ironi Be'er Ya'akov 25 6 4 15 38 50 −12 22
14 Beitar Beit Shemesh 22 2 2 18 19 91 −72 8 Placed in Liga Gimel
Source: rsssf.com

References

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  1. ^ Ein Dor, Izzy. "Alon Mizrahi, Coach of Hapoel Yehud: Resurrect the Club". ynet.co.il. Retrieved 21 July 2014.