1962–63 Liga Gimel

The 1962–63 Liga Gimel season saw 158 clubs competing in 14 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.

Beitar Safed, Beitar Nahariya, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek, Shefa-'Amr Club, Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel, F.C. Even Yehuda, Maccabi Herzliya, Beitar Ezra, Hapoel Bnei Zion, Hapoel HaTzafon Jerusalem, Beitar Ekron, Maccabi Ashkelon, Hapoel Avraham Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Dorot won their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Bet.

Second placed clubs, Hapoel Afikim, Beitar Acre, Hapoel Pardesiya, Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah were also promoted.

Eastern Galilee Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Safed	14	37	6	31	23	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Kfar Giladi	14	30	13	17	20
3	Hapoel Hulata	14	28	30	-2	15
4	Nevatim Safed	14	17	23	-6	15
5	Hapoel Ayelet HaShahar	14	36	23	13	14
6	Hapoel Dan	14	23	26	-3	8
7	Beitar Tiberias	14	24	48	-24	8
8	Hapoel Kivshan ¹	14	9	33	-24	4

1. Hapoel Kivshan failed to show for three fixtures and were punished with suspension of activity by the Israel Football Association.

Western Galilee Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Nahariya	14	40	3	37	28	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Shlomi	14	36	16	20	18
3	Hapoel Matzuva	14	33	25	8	17
4	Al Ahly Majd al-Krum	14	32	24	8	16
5	Hapoel Tarshiha	14	23	35	-12	12
6	Hapoel Hanita ¹	14	20	29	-9	10
7	Hapoel Ma'alot ¹	14	15	34	-19	8
8	Isasbest Nahariya ¹	14	4	37	-33	3

1. Hapoel Hanita, Hapoel Ma'alot and Isasbest Nahariya failed to show for more than three fixtures and were suspended by the Israel Football Association.

Valleys Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	28	102	14	88	50	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Afikim	28	129	27	102	50	Promoted to Liga Bet
3	Maccabi Afula	28	104	15	89	48
4	Hapoel Beit She'an	28	60	32	28	38
5	Hapoel Sde Nahum	28	69	41	28	38
6	Hapoel Sharona\Kfar Kama	28	56	69	-13	28
7	Hapoel Neve Eitan	28	59	42	17	26
8	Hapoel Tel Yosef	28	50	54	-4	24
9	Hapoel Beit Keshet	28	44	71	-27	21
10	Beitar Afula	28	48	66	-18	20
11	Hapoel Yardena	28	34	59	-25	17
12	Hapoel Ein Harod	28	46	73	-27	16
13	Beitar Beit She'an	28	28	96	-68	16
14	Maccabi Beit She'an	28	27	92	-65	15
15	Hapoel Kfar Baruch	28	19	114	-95	3

Haifa Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Shefa-'Amr Club	24	70	20	50	41	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Beitar Acre	24	71	29	42	39	Promoted to Liga Bet
3	Hapoel Tel Hanan	24	53	19	34	37
4	Maccabi Kfar Ata	24	68	51	17	31
5	Al-Amal Acre	24	51	29	22	29
6	Hapoel Ein HaMifratz	24	50	35	15	23
7	Beitar Kiryat Tiv'on	24	32	44	-12	21
8	Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth	24	42	52	-10	18
9	Beitar Tel Hanan	24	24	41	-17	18
10	Hapoel Yokneam	24	27	43	-16	14
11	Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on	24	33	58	-25	13
12	Maccabi Tel Hanan	24	22	63	-41	12
13	Beitar Shprintzak	24	18	77	-59	8

Carmel Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	20	95	10	85	37	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Karkur	20	56	23	33	32
3	Hapoel Beit Eliezer	20	50	15	35	29
4	Beitar Tirat HaCarmel	20	56	21	35	26
5	Hapoel Geva HaCarmel	20	41	46	-5	21
6	Beitar Hadera	20	37	45	-8	20
7	Hapoel Or Akiva	20	32	40	-8	19
8	Hapoel Kfar Glikson	20	32	58	-16	11
9	Beitar Atlit	20	18	49	-31	10
10	Hapoel Beit Oren	20	13	54	-41	5
11	Beitar Zikhron Ya'akov	20	20	89	-69	4

Samaria Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	F.C. Even Yehuda	26	95	12	83	48	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Pardesiya	26	90	20	70	45	Promoted to Liga Bet
3	Hapoel HaSharon HaTzfoni	26	66	26	40	36
4	Hapoel Beit Yitzhak	26	66	42	24	33
5	Beitar Zvi Netanya	26	57	40	17	33
6	Hapoel Tel Mond	26	68	38	30	31
7	Hapoel Mishmar HaSharon	26	69	54	15	31
8	Hapoel Kfar Yona	26	57	57	0	25
9	Maccabi Beit Lid	26	42	67	-25	23
10	Hapoel Yanuv	26	41	61	-20	15
11	Hapoel Kadima	26	24	76	-52	14
12	Hapoel Burgata	26	27	79	-52	13
13	Maccabi Amidar Netanya ¹	26	21	76	-55	13
14	Hapoel Maor ¹	26	6	81	-75	4

1. Maccabi Amidar Netanya and Hapoel Maor failed to show for more than three fixtures and were suspended by the Israel Football Association.

Sharon Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Herzliya ¹	22	85	11	74	38	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Shefayim	22	72	15	57	38
3	Hapoel Ramat HaSharon	22	95	18	77	36
4	Hapoel Ramatayim	22	64	24	40	32
5	Hapoel Rosh HaAyin ¹	22	40	25	15	26
6	Hapoel Tira	22	34	40	-6	21
7	Hapoel Nof Yam	22	32	39	-7	18
8	Beitar Kfar Saba	22	37	70	-33	15
9	Beitar Ramat HaSharon	22	29	69	-40	14
10	Beitar Rosh HaAyin	22	16	64	-48	9
11	Beitar Magdiel	22	19	84	-65	9
12	Hapoel Jaljulia	22	11	72	-61	6

1. Maccabi Herzliya defeated Hapoel Rosh HaAyin 1-0 in away match. The match was postponed and held at 14 September 1963. As a result, Maccabi Herzliya surpassed Hapoel Shefayim on the league table and were promoted to Liga Bet.^[1]

Tel Aviv Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Ezra	25	86	21	65	42	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Kfar Shalem ¹	25	74	23	51	42	Promoted to Liga Bet
3	Hapoel Sha'ariya	25	41	16	25	35
4	HaKochav Or Yehuda	25	58	46	12	31
5	Beitar Bat Yam	25	52	25	27	29
6	Hapoel Ezra	25	50	36	14	27
7	Kedma Club	25	35	38	-3	23
8	Beitar Petah Tikva	25	43	58	-15	23
9	Beitar Ganei Tikva	25	48	67	-19	23
10	Maccabi Ramat Hen	25	56	49	7	22
11	Beitar Ramat Gan	25	42	45	-3	21
12	Maccabi Ein Ganim ²	25	17	62	-45	8
13	Beitar Jaffa ³	13	16	34	-18	4
14	Beitar Or Yehuda	25	19	117	-98	4

1. Hapoel Kfar Shalem were promoted to Liga Bet by the Israel Football Association, after winning a special draw, in order to make an even number of clubs in Liga Bet North B division.^[2]

2. Maccabi Ein Ganim failed to show in most of the second round and were suspended by the Israel Football Association.

3. Beitar Jaffa entered the league in the second round.

Central Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Bnei Zion	22	69	30	39	40	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah	22	70	19	51	35	Promoted to Liga Bet
3	Beitar Rehovot	22	49	32	17	30
4	Hapoel Zarnuga	22	60	31	29	27
5	Beitar Rishon LeZion	22	46	27	19	27
6	Beitar Mahane Israel	22	32	41	-9	21
7	Maccabi Kfar Gvirol	22	44	39	5	20
8	Hapoel Givat Brenner	22	37	43	-6	19
9	Beitar Yehud	22	25	43	-18	15
10	Hapoel Beit Dagan	22	21	58	-37	11
11	Hapoel Zeitan ¹	22	24	55	-31	10
12	Beitar Beit Dagan	22	11	78	-67	6

1. Hapoel Zeitan failed to show for away fixtures in the second round and were suspended by the Israel Football Association.

Hapoel Shmuel Ramla were suspended from the league at the beginning of the season.

Jerusalem Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel HaTzafon Jerusalem	12	36	6	30	21	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Beit Shemesh	12	29	6	23	17
3	Hapoel HaDarom Jerusalem	12	19	25	-6	12
4	Hapoel Ein Karem	12	18	16	2	11
5	Maccabi Jerusalem	12	21	27	-6	10
6	Beitar Beit Shemesh	12	16	24	-8	9
7	Beitar Ein Karem	12	8	43	-35	2

Beitar Amatzia folded at the beginning of the season.

South A Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Ekron	16	49	11	38	30	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Gedera	16	33	15	18	23
3	Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi	16	39	12	27	22
4	Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi	16	30	23	7	17
5	Hapoel Hatzav	16	26	23	3	15
6	Beitar Gedera	16	28	38	-10	13
7	Hapoel Yinon	16	25	41	-16	8
8	Hapoel Azrikam ¹	16	14	39	-25	6
9	Maccabi Ekron	16	14	56	-42	2

1. Hapoel Azrikam failed to show in the second round fixtures and were punished with suspension of activity by the Israel Football Association.

South B Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Ashkelon	20	52	26	26	33	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Gat	20	68	22	46	32
3	Beitar Ashkelon	20	44	31	13	27
4	Hapoel Ashdod	20	68	34	34	26
5	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	20	27	30	-3	18
6	Hapoel Nehora	20	32	43	-11	17
7	Hapoel Shtulim	20	25	47	-22	15
8	Hapoel Sde Uziyahu	20	38	40	-2	14
9	Hapoel Beit Ezra	20	35	52	-17	14
10	Maccabi Ashdod	20	22	36	-14	13
11	Beitar Ashdod	20	20	70	-50	7

Negev A Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Avraham Be'er Sheva	14	60	11	49	26	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Dimona	14	40	17	23	21
3	Beitar Dimona	14	28	18	10	18
4	Maccabi Be'er Sheva	14	25	27	-2	11
5	Hapoel Kfar Yeruham	14	25	23	2	9
6	Hapoel Mashabei Sadeh	14	21	51	-30	8
7	Beitar Ofakim	14	17	45	-28	7
8	Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon	14	9	33	-24	6

Negev B Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Dorot	20	87	22	65	36	Promoted to Liga Bet
2	Hapoel Be'eri	20	72	23	49	32
3	Hapoel Shelahim	20	46	36	10	24
4	Hapoel Erez	20	51	38	13	21
5	Hapoel Or HaNer	20	47	48	-1	21
6	Hapoel Bror Hayil	20	46	53	-7	20
7	Hapoel Nir Yitzhak	20	37	52	-15	19
8	Hapoel Gevim	20	31	40	-9	17
9	Hapoel Mefalsim	20	33	50	-17	14
10	Hapoel Netivot	20	22	65	-43	8
11	Hapoel Sha'ariyot	20	20	65	-45	6

Hapoel Patish\Maslul, Hapoel Ein HaShlosha and Hapoel Yakhini were all folded during the first round.

References

Liga Gimel asks: Who will win the 18th ticket? (Page 3) Moshe Kashtan, Hadshot HaSport, 28 July 1963, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)

↑ Maccabi Herzliya promoted to Liga Bet Davar, 15 September 1963, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ FA approved: 16 in Leumit in the next season Maariv, 13 October 1963, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

Liga Bet

North A	Ahi Acre Ahba Arraba Ahva Kafr Manda Beitar Haifa Beitar Nahariya F.C. Julis Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Shefa-'Amr Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum Ironi Bnei Kabul Maccabi Bnei Nahf Maccabi Ironi Acre Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha Maccabi Shefa-'Amr

North B	F.C. al-Nahda Nazareth F.C. Daburiyya F.C. Tzeirei Tur'an Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel Hapoel Sandala Gilboa Hapoel Tirat HaCrmel Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Ihud Bnei Baqa Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara Maccabi Ahi Iksal Maccabi Ein Mahil Maccabi Ironi Yafa Maccabi Sulam Maccabi Umm al-Fahm

South A	Agudat Sport Holon F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv F.C. Tzeirei Tayibe Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan Hapoel Holon Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaff Hapoel Kafr Qasim Shouaa Hapoel Kiryat Ono Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda Hapoel Pardesiya Hapoel Ramat Yisrael Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona Shimshon Tel Aviv

South B	Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim Beitar Yavne Bnei Eilat Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot F.C. Be'er Sheva Ironi Beit Shemesh Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Ironi Netivot Maccabi Ironi Sderot Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Maccabi Segev Shalom Nordia Jerusalem Tzeirei Rahat

Seasons (fourth level)	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

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