1939 Palestine League

Palestine League
Season	1939
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The 1939 Palestine League was the seventh season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine.

Tel Aviv regional league

Division I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)	10	8	1	1	32	8	4.000	17
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	10	8	1	1	31	10	3.100	17
3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	10	5	1	4	16	12	1.333	11
4	Maccabi Nes Tziona	10	3	1	6	12	28	0.429	7
5	Hapoel Herzliya	10	1	2	7	13	28	0.464	4
6	Hakoah Tel Aviv	10	1	2	7	13	31	0.419	4

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 1939. Source: IFA, The Palestine Post
(C) Champion.

Division II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Beitar Tel Aviv (C)	22	20	2	0	110	13	8.462	42
2	Degel Zion Tel Aviv	22	16	3	3	91	17	5.353	35
3	Egged Tel Aviv	21	16	2	3	72	24	3.000	34
4	Hapoel Petah Tikva	22	13	4	5	63	34	1.853	30
5	Hegge Tel Aviv	22	13	2	7	68	27	2.519	28
6	HaTehiya Tel Aviv	22	12	3	7	54	45	1.200	27
7	Hapoel Ramat Gan	21	7	2	12	57	86	0.663	16
8	Hakoah Maccabi Petah Tikva	21	6	2	13	45	63	0.714	14
9	Maccabi Herzliya	21	5	3	13	30	64	0.469	13
10	Hapoel Ra'anana	22	5	1	16	22	85	0.259	11
11	Maccabi Ramat Gan	21	2	1	18	19	102	0.186	5
12	HaKochav Tel Aviv	22	1	1	20	15	75	0.200	3

Updated to match(es) played on 24 December 1939. Source: IFA, The Palestine Post
(C) Champion.

Samaria regional league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Beitar Netanya (C)	10	7	1	2	27	5	5.400	15
2	Hapoel Hadera	10	7	1	2	37	9	4.111	15
3	Maccabi Netanya	10	4	2	4	12	16	0.750	10
4	Maccabi Binyamina	10	4	1	5	21	22	0.955	9
5	Maccabi Hadera	10	2	2	6	10	24	0.417	6
6	Hapoel Netanya	10	2	1	7	7	38	0.184	5

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May1939. Source: IFA, The Palestine Post
(C) Champion.

Southern regional league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Maccabi Rehovot (C)	14	12	0	2	52	11	4.727	24
2	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	14	10	3	1	48	21	2.286	23
3	RSG Rehovot	14	10	2	2	40	17	2.353	22
4	Maccabi Gedera	14	5	1	8	18	27	0.667	11
5	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	14	4	1	9	33	27	1.222	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Hapoel Rehovot	14	4	0	10	23	37	0.622	8
7	Hapoel Nes Tziona	14	3	0	11	18	52	0.346	6
8	Beitar Rishon LeZion	14	3	1	10	18	58	0.310	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 1939. Source: IFA, The Palestine Post
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1 2 No points or goals were awarded for a match between Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Beitar Rishon LeZion.

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References

↑ New League for Palestine The Palestine Post, 22 February 1939, Historical Jewish Press
↑ Maccabi Tel Aviv Champion of The Football League HaBoker, 26 November 1939, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
↑ "List of Champions" (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
↑ How Many Championships Does Maccabi Tel Aviv Have? Ron Amikam, 8 July 2009, nrg.co.il (in Hebrew)

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[table_hth_MRL0.65412789986195-5] 1 2 No points or goals were awarded for a match between Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Beitar Rishon LeZion.

[1] New League for Palestine The Palestine Post, 22 February 1939, Historical Jewish Press

[2] Maccabi Tel Aviv Champion of The Football League HaBoker, 26 November 1939, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)

[officiallist-3] "List of Champions" (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

[l39-4] How Many Championships Does Maccabi Tel Aviv Have? Ron Amikam, 8 July 2009, nrg.co.il (in Hebrew)

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