1949–50 Israeli League

The 1949–50 season was the first and only edition of the Israeli League. Held the year after independence, it was contested by 13 clubs. The title was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv, whilst Maccabi Nes Tziona finished bottom of the league, losing all 24 matches, and were relegated. The league was played on the basis of two points for a win and one for a draw.

After a season's hiatus, football resumed in 1951, by which time Liga Alef had become the country's top division.

League table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	24	21	1	2	103	18	85	43
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	24	17	3	4	59	12	47	37
3	Hapoel Haifa	24	16	4	4	53	30	23	36
4	Hapoel Petah Tikva	23¹	15	3	5	62	31	31	33
5	Maccabi Petah Tikva	24	13	5	6	91	46	45	31
6	Beitar Tel Aviv	23¹	12	2	9	57	41	16	26
7	Maccabi Haifa	24	12	1	11	60	49	11	25
8	Maccabi Rehovot	24	11	2	11	53	41	12	24
9	Maccabi Netanya	24	7	3	14	42	73	-31	17
10	Hapoel Ramat Gan	24	8	0	16	47	64	-17	16
11	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	24	6	2	16	28	63	-35	14
12	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	24	3	2	19	21	117	-96	8
13	Maccabi Nes Tziona	24	0	0	24	7	98	-91	0	Relegated to Liga Bet

1. The result of the match between Hapoel Petah Tikva and Beitar Tel Aviv (2–3) was annulled and no points were awarded.

References

Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF

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Domestic leagues	Albania '49 '50 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia '49 '50 Denmark England Faroe Islands '49 '50 Finland '49 '50 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '49 '50 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '49 '50 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '49 '50 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '50, Football Championship '49 '50) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '49 '50 Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany '49 '49–'50 Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '49 '50 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '49 '50 Spain Sweden '49 '50 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
Super cups	Turkey '50