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Ahi Acre
Hapoel Sandala Gilboa
Beitar Nahariya
Maccabi Ahi Iksal
Hapoel Tirat Karmel
Ironi Bnei Kabul
FC Ahva Kfar Manda
FC Alnada Nazareth
Bnei HaGolan VeHaGalil
Hapoel Ramot Menashe
Hapoel Beit Shean
Ihud Bnei Kfar Kara
Beitar Haifa Yakov
Maccabi Bnei Nahf
Maccabi Maalot Tarshiha
Ihud Bnei Mejdel Krum
Tzeirei Kfar Kanna
Maccabi Ironi Yafia
Hapoel Bueine
Hapoel Daliyat Al-Karmel
Hapoel Bnei Arrara Ara
Maccabi Tzeirei Shefaram
Maccabi Bnei Raina
Maccabi Ahva Shaab
Ahva Arraba
Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed
Hapoel Bnei Pardes
Ironi Nesher
Maccabi Ein Mahal Jamal
Maccabi Umm al-Fahm
MS Daburiya Osama
Hapoel Kaukab
Maccabi Tamra
Hapoel Bnei Jat United
SC Haifa Robbie Shapiro
Hapoel Shfaram
Beitar Pardes Hana
Hapoel Bnei Sumei
MS Tseirey Turan
MS Julis
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
Beitar Kfar Kana Raduan
Beitar Kfar Kana
Maccabi Kiryat Yam
Maccabi Kfar Kana
Hapoel Kfar Samia
Beitar Ramat Gan
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Beitar Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kiryat Ono
Wikipedia - Liga Bet
Liga Bet (Hebrew: ליגה ב', lit. League B) is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions.
History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga Alef with Liga Bet as the second division. The 1952–53 season was also not played, and Liga Bet resumed in 1953–54.
In the 1955–56 season, Liga Leumit came into existence as the new top division, with Liga Alef becoming the second division and Liga Bet demoted to the third division. Restructuring in 1976 saw the creation of Liga Artzit as a new second tier, and the second demotion of Liga Bet, as it became the fourth division. Further restructuring to create the Israeli Premier League in 1999 saw Liga Bet demoted again, this time to the fifth tier. At the end of the 2008–09 season, Liga Artzit was scrapped as the Premier League and Liga Leumit were expanded to 16 clubs each, resulting in Liga Bet returning to the fourth tier.