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1939 Palestine League

1939 Palestine League

Football league season


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

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Due to the Arab Revolt the league was split into regional leagues in Tel Aviv (two tiers), Samaria and South districts,[1] while in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tiberias leagues were played, managed by the British Army.

Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Tel Aviv regional league on goal average,[2] while Beitar Netanya and Maccabi Rehovot won the Samaria and Southern divisions. Neither of the winning teams is listed as champions in the Israel Football Association.[3][4]

Tel Aviv regional league

Division I

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

Division II

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

Samaria regional league

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

Southern regional league

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Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 1939. Source: IFA, The Palestine Post
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. No points or goals were awarded for a match between Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Beitar Rishon LeZion.

References

  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)
  3. "List of Champions" (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  4. How Many Championships Does Maccabi Tel Aviv Have? Ron Amikam, 8 July 2009, nrg.co.il (in Hebrew)

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