title: 2000–01 Liga Bet
text: # 2000–01 Liga Bet
  
  The 2000–01 Liga Bet season saw Maccabi Ironi Shlomi, Hapoel Asi Gilboa, Hapoel Tira and Ironi Ofakim win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.
  
  Second placed club, Beitar Kiryat Gat, were also promoted as the best runners-up in the South divisions, after a vacancy was created in Liga Alef South division.
  
  At the bottom, Hapoel Bnei Kafr Yasif, Beitar Safed, Ironi I'billin (from North A division), Hapoel Arab Nujeidat, Beitar Iksal, Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm (from North B division), Maccabi Bnei Tira, Maccabi Kafr Qasim (from South A division) and Hapoel Rahat (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.
  
  ## North A Division
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Maccabi Ironi Shlomi | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 61 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
  | 2 | Ironi Nahariya | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 60 | |
  | 3 | Hapoel Tuba | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 49 | |
  | 4 | Hapoel Deir Hanna | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 47 | |
  | 5 | Hapoel Makr | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 45 | |
  | 6 | Hapoel Arraba | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 45 | |
  | 7 | Hapoel Bnei Manda | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 37 | |
  | 8 | Hapoel Sakhnin | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 36 | |
  | 9 | Hapoel Maghar | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 36 | Folded |
  | 10 | Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 36 | |
  | 11 | Hapoel Kaukab | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 34 | |
  | 12 | Hapoel Bnei Kafr Yasif | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 34 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
  | 13 | Hapoel Bnei Nazareth | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 34 | |
  | 14 | Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 33 | |
  | 15 | Beitar Safed | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 30 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
  | 16 | Ironi I'billin | 29 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 48 | −32 | 16 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
  
  * ↑ Twelve points deducted
  * ↑ Four points deducted
  * 1 2 3 4 Two points deducted
  * ↑ After the end of season, the IFA demoted Hapoel Bnei Kafr Yasif to Liga Gimel for fielding suspended players in five matches.
  * ↑ Maccabi Kiryat Shmona were originally set to play in the division. Following their merger with Hapoel Kiryat Shmona, which formed Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona, the vacated spot was filled by promoting Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo from Liga Gimel.
  
  ## North B Division
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hapoel Asi Gilboa | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 59 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
  | 2 | Hapoel Mo'atza Ezorit Galil Tahton | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 50 | |
  | 3 | Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 48 | |
  | 4 | Maccabi Tzur Shalom | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 47 | |
  | 5 | Hapoel Tel Hanan | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 46 | |
  | 6 | Hapoel Reineh | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 45 | |
  | 7 | Hapoel Bir al-Maksur | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 45 | |
  | 8 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 44 | |
  | 9 | Maccabi Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 40 | |
  | 10 | Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 40 | |
  | 11 | Hapoel Nahliel Givat Olga | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 39 | |
  | 12 | Hapoel Fureidis | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 39 | |
  | 13 | Hapoel Yafa | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 38 | |
  | 14 | Hapoel Arab Nujeidat | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 31 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
  | 15 | Beitar Iksal | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 73 | −27 | 27 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
  | 16 | Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 71 | −47 | 16 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
  
  * ↑ Maccabi Afula which were relegated from Liga Alef in the previous season, were originally set to play in the division. As Maccabi Afula folded, the vacated spot was filled by Hapoel Tel Hanan, which were reprieved from relegation, after finished second bottom of the North A division in the previous season.
  
  ## South A Division
  
  Promoted to Liga Alef:
  
  * Hapoel Tira
  
  Other league clubs:
  
  * Hapoel Azor
  * Beitar Ramat Gan
  * Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
  * Hapoel Hod HaSharon
  * M.M. Giv'at Shmuel
  * Hapoel Kafr Qasim
  * Beitar Nes Tubruk
  * Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen
  * Shimshon Bnei Tayibe
  * Maccabi Yehud
  * Beitar Holon
  
  Relegated to Liga Gimel:
  
  * Maccabi Bnei Tira
  * Maccabi Kafr Qasim
  
  Hapoel Jaljulia and Hapoel Or Yehuda were originally set to play in the division. Hapoel Jaljulia which finished runners-up in the previous season, were promoted to Liga Alef in order to fill a vacated spot in that league. Hapoel Or Yehuda which were relegated from Liga Alef in the previous season, withdrew from the league.
  
  ## South B Division
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ironi Ofakim | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 115 | 25 | +90 | 79 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
  | 2 | Beitar Kiryat Gat | 30 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 75 | 23 | +52 | 73 | Promoted to Liga Alef |
  | 3 | Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 21 | +45 | 71 | |
  | 4 | Maccabi Holon | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 53 | |
  | 5 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | |
  | 6 | Hapoel Merhavim | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 41 | |
  | 7 | Hapoel Sde Uzziah | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 39 | |
  | 8 | Maccabi Kiryat Ekron | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 38 | |
  | 9 | Hapoel Bnei Lakhish | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 37 | |
  | 10 | Hapoel Yeruham | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 36 | |
  | 11 | Maccabi Neve Alon Lod | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 35 | |
  | 12 | Maccabi Ben Zvi | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 34 | |
  | 13 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 31 | |
  | 14 | Moadon Tzeirei Rahat | 29 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 26 | |
  | 15 | Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 23 | |
  | 16 | Hapoel Rahat | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 71 | −47 | 16 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
  
  * 1 2 3 4 Four vacated spots in the division were filled by promoting Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba, Maccabi Holon, Beitar Kiryat Gat and Moadon Tzeirei Rahat from Liga Gimel, after the four clubs finished in the previous season as runners-up in their regional divisions.
  
  Maccabi Jerusalem/Ma'ale Adumim and Sektzia Nes Tziona were originally set to play in the division. Maccabi Jerusalem/Ma'ale Adumim which finished runners-up in the previous season, were promoted to Liga Alef in order to fill a vacated spot in that league. Sektzia Nes Tziona which were due to be relegated from Liga Alef in the previous season, were eventually reprieved from relegation.
  
  