The 1949–50 season was the 2nd season of competitive
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
in
Israel and the 24th season under the
Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the
British Mandate.
IFA Competitions
League competitions
Israeli League
The league competition, which started in the
Previous season, finished during the season.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the inaugural Israeli championship.
Maccabi Nes Tziona finished bottom of the league and was due to be relegated. However, as disagreement broke out between the
Hapoel and
Maccabi factions in the IFA, the
next league season didn't start until fall 1951, the club's relegation, which was part of the disagreement, wasn't confirmed until mid-1951.
Liga Meuhedet
Hapoel Kiryat Haim,
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Hadera–Giv'at Olga "Shulem Schwarz" F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל חדרה–גבעת אולגה שולם שוורץ) is an Israeli football club from Hadera.
They currently play in the Israeli Premier League, and have ...
,
Maccabi Ramat Gan,
Bnei Yehuda and
Hapoel Jerusalem
As the IFA established the
league system, 25 teams were placed in
Liga Bet. As the placing of teams to Liga Bet was part of the disagreements between the two IFA factions (with each wants more of its own teams in Liga Alef and Liga Bet), the teams placed in Liga Bet were selected not only based on placing in
Liga Meuhedet.
National teams
National team
1950 World Cup qualification (group 3), first round
1949–50 matches
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:1949-50 in Israeli football
Seasons in Israeli football