The 1941–42 Palestine League was the ninth season of league football in the

British Mandate for Palestine The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordanwhich had been part of the Ottoman Empire for four centuriesfollowing the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in Wo ...

. The defending champions were

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv () is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as football, basketball, w ...

. The Palestine League was divided into three regional divisions (Haifa, Jerusalem, Southern) with playoffs at the end of the season, with the league winners and the Southern League runners-up qualifying for a championship playoff.Peace in the Sport of Eretz Israel Football
HaBoker, 24 August 1941, via archive.football.org.il The Haifa League was cancelled on 5 March 1942 Memo No. 33
IFA, 8 March 1942 and a cup competition was played instead. Homenetmen Jerusalem won the Jerusalem League, and

Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a sport club in Rishon LeZion, Israel. The professional teams associated with it include: *Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball) *Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball) * Maccabi Rishon LeZion (badminton) There was also a footb ...

won the Southern League. This meant that the two league winners, along with runner-up

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

qualified to the championship playoff. The championship playoff was won by

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Israeli Football Association

Southern League

Jerusalem League

Homenetmen Jerusalem won the Jerusalem League. R.A.M.C. Jerusalem and Elitzur Jerusalem withdrew from the league.

Championship play-off

At the conclusion of the regional leagues a championship play-off was held, with the two league winners and

, runner-up of the Southern League. The matches between

and

were held first, with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning the matches 2–0Saturday Results
Al HaMishmar, 12 September 1943, Historical Jewish Press and 5–0.Saturday Results
Al HaMishmar, 19 September 1943, Historical Jewish Press Next, Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Homenetmen Jerusalem drew their match 3–3,Saturday Results
Al HaMishmar, 3 October 1943, Historical Jewish Press but later Homenetmen chose to forfeit their matches against Maccabi Tel Aviv,Saturday Results
Al HaMishmar, 17 October 1943, Historical Jewish Press Saturday Results
Al HaMishmar, 31 October 1943, Historical Jewish Press after which Homenetmen were ejected from the play-offs and Maccabi Tel Aviv was declared winner.

Table

References

Previous seasons
The Israel Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:1941-42 Palestine League Palestine League seasons

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1941–42 in Mandatory Palestine football