The 1949–50 season was the first and only edition of the Israeli League. It was the first season after

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in 1948, and the eleventh season of league football in what had been

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. The season started on 28 May 1949 and ended on 24 June 1950, with the league played on the basis of two points for a win and one for a draw. Originally 14 teams were due to contest the league, the same line-up as the league for the abandoned 1947–48 season. However Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv had disbanded and after failing to play their first three matches, the rest of the club's fixtures were cancelled and the league was contested by 13 clubs. The title was won by

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. In early March 1950, Maccabi Nes Tziona were ejected from the league after failing to appear at three consecutive matches; all remaining matches in the season were forfeited. The club finished bottom of the league and were relegated. After a season's hiatus, football resumed in

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, by which time

Liga Alef Liga Alef () is the third tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into two regional divisions, north and south. History League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Howe ...

had become the country's top division.

League table

Results

References

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Liga Alef seasons

League table

Results

See also

References