1941–42 Palestine League
{{Infobox football league season
|competition= Palestine League
|season=1941–42
|winners=Maccabi Tel Aviv
3rd title
|relegated=
|league topscorer=
|matches=
|total goals=
|prevseason=1940
|nextseason=1943–44
}}
The 1941–42 Palestine League was the ninth season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine. The defending champions were Hapoel Tel Aviv.
The Palestine League was divided into three regional divisions (Haifa, Jerusalem, Southern) with playoffs at the end of the season,{{cite web
| title=Palestine Football League 1941/42
| website=RSSSF
| url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ispahist.html
}} with the league winners and the Southern League runners-up qualifying for a championship playoff.[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/haboker/1941/08-24-1941.pdf Peace in the Sport of Eretz Israel Football] HaBoker, 24 August 1941, via archive.football.org.il {{in lang|he}}
The Haifa League was cancelled on 5 March 1942 [http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/Images/do000506.jpg Memo No. 33] IFA, 8 March 1942 {{in lang|he}} and a cup competition was played instead. Homenetmen Jerusalem won the Jerusalem League, and Maccabi Rishon LeZion won the Southern League. This meant that the two league winners, along with runner-up Maccabi Tel Aviv qualified to the championship playoff.
The championship playoff was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv.[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/Images/do000476.jpg League and Cup Committee Meeting 1.11.43] Israeli Football Association {{in lang|he}}
Southern League
|section=Southern League
|update=4 September 1943
|source=[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/Images/do000479_002.jpg Memo no. 11, p. 3] IFA {{in lang|he}}
|result1=CPO |result2=CPO
|use_goal_ratio=yes |winpoints=2
|team1 =MRL |win_MRL=20 |draw_MRL=3 |loss_MRL=3 |gf_MRL=87 |ga_MRL=22
|team2 =MTA |win_MTA=21 |draw_MTA=1 |loss_MTA=4 |gf_MTA=82 |ga_MTA=26
|team3 =MNZ |win_MNZ=19 |draw_MNZ=3 |loss_MNZ=4 |gf_MNZ=69 |ga_MNZ=31
|team4 =HTA |win_HTA=19 |draw_HTA=2 |loss_HTA=5 |gf_HTA=87 |ga_HTA=23
|team5 =MPT |win_MPT=15 |draw_MPT=2 |loss_MPT=9 |gf_MPT=54 |ga_MPT=38
|team6 =HPT |win_HPT=13 |draw_HPT=5 |loss_HPT=8 |gf_HPT=55 |ga_HPT=49
|team7 =BTA |win_BTA=11 |draw_BTA=4 |loss_BTA=11 |gf_BTA=50 |ga_BTA=48
|team8 =AAJ |win_AAJ=11 |draw_AAJ=3 |loss_AAJ=12 |gf_AAJ=55 |ga_AAJ=55
|team9 =HRG |win_HRG=9 |draw_HRG=4 |loss_HRG=13 |gf_HRG=54 |ga_HRG=67
|team10 =MRV |win_MRV=8 |draw_MRV=5 |loss_MRV=13 |gf_MRV=34 |ga_MRV=50
|team11 =HHZ |win_HHZ=4 |draw_HHZ=3 |loss_HHZ=19 |gf_HHZ=27 |ga_HHZ=66
|team12 =HRL |win_HRL=5 |draw_HRL=2 |loss_HRL=19 |gf_HRL=26 |ga_HRL=71
|team13 =KTA |win_KTA=4 |draw_KTA=1 |loss_KTA=21 |gf_KTA=27 |ga_KTA=95
|team14 =DGZ |win_DGZ=1 |draw_DGZ=6 |loss_DGZ=19 |gf_DGZ=11 |ga_DGZ=77
|name_AAJ=National Sport Club Jaffa
|name_BTA=Beitar Tel Aviv
|name_DGZ=Degel Zion Tel Aviv
|name_HHZ=Hapoel Herzliya
|name_HPT=Hapoel Petah Tikva
|name_HRG=Hapoel Ramat Gan
|name_HRL=Hapoel Rishon LeZion
|name_HTA=Hapoel Tel Aviv
|name_KTA=Hakoah Tel Aviv
|name_MNZ=Maccabi Nes Tziona
|name_MPT=Maccabi Petah Tikva
|name_MRL=Maccabi Rishon LeZion
|name_MRV=Maccabi Rehovot
|name_MTA =Maccabi Tel Aviv
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CPO=yellow1|text_CPO=Championship Playoffs
|adjust_points_HRL=-2
|adjust_points_BTA=-1
|adjust_points_DGZ=-1
|hth_HRL=Hapoel Rishon LeZion's matches against Beitar Tel Aviv and Degel Zion Tel Aviv were both given as 0–0 without points due to infringements from both involved clubs (in each match).[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/Images/do000499.jpg Memo No. 38] IFA, 28 May 1942 {{in lang|he}}
|hth_BTA=HRL
|hth_DGZ=HRL
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal ratio.
}}
Jerusalem League
Homenetmen Jerusalem won the Jerusalem League. R.A.M.C. Jerusalem and Elitzur Jerusalem withdrew from the league.
|section=Jerusalem League
|update=4 September 1943
|source=[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/Images/do000479_002.jpg Memo no. 11, p. 3] IFA {{in lang|he}}
|result1=CPO |result9=FOL |result10=FOL
|use_goal_ratio=yes |winpoints=2
|team1 =HOM |win_HOM=10 |draw_HOM=3 |loss_HOM=1 |gf_HOM=38 |ga_HOM=10
|team2 =MJR |win_MJR=10 |draw_MJR=2 |loss_MJR=2 |gf_MJR=28 |ga_MJR=9
|team3 =HJR |win_HJR=8 |draw_HJR=3 |loss_HJR=3 |gf_HJR=28 |ga_HJR=12
|team4 =DZJ |win_DZJ=5 |draw_DZJ=5 |loss_DZJ=4 |gf_DZJ=15 |ga_DZJ=16
|team5 =CHC |win_CHC=5 |draw_CHC=2 |loss_CHC=7 |gf_CHC=19 |ga_CHC=23
|team6 =HOY |win_HOY=4 |draw_HOY=2 |loss_HOY=8 |gf_HOY=21 |ga_HOY=36
|team7 =RPC |win_RPC=3 |draw_RPC=1 |loss_RPC=10 |gf_RPC=11 |ga_RPC=30
|team8 =ARK |win_ARK=2 |draw_ARK=0 |loss_ARK=12 |gf_ARK=8 |ga_ARK=32
|team9 =RMC |win_RMC=3 |draw_RMC=7 |loss_RMC=4 |gf_RMC=1 |ga_RMC=6
|team10 =EJR |win_EJR=14 |draw_EJR=0 |loss_EJR=0 |gf_EJR=10 |ga_EJR=1
|name_ARK=Araks Jerusalem
|name_CHC=Christian Club Jerusalem
|name_DZJ=Degel Zion Jerusalem
|name_EJR=Elitzur Jerusalem
|name_HJR=Hapoel Jerusalem
|name_HOM=Homenetmen Jerusalem
|name_HOY=Hoyetchmen Club Jerusalem
|name_MJR =Maccabi Jerusalem
|name_RMC=R.A.M.C.
|name_RPC=R.A.P.C.
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CPO=yellow1|text_PPO=Championship Playoffs
|col_FOL=black1|text_FOL=Withdrew
|adjust_points_DZJ=-1
|adjust_points_CHC=-1
|hth_DZJ= The match between Degel Zion Jerusalem and Christian Club Jerusalem was given as a 0–0 without points, due to infringements on behalf of both teams.[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/Images/do000533.jpg Memo No 3/43] IFA, 2 February 1943 {{in lang|he}}
|hth_CHC=DZJ
|note_RMC= The team representing the Royal Army Medical Corps withdrew from the competition and its results were annulled.
|note_EJR=Elitzur Jerusalem withdrew from the competition and its results were annulled.
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal ratio.
}}
Championship play-off
At the conclusion of the regional leagues a championship play-off was held, with the two league winners and Maccabi Tel Aviv, runner-up of the Southern League. The matches between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Rishon LeZion were held first, with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning the matches 2–0[https://archive.today/20150115042826/http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=AHR/1943/09/12&PageLabelPrint=3&EntityId=Ar00301&ViewMode=HTML Saturday Results] Al HaMishmar, 12 September 1943, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} and 5–0.[https://archive.today/20150115042751/http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=AHR/1943/09/19&PageLabelPrint=2&EntityId=Ar00200&ViewMode=HTML Saturday Results] Al HaMishmar, 19 September 1943, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} Next, Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Homenetmen Jerusalem drew their match 3–3,[https://archive.today/20150115042800/http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=AHR/1943/10/03&PageLabelPrint=3&EntityId=Ar00314&ViewMode=HTML Saturday Results] Al HaMishmar, 3 October 1943, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} but later Homenetmen chose to forfeit their matches against Maccabi Tel Aviv,[https://archive.today/20150115042800/http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=AHR/1943/10/17&PageLabelPrint=3&EntityId=Ar00319&ViewMode=HTML Saturday Results] Al HaMishmar, 17 October 1943, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}}[https://archive.today/20150115042739/http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=AHR/1943/10/31&PageLabelPrint=3&EntityId=Ar00302&ViewMode=HTML Saturday Results] Al HaMishmar, 31 October 1943, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} after which Homenetmen were ejected from the play-offs and Maccabi Tel Aviv was declared winner.
=Table=
|section=Championship play-off
|update=30 October 1943
|source=[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/Images/do000476.jpg League and Cup Committee Meeting 1.11.43] Israeli Football Association {{in lang|he}}
|result1=CHM
|use_goal_ratio=yes |winpoints=2
|team1 =MTA |win_MTA=4 |draw_MTA=0 |loss_MTA=0 |gf_MTA=13 |ga_MTA=0
|team2 =MRL |win_MRL=1 |draw_MRL=1 |loss_MRL=2 |gf_MRL=6 |ga_MRL=10
|team3 =HOM |win_HOM=0 |draw_HOM=1 |loss_HOM=3 |gf_HOM=3 |ga_HOM=12
|name_MRL=Maccabi Rishon LeZion
|name_HOM=Homenetmen Jerusalem
|name_MTA =Maccabi Tel Aviv
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CHM=green1|text_CHM=Champions
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal ratio.
|show_matches=true |matches_style=BSR
|match_MRL_MTA=0–2 |match_MTA_MRL=5–0
|match_HOM_MRL=3–3 |match_MRL_HOM=3–0
|match_HOM_MTA=0–3 | match_MTA_HOM=3–0
}}
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/israchamp.html RSSSF]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131213123929/http://football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PreviousSeasons.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=40 Previous seasons] The Israel Football Association {{in lang|he}}
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