Beitar Tel Aviv

Beitar Tel Aviv Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל בית"ר תל אביב) was an Israeli football club based from Tel Aviv. The club merged in 2000 with Shimshon Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv, and later, after the merge came apart, merged with Ironi Ramla to create Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla.

On 22 May 2019, Ramla withdrew the merged and the club merged with Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam, due to it, the club changed his name to Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam.

History

The club were founded as a youth team, but soon began to compete in adult leagues, advancing within three years to the top division. Their first success came in 1940, when they won the Palestine Cup, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 in the final. Two years later, they won the cup again, setting a record for the highest score in the final, when they beat Maccabi Haifa 12–1.

In 1945 the club won its division in the War League, but the deciding championship match against Hapoel Tel Aviv, winner of the other division was never played and no one champion was set. Nowadays the IFA recognize both clubs as champions for this season.

On 6 May 1945 the club played visiting team Hajduk Split and recorded a 4–2 victory. The Yugoslav team have beaten Maccabi Tel Aviv 7–2, and Beitar's victory was held as a great feat.

The club reached the cup final again in 1947, playing Maccabi Tel Aviv. The tempestuous match was abandoned with Maccabi leading 3–2 after Beitar seemed to have scored a goal, which wasn't given, and the crowd stormed the pitch.

Beitar Tel Aviv were founder members of the Israeli League in 1949, finishing 6th out of 13 in the 1949–50 season. Despite finishing second from bottom in 1953–54, the club avoided relegation as the top division was expanded to 14 teams. The following season they finished 5th, with Nisim Elmaliah the division's top scorer with 30 goals. Despite only finishing 7th out of 12 in 1955–56, Beitar had both the division's top scorers; Avraham Levi and Michael Michaelov with 16 goals each.

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Israel. Liga Leumit. League Table. Season 2019/2020
Pos	Team	Home	Away	Total	GD	Goals
P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts
1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	21	15	2	4	46	25	47	20	8	8	4	28	17	32	41	23	10	8	74	42	79	32	1.8
2	Bnei Sakhnin	20	11	5	4	31	18	38	20	8	7	5	31	18	31	40	19	12	9	62	36	69	26	1.6
3	Hapoel Ramat Gan	19	10	3	6	30	20	33	21	8	8	5	26	18	32	40	18	11	11	56	38	65	18	1.4
4	Kafr Qasim	20	9	3	8	22	24	30	21	9	6	6	37	30	33	41	18	9	14	59	54	63	5	1.4
5	Hapoel Rishon Lezion	21	8	8	5	31	19	32	19	9	3	7	20	25	30	40	17	11	12	51	44	62	7	1.3
6	Hapoel Katamon	19	6	8	5	18	18	26	18	10	3	5	24	15	33	37	16	11	10	42	33	59	9	1.1
7	Hapoel Jerusalem	19	6	8	5	18	18	26	18	10	3	5	24	15	33	37	16	11	10	42	33	59	9	1.1
8	Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam	20	10	2	8	32	25	32	20	6	5	9	21	34	23	40	16	7	17	53	59	55	-6	1.3
9	Hapoel R. H. I. Nir	20	6	6	8	27	35	24	21	9	2	10	28	32	29	41	15	8	18	55	67	53	-12	1.3
10	Hapoel Umm Al-Fahm	20	6	8	6	22	22	26	19	7	3	9	23	24	24	39	13	11	15	45	46	50	-1	1.2
11	Hapoel Petah Tikva	20	10	3	7	26	22	33	18	3	8	7	28	33	17	38	13	11	14	54	55	50	-1	1.4
12	Hapoel Nof Hagalil	20	6	8	6	25	26	26	19	6	5	8	22	22	23	39	12	13	14	47	48	49	-1	1.2
13	Hapoel Akko	20	8	7	5	23	17	31	19	2	7	10	7	16	13	39	10	14	15	30	33	44	-3	0.8
14	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	19	9	6	4	27	18	33	20	1	8	11	16	32	11	39	10	14	15	43	50	44	-7	1.1
15	Hapoel Ashkelon	19	5	4	10	19	28	19	21	5	6	10	24	28	21	40	10	10	20	43	56	40	-13	1.1
16	Hapoel Afula	19	5	7	7	17	26	22	20	3	5	12	20	32	14	39	8	12	19	37	58	36	-21	0.9
17	Hapoel Bney Lod FC	18	5	3	10	18	34	18	19	5	3	11	17	39	18	37	10	6	21	35	73	36	-38	0.9
18	Beitar Tel Aviv	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	2	-2	1
19	Hapoel Nazareth-Illit	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	1	4	5	1	-1	2