1939 Palestine League Explained

Competition:	Palestine League
Season:	1939
Prevseason:	1938–39
Nextseason:	1940

The 1939 Palestine League was the seventh season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine.

Due to the Arab Revolt the league was split into regional leagues in Tel Aviv (two tiers), Samaria and South districts,^[1] while in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tiberias leagues were played, managed by the British Army.

Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Tel Aviv regional league on goal average,^[2] while Beitar Netanya and Maccabi Rehovot won the Samaria and Southern divisions. Neither of the winning teams is listed as champions in the Israel Football Association.^{[3] [4]}

Tel Aviv regional league

Division II

Notes and References

1. http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=PLS%2F1939%2F02%2F22&id=Ar00409&sk=36E17ED8 New League for Palestine
2. http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/haboker/1939/11-26-1939.pdf Maccabi Tel Aviv Champion of The Football League
3. Web site: List of Champions . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929160511/http://www.israel-football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/ChampoinshipHistory.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=40 . dead . 2011-09-29 . he . 2013-11-06 .
4. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/3/ART1/913/793.html How Many Championships Does Maccabi Tel Aviv Have?