1986–87 Liga Bet

The 1986–87 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Bnei Nazareth, Maccabi Isfiya, Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Ashdod win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef. In the North A division, the final decisive match between Hapoel Bnei Nazareth and Maccabi Acre was postponed for over a month after league matches ended, and was eventually played on 13 June 1987. Nazareth won the match 2–0 and was promoted to Liga Alef.^[1]

At the bottom, Hapoel Afikim, Beitar Kiryat Shmona (from North A division), Beitar Pardes Hanna, Hapoel Beit Eliezer (from North B division), Beitar Pardes Katz, Beitar Kfar Saba (from South A division), Hapoel Sderot and Hapoel Merhavim (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.

North A Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Bnei Nazareth	24	18	4	2	43	17	+26	40	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Acre	24	16	6	2	39	12	+27	38
3	Maccabi Shefa-Amr	24	11	6	7	43	30	+13	28
4	Hapoel Safed	24	7	10	7	33	35	−2	24
5	Bnei Hatzor HaGlilit	24	8	7	9	41	36	+5	23
6	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	24	6	10	8	27	29	−2	22
7	Hapoel Majd al-Krum	24	8	5	11	27	29	−2	21
8	Hapoel Sakhnin	24	7	7	10	31	34	−3	21
9	Maccabi Givat HaRakafot	24	8	5	11	23	30	−7	21
10	Hapoel Bnei Acre	24	7	8	9	31	33	−2	20^[a]
11	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik	24	6	8	10	22	35	−13	20
12	Sektzia Ma'alot	24	3	12	9	18	35	−17	18
13	Hapoel Afikim	24	6	2	16	21	44	−23	14	Relegated to Liga Gimel
–	Beitar Kiryat Shmona	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Folded^[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Maccabi Isfiya	26	18	6	2	51	21	+30	42	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel	26	16	3	7	49	21	+28	35
3	Hapoel Givat Olga	26	11	9	6	39	33	+6	31
4	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm	26	9	8	9	37	30	+7	26
5	Hapoel Kafr Sulam	26	8	9	9	42	44	−2	25
6	Hapoel Iksal	26	8	8	10	34	38	−4	24
7	Hapoel Tel Hanan	26	8	8	10	43	53	−10	24
8	Maccabi Tzur Shalom	26	10	6	10	37	40	−3	23^[a]
9	Hapoel Yokneam	26	6	11	9	26	37	−11	23
10	Maccabi Tzofei Haifa	26	8	7	11	35	47	−12	23
11	Hapoel Migdal HaEmek	26	6	10	10	38	39	−1	22
12	Hapoel Nahliel	26	7	8	11	33	41	−8	22
13	Beitar Pardes Hanna	26	4	14	8	18	26	−8	22	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Hapoel Beit Eliezer	26	6	7	13	22	34	−12	19	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Maccabi Herzliya	26	17	6	3	49	17	+32	40	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	Hapoel Kafr Qasim	26	17	6	3	47	22	+25	40
3	Hapoel Herzliya	26	12	7	7	41	26	+15	31
4	Hapoel Kfar Shalem	26	10	10	6	31	22	+9	30
5	Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Gan	26	10	8	8	30	32	−2	28
6	Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah	26	9	7	10	35	35	0	25
7	M.M. Givat Shmuel	26	8	8	10	33	32	+1	24
8	Hapoel Jaljulia	26	9	6	11	32	32	0	24
9	Hapoel Ihud Tzeirei Jaffa	26	8	6	12	29	31	−2	22
10	Beitar Rosh HaAyin	26	8	6	12	25	37	−12	22
11	Beitar Kfar Yona	26	7	7	12	28	38	−10	21
12	Maccabi Bat Yam	26	8	5	13	24	35	−11	21
13	Beitar Pardes Katz	26	6	8	12	26	45	−19	20	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Beitar Kfar Saba	26	6	4	16	23	49	−26	16	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hapoel Ashdod	26	20	5	1	55	18	+37	45	Promoted to Liga Alef
2	SK Nes Tziona	26	15	7	4	53	23	+30	37
3	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov	26	14	6	6	55	32	+23	34
4	Beitar Yavne	26	9	12	5	30	26	+4	30
5	Maccabi Ironi Ashdod	26	10	8	8	30	26	+4	28
6	Hapoel Eilat	26	8	8	10	34	34	0	24
7	Maccabi Ben Zvi	26	6	10	10	21	31	−10	22
8	Maccabi Rehovot	26	8	6	12	23	34	−11	22
9	Maccabi Ramla	26	4	14	8	25	37	−12	22
10	Beitar Kiryat Malakhi	26	7	8	11	22	37	−15	22
11	Hapoel Mevaseret Zion	26	5	11	10	38	44	−6	21
12	Maccabi Kiryat Ekron	26	8	5	13	25	36	−11	21
13	Hapoel Sderot	26	7	7	12	28	39	−11	21	Relegated to Liga Gimel
14	Hapoel Merhavim	26	4	7	15	21	43	−22	15	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

^ Bnei Nazareth in Liga Alef Elias Khouri, 14 June 1987, Ma'ariv, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)