1931–32 Palestine League

Palestine League
Season	1931–32
Champions	British Police
Matches played	65
Goals scored	298 (4.58 per match)
	← 1930–31 1933–34 →

The 1931–32 Palestine League was the first complete season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine, and the first played in an autumn-spring format. Although in previous seasons several leagues were contested, none are recognized by the Israeli Football Association.

The season began on 7 November 1931 and its final matches were played on 27 May 1932. Seven matches were left un-played as a dispute between Hapoel and Maccabi factions within the EIFA following the punishment given to Hapoel Haifa following the events that led to the abandonment of the cup final halted all EIFA activities.^[1]

The championship was won by British Police, who finished the season unbeaten.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	BPO	HTA	HHA	MHJ	MTA	MPT	MHA	MNZ	HJE
1	British Police (C)	15	12	3	0	62	18	3.444	27	—	4–2	2–0	5–2	9–0	7–1	–^[a]	3–1	10–1
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	15	11	2	2	52	13	4.000	24	1–1	—	0–1	7–1	5–1	5–1	5–2	6–0	8–0
3	Hapoel Haifa	12	8	2	2	33	15	2.200	18	3–3	0–2	—	0–0	5–0	4–3	7–0	3–0	–^[a]
4	Maccabi Hashmonai	15	8	2	5	35	32	1.094	18	1–2	1–3	–^[a]	—	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	8–0
5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	15	7	2	6	37	38	0.974	16	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	—	3–1	4–2	3–2	–^[a]
6	Maccabi Petah Tikva	16	4	1	11	30	45	0.667	9	2–4	0–2	2–3	3–4	2–5	—	0–2	1–1	5–0
7	Maccabi Haifa	14	3	2	9	22	42	0.524	8	1–4	–^[a]	2–4	4–2	0–4	2–3	—	1–1	1–1
8	Maccabi Nes Tziona	15	2	3	10	16	35	0.457	7	1–3	0–2	–^[a]	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–0	—	1–3
9	Hapoel Jerusalem	13	1	1	11	11	60	0.183	3	0–3	0–3	–^[a]	2–3	1–7	0–2	3–4	0–5	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 1932. Source: IFA, Do'ar HaYom
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Seven matches were left un-played due to disagreement between Hapoel and Maccabi organizations.

References

RSSSF
British Police. The First Champions (in Hebrew)
100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

^ The Big Rift in the Eretz Israel Football Association Do'ar HaYom, 2 September 1932, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[table_note_BPO_MHA0.84257788343475-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Seven matches were left un-played due to disagreement between Hapoel and Maccabi organizations.

[1] The Big Rift in the Eretz Israel Football Association Do'ar HaYom, 2 September 1932, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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