The 1966–68 Liga Gimel season saw 192 clubs competing in 16 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.

Beitar Tiberias, Hapoel Jadeidi, Maccabi Afula, Hapoel Shefa-'Amr, Hapoel Kiryat Yam, Maccabi Neve Sha'anan, Beitar Binyamina, Hapoel Tel Mond, Hapoel Kafr Qasim, Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, Maccabi Ramat HaShikma, Beitar Rehovot, Maccabi Dror Lod, Maccabi Ashdod, Maccabi Yavne and Maccabi Be'er Sheva won their regional divisions and qualified for the Promotion play-offs.

At the Promotion play-offs, Maccabi Neve Sha'anan, Beitar Tiberias, Hapoel Shefa-'Amr and Hapoel Kiryat Yam were promoted to Liga Bet from the North play-offs, whilst Beitar Rehovot, Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, Maccabi Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Dror Lod were promoted to Liga Bet from the South play-offs.

Upper Galilee Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beitar Tiberias 44 149 35 +114 74 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel Hatzor 44 136 44 +92 70
3 Hapoel Ayelet HaShahar 44 143 67 +76 63
4 Hapoel Dan 44 115 63 +52 59
5 Hapoel Kfar HaNassi 44 125 104 +21 47
6 Hapoel Yir'on 44 98 98 0 46
7 Hapoel Neot Mordechai 44 108 110 −2 45
8 Hapoel Kfar Giladi 44 87 87 0 44
9 Beitar Hatzor 44 69 120 −51 28
10 Maccabi Rosh Pinna 44 50 126 −76 20
11 Hapoel Tiberias Illit 44 34 141 −107 17
12 Hapoel Dishon 44 20 139 −119 7
Source: [citation needed]

Western Galilee Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Jadeidi 44 126 37 +89 73 Promotion play-offs
2 Al Ahly Majd al-Krum 44 108 23 +85 72
3 Hapoel Majd al-Krum 44 89 45 +44 56
4 Hapoel Abu Snan 44 85 60 +25 53
5 Hapoel Kafr Yasif 44 108 44 +64 52
6 Bnei Tamra 44 110 53 +57 51
7 Hapoel Ma'alot 44 71 74 −3 38
8 Hapoel Sakhnin 44 74 102 −28 30
9 Maccabi Tamra 44 54 105 −51 30
10 Hapoel Shlomi 44 54 90 −36 27
11 Hapoel Mi'ilya 44 25 150 −125 16
12 Hapoel Kabul 44 14 180 −166 4
Source: [citation needed]

Valleys Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Afula 48 193 47 +146 80 Promotion play-offs
2 Beitar Beit She'an 48 118 59 +59 68
3 Hapoel Beit HaShita 48 166 84 +82 67
4 Hapoel Kfar Kama 48 155 71 +84 58
5 Hapoel Geva 48 110 87 +23 58
6 Hapoel Mesilot 48 109 100 +9 50
7 Hapoel Hever 48 82 94 −12 45
8 Hapoel Tel Yosef 48 103 116 −13 43
9 Hapoel Yardena 48 68 84 −16 40
10 Maccabi Beit She'an 48 60 108 −48 32
11 Beitar Afula 48 49 132 −83 25
12 Hapoel Menahemia 48 56 171 −115 24
13 Hapoel Vatikei Balfouria 48 34 150 −116 17
Source: [citation needed]

Nazareth Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Shefa-'Amr 52 117 26 +91 93 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel Kiryat Nazareth 52 170 66 +104 73
3 Al Ahly Nazareth 52 148 69 +79 72
4 Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on 52 121 71 +50 65
5 HaPiryon Shefa-'Amr 52 119 76 +43 61
6 Al-Salam Nazareth 52 89 95 −6 51
7 Beitar al-Amal Nazareth 52 91 94 −3 49
8 Hapoel Ein Mahil 52 68 106 −38 41
9 Hapoel Daburiyya 52 69 136 −67 40
10 Hapoel Reineh 52 73 105 −32 38
11 Hapoel Bnei Iksal 52 56 100 −44 38
12 Hapoel Bu'eine 52 48 147 −99 33
13 Hapoel Eilabun 52 55 134 −79 31
14 Tzeirei HaDruzim 52 52 111 −59 26
Source: [citation needed]

Bay Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Kiryat Yam 48 170 47 +123 81 Promotion play-offs
2 Beitar Migdal HaEmek 48 131 49 +82 77
3 HaNoar HaOved Acre 48 136 55 +81 71
4 Shimshon Nahariya 48 134 58 +76 71
5 Beitar Kiryat Binyamin 48 105 60 +45 59
6 Hapoel Kiryat Binyamin 48 95 62 +33 52
7 Maccabi Nahariya 48 100 85 +15 52
8 Hapoel Rekhasim 48 69 111 −42 41
9 Al-Amal Acre 48 63 81 −18 28
10 Hapoel Ein HaMifratz 48 49 89 −40 21
11 Youth Club I'billin 48 32 116 −84 13
12 Hapoel Netiv HaShayara 48 32 119 −87 13
13 Hapoel I'billin 48 6 181 −175 2
Source: [citation needed]

Haifa Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Neve Sha'anan 40 136 36 +100 65 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel HaTzair Haifa 40 94 55 +39 52
3 Hapoel Geva HaCarmel 40 92 52 +40 50
4 Maccabi Fureidis 40 69 54 +15 48
5 Rafi Bat Galim 40 96 68 +28 46
6 Hapoel Yagur 40 91 69 +22 43
7 Beitar Tel Hanan 40 78 69 +9 41
8 Hapoel Ahva Haifa 40 75 82 −7 31
9 Maccabi Tel Hanan 40 51 139 −88 20
10 Beitar Zikhron Ya'akov 40 37 121 −84 17
11 Hapoel Tzrufa 40 51 125 −74 16
Source: [citation needed]

Samaria Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beitar Binyamina 44 165 28 +137 83 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel Beit Yitzhak 44 139 61 +78 61
3 Hapoel Elyakhin 44 103 47 +56 57
4 Hapoel 'Ara 44 89 46 +43 56
5 Hapoel Kafr Qara 44 92 64 +28 53
6 Beitar Hadera 44 106 68 +38 44
7 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 44 80 102 −22 42
8 Beitar Or Akiva 44 54 99 −45 30
9 Maccabi Or Akiva 44 50 122 −72 25
10 Hapoel Jisr az-Zarqa 44 46 167 −121 24
11 Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye 44 48 139 −91 23
12 Hapoel Caesarea 44 72 101 −29 22
Source: [citation needed]

Sharon Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Tel Mond 40 153 45 +108 68 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel Tayibe 40 123 39 +84 62
3 Maccabi Amidar Netanya 40 109 59 +50 55
4 Hapoel Kadima 40 102 58 +44 52
5 Maccabi HaSharon Netanya 40 74 65 +9 40
6 Hapoel Ein HaTchelet 40 87 80 +7 40
7 Hapoel Yanuv 40 72 80 −8 40
8 Hapoel Kfar Yona 40 64 91 −27 30
9 Hapoel Tnuvot 40 61 123 −62 19
10 Hapoel Burgata 40 32 96 −64 19
11 Maccabi Kfar Yona 40 31 172 −141 13
Source: [citation needed]

Petah Tikva Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Kafr Qasim 48 155 27 +128 86 Promotion play-offs
2 Beitar Herzliya 48 110 47 +63 68
3 Hapoel Qalansawe 48 145 45 +100 66
4 Hapoel Tira 48 110 56 +54 64
5 Hapoel Hod HaSharon 48 127 69 +58 62
6 Hapoel Jaljulia 48 101 85 +16 58
7 Maccabi Bnei Tira 48 76 102 −26 43
8 Hapoel Peretz Ra'anana 48 89 108 −19 39
9 F.C. Ein Ya'akov 48 64 90 −26 35
10 Maccabi Kafr Qasim 48 64 114 −50 34
11 Hapoel Pardesiya 48 50 97 −47 26
12 Hapoel Eliyahu Ra'anana 48 32 139 −107 12
13 Beitar Qalansawe 48 4 148 −144 0
Source: [citation needed]

Tel Aviv Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 44 170 25 +145 80 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel Givat HaShlosha 44 161 54 +107 62
3 Beitar Amishav Petah Tikva 44 137 50 +87 62
4 Beitar Mahane Yehuda 44 113 51 +62 56
5 Hapoel Bavli Tel Aviv 44 96 83 +13 51
6 Maccabi Ever HaYarkon 44 88 89 −1 46
7 Beitar Ganei Tikva 44 96 87 +9 42
8 Beitar Kiryat Matalon 44 87 87 0 36
9 Beitar HaTzafon Tel Aviv 44 63 94 −31 30
10 Beitar Rosh HaAyin 44 44 169 −125 20
11 Maccabi Rosh HaAyin 44 53 208 −155 16
12 Hapoel Afeka 44 14 125 −111 7
Source: [citation needed]

Jaffa Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Ramat HaShikma 48 146 33 +113 83 Promotion play-offs
2 Hapoel Azor 48 121 39 +82 74
3 Hapoel Kiryat Shalom 48 184 64 +120 73
4 Hapoel Ezra 48 128 73 +55 56
5 Beitar Jaffa 48 137 68 +69 54
6 Beitar Giv'at Shmuel 48 109 93 +16 54
7 Tzeirei Jaffa 48 116 84 +32 52
8 Maccabi Montefiore 48 86 97 −11 43
9 Maccabi Ramat Hen 48 96 110 −14 42
10 Bnei Shaltiel 48 66 128 −62 30
11 Beitar Ezra 48 63 202 −139 23
12 A.S. Hershim 48 51 210 −159 17
13 ASA Bar Ilan 48 41 133 −92 13
Source: [citation needed]

Central Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beitar Rehovot 28 88 38 +50 44 Promotion play-offs
2 A.S. Or Yehuda 28 78 35 +43 36
3 Hapoel Ramat Eliyahu 28 53 40 +13 35
4 Maccabi Kfar Gvirol 28 56 47 +9 29
5 Beitar Yehud 28 53 53 0 29
6 Maccabi Yehud 28 45 61 −16 27
7 Maccabi Haim Rehovot 28 28 73 −45 13
8 Maccabi Ramat Eliyahu 28 27 81 −54 10
Source: [citation needed]

Jerusalem Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Dror Lod 48 114 46 +68 71 Promotion play-offs
2 Beitar Beit Shemesh 48 123 49 +74 69
3 Hapoel Zikhronot 48 112 63 +49 68
4 Hapoel Bnei Ramla 48 95 49 +46 64
5 ASA Jerusalem 48 119 75 +44 57
6 Maccabi Beit Shemesh 48 93 76 +17 57
7 Hakoah Lod 48 85 64 +21 50
8 Beitar Katamonim 48 79 61 +18 47
9 Hapoel Katamonim 48 49 77 −28 32
10 Hapoel HaRakevet Lod 48 53 85 −32 32
11 Hapoel Beit Safafa 48 37 108 −71 17
12 Hapoel Bik'a 48 33 108 −75 17
13 Hapoel Mevaseret Zion 48 20 151 −131 5
Source: [citation needed]

Ashdod Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Ashdod 40 141 34 +107 71 Promotion play-offs
2 Beitar Ashkelon 40 127 30 +97 65
3 Hapoel Merhavim 40 84 52 +32 57
4 Maccabi Ashkelon 40 106 47 +59 50
5 Hapoel Gvar'am 40 89 60 +29 46
6 Beitar Ashdod 40 72 64 +8 44
7 Hapoel Shimshon Ashkelon 40 69 102 −33 30
8 Hapoel Shtulim 40 39 93 −54 21
9 Hapoel Azrikam 40 43 116 −73 18
10 Hapoel Mefalsim 40 24 104 −80 15
11 Hapoel Beit Ezra 40 17 109 −92 10
Source: [citation needed]

South Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Yavne 48 185 49 +136 78 Promotion play-offs
2 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 48 149 40 +109 75
3 Hapoel Gedera 48 152 48 +104 70
4 Hapoel Kiryat Gat 48 115 61 +54 66
5 Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi 48 133 74 +59 65
6 Beitar Gedera 48 98 72 +26 56
7 Hapoel Yavne 48 95 104 −9 45
8 Hapoel Hatzav 48 74 95 −21 43
9 Maccabi Sderot 48 70 157 −87 38
10 Maccabi Gan Yavne 48 67 118 −51 32
11 Hapoel Sde Uziyahu 48 50 118 −68 25
12 Hapoel Dorot 48 31 140 −109 14
13 Maccabi Kiryat Ekron 48 3 146 −143 2
Source: [citation needed]

Negev Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 40 142 36 +106 74 Promotion play-offs
2 Shimshon Yeruham 40 95 48 +47 55
3 Hapoel Yeruham 40 81 58 +23 43
4 F.S. Be'er Sheva 40 105 93 +12 42
5 Hapoel Arad 40 91 88 +3 42
6 Beitar Ofakim 40 64 83 −19 36
7 Beitar Dimona 40 67 75 −8 34
8 Hapoel Mitzpe Ramon 40 67 68 −1 33
9 Hapoel Bnei Shimon 40 58 81 −23 28
10 Maccabi Dimona 40 41 117 −76 20
11 Hapoel Mashabei Sadeh 40 48 112 −64 15
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion play-offs

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North play-offs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Maccabi Neve Sha'anan 6 18 9 +9 10 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Beitar Tiberias 6 13 7 +6 10
3 Hapoel Shefa-'Amr 6 23 12 +11 8
4 Hapoel Kiryat Yam 6 12 9 +3 6
5 Beitar Binyamina 6 8 14 −6 4 Remained in Liga Gimel
6 Hapoel Tel Mond 6 11 21 −10 3
7 Maccabi Afula 6 8 21 −13 1
Source: [citation needed]

Hapoel Jadeidi was suspended from the play-offs due to unruly behavior behalf of their players and crowd.[1]

South play-offs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Beitar Rehovot 7 21 13 +8 9 Promoted to Liga Bet
2 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 7 12 10 +2 9
3 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 7 19 13 +6 8
4 Maccabi Dror Lod 7 13 9 +4 8
5 Maccabi Ramat HaShikma 7 12 10 +2 7 Remained in Liga Gimel
6 Maccabi Ashdod 7 7 10 −3 6
7 Hapoel Kafr Qasim 7 7 10 −3 6
8 Maccabi Yavne 7 7 23 −16 1[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted.

See also

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References

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