[3] The club were founded as a youth team, but soon began to compete in adult leagues, advancing within three years to the top division.

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.

[5] The Yugoslav team have beaten Maccabi Tel Aviv 7–2,[6] and Beitar's victory was held as a great feat.

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.

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.

The club reached the State Cup final for the fourth time in 1977, but were beaten 1–0 by Maccabi Tel Aviv.