Liga Leumit 1954-55

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The 1954-55 season was the first edition of Liga Leumit, with it replacing Liga Alef as the top division of football in Israel. The league ran with 14 clubs; the 12 from the previous season and two promoted clubs (Hapoel Hadera and Beitar Jerusalem) and used two points for a win and one for a draw.

The title was won by Hapoel Petah Tikva, the club's first championsip. Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Balfouria (who had finished bottom the previous season) were relegated directly, whilst Beitar Jerusalem were relegated after play-offs.

[edit] League table

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA ± Pts Comments
1 Hapoel Petah Tikva (C)
26
18
4
4
68
23
+45
40
Champions
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
26
17
4
5
84
28
+56
38
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv
26
12
9
5
49
23
+26
33
4 Maccabi Netanya
26
13
7
6
54
43
+11
33
5 Beitar Tel Aviv
26
12
5
9
64
47
+17
29
6 Maccabi Haifa
26
11
6
9
54
41
+13
28
7 Maccabi Petah Tikva
26
10
7
9
37
41
-4
27
8 Maccabi Rehovot
26
11
4
11
49
48
+1
26
9 Hapoel Haifa
26
9
6
11
40
55
-15
24
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan
26
10
3
13
35
41
-6
23
11 Beitar Jerusalem (P)
26
8
5
13
37
59
-22
21
Playoff
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba (P)
26
6
6
14
38
46
-8
18
13 Hapoel Hadera (R)
26
7
2
17
36
53
-17
16
Relegation to
Liga Alef
14 Hapoel Balfouria (R)
26
3
2
21
32
129
-97
8

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated; P = Playoff

[edit] Promotion-relegation play-off

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 12th and 11th-placed teams in Liga Leumit, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Beitar Jerusalem, and the the 1st and 2nd-placed teams in Liga Alef, Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim. Each team played the other three once.

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Maccabi Jaffa 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 4
3 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 3 1 1 1 5 7 -2 3
4 Beitar Jerusalem 3 0 0 3 3 9 -6 0
Promoted to Liga Leumit
Stayed in the same division
Relegated to Liga Alef

[edit] References

Top division football seasons in Israel
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