1953–54 Liga Alef

The 1953–54 Liga Alef season was the last in which it was the Israel's top football league, as the following season it was replaced by Liga Leumit and became the country's second tier.

Maccabi Tel Aviv were crowned champions for the third successive time, whilst Eliezer Spiegel of Maccabi Petah Tikva was the league's top scorer with 16 goals. No clubs were relegated as the league was expanded to 14 clubs in the following season.

The league was played with two points for a win and one for a draw.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22	16	6	0	59	11	48	38
2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	22	13	6	3	51	21	30	32
3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	22	12	3	7	55	25	30	27
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22	9	7	6	35	18	17	25
5	Maccabi Rehovot	22	6	9	7	30	33	-3	21
6	Hapoel Ramat Gan	22	8	4	10	31	35	-4	20
7	Maccabi Netanya	22	7	5	10	23	36	-13	19
8	Maccabi Haifa	22	8	3	11	25	52	-27	19
9	Hapoel Haifa	22	7	4	11	26	37	-11	18
10	Hapoel Kfar Saba	22	8	1	13	27	38	-11	17
11	Beitar Tel Aviv	22	7	3	12	23	42	-19	17
12	Hapoel Balfouria	22	4	3	15	20	57	-37	11

References

Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF

Top division football seasons in Israel

Palestine League	1931–32 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1939–40 1941–42 1943–44 1946–47

Israeli League	1949–50

Liga Alef	1951–52 1953–54

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