1954–55 Liga Leumit

The 1954–55 Liga Leumit season was the first edition of Liga Leumit, which had replaced Liga Alef as the top division of football in Israel. It consisted of 14 clubs; the 12 from the top division in the previous season and two promoted clubs (Hapoel Hadera and Beitar Jerusalem). It used two points for a win and one for a draw.

The title was won by Hapoel Petah Tikva, the club's first championship, whilst Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Balfouria (who had finished bottom the previous season) were relegated automatically. Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba took part in the promotion/relegation play-offs with the top two clubs from Liga Alef, in which Kfar Saba retained their place in the top division, but Beitar were relegated.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	26	18	4	4	68	23	45	40
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	26	8	5	13	37	59	-22	21	Promotion/relegation play-offs
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	6	6	14	38	46	-8	18	Promotion/relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Hadera	26	7	2	17	36	53	-17	16	Relegated to Liga Alef
14	Hapoel Balfouria	26	3	2	21	32	129	-97	8	Relegated to Liga Alef

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 winners of the regional divisions of Liga Alef, Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim. Each team played the other three once.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Jaffa	3	2	1	0	8	2	6	5	Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3	1	2	0	5	3	2	4	Liga Leumit
3	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	3	Liga Alef
4	Beitar Jerusalem	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6	0	Liga Alef

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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Israeli Premier League	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

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