1955–56 Liga Leumit

The 1955–56 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title. Avraham Levi and Michael Michaelov, both of Beitar Tel Aviv were the league's joint top scorers with 16 goals each.

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Rehovot were relegated automatically, whilst Maccabi Jaffa finished third from bottom and entered a promotion/relegatgion play-off with Liga Alef champions Hakoah Tel Aviv. Jaffa won 4-1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22	13	6	3	47	16	31	32
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	22	12	5	5	54	28	26	29
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22	12	5	5	49	29	20	29
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	22	10	7	5	47	34	13	27
5	Maccabi Haifa	22	11	3	8	51	29	22	25
6	Hapoel Haifa	22	9	4	9	32	39	-7	22
7	Beitar Tel Aviv	22	10	0	12	42	44	-2	20
8	Maccabi Netanya	22	9	2	11	31	44	-13	20
9	Hapoel Ramat Gan	22	9	0	13	28	42	-14	18
10	Maccabi Jaffa	22	6	5	11	39	48	-9	17	Promotion/relegation play-offs
11	Maccabi Rehovot	22	6	1	15	25	64	-39	13	Relegated to Liga Alef
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	22	3	6	13	20	48	-28	12	Relegated to Liga Alef

Promotion and relegation play-offs

	Maccabi Jaffa	1 – 0	Hakoah Tel Aviv

	Hakoah Tel Aviv	1 – 3	Maccabi Jaffa

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

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