1954–55 Liga Alef

The 1954–55 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^[1] and became the country's second tier. 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 Bet, 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 Alef, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Beitar Jerusalem, and the winners of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim. Each team played the other three once.

Hapoel Kfar Saba v Beitar Jerusalem

22.10.1955

Hapoel Kfar Saba	3 – 1	Beitar Jerusalem

Netanya

Maccabi Jaffa v Hapoel Kiryat Haim

22.10.1955

Maccabi Jaffa	4 – 1	Hapoel Kiryat Haim

Petah Tikva

Hapoel Kiryat Haim v Beitar Jerusalem

29.10.1955

Hapoel Kiryat Haim	3 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem

Petah Tikva

Hapoel Kfar Saba v Maccabi Jaffa

29.10.1955

Hapoel Kfar Saba	1 – 1	Maccabi Jaffa

Haifa

Hapoel Kiryat Haim v Hapoel Kfar Saba

5.11.1955

Hapoel Kiryat Haim	1 – 1	Hapoel Kfar Saba

Netanya

Maccabi Jaffa v Beitar Jerusalem

5.11.1955

Maccabi Jaffa	3 – 0	Beitar Jerusalem

Haifa

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
In the Play-offs Davar, 23.10.55, Historical Jewish Press
In the Play-offs Davar, 30.10.55, Historical Jewish Press
Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Jaffa promoted to Liga Leumit Davar, 6.11.55, Historical Jewish Press

↑ League resumes in Saturday Heruth, 2.9.55, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

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