1954–55 Liga Bet

The 1954–55 Liga Bet season was the last in which Liga Bet was the second tier of Israeli football, as the new Liga Leumit became the top division and Liga Alef became the second tier.

Hapoel Kiryat Haim (North Division champions) and Maccabi Jaffa (South Division champions) qualify for promotion\relegation play-offs with the 11th- and 12th-placed clubs in Liga Alef.

North Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	20	15	1	4	89	25	64	31	Promotion\relegation play-offs
2	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	20	10	7	3	38	25	13	27
3	Hapoel Nahariya	20	10	5	5	35	30	5	25
4	Hapoel Ra'anana	20	11	2	7	47	39	8	24
5	Hapoel Beit Lid	20	7	8	5	27	27	0	22	Relegated to Liga Bet
6	Hakoah Haifa	20	7	6	7	27	35	-8	20
7	Hapoel Acre	20	7	3	10	28	43	-15	17
8	Sport Club Atlit	20	6	5	9	33	49	-16	17
9	Maccabi Hadera	20	6	4	10	43	38	5	16
10	Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov	20	5	2	13	24	57	-33	12
11	Hapoel Netanya	20	3	3	14	30	53	-23	9

South Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Jaffa	22	16	4	2	73	21	52	36	Promotion\relegation play-offs
2	Hakoah Tel Aviv	22	16	3	3	55	16	39	35
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	22	13	6	3	60	31	29	32
4	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	22	11	4	7	56	42	14	26
5	Hapoel Rehovot	22	10	4	8	62	44	18	24
6	Maccabi Ramat Gan	22	9	3	10	41	34	7	21
7	Maccabi Jerusalem	22	8	6	8	37	42	-5	21	One point deducted
8	Bnei Yehuda	22	9	3	10	36	44	-8	20	One point deducted
9	Maccabi Sha'arayim	22	6	3	13	21	42	-21	15	Relegated to Liga Bet
10	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	22	5	4	13	29	44	-15	14
11	Beitar Jaffa	22	5	4	13	29	54	-25	14
12	YMCA Jerusalem	22	0	4	18	23	97	-74	4

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

1954-55 Bnei Yehuda (Hebrew)
Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim in top of Liga Bet Al Hamishmar, 2.10.55, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)
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

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Bnei Yehuda Hakoah Ramat Gan Hapoel Afula Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne

Stadia	Bloomfield Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Levita Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1946–47 1949–50 1951–52 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 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 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15