1955–56 Liga Alef

The 1955–56 Liga Alef season was the first in which Liga Alef was the second tier of Israeli football due to the formation of Liga Leumit, and was the first nationwide second tier season (replacing Liga Bet North and South regional divisions).

Hakoah Tel Aviv won the league and qualified for the promotion play-offs against Maccabi Jaffa (10th at the 1955–56 Liga Leumit).

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hakoah Tel Aviv	22	17	2	3	47	19	28	36	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	22	13	4	5	60	30	30	30
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	22	9	7	6	38	33	5	25
4	Hapoel Nahariya	22	8	8	6	39	34	5	24
5	Hapoel Rehovot	22	8	7	7	28	28	0	23
6	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	22	7	6	9	38	33	5	20
7	Hapoel Hadera	22	9	2	11	42	38	4	20
8	Maccabi Ramat Gan	22	7	6	9	31	34	–3	20
9	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	22	9	2	11	30	40	–10	20	Relegation play-offs
10	Beitar Jerusalem	22	7	3	12	26	45	–19	17	Relegation play-offs
11	Hapoel Ra'anana	22	6	4	12	20	49	–29	16	Relegated to Liga Bet
										Relegated to Liga Bet
12	Hapoel Balfouria	22	5	3	14	27	43	–16	13

Promotion play-offs

Maccabi Jaffa v Hakoah Tel Aviv

Maccabi Jaffa	1 – 0	Hakoah Tel Aviv

Hakoah Tel Aviv v Maccabi Jaffa

Hakoah Tel Aviv	1 – 3	Maccabi Jaffa

Relegation play-offs

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 9th and 10th placed teams in Liga Alef, Ahva Notzrit Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem, and the winners of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Maccabi Sha'arayim and Maccabi Hadera. Each team played the other three once.

Ahva Notzrit Haifa v Maccabi Hadera

Ahva Notzrit Haifa	1 – 2	Maccabi Hadera

Beitar Jerusalem v Maccabi Sha'arayim

Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 0	Maccabi Sha'arayim

Ahva Notzrit Haifa v Beitar Jerusalem

Ahva Notzrit Haifa	0 – 3	Beitar Jerusalem

Maccabi Hadera v Maccabi Sha'arayim

Maccabi Hadera	1 – 3	Maccabi Sha'arayim

Ahva Notzrit Haifa v Maccabi Sha'arayim

Ahva Notzrit Haifa	1 – 1	Maccabi Sha'arayim

Beitar Jerusalem v Maccabi Hadera

Beitar Jerusalem	4 – 2	Maccabi Hadera

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Jerusalem	3	3	0	0	8	2	6	6	Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Sha'arayim	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	3	Liga Alef
3	Maccabi Hadera	3	1	0	2	5	8	–3	2	Liga Bet
4	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1	Liga Bet

References

Liga Alef table Davar, 3.6.56, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Beitar Jerusalem in top of the play-offs table Maariv, 26.8.56, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Beitar Jerusalem 4-2 Maccabi Hadera Heruth, 2.9.56, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
Previous seasons The Israel Football Association (Hebrew)

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