1957–58 Liga Alef

The 1957–58 Liga Alef season saw Beitar Jerusalem win the title. However, there was no promotion to Liga Leumit or relegation to Liga Bet, after the Israel Football Association decided to abandon the league before the end of the season, due to suspicions of bribery.^[1]

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Beitar Jerusalem	20	13	4	3	33	16	17	30
2	Bnei Yehuda	20	12	3	5	39	26	13	27
3	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	20	11	4	5	63	41	22	26
4	Shimshon Tel Aviv	20	8	7	5	27	16	11	23
5	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	20	8	5	7	36	36	0	21
6	Maccabi Hadera	20	7	7	6	21	33	-12	21
7	Maccabi Rehovot	20	6	6	8	33	29	4	18
8	Hapoel Hadera	20	6	6	8	26	30	-4	18
9	Hakoah Tel Aviv	20	6	6	8	32	43	-11	18
10	Hapoel Afula¹	20	6	3	11	31	40	-9	15
11	Hapoel Rehovot	19	4	5	10	26	42	-16	13
12	Maccabi Sha'arayim	19	3	2	13	16	41	-25	8

1. Hapoel Balfouria which were promoted from Liga Bet, merged with Hapoel Afula in 1954.^[2] however, since the 1957-58 season, they were officially known as Hapoel Afula, and also mentioned by the press in both names.^[3]^[4]

References

1957-58 Bnei Yehuda (Hebrew)

↑ All the league matches starting this Saturday were abandoned due to the fixed matches (Page 1) Hadshot HaSport, 14 May 1958, archive.football.co.il (Hebrew)
↑ FA Operated Maariv, 29.8.54, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Bnei Yehuda 0-3 defeat to Kiryat Haim increase chances of Beitar Heruth, 20.4.58, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel Balfouria and Beer Sheva in Liga Alef Davar, 14.6.59, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Afula Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Maccabi Yavne

Stadia	Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Sala Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium

Seasons (second level)	1937 1939 1940 1941–42 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 2015–16

1957–58 in Israeli football

« 1956–57 1958–59 »

Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef 1956–57 1957–58 Liga Bet Liga Gimel

Domestic cups	State Cup 1957 Israel Super Cup

Related to national team	Results 1958 World Cup qualification 1958 Asian Games

Club seasons

Liga Leumit	Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv

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