1955–56 Liga Bet

The 1955–56 Liga Bet season was the first in which Liga Bet was the third tier of Israeli football due to the formation of Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Hadera (North Division champions) and Maccabi Sha'arayim (South Division champions) qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs against the 9th- and 10th-placed clubs in Liga Alef.

North Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Hadera 22 – – – – – — 35 Promotion/relegation play-offs
2 Hapoel Beit Lid 22 – – – – – — 28
3 Hapoel Netanya 22 – – – – – — 26
4 Sport Club Atlit 22 – – – – – — 24
5 Hapoel Even Yehuda 22 – – – – – — 22
6 Hapoel Acre 22 – – – – – — 22
7 Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 22 – – – – – — 21
8 Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel 22 – – – – – — 19
9 Beitar Mahane Yehuda 22 – – – – – — 19
10 Hapoel Tel Hanan 22 – – – – – — 18
11 Hakoah Haifa 22 – – – – – — 15 Relegated to Liga Gimel
12 Maccabi Binyamina 22 – – – – – — 1
Source: [citation needed]

South Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Sha'arayim 22 – – – – – — 33 Promotion/relegation play-offs
2 Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv 22 – – – – – — 31
3 Shimshon Tel Aviv 22 – – – – – — 30
4 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 22 – – – – – — 27
5 Beitar Jaffa 22 – – – – – — 26
6 Bnei Yehuda 22 – – – 36 30 +6 21
7 Hapoel Bnei Brak\Kiryat Ono 22 – – – – – — 20
8 Maccabi Ramla 22 – – – – – — 18
9 Hapoel Mefalsim Sha'ar HaNegev 22 – – – – – — 16
10 Hapoel HaMegabesh Rishon LeZion 22 – – – – – — 15
11 Maccabi Jerusalem 22 – – – – – — 14 Relegated to Liga Gimel
12 YMCA Jerusalem 22 – – – – – — 7
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion 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.

17 August 1956 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 0–3 [a] Maccabi Hadera Kfar Saba
Yehuda 3' report (p. 6) (in Hebrew) 50' Karni
70' Gvirzman		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Sulami
17 August 1956 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Maccabi Sha'arayim Tel Aviv
Zion 88' report (p. 6) (in Hebrew) Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Palman
25 August 1956 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 0–3 Beitar Jerusalem Kfar Saba
report (p. 6) (in Hebrew) 73', 87' Hasson
83' Zion		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Palman
25 August 1956 Maccabi Hadera 1–3 Maccabi Sha'arayim Tel Aviv
Gvirzman 54' report (p. 6) (in Hebrew) 34' Tzuman
46' Gamilel
61' Madhala		 Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sulami
1 September 1956 Beitar Jerusalem 4–2 Maccabi Hadera Tel Aviv
Ashkenazi 37', 48', 52'
Hasson 42'		 report (p. 6) (in Hebrew) 44' Cohen
84' Gvirzman		 Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sulami
1 September 1956 Maccabi Sha'arayim 1–1 Ahva Notzrit Haifa Tel Aviv
Rokvan 3' report (p. 6) (in Hebrew) 5' Y. Salim Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Palman
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Beitar Jerusalem 3 3 0 0 8 2 4.000 6 Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Sha'arayim 3 1 1 1 4 3 1.333 3
3 Maccabi Hadera 3 1 0 2 5 8 0.625 2 Liga Bet
4 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 3 0 1 2 2 6 0.333 1
Source: [citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ Abandoned at the 70th minute with the score of 2–1 to Maccabi Hadera as Ahva Notzrit Haifa players protested awarding Hadera's second goal, which they claimed was stopped by the goalkeeper before the goal line.

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