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).

League matches were completed on 2 June 1956,^[1] however, Hapoel Balfouria appealed against the results which were set in its matches against Hapoel Nahariya (a walkover loss of 0–3) and Hapoel Jerusalem (which was abandoned with a score of 4–0 to Hapoel Jerusalem),^[2] as Balfouria could be spared from relegation with two wins in these matches. The first replayed match was played on 28 July 1956, and as Hapoel Balfouria lost 2–4 to Hapoel Nahariya,^[3]^[4] Balfouria gave up its claims regarding the match against Hapoel Jerusalem, agreeing to set the score to 0–4 to Hapoel Jerusalem.

An 18th round match between Hapoel Nahariya and Beitar Jerusalem wasn't played due to misunderstanding between the teams regarding the time of the match,^[5] and was left unplayed at the end of the season.^[6]

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Notes
1	Hakoah Tel Aviv	22	17	2	3	47	19	2.47	36	Promotion play-offs
2	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	22	13	4	5	60	30	2.00	30
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	22	9	7	6	38	33	1.15	25
4	Hapoel Rehovot	22	8	7	7	28	29	0.97	23
5	Hapoel Nahariya	21	7	8	6	40	36	1.11	22
6	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	22	7	6	9	38	33	1.15	20
7	Hapoel Hadera	22	9	2	11	42	38	1.11	20
8	Maccabi Ramat Gan	22	7	6	9	31	34	0.91	20
9	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	22	9	2	11	31	40	0.78	20	Relegation play-offs
10	Beitar Jerusalem	21	7	3	11	26	45	0.58	17	Relegation play-offs
11	Hapoel Ra'anana	22	6	4	12	20	49	0.41	16	Relegated to Liga Bet
										Relegated to Liga Bet
12	Hapoel Balfouria	22	5	3	14	29	44	0.66	13

Relegation playoff

Liga Alef winner, Hakoah Tel Aviv face Liga Leumit 10th-placed club, Maccabi Jaffa. The matches took place on June 10 and 17, 1956.

Maccabi Jaffa v Hakoah Tel Aviv

9 June 1956

Maccabi Jaffa	3–1	Hakoah Tel Aviv
B. Cohen 32', 53' Kalev 72'	Davar	74' Ashkenazi

Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Reuven Frizner

Hakoah Tel Aviv v Maccabi Jaffa

16 June 1956

Hakoah Tel Aviv	0–1	Maccabi Jaffa
	Davar	18' Ghougasian

Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Aharon Werner

Maccabi Jaffa won 4–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Hakoah Tel Aviv remained in Liga Alef.

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.

17 August 1956	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	0–3	Maccabi Hadera	Kfar Saba
	Yehuda 3'	report (p. 6) (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) (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) (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) (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	Jaffa
	Ashkenazi 37', 48', 52' Hasson 42'	report (p. 6) (Hebrew)	44' Cohen 84' Gvirzman	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Sulami

1 September 1956	Maccabi Sha'arayim	1–1	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	Tel Aviv
	Rokvan 3'	report (p. 6) (Hebrew)	5' Y. Salim	Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Palman

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Jerusalem	3	3	0	0	8	2	4.00	6	Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Sha'arayim	3	1	1	1	4	3	1.33	3	Liga Alef
3	Maccabi Hadera	3	1	0	2	5	8	0.63	2	Liga Bet
4	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	3	0	1	2	2	6	0.33	1	Liga Bet

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.

References

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)

↑ Hapoel Balfouria and Ra'anana to Liga Bet Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel Balfouria's Appeal Given Ma'ariv, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Replay Match in Liga Alef: Hapoel Nahariya – Hapoel Balfouria 4:2 (1:1) Davar, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ The Trick That Didn't Work… Herut, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Liga Alef Justified Its Existence Herut, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

Liga Leumit

Clubs	Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla Hapoel Acre Hapoel Afula Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Ironi Nesher Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Sha'arayim

Stadia	Acre Municipal Stadium Afula Illit Stadium Green Stadium Grundman Stadium Haberfeld Stadium HaMoshava Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Ilut Stadium Lod Municipal Stadium Ness Ziona Stadium Nesher Stadium Netanya Stadium Ramla Municipal Stadium Teddy Stadium Winter 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 2016–17

1955–56 in Israeli football

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Domestic leagues	1st Division 1954–55 Liga Alef 1955–56 Liga Leumit 2nd Division 1954–55 Liga Bet 1955–56 Liga Alef 3rd Division 1954–55 Liga Gimel 1955–56 Liga Bet 4th Division 1955–56 Liga Gimel

Domestic cups	Israel State Cup 1954–55 1956–57

Related to national team	Results 1956 Olympics qualification

Club seasons

Liga Alef/Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Balfouria Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Tel Aviv

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