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 Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1Maccabi Hadera35Promotion/relegation play-offs
2Hapoel Beit Lid28
3Hapoel Netanya26
4Sport Club Atlit24
5Hapoel Even Yehuda22
6Hapoel Acre22
7Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov21
8Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel19
9Beitar Mahane Yehuda19
10Hapoel Tel Hanan18
11Hakoah Haifa15Relegated to Liga Gimel
12Maccabi Binyamina1

South Division

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1Maccabi Sha'arayim33Promotion/relegation play-offs
2Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv31
3Shimshon Tel Aviv30
4Hapoel Rishon LeZion27
5Beitar Jaffa26
6Bnei Yehuda223630621
7Hapoel Bnei Brak\Kiryat Ono20
8Maccabi Ramla18
9Hapoel Mefalsim Sha'ar HaNegev16
10Hapoel HaMegabesh Rishon LeZion15
11Maccabi Jerusalem14Relegated to Liga Gimel
12YMCA Jerusalem7

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.

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
1Beitar Jerusalem3300824.006Liga Alef
2Maccabi Sha'arayim3111431.333Liga Alef
3Maccabi Hadera3102580.632Liga Bet
4Ahva Notzrit Haifa3012260.331Liga 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

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