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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 1955-56 Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Bnei Yehuda (in Hebrew)
- Beitar Jerusalem in top of the play-offs table Maariv, 26.8.56, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Beitar Jerusalem 4-2 Maccabi Hadera Heruth, 2.9.56, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- In Sports Heruth, 6.4.56, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Football (Page 19) Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine M. Almog, Hapoel 1956, 1956, www.infocenters.co.il (Hapoel Archive) (in Hebrew)