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	Relegated to Liga Gimel

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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	Relegated to Liga Gimel

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	Liga Alef
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	Liga Bet

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

Notes

^ 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

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)

[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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v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Ness Ziona Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
See also: Liga Artzit

v t e 1955–56 in Israeli football
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

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Beit She'an Hapoel Bnei Musmus Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Ironi Arraba Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Jerusalem F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Sektzia Ness Ziona Shimshon Kafr Qasim Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1940 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
See also: Liga Artzit

v t e 1955–56 in Israeli football
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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South Division

Promotion play-offs

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