Liga_Leumit_1955-56
1955–56 Liga Leumit
Football league season
The 1955–56 Liga Leumit season was the first edition of Liga Leumit, which had replaced Liga Alef as the top division of football in Israel and the 17th season of top flight football under the IFA.
| Season | 1955-56 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv 8th title |
| Relegated | Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Rehovot |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 465 (3.52 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Avraham "Huli" Levi Michael Michaelov (15) |
← 1954–55 1956–57 → | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title.[1] Avraham Levi from Beitar Tel Aviv and Michael Michaelov from Hapoel Tel Aviv were the league's joint top scorers with 16 goals each.
Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Rehovot were relegated automatically, whilst Maccabi Jaffa finished third from bottom and entered a promotion/relegation play-off with Liga Alef champions Hakoah Tel Aviv. Jaffa won 4-1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 2.938 | 32 | Champions |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 1.929 | 29 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 1.690 | 29 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 34 | 1.265 | 27 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 27 | 1.963 | 25 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 39 | 0.821 | 22 | |
| 7 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 0.854 | 20 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 44 | 0.705 | 20 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 42 | 0.667 | 18 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Jaffa | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 44 | 0.886 | 17 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 11 | Maccabi Rehovot | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 62 | 0.403 | 13 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 0.417 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | BTA | HHA | HKS | HPT | HRG | HTA | MHA | MJA | MNE | MPT | MRV | MTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beitar Tel Aviv | — | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–6 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 6–3 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–5 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 2–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–3 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Maccabi Rehovot | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–7 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — |
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Maccabi Jaffa | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Maccabi Rehovot | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avraham "Huli" Levi | Beitar Tel Aviv | 15 |
| Michael Michaelov | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| 3 | Baruch Cohen | Maccabi Jaffa | 14 |
| Boaz Kofman | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| Shlomo Levi | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 6 | Nahum Stelmach | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 13 |
| Eliezer Spiegel | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||
| 8 | Itzhak Kirschenberg | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 11 |
| 10 | Rehavia Rosenbaum | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 |
| Jonny Hardy | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Boghos Ghougasian | Maccabi Jaffa |
- Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Maccabi Jaffa Beat Hakoah T.A. 1:0 and Remained Among the 10 Leumit Clubs Davar, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)