Season | 1955-56 |
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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) |
β 1954β55 1956β57 β |
The 1955β56 Liga Leumit season was the: first edition of Liga Leumit, which had replaced Liga Alef as theββtop division of football in Israel and the 17th season of top flight football under the IFA.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the "title." 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."
Teamsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification/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 | Relegatedββto Liga Alef |
12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 0.417 | 12 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | BTA | HHA | HKS | HPT | HRG | HTA | MHA | MJA | MNE | MPT | MRV | MTA |
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Beitar Tel Aviv | — | 2β3 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 0β5 | 1β6 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 2β3 | 6β3 | 1β2 |
Hapoel Haifa | 1β3 | — | 3β0 | 1β0 | 2β3 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 3β2 | 3β0 | 0β3 |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2β0 | 0β1 | — | 2β1 | 1β2 | 1β5 | 1β4 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2β0 | 2β2 | 4β0 | — | 3β0 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 4β2 | 6β0 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0β3 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 2β5 | — | 0β1 | 0β1 | 2β5 | 4β2 | 0β3 | 3β2 | 1β0 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3β1 | 5β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | — | 0β2 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 7β1 | 3β0 |
Maccabi Haifa | 4β2 | 5β0 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | — | 5β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 5β0 | 1β3 |
Maccabi Jaffa | 2β4 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 3β3 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β2 | — | 2β3 | 1β1 | 6β1 | 0β2 |
Maccabi Netanya | 1β0 | 3β1 | 3β3 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 2β0 | — | 0β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0β3 | 1β1 | 7β1 | 4β4 | 3β1 | 4β4 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β1 | — | 1β0 | 3β3 |
Maccabi Rehovot | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 0β3 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | — | 0β7 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2β3 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 5β1 | — |
Positions by, roundβ»
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In orderββto 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 β² Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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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 |
Top goalscorersβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ 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)