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	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Hadera	35	Promotion/relegation play-offs
2	Hapoel Beit Lid	28
3	Hapoel Netanya	26
4	Sport Club Atlit	24
5	Hapoel Even Yehuda	22
6	Hapoel Acre	22
7	Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov	21
8	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	19
9	Beitar Mahane Yehuda	19
10	Hapoel Tel Hanan	18
11	Hakoah Haifa	15	Relegated to Liga Gimel
12	Maccabi Binyamina	1	Relegated to Liga Gimel

South Division

Pos	Club	P	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Sha'arayim					33	Promotion/relegation play-offs
2	Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv					31
3	Shimshon Tel Aviv					30
4	Hapoel Rishon LeZion					27
5	Beitar Jaffa					26
6	Bnei Yehuda	22	36	30	6	21
7	Hapoel Bnei Brak\Kiryat Ono					20
8	Maccabi Ramla					18
9	Hapoel Mefalsim Sha'ar HaNegev					16
10	Hapoel HaMegabesh Rishon LeZion					15
11	Maccabi Jerusalem					14	Relegated to Liga Gimel
12	YMCA Jerusalem					7	Relegated to Liga Gimel

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 ^[1]	Maccabi Hadera	Kfar Saba
	Yehuda 3'	report (p. 6) Template:He icon	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) Template:He icon		Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Palman

25 August 1956	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	0–3	Beitar Jerusalem	Kfar Saba
		report (p. 6) Template:He icon	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) Template:He icon	34' Tzuman 46' Gamilel 61' Madhala	Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sulami

1 September 1956	Beitar Jerusalem	4–2	Maccabi Hadera	Jaffa
	Ashkenazi 37', 48', 52' Hasson 42'	report (p. 6) Template:He icon	44' Cohen 84' Gvirzman	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Sulami

1 September 1956	Maccabi Sha'arayim	1–1	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	Tel Aviv
	Rokvan 3'	report (p. 6) Template:He icon	5' Y. Salim	Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Palman

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Notes
1	Beitar Jerusalem	3	3	0	0	8	2	4.00	6	Liga Alef
2	Maccabi Sha'arayim	3	1	1	1	4	3	1.33	3	Liga Alef
3	Maccabi Hadera	3	1	0	2	5	8	0.63	2	Liga Bet
4	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	3	0	1	2	2	6	0.33	1	Liga 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

1955-56 Bnei Yehuda Template:He icon
Beitar Jerusalem in top of the play-offs table Maariv, 26.8.56, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon
Beitar Jerusalem 4-2 Maccabi Hadera Heruth, 2.9.56, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon
In Sports Heruth, 6.4.56, Historical Jewish Press Template:He icon
Football (Page 19) M. Almog, Hapoel 1956, 1956, www.infocenters.co.il (Hapoel Archive) Template:He icon

v t e Liga Alef
North	F.C. Kiryat Yam F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Hapoel Ra'anana Ironi Nesher Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Maccabi Ata Bialik Maccabi Nujeidat Tzeirei Kafr Kanna Tzeirei Tayibe Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
South	F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashdod Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Kfar Shalem Hapoel Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi Ironi Modi'in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem 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
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