1956–57 Liga Leumit

The 1956–57 Liga Leumit season lasted from December 1956 until April 1957. Hapoel Tel Aviv won the title, the club's first championship since independence in 1949.

No clubs were relegated as the league was expanded from ten to twelve clubs for the following season. The top five clubs from Liga Alef entered the promotion play-offs, resulting in Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Jerusalem being promoted.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	18	13	2	3	41	19	22	28
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	18	10	4	2	42	25	17	24
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	18	10	3	5	36	20	16	23
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	18	8	5	5	27	26	1	21
5	Maccabi Haifa	18	8	3	7	34	27	7	19
6	Beitar Tel Aviv	18	6	3	9	29	40	-11	15
7	Maccabi Netanya	18	6	2	10	20	27	-7	14
8	Hapoel Haifa	18	7	0	11	22	38	-16	14
9	Hapoel Ramat Gan	18	4	2	12	23	32	-9	12
10	Maccabi Jaffa	18	10	3	13	19	39	-20	10

Promotion play-offs

Due to irregularities during the 1956–57 Liga Alef season, an IFA committee decided to hold a promotion play-off between the top five clubs in Liga Alef at the end of the season. Each team played the other four once at a neutral venue. The top two clubs were to be promoted and the third would play a promotion/relegation play-off against Maccabi Jaffa.

Matches were played initially during September, but Maccabi Rehovot, who had finished the season in the second place and had expected to be promoted, declined to participate and appealed the committee's decision. The results of Rehovot's matches were initially recorded as 0-3 technical losses. However, after their appeal was rejected, the club were allowed to replay their matches.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3	2	1	0	7	3	4	5	Promoted to Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	4	1	2	1	4	3	1	4	Promoted to Liga Leumit
3	Hapoel Hadera	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	4	Deciding Match
4	Hakoah Tel Aviv	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	4	Deciding Match
5	Maccabi Rehovot	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5	1	Remained in Liga Alef

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Jerusalem were promoted to Liga Leumit. Hapoel Hadera and Hakoah Tel Aviv were due to play a deciding match to set who will play against Maccabi Jaffa, but Hapoel Hadera declined to participate in protest at the IFA's decision to allow Maccabi Rehovot to replay their games.

Promotion and relegation play-offs

Hakoah Tel Aviv v Maccabi Jaffa

23 November 1957

Hakoah Tel Aviv	0–2	Maccabi Jaffa
		Arroyo 6' Ghouhasian 64'

Hapoel Petah Tikva
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen

Maccabi Jaffa v Hakoah Tel Aviv

30 November 1957

Maccabi Jaffa	5–0	Hakoah Tel Aviv
Arroyo 29' Arye 49' Ghouhasian 64', 73', 89'

Maccabi Jaffa
Attendance: 4,000

References

Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF

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