1954–55 Liga Alef

The 1954–55 Liga Alef season was the last in which it was the Israel's top football league, as the following season it was replaced by Liga Leumit[1] and became the country's second tier. It consisted of 14 clubs; the 12 from the top division in the previous season and two promoted clubs (Hapoel Hadera and Beitar Jerusalem). It used two points for a win and one for a draw.

The title was won by Hapoel Petah Tikva, the club's first championship, whilst Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Balfouria (who had finished bottom the previous season) were relegated automatically. Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba took part in the promotion/relegation play-offs with the top two clubs from Liga Bet, in which Kfar Saba retained their place in the top division, but Beitar were relegated.

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1Hapoel Petah Tikva26184468234540
2Maccabi Tel Aviv26174584285638
3Hapoel Tel Aviv26129549232633
4Maccabi Netanya26137654431133
5Beitar Tel Aviv26125964471729
6Maccabi Haifa26116954411328
7Maccabi Petah Tikva2610793741-427
8Maccabi Rehovot26114114948126
9Hapoel Haifa2696114055-1524
10Hapoel Ramat Gan26103133541-623
11Beitar Jerusalem2685133759-2221Promotion/relegation
play-offs
12Hapoel Kfar Saba2666143846-818
13Hapoel Hadera2672173653-1716Relegated to
Liga Alef
14Hapoel Balfouria26322132129-978

Promotion-relegation play-off

A promotion-relegation play-off between the 12th and 11th-placed teams in Liga Alef, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Beitar Jerusalem, and the winners of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim. Each team played the other three once.

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1Maccabi Jaffa32108265Liga Leumit
2Hapoel Kfar Saba31205324Liga Leumit
3Hapoel Kiryat Haim311157-23Liga Alef
4Beitar Jerusalem300339-60Liga Alef

References

  1. League resumes in Saturday Heruth, 2.9.55, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
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