Liga Leumit 1956-57
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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.
was played in the end of the season. Each team played the other four once. Top two teams were promoted.
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
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
Liga Alef
-History:League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of 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 Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 40 | ||
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| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 27 | ||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 38 | ||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 32 | ||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 10 | Maccabi Jaffa | 18 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 39 | ||
| 10 |
Promotion play-offs
A promotion play-off between the top five team in Liga AlefLiga Alef
-History:League football began in Israel in 1949–50, a year after independence. However, the financial and security crises gripping the young nation caused the 1950–51 season to be abandoned before it had started. When football resumed in 1951–52, the new top division went by the name of Liga Alef...
was played in the end of the season. Each team played the other four once. Top two teams were promoted.
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Hadera F.C. Ironi Sport Eran Hadera–Giv'at Olga F.C. is an Israeli football club from Hadera.The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Hadera and Maccabi Hadera.... |
4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Remained in Liga Alef |
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| 4 | Hakoah Tel Aviv Hakoah Tel Aviv F.C. Hakoah Tel Aviv was an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. In 1959 it merged with Maccabi Ramat Gan to form Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan.-History:... |
4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Rehovot F.C. Maccabi Rehovot F.C. is an Israeli football club based in Rehovot. The club competed in the top division during the 1950s, but today plays in Liga Gimel, the sixth and lowest level of Israeli football.-History:... |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
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