Season 1955-56 Goals scored 465 (3.52 per match) | Matches played 132 Champion Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. | |
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv
8th title Relegated Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Rehovot Top goalscorer Avraham "Huli" Levi
Michael Michaelov (16) People also search for 1953–54 Liga Alef, 1956–57 Liga Leumit | ||
The 1955–56 Liga Leumit season was the first edition of Liga Leumit, which had replaced Liga Alef as the top 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/relegatgion play-off with Liga Alef champions Hakoah Tel Aviv. Jaffa won 4-1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit.
Relegation playoff
The 10th-placed Maccabi Jaffa faced 1955–56 Liga Alef winner, Hakoah Tel Aviv. The matches took place on June 10 and 17, 1956.
Maccabi Jaffa won 4–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Hakoah Tel Aviv remained in Liga Alef.