1955–56 Liga Bet
# 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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Hadera | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 35 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 2 | Hapoel Beit Lid | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 28 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Netanya | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 26 | |
| 4 | Sport Club Atlit | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 24 | |
| 5 | Hapoel Even Yehuda | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 22 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Acre | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 22 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 21 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 19 | |
| 9 | Beitar Mahane Yehuda | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 19 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Hanan | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 18 | |
| 11 | Hakoah Haifa | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 15 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |
| 12 | Maccabi Binyamina | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 1 | Relegated to Liga Gimel |

## South Division

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.000 | 6 | Liga Alef |
| 2 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 3 | Liga Alef |
| 3 | Maccabi Hadera | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 2 | Liga Bet |
| 4 | Ahva Notzrit Haifa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 1 | Liga Bet |
