1955–56 Liga Leumit
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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.
Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title. Avraham Levi and Michael Michaelov, both of Beitar 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.
Final table
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 31 | 32 | |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 29 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 20 | 29 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 27 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 25 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 39 | -7 | 22 | |
| 7 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 44 | -2 | 20 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 20 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 42 | -14 | 18 | |
| 10 | Maccabi Jaffa | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 48 | -9 | 17 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Maccabi Rehovot | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 64 | -39 | 13 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 48 | -28 | 12 |
