1954–55 Liga Alef Explained

Competition:Liga Alef
Season:1954-55
Winners:Hapoel Petah Tikva
1st title
Relegated:Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Balfouria
League Topscorer:Nisim Elmaliah (30)
Matches:182
Total Goals:676
Prevseason:1953–54
Nextseason:1955–56

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

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17.

Top goalscorers

PlayerClubGoals
1Nisim ElmaliahBeitar Tel Aviv30
align=center 2Nahum StelmachHapoel Petah Tikva27
align=center 3Yehoshua GlazerMaccabi Tel Aviv26
align=center rowspan=44Simon ElfasiBeitar Jerusalemalign=center rowspan=416
Itzhak CaspiMaccabi Netanya
Avraham "Huli" LeviBeitar Tel Aviv
Moshe LitvakMaccabi Rehovot
align=center 8Boaz KofmanHapoel Petah Tikva15
align=center rowspan=39Max CohenMaccabi Netanyaalign=center rowspan=314
Zvi StudinskiMaccabi Tel Aviv
Rehavia RosenbaumHapoel Tel Aviv
Source:[2]

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.

References

Notes and References

  1. http://jpress.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TAUHe&Source=MyColl&ViewMode=GIF&AppName=2&BaseHref=HRT/1955/09/02&EntityId=Ar00404&PageLabelPrint=4 League resumes in Saturday
  2. http://hpt.co.il/?ShowPicture=1955_SeasonBooklet20 Nisim Elmaliah – Top Scorer