| Competition: | Liga Leumit |
| Season: | 1955-56 |
| Winners: | Maccabi Tel Aviv 8th title |
| League Topscorer: | Avraham "Huli" Levi Michael Michaelov (15) |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 465 |
| Prevseason: | 1954–55 |
| Nextseason: | 1956–57 |
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.[1] 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/relegation play-off with Liga Alef champions Hakoah Tel Aviv. Jaffa won 4-1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit.[2]
| Team | Home city | Home ground | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basa Stadium | |||
| Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | |||
| Hapoel Ground, Kfar Saba | |||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Hapoel Ground, Petah Tikva | ||
| HaMakhtesh Stadium | |||
| Basa Stadium | |||
| Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | |||
| Maccabi Jaffa Ground | |||
| Sar-Tov Stadium | |||
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Maccabi Ground, Petah Tikva | ||
| Maccabi Ground, Rehovot | |||
| Basa Stadium |
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.
| Player | Club | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1 | align=center rowspan=2 | 15 | ||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 3 | align=center rowspan=3 | 14 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 6 | align=center rowspan=2 | 13 | ||
| align=center | 8 | 11 | |||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 10 | align=center rowspan=3 | 10 | ||