# 1954–55 Liga Alef

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 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | |
| 1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 23 | 2.957 | 40 | Champions |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 84 | 28 | 3.000 | 38 | |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 2.130 | 33 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 43 | 1.256 | 33 | |
| 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 47 | 1.362 | 29 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 41 | 1.317 | 28 | |
| 7 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 0.902 | 27 | |
| 8 | Maccabi Rehovot | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 48 | 1.021 | 26 | |
| 9 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 55 | 0.727 | 24 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 41 | 0.854 | 23 | |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 59 | 0.627 | 21 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 46 | 0.826 | 18 | Relegation Playoffs |
| 13 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 0.679 | 16 | Relegated to Liga Bet |
| 14 | Hapoel Balfouria | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 32 | 129 | 0.248 | 8 | Relegated to Liga Bet |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEI | BTA | BLF | HHD | HHA | HKS | HPT | HRG | HTA | MHA | MNE | MPT | MRV | MTA |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 3–3 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–4 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 4–0 | — | 6–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 |
| Hapoel Balfouria | 4–2 | 1–8 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–9 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 2–0 | 2–5 | 5–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–9 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–0 | 4–0 | 13–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — | 6–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–4 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Rehovot | 4–0 | 2–7 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | 3–0 | 12–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ The match was abandoned at the 49th minute with Hapoel Haifa leading 2–0 as Maccabi Petah Tikva player Mordechai Lebe was sent off and refused to leave the pitch. The match was given as a walkover to Hapoel Haifa.
* ↑ The match was abandoned at the 80th minute with Hapoel Petah Tikva leading 1–3 as Maccabi Netanya supporters attacked the referee after he allowed a goal for Hapoel Petah Tikva which was thought to be an offside. The match was given as a walkover to Hapoel Petah Tikva.
* ↑ The match was abandoned at the 37th minute with Maccabi Tel Aviv leading 2–0 as Beitar Tel Aviv player Ya'akov Gambash was sent off and refused to leave the pitch. The match was given as a walkover to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

## 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.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Beitar Tel Aviv | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 11 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Maccabi Rehovot | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 14 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 13 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Hapoel Balfouria | 9 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
* Champions
* Qualification to relegation play-offs
* Relegation to 1955–56 Liga Bet

## Top goalscorers

| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nisim Elmaliah | Beitar Tel Aviv | 30 |
| 2 | Nahum Stelmach | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 27 |
| 3 | Yehoshua Glazer | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 |
| 4 | Simon Elfasi | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 |
| 4 | Itzhak Caspi | Maccabi Netanya | 16 |
| 4 | Avraham "Huli" Levi | Beitar Tel Aviv | 16 |
| 4 | Moshe Litvak | Maccabi Rehovot | 16 |
| 8 | Boaz Kofman | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 15 |
| 9 | Max Cohen | Maccabi Netanya | 14 |
| 9 | Zvi Studinski | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 14 |
| 9 | Rehavia Rosenbaum | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 14 |

## 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | |
| 1 | Maccabi Jaffa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.000 | 5 | Placed in Liga Leumit |
| 2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 4 | Placed in Liga Leumit |
| 3 | Hapoel Kiryat Haim | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 3 | Placed in Liga Alef |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 0 | Placed in Liga Alef |