1956–57 Liga Bet

The 1956–57 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Balfouria and Shimshon Tel Aviv promoted to Liga Alef as the respective winners of the north and south divisions. They were joined by Maccabi Hadera and Bnei Yehuda, who finished second in each of their respective divisions.

North Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Balfouria 22 – – – 66 23 +43 34 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Hadera 22 – – – 58 32 +26 32
3 Hapoel Netanya 22 – – – 62 32 +30 31
4 Hapoel Tiberias 22 – – – 62 39 +23 26
5 Hapoel Acre 22 – – – 52 47 +5 24
6 Hapoel Even Yehuda 22 – – – 40 52 −12 22
7 Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel 22 – – – 50 51 −1 20
8 Hapoel Beit Lid 22 – – – 26 46 −20 17
9 Hapoel Kfar Ata 22 – – – 37 59 −22 16
10 Hapoel Atlit[a] 22 – – – 29 47 −18 15
11 Hapoel Tel Hanan 22 – – – 34 55 −21 14
12 Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 22 – – – 29 62 −33 13 Relegated to Liga Gimel
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Sport Club Atlit became Hapoel Atlit.

Ahva Notzrit Haifa collapsed and withdrew from the league.[1][2]

South Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Shimshon Tel Aviv 24 – – – 79 18 +61 44 Promoted to Liga Alef
2 Bnei Yehuda 24 21 1 2 92 20 +72 43
3 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 24 – – – 58 30 +28 32
4 Hapoel Ramla 24 – – – 43 32 +11 27
5 Hapoel Kiryat Ono 24 – – – 52 52 0 25
6 Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv 24 – – – 43 47 −4 25
7 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 24 – – – 44 45 −1 24
8 Maccabi Ramla 24 – – – 39 48 −9 22
9 Beitar Jaffa 24 – – – 36 47 −11 20
10 Hapoel Ra'anana 24 – – – 34 44 −10 19
11 Beitar Mahane Yehuda 24 – – – 40 57 −17 19
12 Hapoel HaMegabesh Rishon LeZion 24 – – – 27 70 −43 10 Relegated to Liga Gimel
13 Hapoel Mefalsim Sha'ar HaNegev 24 – – – 8 85 −77 2
Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Teams dissolved - Teams founded Maariv, 30.12.56, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Football at Saturday Maariv, 19.4.57, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)