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	Promoted to Liga Alef
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:

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

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	Promoted to Liga Alef
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		24	–	–	–	27	70	−43	10	Relegated to Liga Gimel
13		24	–	–	–	8	85	−77	2	Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source:^{[citation needed]}

1956-57 Bnei Yehuda (in Hebrew)
Spiegel safely brought Maccabi back to Liga Alef Heruth, 16.7.57, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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

hide v t Liga Alef
North	F.C. Haifa Robi Shapira F.C. Tira Hapoel Baqa al-Gharbiyye Hapoel Bnei Ar'ara 'Ara Hapoel Bnei Fureidis Hapoel Bnei Zalafa Hapoel Bu'eine Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Iksal Hapoel Kafr Kanna Hapoel Kaukab Hapoel Migdal HaEmek Ironi Nesher Ironi Tiberias Maccabi Tzur Shalom Maccabi Tamra Tzeirei Kafr Kanna
South	Bnei Eilat F.C. Dimona F.C. Holon Yermiyahu Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Azor Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Marmorek Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Ironi Ashdod Maccabi Jaffa Kabilio Hapoel Kfar Shalem Maccabi Sha'arayim Maccabi Yavne Nordia Jerusalem Shimshon Tel Aviv
Seasons (third level)	1938 1950–51 1952–53 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020–21
See also: Liga Artzit