1954–55 Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 1954–55 Beitar Tel Aviv season was the club's 22nd season since its establishment, in 1934, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Beitar Tel Aviv
1954–55 season
ManagerHaim Reich
StadiumBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Liga Alefnot completed
State Cupnot completed
Top goalscorerLeague: Nisim Elmaliah (25)
All: Nisim Elmaliah (31)

During the season, the club competed in Liga Alef (top division) and the State Cup. In addition, the club played in the privately organized Shapira Cup, a four-club league competition.

Review and events

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  • At the beginning of the season, top Beitar teams, Beitar Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem competed for the Lifa Livyatan Memorial Cup, named after a late Beitar journalist. In the first match, played on 28 August 1954, the teams tied 3–3,[1] and the match was replayed on 12 October 1954, Beitar Tel Aviv winning 5–2.[2]
  • During December 1954 and January 1955, as no league matches were played due to a dispute between Hapoel, Maccabi and Beitar factions in the IFA, Hapoel Tel Aviv organized a league competition for the top Tel Aviv teams, Hapoel, Maccabi, Beitar and Maccabi Jaffa. The competition was played as a double round-robin tournament, with the top placed team winning the cup, named after former Hapoel Tel Aviv treasurer, Yosef Shapira. The club won two matches and lost four, finishing third.[3]
  • The club played one international friendly match during the season, against AC Omonia, on 31 May 1955, winning 4–2.[4]

Match results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef

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League matches began on 6 February 1955, and by the time the season, only 20 rounds of matches were completed, delaying the end of the league season to the next season.[5]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 20 13 4 3 38 15 2.533 30
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 9 8 3 37 17 2.176 26
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 20 9 5 6 48 36 1.333 23
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 8 6 6 27 24 1.125 22
6 Maccabi Haifa 20 8 5 7 36 29 1.241 21
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 1955. Source: Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)

Matches

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5 February 1955 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Givataim
Report (p. 8)   20' Elmaliah
  23' Gleit
  47' Huli
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Werner
12 February 1955 2 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Huli   48' (pen.)
Elmaliah   57'
Report (p. 8)   21' Statzki Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Markovich
19 February 1955 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Rabinovich   12'
Israeli   18'
Studinski   85'
Report (p. 8)   46' Huli Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Klein
26 February 1955 4 Beitar Tel Aviv 4–0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
Osherov   61', 83'
Elmaliah   61', 75'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
5 March 1955 5 Beitar Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Report   37' Daniel
  62' Held
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Frisner
19 March 1955 7 Hapoel Hadera 2–5 Beitar Tel Aviv Hadera
Gali   44'
Salomon   75'
Report (p. 8)   29' Huli
  45' (o.g.) Weinberg
  64', 84' Elmaliah
  77' Bar-Zion
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Klein
2 April 1955 8 Beitar Tel Aviv 6–1 Hapoel Balfouria Tel Aviv
Huli   8', 21', 24'
Elmaliah   55', 57', 90'
  89' Gordon Stadium: Basa Stadium
9 April 1955 9 Beitar Tel Aviv 4–2 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Emaliah   20'
Huli   59', 70'
Gleit   62'
Report (p. 8)   68' Kramer
  87' (pen.) Martin
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
13 April 1955 10 Maccabi Rehovot 2–7 Beitar Tel Aviv Rehovot
Shrager   25'
Kofman   82'
Report (p. 4)   23' (pen.), 55' (pen.), 74', 89' Huli
  52', 62' (pen.) Elmaliah
  70' Bar-Zion
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Fried
16 April 1955 11 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff   50' Report (p. 8)   53' Huli Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Frizner
23 April 1955 12 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Spiegel   8'
Rabinson   24'
Turkenitz   63' (pen.)
Carmeli   68'
Report (p. 8)   12' Bar-Zion
  17' HaMeiri
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Parnas
30 April 1955 13 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv
Y. Gambash   58' Report (p. 8)   86' Tobiash Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sher
14 May 1955 14 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Elmaliah   24' Report (p. 8)   12' Radler Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Sher
21 May 1955 15 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Netanya
Meller   12', 26'
I. Caspi   22'
Report (p. 8)   80' Elmaliah Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Scheindling
4 June 1955 16 Beitar Tel Aviv 3–0 (w/o)
(abandoned)
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Report (p. 8)   5' Glazer
  36' (pen.) Turika
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Sher
11 June 1955 17 Beitar Jerusalem 3–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Jerusalem
Hasson   8'
Yehezkel   12'
Elfasi   38'
Report (p. 8)   61' (pen.), 80', 85' Elmaliah Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Metzler
18 June 1955 18 Maccabi Haifa 1–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Hardy   23' Report   52' Kasuto Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dudkevich
26 June 1955 19 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Elmaliah   14'
Huli   52'
Report (p. 8)   53' Stelmach Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
2 July 1955 20 Beitar Tel Aviv 4–1 Hapoel Hadera Tel Aviv
Elmaliah   70' (pen.), 76', 85', 90' Report (p. 8)   65' Salomon Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Scheindling

Results by match

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Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultWWLWLLWWWWDLDDLLDDWW
Position13544654333344555544
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

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26 March 1955 Round 3 Maccabi Rehovot 1–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Rehovot
Litvak   39'   18' Huli
  20' Elmaliah
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
28 May 1955 Round 4 Hapoel Jaffa 1–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Kindel   26'   7' Elmaliah
  35' Huli
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: M. Klein

Shapira Cup

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv (W) 6 5 0 1 12 7 1.714 10
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 4 0 2 16 8 2.000 8
3 Beitar Tel Aviv 6 2 0 4 7 8 0.875 4
4 Maccabi Jaffa 6 1 0 5 5 17 0.294 2
Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1
(W) Winners

Results

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4 December 1954 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Michaelov   18'
Yehudayoff   75'
  26' Elmaliah Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frisner
11 December 1954 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Schneor   2'
Glazer   87'
  67' Gleit Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Werner
18 December 1954 3 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Huli   9', 79' (pen.) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Zahavi
25 December 1954 4 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Huli   55'   7' Rosenbaum
  72' (pen.) Balut
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
8 January 1955 5 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–1
abandoned
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Huli   40'
Bar-Zion   58'
  38' Reznik Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dudkevich
15 January 1955 6 Maccabi Jaffa 1–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
M. Levi   1' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Levichter

References

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  1. ^ Lifa Livyatan Cup and Tel Hai Matches – Without Decision Herut, 29 August 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Lifa Livyatan Cup to Beitar Tel Aviv Herut 13 October 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Beitar Tel Aviv – Omonia 4:2 Hadshot HaSport, 1 June 1955, p. 1 & 4 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)