1955–56 Hapoel Balfouria F.C. season

The 1955–56 Hapoel Balfouria season was the club's 13th season since its establishment, in 1942, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Hapoel Balfouria
1955–56 season
StadiumHapoel Ground, Afula
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Alef (1956)
14th
12th
State Cupnot completed

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 14th (out of 14), which meant the club relegated to the second division, which was renamed Liga Alef, and played in this division during the remainder of the season, finishing 12th (out of 12), relegating to the third division ahead of the next season.

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

The league began on 6 February 1955, and by the time the previous season ended, only 20 rounds of matches were completed, with the final 6 rounds being played during September and October 1955.[1]

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
9 Hapoel Haifa 26 9 6 11 40 55 0.73 24
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 26 10 3 13 35 41 0.85 23
11 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 5 13 37 59 0.63 21 Promotion/relegation play-offs
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 6 6 14 38 46 0.83 18
13 Hapoel Hadera 26 7 2 17 36 53 0.68 16 Relegated to Liga Alef
14 Hapoel Balfouria 26 3 2 21 32 129 0.25 8

Matches

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3 September 1955 21 Hapoel Balfouria 1–8 Beitar Tel Aviv Afula
Bentov   85' Report (p. 8)   27' Huli
  34', 39', 51', 57' (pen.), 79' Emaliah
  44', 56' Bar-Zion
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 600
Referee: Moshe Cohen
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Balfouria 0–6 Maccabi Haifa Afula
Report (p. 8)   7' Hardy
  19', 82' Fuchs
  31' (pen.) Ben-Tzvi
  73', 88' Held
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Markovich
24 September 1955 23 Hapoel Petah Tikva 13–2 Hapoel Balfouria Petah Tikva
Chirik   3', 23', 42'
Kofman   22', 73'
Markus   26', 53', 81'
Stelmach   28', 77', 85', 89'
Zelikovich   58'
Report (p. 8)   18' Dubnov
  57' Tal
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Zahavi
1 October 1955 24 Hapoel Hadera 5–1 Hapoel Balfouria Hadera
Weinberg   21' (pen.)
Halfon   51'
Afgin   63'
Piterman   65'
Gertner   85'
Report (p. 8)   73' Tal Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Moshe Cohen
8 October 1955 25 Hapoel Balfouria 4–2 Beitar Jerusalem Afula
Kochavi   34'
Tal   38', 88'
Bentov   61' (pen.)
Report (p. 8)   41' Zion
  86' Elfasi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Scheindling
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Haifa 3–1 Hapoel Balfouria Haifa
Diamant   35'
M. Simantiris   41'
Schneid   61'
Report (p. 8)   80' (o.g.) Ben-Nun Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi

Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultLLLDLLLLDLWLWLLLLLLLLLLLWL
Position1013141314141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
8 Maccabi Ramat Gan 22 7 6 9 31 34 0.91 20
9 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 22 9 2 11 31 40 0.78 20 Relegation play-offs
10 Beitar Jerusalem 21 7 3 11 26 45 0.58 17
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 22 6 4 12 20 49 0.41 16 Relegated to
Liga Bet
12 Hapoel Balfouria 22 5 3 14 29 44 0.66 13

An 18th round match between Hapoel Nahariya and Beitar Jerusalem wasn't played due to misunderstanding between the teams regarding the time of the match,[2] and was left unplayed at the end of the season.[3]

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Hapoel Balfouria 0–4 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Afula
  11' Atwar
  33' Z. Ratzabi
  46' Gluska
  60' S. Ratzabi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 400
Referee: Hoze
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Rehovot 2–1 Hapoel Balfouria Rehovot
Yefet   28'
Garameh   44'
  52' Tsalala
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Ramat Gan 3–2 Hapoel Balfouria Ramat Gan
Saporta   12'
Barbalat   14', 32'
  24' Mashiah
  67' Tal
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ben-Rubi
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 1–1 Hapoel Balfouria Petah Tikva
Atwar   68'   25' Mashiah
10 March 1956 13 Hapoel Balfouria 2–0 Hapoel Rehovot Afula
Mashiah   15'
Kopler   75'
24 March 1956 15 Hapoel Balfouria 2–1 Maccabi Ramat Gan Afula
Mashiah   40'
Tenenbaum   88'
  18' Azani
14 April 1956 18 Hapoel Jerusalem 4–0
[note 1]
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem
Yatzkan   14' (pen.)
Fruchtman   40', 58'
Mizrahi   41'
Stadium: Katamon Stadium
Referee: Ben Yehuda
24 July 1956 3 Hapoel Balfouria 2–4 Hapoel Nahariya Afula
Mashiah   39'
S. Farkas   59'
[7]   18' (o.g.) Y. Farkas
  59' Gardosh
  69' Berkovic
  72' (pen.) Isaac
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 300
Referee: HaMeiri

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLLLLLLLLLWDDWDWWLLWLLL
Position1212111212121212121212121211101091110121212
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notes

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  1. ^ The match was abandoned at the 70th minute after the referee sent two of Hapoel Balfouria players off.[4] Hapoel Balfouria appealed the result and the match was set to be replayed,[5][6] but eventually gave up its claims regarding the match.

References

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  1. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Liga Alef Justified Its Existence Herut, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Hapoel J-m –Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Hapoel Balfouria's Appeal Given Ma'ariv, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ The Trick That Didn't Work… Herut, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ Replay Match in Liga Alef: Hapoel Nahariya – Hapoel Balfouria 4:2 (1:1) Davar, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)