1955–56 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 1955–56 Hapoel Tel Aviv season was the club's 33rd season since its establishment in 1923, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Hapoel Tel Aviv
1955–56 season
ManagerZvi Erlich
StadiumBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
3rd
3rd
Top goalscorerMichael Michaelov (17)

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 3rd.[1] The new league season, with the top division being renamed Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club once again finishing in 3rd place.[2]

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches

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During the season Hapoel Tel Aviv played two international friendly matches, losing both.

30 January 1956 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–3 FK Sarajevo Tel Aviv
Davar
(in Hebrew)
  31' Radičević
  44', 88' Jusufbegović
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ben Rubi
9 June 1956 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 São Cristóvão Tel Aviv
Ma'ariv
(in Hebrew)
  2' Santo Cristo Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fried

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.[3]

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA Gr Pts Notes
1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 26 18 4 4 68 23 2.96 40 Champions
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 17 4 5 84 28 3.00 38
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 12 9 5 49 23 2.13 33
4 Maccabi Netanya 26 13 7 6 54 43 1.26 33
5 Beitar Tel Aviv 26 12 5 9 64 47 1.36 29

Matches

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3 September 1955 21 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Weiss   22', 86' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dudkevich
10 September 1955 22 Maccabi Netanya 3–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Netanya
Segal   50'
I. Caspi   81', 85'
Report (p. 8)   35' Rosenbaum
  60' Yehudayoff
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
24 September 1955 23 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Rosenbaum   60', 63' Report (p. 8)   32' Israeli
  37' Glazer
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Werner
1 October 1955 24 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Sheli   23', 90'
Michaelov   73'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hillman
8 October 1955 25 Maccabi Haifa 0–3 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Report (p. 8)   43', 61' Yehudayoff
  81' Michaelov
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Report (p. 8)   49' Kofman Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Werner

Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWWWWDDLLDWDDLWWWDDWDWLDWWL
Position21112333544555333333333333
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
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 13 6 3 47 16 2.94 32 Champions
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 22 12 5 5 54 28 1.93 29
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 12 5 5 49 29 1.69 29
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 22 10 7 5 47 34 1.38 27
5 Maccabi Haifa 22 11 3 8 51 29 1.76 25

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Givatayim
  32' Rosenbaum Stadium: Hamakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff   54', 60' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fried
17 December 1955 3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–5 Hapoel Tel Aviv Kfar Saba
Tzahobel   31'   14' Tish
  52', 66', 80' Weiss
  57' Rosenbaum
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
24 December 1955 4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–1 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Weiss   27'
Balut   39'
Rosenbaum   49', 89'
Yehudayoff   77'
  24', o.g.' Cynowicz Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Zahavi
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
  22', 66' S. Levi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Levichter
7 January 1956 6 Maccabi Rehovot 3–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Rehovot
Litvak   12'
Schmilovich   23'
Hodorov   70' (o.g.)
  85' (pen.) Hodorov
  89' Michaelov
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
14 January 1956 7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Carmeli   14'
I. Ben-Dror   45', 64' (pen.), 71'
  23' (pen.) Balut
  47' B. Goldstein
  72', 79' Michaelov
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Hillman
21 January 1956 8 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Michaelov   45' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
11 February 1956 9 Maccabi Jaffa 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Miranda   46' (pen.)
Ghougasian   77'
  45' Rosenbaum
  56' (pen.) Balut
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Frizner
18 February 1956 10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Weiss   30'
Michaelov   63'
Rosenbaum   81'
  28' Bar-zion Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
25 February 1956 11 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Y. Fuchs   33', 37'
Glazer   77'
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Michaelov   60', 73' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hoze
10 March 1956 13 Maccabi Netanya 1–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Netanya
I. Caspi   38'   5' Yehudayoff
  Rosenbaum
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sher
24 March 1956 15 Hapoel Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Nestenfober   1'
Ginzburg   60'
  37', 50' Yehudayoff Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
31 March 1956 16 Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Ben-Tzvi   75' (pen.)
Almani   83'
  69' Michaelov
  88' Balut
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dudkevich
7 April 1956 17 Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Weiss   1' (pen.)
Michaelov   3', 31', 52', 54'
R. Rosenbaum   67'
Yehudayoff   85'
  34' Rosenbaum Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher
14 April 1956 18 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff   57'
Balut   71' (pen.)
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,037
Referee: Ben-Rubi
22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Vissoker   65' (pen.)   20' Michaelov
  30' (pen.) Balut
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritzner
19 May 1956 20 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Ghougasian   42'
Kalev   50'
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Referee: Sher
27 May 1956 21 Beitar Tel Aviv 0–5 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
  19', 88' Rosenbaum
  15', 32' Michaelov
  59' Yehudayoff
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hillman
2 June 1956 22 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
  35', 84' R. Levi
  65' Nahmias
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritzner

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWWWWLLDWDWLWWDDDWWWLWL
Position1111333332431112221223
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Shapira Cup

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In October and November, while the promotion playoffs and the State Cup were being played, two cup competitions were organized by Liga Leumit Clubs, the second edition of the Shapira Cup, and the Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup. Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv played for the Shapira Cup, named after former Hapoel Tel Aviv treasurer Yosef Shapira. The competition was designed to be played as a double round-robin tournament but the competition was delayed after the teams playing only two matches each, as the third round matches were postponed due to weather conditions and then due to the 1954–55 Israel State Cup final, which involved Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva. As league matches started on 3 December 1955, the competition was abandoned altogether.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 2 0 0 7 4 1.750 4
2 Maccabi Haifa 2 1 0 1 7 7 1.000 2
3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2 1 0 1 6 6 1.000 2
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 0 0 2 3 6 0.500 0
27 August 1955 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Glazer   29', 75'   89' Weiss Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
5 November 1955 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–4 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Weiss   12', 15' Report (p. 8)   11' Stelmach
  27', 65' Kofman
  68' Markus
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rosenbaum

References

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  1. ^ Hapoel P.T. Took the Championship Title from Maccabi T.A. After 10 Years Hadshot HaSport, 16 October 1955 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)