1955–56 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

The 1955–56 Maccabi Haifa season was the club's 43rd season since its establishment in 1913, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Maccabi Haifa
1955–56 season
ManagerYa'akov Stern
StadiumKiryat Haim Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
6th
5th
State CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jonny Hardy (15)
All: Jonny Hardy (16)

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 6th. 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 finishing 5th.[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated city rivals Hapoel Haifa in the quarter-finals, winning 4–0,[2][3] but was defeated by Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–5 in the semi-finals.[4]

On 15 September 1955 a new stadium, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, officially called Haifa Municipal Stadium or Luigi Antonini Stadium,[5][6] was opened with a match between a Haifa XI and a Tel Aviv XI.[7] Maccabi Haifa started playing home matches in the stadium on 24 September 1955, starting with a match against Hapoel Haifa.[8]

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches

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During the season Maccabi Haifa played three international friendly matches, losing all of them.

16 February 1956 Maccabi Haifa 2–3 Kapfenberger SV Haifa
Ben-Tzvi   8'
Litvak   72'
Davar
(in Hebrew)
  60' Wirboda
  65' Hauberger
  87' Gollnhuber
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Klein
5 May 1956 Maccabi Haifa 3–4 Sunderland Haifa
Held   23', 58'
Almani   41'
  16' Elliott
  76' Fleming
  81' Morrison   87' Shackleton
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sher
30 June 1956 Maccabi Haifa 1–4 First Vienna Tel Aviv
Almani   71'   51', 73', 47' Buzek
  67' Manasse
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Palman

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.[9]

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
4 Maccabi Netanya 26 13 7 6 54 43 1.256 33
5 Beitar Tel Aviv 26 12 5 9 64 47 1.362 29
6 Maccabi Haifa 26 11 6 9 54 41 1.317 28
7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 10 7 9 37 41 0.902 27
8 Maccabi Rehovot 26 11 4 11 49 48 1.021 26
Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006


Matches

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3 September 1955 21 Maccabi Haifa 3–2 Hapoel Hadera Haifa
Tenenbaum   18', 76'
Georgiou   46'
Report (p. 8)   30' Rubin
  41' (o.g.) T. Cohen
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
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 Maccabi Haifa 4–1 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Hardy   41'
Fuchs   65'
Held   75'
Tenenbaum   87'
Report (p. 8)   24' Kremer Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritzner
1 October 1955 24 Maccabi Rehovot 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Rehovot
Shrager   13', 32'
Litvak   75'
Report (p. 8)   39' Hardy
  78' Fuchs
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Werner
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 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–3 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Spiegel   31'
Itzhaki   36'
Leba   89' (pen.)
Report (p. 8)   47' Held
  73', 81' Hardy
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fried

Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultLLDLWLLWDLWDLWWWWDWDWWWLLD
Position121212121212131312139111110867666654556
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 Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 12 5 5 49 29 1.690 29
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 22 10 7 5 43 34 1.265 27
5 Maccabi Haifa 22 11 3 8 53 27 1.963 25
6 Hapoel Haifa 22 9 4 9 32 39 0.821 22
7 Beitar Tel Aviv 22 10 0 12 41 48 0.854 20
Source: Davar (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio 3) goals scored.

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Almani   80'   24' (pen.) Kofman
  76' Chirik
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–4 Maccabi Haifa Kfar Saba
Bulman   60'   6', 62' Menchel
  25', 84' S. Levi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Moshe Cohen
17 December 1955 3 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Ben-Tzvi   53' (pen.)   7' Merimovich
  55' Israeli
  88' Studinski
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fritzner
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Ben-Tzvi   8' (pen.)
Held   42', 75'
S. Levi   67'
Hardy   86'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fried
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 Jaffa 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Ghougasian   38', 78'
Miranda   61'
  53' Hardy
  85' Almani
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fried
14 January 1956 7 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–6 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Huli   90'   2', 38', 47' Georgiou
  27' Hardy
  51' Held
  84' S. Levi
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Werner
21 January 1956 8 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Hardy   39'
S. Levi   60', 86', 89'
Almani   76'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
11 February 1956 9 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
S. Levi   9'   16', 17' Spiegel
  67' Carmeli
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,537
Referee: Dudkevich
18 February 1956 10 Maccabi Haifa 0–2 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
  43', 50' (pen.) I. Caspi Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Fried
25 February 1956 11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 Maccabi Haifa Givatayim
  36' Hardy Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Fritzner
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Z. Ratzabi   33'   16', 55' S. Levi
  60' Hardy
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fritzner
10 March 1956 13 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Haifa
Abramovich   31'   57' Tzahobel
  80' H. Glazer
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wackermann
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Y. Glazer   18'   13' S. Levi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
24 March 1956 15 Maccabi Rehovot 0–3 Maccabi Haifa Rehovot
  49' Held
  63', 76' Menchel
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Rosenbaum
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 Maccabi Haifa 5–1 Maccabi Jaffa Haifa
Held   10', 22', 87'
Menchel   45'
Hardy   67'
  34' B. Cohen Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
14 April 1956 18 Maccabi Haifa 4–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Hardy   7', 52'
Held   10', 55'
  39' Gleit
  73' Huli
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hillman
22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Haifa 0–0 Maccabi Haifa Haifa
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
27 May 1956 21 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Maccabi Haifa Netanya
Shrager   9'
Orenstein   50'
Statzki   64'
  88' (o.g.) H. Meller Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sher
2 June 1956 22 Maccabi Haifa 3–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Haifa
S. Levi   32'
Menchel   38'
Hardy   65'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Werner

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLWLWWLWWLLWWLDWDWWDLLW
Position10576564456556555545555
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

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27 August 1955 QF Maccabi Haifa 4–0 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Georgiou   36'
Hardy   37'
Held   53'
Fuchs   71'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
22 October 1955 SF Maccabi Haifa 0–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Report (p. 8)   36' Merimovich
  40', 55', 84' Studinski
  89' Glazer
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi

Shapira Cup

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While the promotion playoffs and the State Cup were being played in October and November, 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, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel 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. However, the competition was delayed after the teams played only two matches each. The third-round matches were postponed due to weather conditions and 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 Haifa 4–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Ben-Tzvi   60' (pen.)
Parizat   69' (o.g.)
S. Levi   88'
Held   89'
  24' Kofman
  40' Stelmach
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich
5 November 1955 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–3 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Glazer   6', 15', 17', 19'
Miremovich   78'
Report (p. 8)   8', 89' Hardy
  10' Menchel
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Moshe Cohen

References

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the semi-finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Many Went to Jaffa – and Missed a Drama in P.T. Izhar Brener, 31 August 1955, Hadshot HaSport, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Studinski Repaid His Debt With Interest... Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Luigi Rocco Antonini Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine luigiantonini.com
  6. ^ Named After Mati Sin-Krona, 11 May 2014, MiTzad Sheni (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ Tel Aviv team – Haifa team 3:3 Davar, 16 September 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ Abba Left at Four Archived 2016-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Mordechai Alon, 11 December 2014, Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)
  9. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)