1954–55 Hapoel Balfouria F.C. season

The 1954–55 Hapoel Balfouria season was the club's 13th season since its establishment, in 1906, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel. This was the club's second and last season in the top division.

Hapoel Balfouria
1954–55 season
StadiumHapoel Ground, Afula
Liga Alefnot completed
State CupIntermediate Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Reuven Tal (5)
All: Reuven Tal (6)

During the season, the club competed in Liga Alef (top division) and the State Cup.

Review and events
  • Before the beginning of the season, the club merged with Hapoel Afula.[1] The club kept the name Hapoel Balfouria, although it was also called Hapoel Balfouria/Afula.[2]
  • As the club finished bottom at the end of the previous season, the club was initially placed in Liga Bet, and started the season in this division on 8 January 1955.[3] However, as the IFA reprieved the club from relegation as part of the settlement reached to eliminate the dispute that interrupted IFA activities,[4][5] the club was returned to Liga Alef, and began the season anew in Liga Alef on 5 February 1955.

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef
Main article: 1954–55 Liga Alef

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.[6]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)
Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
10Hapoel Haifa2066831350.8918
11Hapoel Ramat Gan20731023270.8517
12Beitar Jerusalem20551027470.5715
13Hapoel Hadera20621224370.6514
14Hapoel Balfouria20221623920.256

Source:[7]

Matches
Liga Bet
9 January 1955 1Hapoel Nahariya3–1Hapoel BalfouriaNahariya
Report (p. 8) Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sher
22 January 1955 1Hapoel Balfouria1–1Hapoel Ra'ananaAfula
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
29 January 1955 1Hapoel Beit Lid2–1Hapoel BalfouriaNetanya
Machluf  22'
Sasson  88'		 Report (p. 8)  48' Zussmann Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 700
Referee: Grauber
Liga Alef
5 February 1955 1Maccabi Rehovot6–1Hapoel BalfouriaRehovot
Litvak  18', 65'
Vider  70', 78'
Shrager  80', 82'		 Report (p. 8)  47' Tal Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 600
Referee: Rosenbaum
12 February 1955 2Hapoel Balfouria0–2Hapoel Tel AvivAfula
Report  21', 62' Rosenbaum Stadium: Hapoel Ground
19 February 1955 3Maccabi Petah Tikva2–1Hapoel BalfouriaPetah Tikva
Carmeli  9'
Scharf  58'		  25' Tzur Stadium: Maccabi Ground
26 February 1955 4Hapoel Balfouria4–4Hapoel Kfar SabaAfula
Gordon  6' (pen.)
Levin  14'
Kochavi  47'
Tal  68'		 Report (p. 8)  62', 76' Meirman
 65' (pen.), 81' Schmilovich		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sher
5 March 1955 5Hapoel Ramat Gan6–0Hapoel BalfouriaGivataim
Chechik  13', 70'
Kurik  41'
Menasherov  46', 76'
Pulaver  75'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Stern
12 March 1955 6Hapoel Balfouria2–4Maccabi NetanyaAfula
Kohavi  59'
Kushnir  84'		  17' M. Cohen
 29', 68' Orenstein
 38' H. Meller		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
19 March 1955 7Maccabi Tel Aviv12–0Hapoel BalfouriaTel Aviv
Schneor  4', 19', 53', 71', 76', 80'
Glazer  12', 23'
Studinski  18'
Israeli  38', 39', 65'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
2 April 1955 8Beitar Tel Aviv6–1Hapoel BalfouriaTel Aviv
Huli  8', 21', 24'
Elmaliah  55', 57', 90'		  89' Gordon Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
7 April 1955 9Maccabi Haifa1–1Hapoel BalfouriaHaifa
Eichenboim  17' (o.g.) Report  83' Tal Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Halperin
13 April 1955 10Hapoel Balfouria1–5Hapoel Petah TikvaAfula
Tal  74' Report (p. 4)  13' Haldi
 56' Chirik
 60' Kofman
 73', 76' Stelmach		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Harap
16 April 1955 11Hapoel Balfouria3–1Hapoel HaderaAfula
Tal  15'
Kochavi  24'
Kushnir  66'		 Report (p. 8)  57' Salomon Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Markovich
23 April 1955 12Beitar Jerusalem6–1Hapoel BalfouriaJerusalem
Yehezkel  20', 49', 53', 65', 68'
Zion  54'		 Report (p. 8) Kochavi  90' Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Asa
30 April 1955 13Hapoel Balfouria2–1Hapoel HaifaAfula
Tal  47'
Yeshu'a  86'		 Report (p. 8)  74' Schneid Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
14 May 1955 14Hapoel Balfouria0–1Maccabi RehovotAfula
 57' Schmilovich Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Scheindling
21 May 1955 15Hapoel Tel Aviv8–1Hapoel BalfouriaTel Aviv
Rosenbaum  5', 35', 54', 76'
Weiss  42', 43', 45'
Alaluf  77'		 Report (p. 8)  46' Dubnov Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stern
4 June 1955 16Hapoel Balfouria0–3Maccabi Petah TikvaAfula
Report (p. 8)  14' Levkovich
 23' Schneidmesser
 40' Bernard		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Cohen
11 June 1955 17Hapoel Kfar Saba6–1Hapoel BalfouriaKfar Saba
Avrutski  1', 70', 78'
Tzahobel  11', 35'
Edelstein  20' (o.g.)		 Report (p. 8)  53' Zussmann Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Zahavi
18 June 1955 18Hapoel Balfouria1–3Hapoel Ramat GanAfula
Zahavi  47' Report (p. 8)  17' Radler
 35' Chronsich
 70' Tsalala		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sher
26 June 1955 19Maccabi Netanya6–1Hapoel BalfouriaNetanya
H. Meller  15'
Y. Spiegel  52', 84'
I. Caspi  61' (pen.)
M. Cohen  80', 85'		 Report (p. 8)  90' Zahavi Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Metzler
3 July 1955 20Hapoel Balfouria2–9Maccabi Tel AvivAfula
Levin  26'
Kochavi  54'		 Report (p. 8)  14', 19', 50', 61', 70' (pen.), 75' Glazer
 35' Israeli
 40', 58' Studinski		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zahavi

Results by match
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ResultLLLDLLLLDLWLWLLLLLLL
Position1013141314141414141414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup
Main article: 1954–55 Israel State Cup
26 March 1955 Round 3Hapoel Balfouria3–1 (a.e.t.)Hapoel Ra'ananaAfula
Levi  86'
Tal  111'
Mashiach  117'		  44' Nahari Stadium: Hapoel Ground
10 July 1955 Int. RoundHapoel Petah Tikvaw/oHapoel BalfouriaPetah Tikva
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
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References
  1. The FA Activated Ma'ariv 29 August 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. Friendly Matches Al HaMishmar, 4 September 1954, p.3, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. Liga Bet Matches Started Hadshot HaSport, 9 January 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  4. The Football Conflict Is Eliminated - 14 Teams Will Begin Liga Alef Matches Next Saturday Hadshot HaSport, 30 January 1955, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
  5. Peace Returned to the Football Association Ma'ariv, 30 January 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  6. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  7. Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)
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