1955–56 Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 1955–56 Beitar Tel Aviv season was the club's 23rd season since its establishment, in 1934, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Beitar Tel Aviv
1955–56 season
ManagerAlois Hess
StadiumMaccabi Jaffa Ground
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)		5th
7th
State CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Elmaliah, Huli (32)
All: Nisim Elmaliah (34)

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 5th. 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 7th.[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club was eliminated in the quarter finals, after losing 0–4 to Hapoel Petah Tikva.[2]

In addition, during the break between the completion of the 1954–55 league and the beginning of the 1955–56 league, the club participated in the Netanya 25th anniversary cup, along with Maccabi Petah Tikva, Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Ramat Gan. In the competition, which was played as a round-robin tournament, the club finished fourth.[3]

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

1954–55 Liga Alef

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.[4]

Final table
Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
3Hapoel Tel Aviv26129549232.1333
4Maccabi Netanya26137654431.2633
5Beitar Tel Aviv26125964471.3629
6Maccabi Haifa26116954411.3228
7Maccabi Petah Tikva26107937410.9027

Matches
3 September 1955 21Hapoel Balfouria1–8Beitar Tel AvivAfula
Bentov  85' Report (p. 8)  27' Huli
 34', 39', 51', 57' (pen.), 79' Elmaliah
 44', 56' Bar-Zion		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 600
Referee: Moshe Cohen
10 September 1955 22Hapoel Haifa1–0Beitar Tel AvivHaifa
Gilerman  3' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Werner
24 September 1955 23Beitar Tel Aviv2–5Maccabi RehovotTel Aviv
Bar-Zion  28'
Huli  66'		 Report (p. 8)  40' Schmilovich
 42', 78' Litvak
 84', 89' Herschkovitz		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cohen
1 October 1955 24Hapoel Tel Aviv3–0Beitar Tel AvivTel Aviv
Sheli  23', 90'
Michaelov  73'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hillman
8 October 1955 25Beitar Tel Aviv3–0Maccabi Petah TikvaTel Aviv
Elmaliah  65', 77'
Azani  90'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fried
15 October 1955 26Hapoel Kfar Saba1–3Beitar Tel AvivKfar Saba
Ratz  65' Report (p. 8)  1' Elmaliah
 2', 12' Gleit		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher

Results by match
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWWLWLLWWWWDLDDLLDDWWWLLLWW
Position13544654333344555544446765
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1955–56 Liga Leumit

Final table
Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
5Maccabi Haifa22113851291.7625
6Hapoel Haifa2294932390.8222
7Beitar Tel Aviv221001242440.9520
8Maccabi Netanya22921131440.7020
9Hapoel Ramat Gan22901328420.6718

Matches
3 December 1955 1Beitar Tel Aviv6–3Maccabi RehovotTel Aviv
Huli  1', 25', 54', 58'
Elmaliah  38', 60'		  20' Vider
 82', 85' Litvak		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
10 December 1955 2Hapoel Haifa1–3Beitar Tel AvivHaifa
Diamant  45'  57' Huli
 60' Shchinik
 70' Gleit		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zahavi
17 December 1955 3Beitar Tel Aviv2–3Maccabi Petah TikvaTel Aviv
Huli  47'
Elmaliah  79', pen.'		  19' Nadel
 60', 83' Bernard		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hillman
24 December 1955 4Maccabi Jaffa2–4Beitar Tel AvivJaffa
Aroyo  33'
B. Cohen  61'		  4', 40' Huli
 26' Arbiv
 30' (pen.) Elmaliah		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Werner
31 December 1955 5Hapoel Petah Tikva2–0Beitar Tel AvivPetah Tikva
Kofman  12' (pen.)
Zelikovich  72'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frizner
7 January 1956 6Maccabi Tel Aviv2–3Beitar Tel AvivTel Aviv
Studinski  75'
Nahmias  78'		  31' Elmaliah
 70' Huli
 89' Bar-Zion		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Referee: Ben-Rubi
14 January 1956 7Beitar Tel Aviv1–6Maccabi HaifaJaffa
Huli  90'  2', 38', 47' Georgiou
 27' Hardy
 51' Held
 84' S. Levi		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Werner
21 January 1956 8Hapoel Ramat Gan0–3Beitar Tel AvivGivatayim
 6' (pen.) Elmaliah
 23', 60' Bar Zion		 Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cohen
11 February 1956 9Beitar Tel Aviv3–2Hapoel Kfar SabaJaffa
Bar-Zion  20'
Huli  33'
Strugo  34'		  28' Lutotovski
 63' H. Glazer		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Schwartz
18 February 1956 10Hapoel Tel Aviv3–1Beitar Tel AvivTel Aviv
Weiss  30'
Michaelov  63'
Rosenbaum  81'		  28' Bar-zion Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
25 February 1956 11Maccabi Netanya1–0Beitar Tel AvivNetanya
Caspi  60' Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schwartz
3 March 1956 12Maccabi Rehovot1–0Beitar Tel AvivRehovot
Litvak  74' (pen.) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Halperin
10 March 1956 13Beitar Tel Aviv2–3Hapoel HaifaJaffa
Huli  49'
Arbiv  81'		  51' Ginzburg
 63' (pen.) Martin
 72' M. Simantiris		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Schwartz
17 March 1956 14Maccabi Petah Tikva0–3Beitar Tel AvivPetah Tikva
 32' Bar-Zion
 56', 74' Elmaliah		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
24 March 1956 15Beitar Tel Aviv4–0Maccabi JaffaTel Aviv
Huli  7'
Kurik  20'
Bar- Zion  34', 80'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Werner
31 March 1956 16Beitar Tel Aviv1–2Hapoel Petah TikvaJaffa
Arbiv  61'  1' Stelmach
 59' Z. Ratzabi		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
7 April 1956 17Beitar Tel Aviv1–2Maccabi Tel AvivJaffa
Elmaliah  64'  15' Israeli
 59' Nahmias		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Moshe Cohen
14 April 1956 18Maccabi Haifa4–2Beitar Tel AvivHaifa
Hardy  7', 52'
Held  10', 55'		  39' Gleit
 73' Huli		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hillman
22 April 1956 19Beitar Tel Aviv1–0Hapoel Ramat GanJaffa
Elmaliah  37' Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Werner
19 May 1956 20Hapoel Kfar Saba2–0Beitar Tel AvivKfar Saba
H. Glazer  64' (pen.)
Tobiash  69'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Frizner
27 May 1956 21Beitar Tel Aviv0–5Hapoel Tel AvivTel Aviv
 19', 88' Rosenbaum
 15', 32' Michaelov
 59' Yehudayoff		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hillman
2 June 1956 22Beitar Tel Aviv2–0Maccabi NetanyaTel Aviv
Arbiv  6'
Huli  34'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dudkevich

Results by match
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWWLWLWLWWLLLLWWLLLWLLW
Position2244646545677766777787
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup
Main article: 1954–55 Israel State Cup
27 August 1955 QFBeitar Tel Aviv0–4Hapoel Petah TikvaTel Aviv
Report (p. 8)  47', 59' Chirik
 61' Stelmach
 75' Zelikovich		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frizner

Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup

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 Netanya, Beitar Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ramat Gan took part in the competition, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Netanya.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3 2 1 0 14 5 2.800 5 Winners
2 Hapoel Ramat Gan 3 1 1 1 8 7 1.143 3
3 Maccabi Netanya 3 1 1 1 5 7 0.714 3
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 3 0 1 2 7 15 0.467 1
Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1
29 October 1955 1Hapoel Ramat Gan5–2Beitar Tel AvivGivatayim
Chronsich  3', 78'
Kirschenberg  11' (pen.), 69', 73'		 Report (p. 8)  20' Osherov
 57' Emaliah		 Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Metzler
5 November 1955 2Maccabi Petah Tikva8–3Beitar Tel AvivPetah Tikva
Spiegel  6', 35', 44'
Bernard , 52'
Nadel  31', 73'
Turkenitz  33'		 Report (p. 8)  ?', 80' Gleit
 81' Arbiv		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Schiendling
12 November 1955 3Maccabi Netanya2–2Beitar Tel AvivNetanya
Lemel  23'
Meller  40'		 Report (p. 8)  22' Emaliah
 65' Arbiv		 Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
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References
  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. A Final Table of the Netanya Anniversary Cup Hadshot HaSport, 13 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
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