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

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.[1]

Final table
Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
9Hapoel Haifa26961140550.7324
10Hapoel Ramat Gan261031335410.8523
11Beitar Jerusalem26851337590.6321Promotion/relegation play-offs
12Hapoel Kfar Saba26661438460.8318
13Hapoel Hadera26721736530.6816Relegated to Liga Alef
14Hapoel Balfouria263221321290.258

Matches
3 September 1955 21Hapoel Balfouria1–8Beitar Tel AvivAfula
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 22Hapoel Balfouria0–6Maccabi HaifaAfula
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 23Hapoel Petah Tikva13–2Hapoel BalfouriaPetah 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 24Hapoel Hadera5–1Hapoel BalfouriaHadera
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 25Hapoel Balfouria4–2Beitar JerusalemAfula
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 26Hapoel Haifa3–1Hapoel BalfouriaHaifa
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultLLLDLLLLDLWLWLLLLLLLLLLLWL
Position1013141314141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1955–56 Liga Alef

Final table
Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
8Maccabi Ramat Gan2276931340.9120
9Ahva Notzrit Haifa22921131400.7820Relegation play-offs
10Beitar Jerusalem21731126450.5817
11Hapoel Ra'anana22641220490.4116Relegated to
Liga Bet
12Hapoel Balfouria22531429440.6613

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
3 December 1955 1Hapoel Balfouria0–4Hapoel Mahane YehudaAfula
 11' Atwar
 33' Z. Ratzabi
 46' Gluska
 60' S. Ratzabi		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 400
Referee: Hoze
10 December 1955 2Hapoel Rehovot2–1Hapoel BalfouriaRehovot
Yefet  28'
Garameh  44'		  52' Tsalala
24 December 1955 4Maccabi Ramat Gan3–2Hapoel BalfouriaRamat Gan
Saporta  12'
Barbalat  14', 32'		  24' Mashiah
 67' Tal		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ben-Rubi
31 December 1955 5Hapoel Kiryat Haim3–0Hapoel BalfouriaHaifa
7 January 1956 6Hapoel Balfouria1–3Hakoah Tel AvivAfula
14 January 1956 7Hapoel Balfouria1–2Hapoel JerusalemAfula
21 January 1956 8Hapoel Hadera4–2Hapoel BalfouriaHadera
4 February 1956 9Ahva Notzrit Haifa1–0Hapoel BalfouriaHaifa
11 February 1956 10Hapoel Balfouria3–0Hapoel Ra'ananaAfula
18 February 1956 11Beitar Jerusalem1–1Hapoel BalfouriaJerusalem
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
3 March 1956 12Hapoel Mahane Yehuda1–1Hapoel BalfouriaPetah Tikva
Atwar  68'  25' Mashiah
10 March 1956 13Hapoel Balfouria2–0Hapoel RehovotAfula
Mashiah  15'
Kopler  75'
17 March 1956 14Hapoel Nahariya0–0Hapoel Balfouria
24 March 1956 15Hapoel Balfouria2–1Maccabi Ramat GanAfula
Mashiah  40'
Tenenbaum  88'		  18' Azani
31 March 1956 16Hapoel Balfouria4–0Hapoel Kiryat HaimAfula
7 April 1956 17Hakoah Tel Aviv3–1Hapoel Balfouria
14 April 1956 18Hapoel Jerusalem4–0
[note 1]		Hapoel JerusalemJerusalem
Yatzkan  14' (pen.)
Fruchtman  40', 58'
Mizrahi  41'		 Stadium: Katamon Stadium
Referee: Ben Yehuda
22 April 1956 19Hapoel Balfouria3–1Hapoel HaderaAfula
19 May 1956 20Hapoel Balfouria2–3Ahva Notzrit HaifaAfula
27 May 1956 21Hapoel Ra'anana3–1Hapoel Balfouria
2 June 1956 22Hapoel Balfouria0–1Beitar JerusalemBalfouria
 48' Babayoff
24 July 1956 3Hapoel Balfouria2–4Hapoel NahariyaAfula
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
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLLLLLLLLLWDDWDWWLLWLLL
Position1212111212121212121212121211101091110121212
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notes
  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.
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References
  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)
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