1955–56 Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. season

The 1955–56 Hapoel Petah Tikva season was the club's 21st season since its establishment in 1935, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Hapoel Petah Tikva
1955–56 season
ManagerMoshe Varon
StadiumHapoel Ground, Petah Tikva
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
Winners
2nd
State CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Stelmach (26)
All: Stelmach (31)

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 1st, winning its first ever championship.[1] The new league season, with the top division being re-named Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club finishing as runners-up.[2]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated Beitar Tel Aviv[3] and Hapoel Ramat Gan[4] to reach the cup final against Hapoel Petah Tikva. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the match 3–1 and won its 8th State Cup. [5]

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches

During the season Hapoel Petah Tikva played two international friendly matches, drawing one and winning the other.

In February 1956 the Israeli government lifted the ban on hosting teams from Austria and Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva invited Kapfenberger SV to a tour of Israel.[6] The visit was met with criticism from right-wing politicians[7][8] and acts of sabotage in order to stop the Austrian team from playing,[9][10] but the matches went ahead as planned.

12 February 1956 Hapoel Petah Tikva2–2Kapfenberger SVPetah Tikva
Kofman  17'
Flascher  45' (o.g.)
Davar
(in Hebrew)
 41' Bihas
 59' Gollnhuber
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,500
6 June 1956 Hapoel Petah Tikva3–0São CristóvãoPetah Tikva
Kofman  18'
Stelmach  51'
Ratzabi  75'
Davar
(in Hebrew)
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich

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.[11]

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Gr Pts Notes
1Hapoel Petah Tikva26184468232.9640Champions
2Maccabi Tel Aviv26174584283.0038
3Hapoel Tel Aviv26129549232.1333
4Maccabi Netanya26137654431.2633
5Beitar Tel Aviv26125964471.3629

Matches

3 September 1955 21Beitar Jerusalem2–1Hapoel Petah TikvaJerusalem
Elfasi  49'
Yehezkel  58'
Report (p. 8) Kofman  72' Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Werner
10 September 1955 22Hapoel Petah Tikva3–1Hapoel HaderaPetah Tikva
Stelmach  28', 40', 60' Report (p. 8)  12' (pen.) Weinberg Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Scheindling
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 Haifa3–9Hapoel Petah TikvaHaifa
Kremer  13'
Nestenfober  65'
Schneid  71'
Report (p. 8)  2', 12', 29', 39', 87' Stelmach
 35' Chirik
 70', 73', 86' Kofman
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
8 October 1955 25Hapoel Petah Tikva3–0Maccabi RehovotPetah Tikva
Kofman  6'
Stelmach  12'
Zelikovich  60'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nahman Cohen
15 October 1955 26Hapoel Tel Aviv0–1Hapoel Petah TikvaJaffa
Report (p. 8)  49' Kofman Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Werner

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWDWWWWWWWWWWWDWLDLLDLWWWWL
Position34431111111111111122222111
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 Notes
1Hapoel Petah Tikva22136347162.9432Champions
2Hapoel Petah Tikva22125554281.9329
3Hapoel Tel Aviv22125549291.6929
4Maccabi Petah Tikva22107547341.3827
5Maccabi Haifa22113851291.7625

Matches

3 December 1955 1Maccabi Haifa1–2Hapoel Petah TikvaHaifa
Almani  80'  24' (pen.) Kofman
 76' Chirik
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
10 December 1955 2Maccabi Tel Aviv1–1Hapoel Petah TikvaJaffa
Merimovich  77'  36' Haldi Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
17 December 1955 3Hapoel Petah Tikva4–2Maccabi JaffaPetah Tikva
Kofman  23', 50', 63'
Zelikovich  80'
 86' Ghougasian
 89' B. Cohen
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Markovich
24 December 1955 4Maccabi Netanya1–3Hapoel Petah TikvaNetanya
H. Meller  81'  68' Kofman
 70' Stelmach
 75' Markus
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Klein
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 6Hapoel Petah Tikva3–0Hapoel Ramat GanPetah Tikva
Mizrahi  27'
Stelmach  46'
Kofman  60'
Report Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Yunes
14 January 1956 7Hapoel Kfar Saba2–1Hapoel Petah TikvaKfar Saba
Bonin  11'
Tobiash  47'
 65' Nahari Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Dudkevich
21 January 1956 8Hapoel Tel Aviv1–0Hapoel Petah TikvaJaffa
Michaelov  45' Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
11 February 1956 9Hapoel Petah Tikva2–2Hapoel HaifaPetah Tikva
Kofman  22' (Pen.)
Zelikovich  35'
 57' Schneid
 62' M. Simantiris
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
18 February 1956 10Maccabi Petah Tikva4–4Hapoel Petah TikvaPetah Tikva
Spiegel  7'
Nadel  61', 64'
Bernard  68'
 14', 35' Stelmach
 74' Kofman
 80' Nahari
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner
25 February 1956 11Hapoel Petah Tikva3–0Maccabi RehovotPetah Tikva
Zelikovich  44'
Nahari  68'
Stemlach  89'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
3 March 1956 12Hapoel Petah Tikva1–3Maccabi HaifaPetah Tikva
Z. Ratzabi  33'  16', 55' S. Levi
 60' Hardy
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fritzner
10 March 1956 13Hapoel Petah Tikva1–1Maccabi Tel AvivPetah Tikva
Kofman  44'  37' Nahmias Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
17 March 1956 14Maccabi Jaffa3–3Hapoel Petah TikvaJaffa
Ghougasian  54', 69'
Aroyo  78'
 38' Kofman
 59', 63' Stelmach
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frizner
24 March 1956 15Hapoel Petah Tikva6–0Maccabi NetanyaPetah Tikva
Nahari  6', 19', 78'
Stelmach  57'
Z. Ratzabi  65'
Kofman  81'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Dudkevich
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 17Hapoel Ramat Gan2–5Hapoel Petah TikvaGivatayim
Mesika  19'
Kirschenberg  60'
 6' Kofman
 37', 72' Stelmach
 42' Ratzabi
 55' Varon
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Werner
14 April 1956 18Hapoel Petah Tikva4–0Hapoel Kfar SabaPetah Tikva
Rabayov  3'
Zelikovich  18'
Kofman  77'
Ratzabi  88'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Moshe Cohen
22 April 1956 19Hapoel Petah Tikva1–2Hapoel Tel AvivPetah Tikva
Vissoker  65' (pen.)  20' Michaelov
 30' (pen.) Balut
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritzner
19 May 1956 20Hapoel Haifa1–0Hapoel Petah TikvaHaifa
Schneid  73' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
27 May 1956 21Hapoel Petah Tikva3–1Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah Tikva
Z. Ratzabi  1'
Stelmach  27'
Nahari  74'
 4' Spiegel Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frizner
2 June 1956 22Maccabi Rehovot0–3Hapoel Petah TikvaRehovot
 28' Stelmach
 60' (pen.) Kermer
 85' Nahari
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Fried

Results by match

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWDWWWWLLDDWLLDDWWWLLWW
Position3424211223244321113432
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
22 October 1955 SFHapoel Petah Tikva2–0Hapoel Ramat GanJaffa
Chirik  32'
Stelmach  86'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher
19 November 1955 FHapoel Petah Tikva1–3Maccabi Tel AvivJaffa
Kofman  84' Report (p. 8)  8' Nahmias
 35' Glazer
 68' Studinski
Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritzner

Shapira 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 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

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 1Maccabi Haifa4–2Hapoel Petah TikvaJaffa
Ben-Tzvi  60' (pen.)
Parizat  69' (o.g.)
S. Levi  88'
Held  89'
 24' Kofman
 40' Stelmach
Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich
5 November 1955 2Hapoel Tel Aviv2–4Hapoel Petah TikvaJaffa
Weiss  12', 15' Report (p. 8)  11' Stelmach
 27', 65' Kofman
 68' Markus
Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
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References

  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. Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. Chirik Began – Stelmach Finished Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  5. State Cup to Maccabi T.A., Beat Hapoel P.T. 3:1 Hadshot HaSport, 20 November 1955 (in Hebrew)
  6. Kapfenberg Will Go Through the Mandelbaum Gate to Israel on Friday Davar, 8 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. Kapfenberg A. Hetzroni, Herut, 14 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  8. Footnotes Davar, 15 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  9. The Efforts to Prevent the Shame – to No Avail Herut, 13 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  10. The Day the Goals Went Aflame Nisim Kalderon, 1 July 2014, P.T. Neto (in Hebrew)
  11. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
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