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.
1955–56 season | |
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Manager | Moshe Varon |
Stadium | Hapoel Ground, Petah Tikva |
Liga Alef (1955) Liga Leumit (1956) | Winners 2nd |
State Cup | Runners-up |
Top goalscorer | League: 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 Tikva | 2–2 | Kapfenberger SV | Petah Tikva |
Kofman Flascher |
Davar (in Hebrew) |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,500 |
6 June 1956 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–0 | São Cristóvão | Petah Tikva |
Kofman Stelmach Ratzabi |
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 |
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1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 23 | 2.96 | 40 | Champions |
2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 84 | 28 | 3.00 | 38 | |
3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 2.13 | 33 | |
4 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 43 | 1.26 | 33 | |
5 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 47 | 1.36 | 29 |
Matches
3 September 1955 21 | Beitar Jerusalem | 2–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Jerusalem |
Elfasi Yehezkel |
Report (p. 8) | Kofman |
Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Werner |
10 September 1955 22 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–1 | Hapoel Hadera | Petah Tikva |
Stelmach |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Scheindling |
24 September 1955 23 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 13–2 | Hapoel Balfouria | Petah Tikva |
Chirik Kofman Markus Stelmach Zelikovich |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Zahavi |
1 October 1955 24 | Hapoel Haifa | 3–9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Haifa |
Kremer Nestenfober Schneid |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dudkevich |
8 October 1955 25 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–0 | Maccabi Rehovot | Petah Tikva |
Kofman Stelmach Zelikovich |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nahman Cohen |
15 October 1955 26 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Jaffa |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Werner |
Results by match
Final table
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 2.94 | 32 | Champions |
2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 1.93 | 29 | |
3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 1.69 | 29 | |
4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 34 | 1.38 | 27 | |
5 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 29 | 1.76 | 25 |
Matches
3 December 1955 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 1–2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Haifa |
Almani |
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
10 December 1955 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Jaffa |
Merimovich |
Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Werner |
17 December 1955 3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4–2 | Maccabi Jaffa | Petah Tikva |
Kofman Zelikovich |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Markovich |
24 December 1955 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 1–3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Netanya |
H. Meller |
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Klein |
31 December 1955 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–0 | Beitar Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
Kofman Zelikovich |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Frizner |
7 January 1956 6 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–0 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Petah Tikva |
Mizrahi Stelmach Kofman |
Report | Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yunes |
14 January 1956 7 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Kfar Saba |
Bonin Tobiash |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dudkevich |
21 January 1956 8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Jaffa |
Michaelov |
Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sher |
11 February 1956 9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–2 | Hapoel Haifa | Petah Tikva |
Kofman Zelikovich |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rosenbaum |
18 February 1956 10 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4–4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva |
Spiegel Nadel Bernard |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Werner |
25 February 1956 11 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–0 | Maccabi Rehovot | Petah Tikva |
Zelikovich Nahari Stemlach |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground |
3 March 1956 12 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–3 | Maccabi Haifa | Petah Tikva |
Z. Ratzabi |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fritzner |
10 March 1956 13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
Kofman |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
17 March 1956 14 | Maccabi Jaffa | 3–3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Jaffa |
Ghougasian Aroyo |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Frizner |
24 March 1956 15 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 6–0 | Maccabi Netanya | Petah Tikva |
Nahari Stelmach Z. Ratzabi Kofman |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Dudkevich |
31 March 1956 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 1–2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Jaffa |
Arbiv |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
7 April 1956 17 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2–5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Givatayim |
Mesika Kirschenberg |
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Werner |
14 April 1956 18 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4–0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Petah Tikva |
Rabayov Zelikovich Kofman Ratzabi |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Moshe Cohen |
22 April 1956 19 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
Vissoker |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Fritzner |
19 May 1956 20 | Hapoel Haifa | 1–0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Haifa |
Schneid |
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen |
27 May 1956 21 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva |
Z. Ratzabi Stelmach Nahari |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Frizner |
2 June 1956 22 | Maccabi Rehovot | 0–3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Rehovot |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Fried |
Results by match
State Cup
27 August 1955 QF | Beitar Tel Aviv | 0–4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Frizner |
22 October 1955 SF | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–0 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Jaffa |
Chirik Stelmach |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sher |
19 November 1955 F | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Jaffa |
Kofman |
Report (p. 8) | 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 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 4–2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Jaffa |
Ben-Tzvi Parizat S. Levi Held |
Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dudkevich |
5 November 1955 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Jaffa |
Weiss |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rosenbaum |
References
- Hapoel P.T. Took the Championship Title from Maccabi T.A. After 10 Years Hadshot HaSport, 16 October 1955 (in Hebrew)
- 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)
- Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
- Chirik Began – Stelmach Finished Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
- State Cup to Maccabi T.A., Beat Hapoel P.T. 3:1 Hadshot HaSport, 20 November 1955 (in Hebrew)
- Kapfenberg Will Go Through the Mandelbaum Gate to Israel on Friday Davar, 8 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Kapfenberg A. Hetzroni, Herut, 14 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Footnotes Davar, 15 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- The Efforts to Prevent the Shame – to No Avail Herut, 13 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- The Day the Goals Went Aflame Nisim Kalderon, 1 July 2014, P.T. Neto (in Hebrew)
- 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)