1933–34 in Mandatory Palestine football

The 1933–34 season was the 7th season of competitive football in the British Mandate for Palestine under the Eretz Israel Football Association and the 2nd under the Arab Palestine Sports Federation.

Football in Mandatory Palestine

Season	1933–34
← 1932–33 1934–35 →

IFA Competitions

1933–34 Palestine League

Main article: 1933–34 Palestine League

Due to orders of the High Commissioner for Palestine, the second edition of the Palestine League was played without participation of British teams, including the reigning champions, British Police. Hapoel Tel Aviv won the title after completing a perfect season of 14 victories in 14 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	14	14	0	0	42	6	36	28
2	Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem	13	7	2	4	26	14	12	16
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	13	5	3	5	23	21	2	13
4	Hapoel Haifa	11	4	4	3	23	18	5	12
5	Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva	11	5	2	4	14	16	-2	12
6	Maccabi Nes Tziona	13	4	2	7	9	24	-15	10
7	Maccabi Rehovot	12	2	2	8	11	30	-19	6
8	Hapoel Jerusalem	13	0	3	10	10	35	-25	3

1934 Palestine Cup

Main article: 1934 Palestine Cup

10 clubs entered the competition, which ended, as the previous competition, with a Tel Aviv derby. This time Hapoel defeated Maccabi 3–2 and won the cup.

Final

2 June 1934

Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Harlap  12' Berger  (pen.) Zimon		2' Neufeld Beit haLevi

Maccabi Avshalem Petah Tikva ground

Referee: Adler

National team

1934 World Cup Qualification

The EIFA entered a team to the 1934 World Cup, and was placed in Group 12 of the qualification rounds, with Egypt and Turkey. Following Turkey's withdrawal, the national team faced Egypt in a two-legged tie. Prior to the first match the national team played three practice matches, the first against a Royal Air Force Palestine XI, which was won 7–2, the second against a British military team from Gaza, which was won 3–1, and the second against a Royal Air Force Middle East XI, which was won 8–1.[1]

Egypt v Mandatory Palestine

16 March 1934 1934 WCQ	Egypt	7–1	Mandatory Palestine	Cairo, Egypt
	Mokhtar  11', 35', 51' Taha  21', 79' Latif  43', 87'	Report	Nudelman  61'	Stadium: British Army Ground Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Stanley Wells (England)

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Mandatory Palestine v Egypt

6 April 1934 1934 WCQ	Mandatory Palestine	1–4	Egypt	Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
	Sukenik  54'	Report	Latif  2' Mokhtar  7', 22' Fawzi  35'	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Frederick John Goodsby (England)

Egypt qualified for the final round.

Line-ups

Coaches: Egon Pollak, Shimon Ratner

16/03/1934: GK: Willy Berger (Hap. Tel Aviv) DF: Avraham Reznik (Mac. Tel Aviv), Pinhas Fiedler (Mac. Hasmonean) MF: Zalman Friedman (Hap. Tel Aviv), Gedalyahu Fuchs (Hap. Haifa), Yohanan Sukenik (Hap. Tel Aviv) FW: Amnon Harlap (Hap. Tel Aviv), Ferenc Kraus (Hap. Tel Aviv), Paul Kastenbaum (Hap. Tel Aviv), Haim Reich, Avraham Nudelman (Hap. Tel Aviv) 06/04/1934: GK: Willy Berger (Hap. Tel Aviv) DF: David Weinberg (Mac. Tel Aviv), Pinhas Fiedler (Mac. Hasmonean) MF: Zalman Friedman (Hap. Tel Aviv), Gedalyahu Fuchs (Hap. Haifa), Yohanan Sukenik (Hap. Tel Aviv) FW: Amnon Harlap (Hap. Tel Aviv), Ya'akov Levi-Meir (Hap. Tel Aviv), Ya'akov Zelivanski (Mac. Tel Aviv), Haim Reich, Avraham Nudelman (Hap. Tel Aviv)

References

1. Shohat, Elisha (2006). 100 Years of Football 1906-2006. p. 62.