1955–56 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

Maccabi Haifa
1955–56 season
ManagerYa'akov Stern
StadiumKiryat Haim Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
6th
5th
State CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jonny Hardy (15)
All: Jonny Hardy (16)

The 1955–56 Maccabi Haifa season was the club's 43rd season since its establishment in 1913, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 6th. 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 5th.[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated city rivals Hapoel Haifa in the quarter-finals, winning 4–0,[2][3] but was defeated by Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–5 in the semi-finals.[4]

On 15 September 1955 a new stadium, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, officially called Haifa Municipal Stadium or Luigi Antonini Stadium,[5][6] was opened with a match between a Haifa XI and a Tel Aviv XI.[7] Maccabi Haifa started playing home matches in the stadium on 24 September 1955, starting with a match against Hapoel Haifa.[8]

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches

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During the season Maccabi Haifa played three international friendly matches, losing all of them.

16 February 1956 Maccabi Haifa 2–3 Kapfenberger SV Haifa
Ben-Tzvi 8'
Litvak 72'
Davar
(in Hebrew)
60' Wirboda
65' Hauberger
87' Gollnhuber
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Klein
5 May 1956 Maccabi Haifa 3–4 Sunderland Haifa
Held 23', 58'
Almani 41'
16' Elliott
76' Fleming
81' Morrison 87' Shackleton
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sher
30 June 1956 Maccabi Haifa 1–4 First Vienna Tel Aviv
Almani 71' 51', 73', 47' Buzek
67' Manasse
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Palman

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.[9]

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
4 Maccabi Netanya 26 13 7 6 54 43 1.256 33
5 Beitar Tel Aviv 26 12 5 9 64 47 1.362 29
6 Maccabi Haifa 26 11 6 9 54 41 1.317 28
7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 10 7 9 37 41 0.902 27
8 Maccabi Rehovot 26 11 4 11 49 48 1.021 26
Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006


Matches

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3 September 1955 21 Maccabi Haifa 3–2 Hapoel Hadera Haifa
Tenenbaum 18', 76'
Georgiou 46'
Report (p. 8) 30' Rubin
41' (o.g.) T. Cohen
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Balfouria 0–6 Maccabi Haifa Afula
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 23 Maccabi Haifa 4–1 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Hardy 41'
Fuchs 65'
Held 75'
Tenenbaum 87'
Report (p. 8) 24' Kremer Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritzner
1 October 1955 24 Maccabi Rehovot 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Rehovot
Shrager 13', 32'
Litvak 75'
Report (p. 8) 39' Hardy
78' Fuchs
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Werner
8 October 1955 25 Maccabi Haifa 0–3 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Report (p. 8) 43', 61' Yehudayoff
81' Michaelov
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
15 October 1955 26 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–3 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Spiegel 31'
Itzhaki 36'
Leba 89' (pen.)
Report (p. 8) 47' Held
73', 81' Hardy
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fried

Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultLLDLWLLWDLWDLWWWWDWDWWWLLD
Position121212121212131312139111110867666654556
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 12 5 5 49 29 1.690 29
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 22 10 7 5 43 34 1.265 27
5 Maccabi Haifa 22 11 3 8 53 27 1.963 25
6 Hapoel Haifa 22 9 4 9 32 39 0.821 22
7 Beitar Tel Aviv 22 10 0 12 41 48 0.854 20
Source: Davar (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio 3) goals scored.

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Almani 80' 24' (pen.) Kofman
76' Chirik
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–4 Maccabi Haifa Kfar Saba
Bulman 60' 6', 62' Menchel
25', 84' S. Levi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Moshe Cohen
17 December 1955 3 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Ben-Tzvi 53' (pen.) 7' Merimovich
55' Israeli
88' Studinski
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fritzner
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Ben-Tzvi 8' (pen.)
Held 42', 75'
S. Levi 67'
Hardy 86'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fried
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
22', 66' S. Levi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Levichter
7 January 1956 6 Maccabi Jaffa 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Ghougasian 38', 78'
Miranda 61'
53' Hardy
85' Almani
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fried
14 January 1956 7 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–6 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Huli 90' 2', 38', 47' Georgiou
27' Hardy
51' Held
84' S. Levi
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Werner
21 January 1956 8 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Hardy 39'
S. Levi 60', 86', 89'
Almani 76'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
11 February 1956 9 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
S. Levi 9' 16', 17' Spiegel
67' Carmeli
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,537
Referee: Dudkevich
18 February 1956 10 Maccabi Haifa 0–2 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
43', 50' (pen.) I. Caspi Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Fried
25 February 1956 11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 Maccabi Haifa Givatayim
36' Hardy Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Fritzner
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Z. Ratzabi 33' 16', 55' S. Levi
60' Hardy
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fritzner
10 March 1956 13 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Haifa
Abramovich 31' 57' Tzahobel
80' H. Glazer
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wackermann
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Y. Glazer 18' 13' S. Levi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
24 March 1956 15 Maccabi Rehovot 0–3 Maccabi Haifa Rehovot
49' Held
63', 76' Menchel
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Rosenbaum
31 March 1956 16 Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Ben-Tzvi 75' (pen.)
Almani 83'
69' Michaelov
88' Balut
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dudkevich
7 April 1956 17 Maccabi Haifa 5–1 Maccabi Jaffa Haifa
Held 10', 22', 87'
Menchel 45'
Hardy 67'
34' B. Cohen Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
14 April 1956 18 Maccabi Haifa 4–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Hardy 7', 52'
Held 10', 55'
39' Gleit
73' Huli
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hillman
22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Haifa 0–0 Maccabi Haifa Haifa
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
27 May 1956 21 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Maccabi Haifa Netanya
Shrager 9'
Orenstein 50'
Statzki 64'
88' (o.g.) H. Meller Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sher

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLWLWWLWWLLWWLDWDWWDLLW
Position10576564456556555545555
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

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27 August 1955 QF Maccabi Haifa 4–0 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Georgiou 36'
Hardy 37'
Held 53'
Fuchs 71'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
22 October 1955 SF Maccabi Haifa 0–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Report (p. 8) 36' Merimovich
40', 55', 84' Studinski
89' Glazer
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi

Shapira Cup

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While the promotion playoffs and the State Cup were being played in October and November, 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, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel 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. However, the competition was delayed after the teams played only two matches each. The third-round matches were postponed due to weather conditions and 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

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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 Tel Aviv
Ben-Tzvi 60' (pen.)
Parizat 69' (o.g.)
S. Levi 88'
Held 89'
24' Kofman
40' Stelmach
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich
5 November 1955 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–3 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Glazer 6', 15', 17', 19'
Miremovich 78'
Report (p. 8) 8', 89' Hardy
10' Menchel
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Moshe Cohen

References

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  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. ^ Many Went to Jaffa – and Missed a Drama in P.T. Izhar Brener, 31 August 1955, Hadshot HaSport, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Studinski Repaid His Debt With Interest... Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Luigi Rocco Antonini Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine luigiantonini.com
  6. ^ Named After Mati Sin-Krona, 11 May 2014, MiTzad Sheni (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ Tel Aviv team – Haifa team 3:3 Davar, 16 September 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ Abba Left at Four Archived 2016-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Mordechai Alon, 11 December 2014, Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)
  9. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)