1929_Palestine_Cup
1929 Palestine Cup
Football tournament season
The 1929 Palestine Cup (Hebrew: הגביע הא"י, HaGavi'a HaEretz-Israeli) was the second season of Israeli Football Association's nationwide football cup competition. The joint-winners of the previous competition were Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Mandatory Palestine |
| Teams | 18 |
| Defending champions | Hapoel Tel aviv Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem (Title shared) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Runner-up | Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 75 (4.17 per match) |
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the cup, beating Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem 4–0 in the final, which was held on Maccabi Petah Tikva ground.
For the first (and penultimate) time, teams were allowed to enter reserve teams into the competition. However, only Maccabi Tel Aviv took advantage of this, and its B "Nordia" team reached the quarter-finals, before falling to Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov after a replay.
First round
The draw for the first and the second rounds was held in mid-November 1928.[1][2] The matches were supposed to be played on 1 December 1928, however, the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and PGH was postponed to 15 December 1928, and was played on Hapoel Tel Aviv ground.[3]
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Wireless Sarafand | 6–0[4][5] | Gaza Bedouins |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0[6][7] | P.G.H. Sarafand |
Second round
Second round matches started on 5 January 1929 with Maccabi Tel Aviv narrowly beating a Royal Air Force team of the 14th squadron, stationed in Amman and the previous year's cup final winner (and cup joint-holders) Hapoel Tel Aviv surprisingly losing to a British military team from the Royal Corps of Signals, stationed in Sarafand in Extra time.[8] Hapoel Tel Aviv appealed the result, claiming that according to the competition rules the match shouldn't have gone to extra time, but to a replay,[9] however, the appeal was rejected and Hapoel's elimination was confirmed.[10] The tie between the Arab team St. George and Maccabi Petah Tikva went to a replay after a 3–3 draw in Petah Tikva. In Jerusalem the Arab team won 2–1 and progressed to the quarter-finals.[11]
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Hapoel Haifa | 4–0 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–3 | RAF Amman |
| Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov | 5–0 | Maccabi Tiberias |
| Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem | w/o | Maccabi Hadera |
| Wireless Sarafand | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | St. George |
| Maccabi "Nordia" Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Transjordan Frontier Force |
| Maccabi HaGibor Haifa | 0–2 | British Police |
Replay
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| St. George | 2–1 | Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva |
Quarter-finals
Matches were played on 2 February 1929, except for the match between Hapoel Haifa and Wireless Sarafand, which was postponed due to weather conditions[12] and was played on 16 February 1929.[13] The match between Maccabi "Nordia" Tel Aviv and Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov went into a replay, which was played on 16 February 1929. The match was abandoned at the 65th minute due to the waterlogged pitch, with Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov leading 2–1, and the result was confirmed as final.[14]
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–1 | British Police |
| Maccabi "Nordia" Tel Aviv | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov |
| Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem | 4–2 | St. George |
| Hapoel Haifa | 3–0 | Wireless Sarafand |
Replay
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov | 2–1 | Maccabi "Nordia" Tel Aviv |
Semi-finals
| Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem | 2–0 | Hapoel Haifa |
|---|---|---|
Linenberg  70'Simmons 85' |
Do'ar HaYom |
Final
| Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem | 0–4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| Davar | Zelivanski 4', 83' Berger 69' (Pen.)Zvi 81' |
- 100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
- The Competition for the E.I. Cup Do'ar HaYom, 27 November 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- In Sport - The Competition for the E.I. Cup Davar, 29 November 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 14 December 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Palestine from Day to Day - "Wireless" vs. "Bedouins" The Palestine Bulletin, 3 December 1928, Historical Jewish Press
- Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 2 December 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv Beats the British Do'ar HaYom, 16 December 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Tel Aviv – In Sport Davar, 6 January 1929, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 18 January 1929, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)