1955–56_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_F.C._season
1955–56 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1955–56 football season
The 1955–56 Maccabi Tel Aviv season was the club's 50th season since its establishment in 1906, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.
Quick Facts Manager, Stadium ...
| 1955–56 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Jerry Beit haLevi |
| Stadium | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| Liga Alef (1955) Liga Leumit (1956) | 2nd Winners |
| State Cup | Winners |
| Top goalscorer | League: Yosef Merimovich (12) All: Yosef Merimovich (16) |
1956–57 → | |
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At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing as runners-up, missing on championship in the last round.[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 winning the championship, its 8th championship title.[2]
During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated Hapoel Hadera[3] and Maccabi Haifa[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]
Legend
Win Draw Loss
International friendly matches
During the season Maccabi Tel Aviv played two international friendly matches, losing both.
Maccabi Tel Aviv v FK Sarajevo
| 8 February 1956 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | FK Sarajevo | Tel Aviv |
| Davar (in Hebrew) |
 25' Pašić 32' Biogradlić |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Werner |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v First Vienna
| 23 June 1956 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | First Vienna | Tel Aviv |
| 27' Jericha 47' Pichler |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ben Rubi |
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.[6]
Final table
More information Pos, Club ...
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Gr | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Matches
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Haifa
| 3 September 1955 21 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Hapoel Haifa | Tel Aviv |
| Merimovich 25', 54', 61', 75' R. Levi 28' Studinski 78' |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
Maccabi Rehovot v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 10 September 1955 22 | Maccabi Rehovot | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Rehovot |
| Herschkovitz 2' Schmilovich 7' |
Report (p. 8) | 70' Merimovich |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Dudkevich |
Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 24 September 1955 23 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Rosenbaum 60', 63' |
Report (p. 8) | 32' Israeli 37' Glazer |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Werner |
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 1 October 1955 24 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
| Rabinson 2' Turkenitz 61' (pen.) |
Report (p. 8) | 80' Israeli |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Markovich |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Kfar Saba
| 8 October 1955 25 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Tel Aviv |
| Reznik 72' Studinski 89' |
Report (p. 8) | 58' (pen.) Bulman |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dudkevich |
Hapoel Ramat Gan v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 15 October 1955 26 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1–4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Givatayim |
| Kirschenberg 38' (pen.) |
Report (p. 8) | 24' Rabinovich 50' Israeli 69' (pen.) Merimovich 73' R. Levi |
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Fritzner |
Results by match
More information Round, Result ...
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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1955–56 Liga Leumit
Final table
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| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 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 |
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Matches
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 3 December 1955 1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
| Bernard 2', 17' I. Ben-Dror 28' (pen.) |
5' Studinski 25' Merimovich 66' Israeli |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Frizner |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Petah Tikva
| 10 December 1955 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Merimovich 77' |
36' Haldi |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Werner |
Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 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 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Ramat Gan
| 24 December 1955 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv |
| Nahmias 88' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Jaffa
| 31 December 1955 5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | Maccabi Jaffa | Tel Aviv |
| Reznik 73' |
90' Aroyo |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sher |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Beitar Tel Aviv
| 7 January 1956 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–3 | Beitar Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Studinski 75' Nahmias 78' |
31' Elmaliah 70' Huli 89' Bar-Zion |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Referee: Ben-Rubi |
Maccabi Netanya v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 14 January 1956 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Netanya |
| Hosias 73' Statzki 78' |
22' Studinski |
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Referee: Hoze |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Kfar Saba
| 21 January 1956 8 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Tel Aviv |
| Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fritzner |
Maccabi Rehovot v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 11 February 1956 9 | Maccabi Rehovot | 0–7 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Rehovot |
| Report | 26', 65', 76' Studinski 47' Merimovich 68' Schneor 70' Israeli 90' Nahmias |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hoze |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Haifa
| 18 February 1956 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Hapoel Haifa | Tel Aviv |
| R. Levi 61', 74' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Referee: Fritzner |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv
| 25 February 1956 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Y. Fuchs 33', 37' Glazer 77' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Petah Tikva
| 3 March 1956 12 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Y. Fuchs 33' Schneor 64' (pen.) |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Referee: Werner |
Hapoel Petah Tikva v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 10 March 1956 13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
| Kofman 44' |
37' Nahmias |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa
| 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 |
Hapoel Ramat Gan v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 24 March 1956 15 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Givatayim |
| Kirschenberg 54' |
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Ben-Rubi |
Maccabi Jaffa v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 31 March 1956 16 | Maccabi Jaffa | 0–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| 32' Reznik 54' Merimovich |
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground |
Beitar Tel Aviv v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 7 April 1956 17 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 1–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Elmaliah 64' |
15' Israeli 59' Nahmias |
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Referee: Moshe Cohen |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Netanya
| 14 April 1956 18 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | Maccabi Netanya | Tel Aviv |
| Schneor 5' Glazer 14' Merimovich 65' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Klein |
Hapoel Kfar Saba v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 22 April 1956 19 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Kfar Saba |
| 48' Reznik |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Ben-Rubi |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Rehovot
| 19 May 1956 20 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5–1 | Maccabi Rehovot | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 4' Nahmias 31' Dobrin 67' Israeli 70' Kofman 76' (o.g.) |
13' (pen.) Vider |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rosenbaum |
Hapoel Haifa v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 27 May 1956 21 | Hapoel Haifa | 0–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Haifa |
| 52' Schneor 54' Israeli 74' Glazer |
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 2 June 1956 22 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| 35', 84' R. Levi 65' Nahmias |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Fritzner |
Results by match
More information Round, Result ...
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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State Cup
Main article: 1954–55 Israel State Cup
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Hadera
| 27 August 1955 QF | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Hapoel Hadera | Tel Aviv |
| Studinski 4', 75' Israeli 16' Merimovich 20', 68' Schneor 68' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 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 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva v Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 19 November 1955 F | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Kofman 84' |
Report (p. 8) | 8' Nahmias 35' Glazer 68' Studinski |
Stadium: Basa Stadium 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, 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 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
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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 |
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Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv
| 27 August 1955 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 29', 75' |
89' Weiss |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Rosenbaum |
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa
| 5 November 1955 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5–3 | Maccabi Haifa | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 6', 15', 17', 19' Merimovich 78' |
Report (p. 8) | 8', 89' Hardy 10' Menchel |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Moshe Cohen |
- 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)
- Studinski Repaid His Debt With Interest… 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)
- 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)