1954–55 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season

Hapoel Tel Aviv
1954–55 season
ManagerZvi Erlich
StadiumBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Liga Alefnot completed
State CupRound 4
Top goalscorerLeague: Rosenbaum (11)
All: Rosenbaum (18)

The 1954–55 Hapoel Tel Aviv season was the club's 32nd season since its establishment in 1923, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

During the season, the club competed in Liga Alef (top division) and the State Cup. In addition, the club played in the privately organized Shapira Cup, a four-club league competition.

Review and events

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  • On 10 October 1954 Udarnik Sofia arrived at Israel on the club's invitation, as a return visit to Hapoel's tour of Bulgaria at the end of the previous season. Udarnik played three matches, against Hapoel XI, a team composed of the best Hapoel affiliated players, against Tel Aviv XI, a mixed Hapoel and Maccabi team, and against Petah Tikva XI, a team mixed Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva team. Udarnik won all three matches. At the end of the tour, as the Bulgarians encountered problems with obtaining visas for a layover in Istanbul, a fourth match was arranged with mixed teams of Udarnik, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Jaffa.[1]
  • During December 1954 and January 1955, as no league matches were played due to a dispute between Hapoel, Maccabi and Beitar factions in the IFA, The club organized a league competition for the top Tel Aviv teams, Hapoel, Maccabi, Beitar and Maccabi Jaffa. The competition was played as a double round-robin tournament, with the top placed team winning the cup, named after former Hapoel Tel Aviv treasurer, Yosef Shapira. The club won five matches and lost one, topping the table and winning the cup.[2]
  • In early May 1955, Brazilian team Associação Atlética Portuguesa visited Israeli, playing three matches, the second of which was played against Hapoel Tel Aviv. The Brazilians beat Hapoel 4–0.[3] A mixed Maccabi-Hapoel team played against Portuguesa and lost 4–0.[4]

Match results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef

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League matches began on 6 February 1955, and by the time the season, only 20 rounds of matches were completed, delaying the end of the league season to the next season.[5]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 20 14 3 3 68 20 3.400 31
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 20 13 4 3 38 15 2.533 30
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 9 8 3 37 17 2.176 26
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 20 9 5 6 48 36 1.333 23
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 8 6 6 27 24 1.125 22
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 1955. Source: Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)

Matches

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5 February 1955 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Hadera Tel Aviv
Rosenbaum 20'
Hecht 78'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Yelink
19 February 1955 3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Zilberstein 19' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fried
26 February 1955 4 Maccabi Rehovot 1–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv Rehovot
Vider 23' Report (p. 8) 39' D. Goldstein
42' (pen.), 51' (pen.) Balut
66' Alaluf
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Scheinhaus
5 March 1955 5 Beitar Jerusalem 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Jerusalem
Elfasi 4'
Yehezkel 70'
Report (p. 8) 23' Balut
82' Michaelov
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sher
12 March 1955 6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff 67' Report (p. 8) 75' Bernard Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
19 March 1955 7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv
Report (p. 8) 9' (pen.) Bulman
64' H. Glazer
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Scheindling
9 April 1955 9 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Alaluf 83' Report (p. 8) 61' Hosias Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi
13 April 1955 10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff 11'
Rosenbaum 78'
Report (p. 4) 26' Glazer Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
16 April 1955 11 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff 50' Report (p. 8) Huli 53' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Frizner
23 April 1955 12 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Alaluf 88' Report 73' Hardy Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hillman
30 April 1955 13 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Kofman 82' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Werner
14 May 1955 14 Hapoel Hadera 0–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Hadera
Report (p. 8) 60' Rosenbaum Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Dudkevich
21 May 1955 15 Hapoel Tel Aviv 8–1 Hapoel Balfouria Tel Aviv
Rosenbaum 5', 35', 54', 76'
Weiss 42', 43', 45'
Alaluf 77'
Report (p. 8) 46' Dubnov Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stern
4 June 1955 16 Hapoel Haifa 0–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Report (p. 8) 25', 77' Weiss
54', 85' Michaelov
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dudkevich
11 June 1955 17 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Rosenbaum 10' Report (p. 8) 25' Litvak Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yonas
18 June 1955 18 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
Balut 24' (pen.) Report (p. 8) 73' elfasi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Markovich
26 June 1955 19 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Spiegel 87' Report (p. 8) 20', 35', 71' Michaelov
55' Rosenbaum
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Frizner

Results by match

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Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultWWWWDDLLDWDDLWWWDDWD
Position21112333544555333333
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

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28 May 1955 Round 4 Hapoel Hadera 1–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Hadera
Afgin 26' Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Rosenbaum

Shapira Cup

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv (W) 6 5 0 1 12 7 1.714 10
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 4 0 2 16 8 2.000 8
3 Beitar Tel Aviv 6 2 0 4 7 8 0.875 4
4 Maccabi Jaffa 6 1 0 5 5 17 0.294 2
Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1
(W) Winners

Results

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4 December 1954 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Michaelov 18'
Yehudayoff 75'
26' Elmaliah Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frisner
11 December 1954 2 Maccabi Jaffa 1–3 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
B. Cohen 2' 51' Sheli
55', 70' Rosenbaum
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Dudkevich
18 December 1954 3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Rosenbaum 15'
Fuchs 46'
90' Reznik Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
25 December 1954 4 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Huli 55' 7' Rosenbaum
72' (pen.) Balut
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
8 January 1955 5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Rosenbaum 9'
Zilberstein 88'
63' B. Cohen Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner
15 January 1955 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Reznik 10'
Schweitzer 15' (o.g.)
81' Rosenbaum Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen

References

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  1. ^ Yosipov Showed Wonderful Skill in the Mixed Meeting Hadshot HaSport, 24 October 1954, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Atletico – Hapoel T.A. 4:0 Hadshot HaSport, 5 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Atletico Had Beaten Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv Team – 4:0 Hadshot HaSport, 11 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)