1953–54 in Israeli football

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Football in Israel
Season1953–54
Men's football
Liga AlefMaccabi Tel Aviv
Liga BetHaopel Hadera
Beitar Jerusalem
State CupMaccabi Tel Aviv
← 1952–53 Israel 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season was the 6th season of competitive football in Israel and the 28th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

IFA competitions[]

League competitions[]

Competition Winner Promotion Relegated
Liga Alef Maccabi Tel Aviv [note 1]
Liga Bet North Hapoel Hadera Degel Yehuda Haifa
Hapoel Dror Haifa
South Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Herzliya
Hapoel Mishmar HaShiva
Hapoel Beit Lid
Hapoel Acre
Beitar Jaffa
YMCA Jerusalem

1953–54 Israel State Cup[]

Main article: 1953–54 Israel State Cup

The competition took place between 21 March 1953 and 3 July 1954. Maccabi Tel Aviv beaten Maccabi Netanya 4–0 in the final.

National Teams[]

National team[]

1954 World Cup qualification (Group 10)[]

Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 10
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Yugoslavia 4 4 0 0 4 0 +4 8 — 1–0 1–0
2  Greece 4 2 0 2 3 2 +1 4 0–1 — 1–0
3  Israel 4 0 0 4 0 5 −5 0 0–1 0–2 —
Source:[citation needed]

1953–54 matches[]

1 November 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Greece  1–0  Israel Athens
Bembis Goal 52' Report Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Italy
8 November 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Yugoslavia  1–0  Israel Skopje
Milutinović Goal 3' Report Stadium: Gradski Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Belgium
8 March 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Israel  0–2  Greece Ramat Gan
Report Goal 61'
Kamaras Goal 83'		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Italy
21 March 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Israel  0–1  Yugoslavia Ramat Gan
Zebec Goal 80' Report Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: England Leafe
1 May 1954 Friendly South Africa  2–1  Israel Johannesburg
Goal 40'
Goal 53'		 Glazer Goal 42' Stadium: Rand Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: South Africa Cable

1953 Maccabiah Games[]

Main article: Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games

The national team represented Israel in the 1953 Maccabiah Games, competing against other 6 teams of Jewish footballers. Israel won all its matches, scoring 27 goals and conceding just one goal, and won the gold medal. [1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ No club was relegated as the league was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.

References[]

  1. ^ Israel – South Africa 4:0 in Football Herut, 28 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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