1954–55 Hapoel Haifa F.C. season

Hapoel Haifa
1954–55 season
Manager	Gedalyahu Fuchs ; Shlomo Poliakov
Stadium	Kiryat Haim Stadium
Liga Alef	not completed
State Cup	not completed
Top goalscorer	League: ; ; (5); All: (6)
	← 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 Hapoel Haifa season was the club's 32nd season since its establishment in 1924, 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.

Review and events[]

The club played one international friendly match during the season, against Beşiktaş, on 25 September 1954. At the match the club was strengthened with players from Hapoel Kiryat Haim and Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel and was billed as Haifa Region Hapoel XI. Beşiktaş won the match 1–2, scoring the lone goal for the hosts.^[1]

Match Results[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Liga Alef[]

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.^[2]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
8	Hapoel Kfar Saba	20	6	6	8	29	30	0.97	18
9	Maccabi Rehovot	20	7	4	9	35	37	0.95	18
10	Hapoel Haifa	20	6	6	8	31	35	0.89	18
11	Hapoel Ramat Gan	20	7	3	10	23	27	0.85	17
12	Beitar Jerusalem	20	5	5	10	27	47	0.57	15

Source:^[3]

Matches[]

5 February 1955 1	Hapoel Haifa	1–1	Beitar Jerusalem	showHaifa
	88'	Report (p. 8)	27'	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi

12 February 1955 2	Maccabi Rehovot	2–3	Hapoel Haifa	showRehovot
	Melamed 12' 38'	Report (p. 8)	21' 35', 52'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Zahavi

19 February 1955 3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	Hapoel Haifa	showTel Aviv
	19'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Fried

26 February 1955 4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	3–0	Hapoel Haifa	showPetah Tikva
	38', 72' 90'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Frizner

5 March 1955 5	Hapoel Haifa	3–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showHaifa
	33' 48' 85'	Report (p. 8)	25' Schmilovich	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rosenbaum

12 March 1955 6	Hapoel Haifa	2–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan	showHaifa
	1', 59'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Zahavi

19 March 1955 7	Maccabi Netanya	2–2	Hapoel Haifa	showNetanya
	10', 60'	Report (p. 8)	17', 70'	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Cohen

2 April 1955 8	Hapoel Haifa	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	showHaifa
	10'		26' 70' Studinski	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Referee: Dudkevich

9 April 1955 9	Beitar Tel Aviv	4–2	Hapoel Haifa	showTel Aviv
	Emaliah 20' 59', 70' 62'	Report (p. 8)	68' 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

13 April 1955 10	Hapoel Haifa	4–0	Maccabi Haifa	showHaifa
	18', 63' 43' 72'	Report		Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ben-Rubi

16 April 1955 11	Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–1	Hapoel Haifa	showPetah Tikva
	Stelmach 34', 67' 53'	Report (p. 8)	63' (pen.)	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rosenbaum

23 April 1955 12	Hapoel Haifa	2–2	Hapoel Hadera	showHaifa
	67' 72' (pen.)	Report (p. 8)	20' 48'	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Werner

30 April 1955 13	Hapoel Balfouria	2–1	Hapoel Haifa	showAfula
	Tal 47' 86'	Report (p. 8)	74'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,000

14 May 1955 14	Beitar Jerusalem	3–0	Hapoel Haifa	showJerusalem
	22', 25' (pen.), 72'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rosenbaum

21 May 1955 15	Hapoel Haifa	1–1	Maccabi Rehovot	showHaifa
	Gillerman 6'	Report (p. 8)	22' Schmilovich	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Referee: Metzler

4 June 1955 16	Hapoel Haifa	0–4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	showHaifa
		Report (p. 8)	25', 77' 54', 85'	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dudkevich

11 June 1955 17	Hapoel Haifa	3–0 (w/o) (abandoned)	Maccabi Petah Tikva	showHaifa
	28' 31'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Werner

19 June 1955 18	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–2	Hapoel Haifa	showKfar Saba
	33'	Report (p. 8)	54' 78'	Stadium: Attendance: 800 Referee: Hillman

26 June 1955 19	Hapoel Ramat Gan	2–2	Hapoel Haifa	showGivatayim
	Radler 25' 58' (pen.)	Report (p. 8)	1' 26' (pen.)	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Markovich

3 July 1955 20	Hapoel Haifa	1–1	Maccabi Netanya	showHaifa
	Gillerman 47'	Report (p. 8)	70' Spiegel	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sher

Results by match[]

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Result	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	D
Position	7	6	6	8	7	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	10

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

State Cup[]

26 March 1955 Round 3	Hapoel Haifa	4–1	Hapoel Even Yehuda	showHaifa
	3' 12', 45', 67'		43' Baron	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Asa

28 May 1955 Round 4	Hapoel Haifa	w/o	Maccabi Jerusalem	showHaifa
				Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium

References[]

1954/55 Season Hapoel-Haifa.com (in Hebrew)

^ Beşiktaş Won at Haifa – 2:1 Al HaMishmar, 26 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
^ Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)

[1] Beşiktaş Won at Haifa – 2:1 Al HaMishmar, 26 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[2] 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

[3] Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)

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1954–55 season
Manager	Gedalyahu Fuchs Shlomo Poliakov
Stadium	Kiryat Haim Stadium
Liga Alef	not completed
State Cup	not completed
Top goalscorer	League: (5) All: (6)
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