1954–55 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

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Maccabi Tel Aviv
1954–55 season
ManagerJerry Beit haLevi
StadiumBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Liga Alefnot completed
State Cupnot completed
Top goalscorerLeague: Yehoshua Glazer (25)
All: Yehoshua Glazer (30)
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The 1954–55 Maccabi Tel Aviv season was the club's 49th season since its establishment, in 1906, 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 and took tours to Italy and England (the later while being billed as Maccabi Israel).

Review and events[]

  • On August 1954, Maccabi Tel Aviv departed for a tour of Italy, intending to play Lazio, Torino, Roma and Napoli. However, the matches against Torino and Roma were cancelled,[1] and the team returned home after playing just two matches in Italy, drawing 0–0 with Lazio and losing 1–7 to Napoli, and one more match, en route home, a 1–1 draw against RC Paris, which was Ernst Happel's first match for RC Paris.[2]
  • A Maccabi XI, composed of the best players affiliated with Maccabi clubs, most of them from Maccabi Tel Aviv, took a tour of England between 21 October and 7 November 1954. Maccabi lost all four matches during the tour, including a 0–10 defeat to Wolves and was criticized heavily for arranging the tour and the pick of its opponents.[3]
  • 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, Hapoel Tel Aviv 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. Maccabi Tel Aviv won four matches and lost two, finishing second.[4]
  • In early May 1955, Brazilian team Associação Atlética Portuguesa visited Israeli, playing three matches, the first of which against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Brazilians beat Maccabi 3–0,[5] and a joint Maccabi-Hapoel team 4–0.[6]

Match results[]

Legend[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef[]

Main article: 1954–55 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.[7]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)[]

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[]

5 February 1955 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–1 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Studinski Goal 15', 88'
Levi Goal 31'
Halivner Goal 46'
Glazer Goal 50'
Goal 67'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 44' Caspi Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cohen
12 February 1955 2 Beitar Jerusalem 1–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
Goal 15' Report (p. 8) Goal 27' (pen.) Schneor
Goal 36', 71' Glazer
Goal 86' (o.g.) 		Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Levichter
19 February 1955 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Goal 12'
Goal 18'
Studinski Goal 85'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 46' Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Klein
26 February 1955 4 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Goal 73' (pen.) Report Goal 30', 70'
Goal 90' Glazer		 Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Cohen
5 March 1955 5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Stelmach Goal 3'
Kofman Goal 42'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 12' Glazer Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Levichter
12 March 1955 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Hadera Tel Aviv
Goal 70' (o.g.) Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Asa
19 March 1955 7 Maccabi Tel Aviv 12–0 Hapoel Balfouria Tel Aviv
Schneor Goal 4', 19', 53', 71', 76', 80'
Glazer Goal 12', 23'
Studinski Goal 18'
Goal 38', 39', 65'		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
2 April 1955 8 Hapoel Haifa 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Goal 10' Goal 26'
Goal 70' Studinski		 Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Referee: Dudkevich
9 April 1955 9 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Glazer Goal 25'
Studinski Goal 42'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 46' Steuermann Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Levinger
13 April 1955 10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Goal 11'
Rosenbaum Goal 78'		 Report (p. 4) Goal 26' Glazer Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
16 April 1955 11 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Goal 28'
Goal 82' (pen.)		 Report (p. 8) Goal 30' (pen.) Spiegel
Goal 48' 		Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Werner
23 April 1955 12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Kfar Saba
Report (p. 8) Stadium:
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Klein
30 April 1955 13 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Glazer Goal 9', 24', 29', 38'
Goal 33'
Goal 67'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Levichter
14 May 1955 14 Maccabi Netanya 2–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
Goal 10'
I. Caspi Goal 75'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 3', 62' Glazer Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Levinger
21 May 1955 15 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
Glazer Goal 16', 81'
Studinski Goal 58', 69'
Levi Goal 73'
Stiemer Goal 87' (o.g.)		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
4 June 1955 16 Beitar Tel Aviv 3–0 (w/o)
(abandoned)		 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Report (p. 8) Goal 5' Glazer
Goal 36' (pen.) 		Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Sher
11 June 1955 17 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Glazer Goal 77' Report Goal 51'
Goal 62' (pen.) 		Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fried
18 June 1955 18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Goal 33'
Glazer Goal 43'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 17' Stelmach Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Frizner
26 June 1955 19 Hapoel Hadera 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Hadera
Salomon Goal 55' Report (p. 8) Goal 25', 90' Studinski Stadium:
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
3 July 1955 20 Hapoel Balfouria 2–9 Maccabi Tel Aviv Afula
Levin Goal 26'
Kochavi Goal 54'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 14', 19', 50', 61', 70' (pen.), 75' Glazer
Goal 35'
Goal 40', 58' Studinski		 Stadium:
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zahavi

Results by match[]

Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultWWWWLWWWWLDDWDWWLWWW
Position52223222222222222211
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup[]

Main article: 1954–55 Israel State Cup
26 March 1955 Round 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 Hakoah Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Schneor Goal 6', 85'
Goal 11' (pen.)
Goal 31', 82'
Goal 33'		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
28 May 1955 Round 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Goal 9', 51'
Goal 53' (pen.)
Goal 66', 73', 83'		 Stadium: Basa Stadium

Shapira Cup[]

Main article: 1954–55 Shapira Cup

League table[]

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[]

4 December 1954 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–1 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Levinson Goal 26' (o.g.)
Studinski Goal 29', 85'
Glazer Goal 54'
Goal 83'		 Goal 65' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ben Rubi
11 December 1954 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Schneor Goal 2'
Glazer Goal 87'		 Goal 67' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Werner
18 December 1954 3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Rosenbaum Goal 15'
Goal 46'		 Goal 90' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
25 December 1954 4 Maccabi Jaffa 1–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Goal 29' Goal 15', 87', 89' Studinski
Goal 20'
Goal 62' Glazer		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
8 January 1955 5 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–1
abandoned 		Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Goal 40'
Goal 58'		 Goal 38' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dudkevich
15 January 1955 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Goal 10'
Schweitzer Goal 15' (o.g.)		 Goal 81' Rosenbaum Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Cohen

References[]

  1. ^ Today: Napoli–Maccabi T.A. Al HaMishmar, 12 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Today: Two Minutes Before the Whistle The Equalizing Goal Was Score in the Maccabi Racing Match Al HaMishmar, 21 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ The Great Disgrace of the Israeli Football Al HaMishmar, 31 October 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Atletico – Maccabi 3:0 Hadshot HaSport, 5 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ Atletico Had Beaten Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv Team – 4:0 Hadshot HaSport, 11 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
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