1955–56 Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. season

Beitar Tel Aviv
1955–56 season
Manager	Alois Hess
Stadium	Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Liga Alef (1955) ; Liga Leumit (1956)	5th ; 7th
State Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Elmaliah, (32); All: Nisim Elmaliah (34)
	← 1954–55 →

The 1955–56 Beitar Tel Aviv season was the club's 23rd season since its establishment, in 1934, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 5th. The new league season, with the top division being renamed Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club finishing 7th.^[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club was eliminated in the quarter finals, after losing 0–4 to Hapoel Petah Tikva.^[2]

In addition, during the break between the completion of the 1954–55 league and the beginning of the 1955–56 league, the club participated in the Netanya 25th anniversary cup, along with Maccabi Petah Tikva, Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Ramat Gan. In the competition, which was played as a round-robin tournament, the club finished fourth.^[3]

Match Results[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

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.^[4]

Final table[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
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
6	Maccabi Haifa	26	11	6	9	54	41	1.32	28
7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	10	7	9	37	41	0.90	27

Matches[]

3 September 1955 21	Hapoel Balfouria	1–8	Beitar Tel Aviv	showAfula
	Bentov 85'	Report (p. 8)	27' 34', 39', 51', 57' (pen.), 79' Elmaliah 44', 56'	Stadium: Attendance: 600 Referee: Moshe Cohen

10 September 1955 22	Hapoel Haifa	1–0	Beitar Tel Aviv	showHaifa
	Gilerman 3'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Werner

24 September 1955 23	Beitar Tel Aviv	2–5	Maccabi Rehovot	showTel Aviv
	28' 66'	Report (p. 8)	40' 42', 78' Litvak 84', 89'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cohen

1 October 1955 24	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	Beitar Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
	23', 90' 73'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hillman

8 October 1955 25	Beitar Tel Aviv	3–0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	showTel Aviv
	Elmaliah 65', 77' Azani 90'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fried

15 October 1955 26	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–3	Beitar Tel Aviv	showKfar Saba
	65'	Report (p. 8)	1' Elmaliah 2', 12'	Stadium: Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sher

Results by match[]

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	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W
Position	1	3	5	4	4	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	7	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1955–56 Liga Leumit[]

Final table[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
5	Maccabi Haifa	22	11	3	8	51	29	1.76	25
6	Hapoel Haifa	22	9	4	9	32	39	0.82	22
7	Beitar Tel Aviv	22	10	0	12	42	44	0.95	20
8	Maccabi Netanya	22	9	2	11	31	44	0.70	20
9	Hapoel Ramat Gan	22	9	0	13	28	42	0.67	18

Matches[]

3 December 1955 1	Beitar Tel Aviv	6–3	Maccabi Rehovot	showTel Aviv
	1', 25', 54', 58' 38', 60'		20' 82', 85' Litvak	Stadium: Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dudkevich

10 December 1955 2	Hapoel Haifa	1–3	Beitar Tel Aviv	showHaifa
	45'		57' 60' 70'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zahavi

17 December 1955 3	Beitar Tel Aviv	2–3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	showTel Aviv
	47' Elmaliah 79', pen.'		19' 60', 83'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hillman

24 December 1955 4	Maccabi Jaffa	2–4	Beitar Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
	33' 61'		4', 40' 26' 30' (pen.) Elmaliah	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Werner

31 December 1955 5	Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–0	Beitar Tel Aviv	showPetah Tikva
	Kofman 12' (pen.) 72'			Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Frizner

7 January 1956 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–3	Beitar Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
	Studinski 75' 78'		31' Elmaliah 70' 89'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Referee: Ben-Rubi

14 January 1956 7	Beitar Tel Aviv	1–6	Maccabi Haifa	showTel Aviv
	90'		2', 38', 47' Georgiou 27' Hardy 51' 84' S. Levi	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Referee: Werner

21 January 1956 8	Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–3	Beitar Tel Aviv	showGivatayim
			6' (pen.) Elmaliah 23', 60'	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cohen

11 February 1956 9	Beitar Tel Aviv	3–2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showTel Aviv
	20' 33' Strugo 34'		28' 63'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Schwartz

18 February 1956 10	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–1	Beitar Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
	Weiss 30' 63' Rosenbaum 81'		28'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

25 February 1956 11	Maccabi Netanya	1–0	Beitar Tel Aviv	showNetanya
	Caspi 60'			Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schwartz

3 March 1956 12	Maccabi Rehovot	1–0	Beitar Tel Aviv	showRehovot
	Litvak 74' (pen.)			Stadium: Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Halperin

10 March 1956 13	Beitar Tel Aviv	2–3	Hapoel Haifa	showTel Aviv
	49' 81'		51' 63' (pen.) 72'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Referee: Schwartz

17 March 1956 14	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–3	Beitar Tel Aviv	showPetah Tikva
			32' 56', 74' Elmaliah	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dudkevich

24 March 1956 15	Beitar Tel Aviv	4–0	Maccabi Jaffa	showTel Aviv
	7' 20' Bar- Zion 34', 80'			Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Werner

31 March 1956 16	Beitar Tel Aviv	1–2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	showTel Aviv
	61'		1' Stelmach 59'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi

7 April 1956 17	Beitar Tel Aviv	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
	Elmaliah 64'		15' 59'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Referee: Moshe Cohen

14 April 1956 18	Maccabi Haifa	4–2	Beitar Tel Aviv	showHaifa
	Hardy 7', 52' 10', 55'		39' 73'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hillman

22 April 1956 19	Beitar Tel Aviv	1–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan	showTel Aviv
	Elmaliah 37'			Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Werner

19 May 1956 20	Hapoel Kfar Saba	2–0	Beitar Tel Aviv	showKfar Saba
	64' (pen.) 69'			Stadium: Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Frizner

27 May 1956 21	Beitar Tel Aviv	0–5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
			19', 88' Rosenbaum 15', 32' 59'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hillman

2 June 1956 22	Beitar Tel Aviv	2–0	Maccabi Netanya	showTel Aviv
	6' 34'			Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dudkevich

Results by match[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W
Position	2	2	4	4	6	4	6	5	4	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup[]

27 August 1955 QF	Beitar Tel Aviv	0–4	Hapoel Petah Tikva	showTel Aviv
		Report (p. 8)	47', 59' 61' Stelmach 75'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Frizner

Netanya 25th Anniversary 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 Netanya, Beitar Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ramat Gan took part in the competition, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Netanya.

Table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	3	2	1	0	14	5	2.800	5	Winners
2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	3	1	1	1	8	7	1.143	3
3	Maccabi Netanya	3	1	1	1	5	7	0.714	3
4	Beitar Tel Aviv	3	0	1	2	7	15	0.467	1

Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1

29 October 1955 1	Hapoel Ramat Gan	5–2	Beitar Tel Aviv	showGivatayim
	3', 78' 11' (pen.), 69', 73'	Report (p. 8)	20' Osherov 57' Emaliah	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Metzler

5 November 1955 2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	8–3	Beitar Tel Aviv	showPetah Tikva
	Spiegel 6', 35', 44' , 52' 31', 73' 33'	Report (p. 8)	?', 80' 81'	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Schiendling

12 November 1955 3	Maccabi Netanya	2–2	Beitar Tel Aviv	showNetanya
	23' Meller 40'	Report (p. 8)	22' Emaliah 65'	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dudkevich

References[]

^ 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)
^ A Final Table of the Netanya Anniversary Cup Hadshot HaSport, 13 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

[1] 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)

[2] Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)

[3] A Final Table of the Netanya Anniversary Cup Hadshot HaSport, 13 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)

[4] 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

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