1955–56 Hapoel Haifa F.C. season

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Hapoel Haifa
1955–56 season
Manager
StadiumKiryat Haim Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)		9th
6th
State CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorer

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The 1955–56 Hapoel Haifa season was the club's 33rd season since its establishment in 1924, 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 9th. The new league season, with the top division being re-named Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club finishing 6th.[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club was eliminated by city rivals Maccabi Haifa in the quarter finals, losing 0–4.[2][3]

On 15 September 1955 a new stadium, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, officially called Haifa Municipal Stadium or Luigi Antonini Stadium,[4][5] was opened with a match between a Haifa XI and a Tel Aviv XI.[6] Hapoel Haifa started playing home matches in the stadium on 16 October 1955, starting with a match against Hapoel Balfouria.

Match Results[]

Legend[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches[]

During the season Hapoel Haifa played one international friendly match, against Sunderland, which the club lost.

13 May 1956 Hapoel Haifa 2–4 Sunderland Haifa
GoalGoal HaTzofe Goal Fleming
Goal Shackleton
Goal Holden		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000

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.[7]

Final table[]

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 10 7 9 37 41 0.90 27
8 Maccabi Rehovot 26 11 4 11 49 48 1.02 26
9 Hapoel Haifa 26 9 6 11 40 55 0.73 24
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 26 10 3 13 35 41 0.85 23
11 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 5 13 37 59 0.63 21 Promotion/relegation play-offs

Matches[]

3 September 1955 21 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Goal 25', 54', 61', 75'
Goal 28'
Studinski Goal 78'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Haifa 1–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Gilerman Goal 3' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Werner
24 September 1955 23 Maccabi Haifa 4–1 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Hardy Goal 41'
Fuchs Goal 65'
Goal 75'
Goal 87'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 24' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritzner
1 October 1955 24 Hapoel Haifa 3–9 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Goal 13'
Goal 65'
Goal 71'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 2', 12', 29', 39', 87' Stelmach
Goal 35'
Goal 70', 73', 86' Kofman		 Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
8 October 1955 25 Hapoel Hadera 0–1 Hapoel Haifa Hadera
Report (p. 8) Goal 32' Stadium:
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Frizner
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Haifa 3–1 Hapoel Balfouria Haifa
Goal 35'
Goal 41'
Goal 61'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 80' (o.g.) Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi

Results by match[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultDWLLWWDLLWLDLLDLWWDDLWLLWW
Position7668756777778991091010101091111109
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
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 22 10 7 5 47 34 1.38 27
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

Matches[]

3 December 1955 1 Maccabi Jaffa 1–2 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Goal 22' Goal 3'
Goal 55' 		Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Haifa 1–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Goal 45' Goal 57'
Goal 60'
Goal 70' 		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zahavi
17 December 1955 3 Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–0 Hapoel Haifa Givatayim
Goal 76' (pen.) Stadium:
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Dudkevich
24 December 1955 4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–1 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Weiss Goal 27'
Goal 39'
Rosenbaum Goal 49', 89'
Goal 77'		 Goal 24', o.g.' Cynowicz Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Zahavi
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Haifa 3–2 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
Goal 27', 65'
Goal 35'		 Goal 2', 64' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hechtberg
7 January 1956 6 Hapoel Haifa 3–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Haifa
Goal 40'
Goal 79' (pen.)
Goal 89'		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Moshe Cohen
14 January 1956 7 Hapoel Haifa 3–0 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Goal 4'
Goal 24'
Goal 83'		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Rosenbaum
21 January 1956 8 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Hardy Goal 39'
S. Levi Goal 60', 86', 89'
Goal 76'		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
11 February 1956 9 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–2 Hapoel Haifa Petah Tikva
Kofman Goal 22' (Pen.)
Goal 35'		 Goal 57'
Goal 62' 		Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
18 February 1956 10 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
R. Levi Goal 61', 74' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Referee: Fritzner
25 February 1956 11 Hapoel Haifa 3–2 Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
Goal 24', 63'
Goal 45'		 Goal 40' Spiegel
Goal 82' 		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Haifa 3–1 Maccabi Jaffa Haifa
Goal 25' (pen.)
Goal 68'
Goal 82'		 Goal 48' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: M. Cohen
10 March 1956 13 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–3 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Goal 49'
Goal 81'		 Goal 51'
Goal 63' (pen.)
Goal 72' 		Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Schwartz
17 March 1956 14 Hapoel Haifa 2–3 Hapoel Ramat Gan Haifa
Goal 26' (pen.)
Goal 57'		 Goal 15'
Goal 60'
Goal 86' 		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Werner
24 March 1956 15 Hapoel Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Goal 1'
Goal 60'		 Goal 37', 50' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
31 March 1956 16 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Hapoel Haifa Netanya
Shrager Goal 5'
Goal 11'
Hosias Goal 60'		 Goal 2' Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Werner
7 April 1956 17 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–1 Hapoel Haifa Kfar Saba
Goal 87' Stadium:
Referee: Fritzner
14 April 1956 18 Maccabi Rehovot 1–0 Hapoel Haifa Rehovot
Goal 86' Stadium:
Referee: Werner
22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Haifa 0–0 Maccabi Haifa Haifa
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
19 May 1956 20 Hapoel Haifa 1–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Goal 73' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
27 May 1956 21 Hapoel Haifa 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Goal 52' Schneor
Goal 54'
Goal 74' Glazer		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
2 June 1956 22 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–1 Hapoel Haifa Petah Tikva
Spiegel Goal 35' Goal 48' Stadium: Maccabi Ground

Results by match[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWLLLWWWLDLWWWLDLWLDWLD
Position3899775777765677666666
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup[]

Main article: 1954–55 Israel State Cup
27 August 1955 QF Maccabi Haifa 4–0 Hapoel Haifa Haifa
Georgiou Goal 36'
Hardy Goal 37'
Goal 53'
Fuchs Goal 71'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi

References[]

  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. ^ Many Went to Jaffa – and Missed a Drama in P.T. Izhar Brener, 31 August 1955, Hadshot HaSport, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Luigi Rocco Antonini Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine luigiantonini.com
  5. ^ Named After Mati Sin-Krona, 11 May 2014, MiTzad Sheni (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ Tel Aviv team – Haifa team 3:3 Davar, 16 September 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
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