1955–56 Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. season

Hapoel Kfar Saba
1955–56 season
Manager	Emmanuel Scheffer ;
Stadium
Liga Alef (1955) ; Liga Leumit (1956)	12th ; 12th
Top goalscorer	(10)
	← 1954–55 →

The 1955–56 Hapoel Kfar Saba season was the club's 29th season since its establishment in 1928, 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 12th (out of 14), which meant the club had to compete in a promotion/relegation play-offs against the 11th placed club, Beitar Jerusalem, and the two Liga Bet winners, Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim. Haopel Kfar Saba placed 2nd in the play-offs, preserving their top division status.^[1]

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 in 12th and bottom position, relegating to Liga Alef.^[2]

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.^[3]

Final table[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Gr	Pts	Notes
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
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	6	6	14	38	46	0.83	18	Promotion/relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Hadera	26	7	2	17	36	53	0.68	16	Relegated to Liga Alef
14	Hapoel Balfouria	26	3	2	21	32	129	0.25	8	Relegated to Liga Alef

Matches[]

3 September 1955 21	Maccabi Petah Tikva	5–4	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showPetah Tikva
	13' 15' Spiegel 47', 59' Carmeli 56'	Report (p. 8)	2' 7' 69' (pen.), 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Frizner

10 September 1955 22	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1	Beitar Jerusalem	showKfar Saba
		Report (p. 8)	44'	Stadium: Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Frizner

24 September 1955 23	Hapoel Ramat Gan	4–3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showGivatayim
	3', 47' 23' Fritzner 74'	Report (p. 8)	43' 50' 51'	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

1 October 1955 24	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1	Maccabi Netanya	showKfar Saba
		Report (p. 8)	66'	Stadium: Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rosenbaum

8 October 1955 25	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showTel Aviv
	72' Studinski 89'	Report (p. 8)	58' (pen.)	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dudkevich

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	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	4	5	3	5	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12

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

Promotion/Relegation play-offs[]

Table[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Jaffa	3	2	1	0	8	2	4.00	5	Liga Leumit
2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3	1	2	0	5	3	1.67	4	Liga Leumit
3	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	3	1	1	1	5	7	0.71	3	Liga Alef
4	Beitar Jerusalem	3	0	0	3	3	9	0.33	0	Liga Alef

Beitar Jerusalem relegated to Liga Alef

Matches[]

22 October 1955 1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	3–1	Beitar Jerusalem	showNetanya
	5' 26' 33'	Report (p. 8)	7'	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Reuven Frizner

29 October 1955 2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–1	Maccabi Jaffa	showHaifa
	58'	Report (p. 8)	59'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sher

5 November 1955 3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–1	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	showNetanya
	78'	Report (p. 8)	47' Hayat	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fritzner

1955–56 Liga Leumit[]

Final table[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Notes
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
10	Maccabi Jaffa	22	6	5	11	39	48	0.81	17	Promotion/relegation play-offs
11	Maccabi Rehovot	22	6	1	15	25	64	0.39	13	Relegated to Liga Alef
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	22	3	6	13	20	48	0.42	12	Relegated to Liga Alef

Matches[]

3 December 1955 1	Maccabi Netanya	3–3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showNetanya
	H. Meller 35' I. Caspi 36' 63'		3' 20' 26'	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rosenbaum

10 December 1955 2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–4	Maccabi Haifa	showKfar Saba
	60'		6', 62' Menchel 25', 84' S. Levi	Stadium: Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Moshe Cohen

17 December 1955 3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	showKfar Saba
	31'		14' Tish 52', 66', 80' Weiss 57' Rosenbaum	Stadium: Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ben-Rubi

24 December 1955 4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	7–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showPetah Tikva
	Spiegel 34', 59' 37', 51' 23' 56' Carmeli 61'		74' (pen.)	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Markovich

31 December 1955 5	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–0	Maccabi Rehovot	showKfar Saba
				Stadium: Referee: Ben-Rubi

7 January 1956 6	Hapoel Haifa	3–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showHaifa
	40' 79' (pen.) 89'			Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Moshe Cohen

14 January 1956 7	Hapoel Kfar Saba	2–1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	showKfar Saba
	11' 47'		65'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dudkevich

21 January 1956 8	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showTel Aviv
				Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fritzner

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 Kfar Saba	1–2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	showKfar Saba
	74' (pen.)		63' (pen.) 65'	Stadium: Referee: Ben-Rubi

26 February 1956 11	Maccabi Jaffa	4–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showTel Aviv
	49' 53' 83', 88'		27'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Referee: M. Cohen

3 March 1956 12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–2	Maccabi Netanya	showKfar Saba
			30' 32' I. Caspi	Stadium: Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fried

10 March 1956 13	Maccabi Haifa	1–2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showHaifa
	31'		57' 80'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Wackermann

17 March 1956 14	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showTel Aviv
				Stadium: Basa Stadium Referee: Fried

24 March 1956 15	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	showKfar Saba
	38'		22'	Stadium: Referee: Frizner

31 March 1956 16	Maccabi Rehovot	3–2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showRehovot
	71', 75' (pen.), 90'		25' 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Referee: Zahavi

7 April 1956 17	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1	Hapoel Haifa	showKfar Saba
			87'	Stadium: Referee: Fritzner

14 April 1956 18	Hapoel Petah Tikva	4–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showPetah Tikva
	3' 18' Kofman 77' 88'			Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Moshe Cohen

22 April 1956 19	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	showKfar Saba
			48'	Stadium: Referee: Ben-Rubi

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	Hapoel Ramat Gan	3–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	showGivatayim
	10' 15' 25' (pen.)		50'	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Klein

2 June 1956 22	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–0	Maccabi Jaffa	showKfar Saba
				Stadium: 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
Result	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	5	10	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

References[]

^ Jaffa and Kfar Saba Promoted to Liga Leumit Hadshot HaSport, 6 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
^ 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)
^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

[1] Jaffa and Kfar Saba Promoted to Liga Leumit Hadshot HaSport, 6 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)

[2] 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)

[3] 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

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Domestic leagues	1st Division 1954–55 Liga Alef 1955–56 Liga Leumit 2nd Division 1954–55 Liga Bet 1955–56 Liga Alef 3rd Division 1954–55 Liga Gimel 1955–56 Liga Bet 4th Division 1955–56 Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	Israel State Cup 1954–55 1956–57
Related to national team	Results 1956 Olympics qualification
Club seasons
Liga Alef/Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Balfouria Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Tel Aviv

1955–56 season
Manager	Emmanuel Scheffer
Stadium
Liga Alef (1955) Liga Leumit (1956)	12th 12th
Top goalscorer	(10)
← 1954–55 →