1955–56 Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. season

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Hapoel Petah Tikva
1955–56 season
ManagerMoshe Varon
StadiumHapoel Ground, Petah Tikva
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)		Winners
2nd
State CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Stelmach (26)
All: Stelmach (31)
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The 1955–56 Hapoel Petah Tikva season was the club's 21st season since its establishment in 1935, 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 1st, winning its first ever championship.[1] 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 as runners-up.[2]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated Beitar Tel Aviv[3] and Hapoel Ramat Gan[4] to reach the cup final against Hapoel Petah Tikva. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the match 3–1 and won its 8th State Cup. [5]

Match Results[]

Legend[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches[]

During the season Hapoel Petah Tikva played two international friendly matches, drawing one and winning the other.

In February 1956 the Israeli government lifted the ban on hosting teams from Austria and Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva invited Kapfenberger SV to a tour of Israel.[6] The visit was met with criticism from right-wing politicians[7][8] and acts of sabotage in order to stop the Austrian team from playing,[9][10] but the matches went ahead as planned.

12 February 1956 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–2 Kapfenberger SV Petah Tikva
Kofman Goal 17'
Flascher Goal 45' (o.g.)		 Davar
(in Hebrew)		 Goal 41' Bihas
Goal 59' Gollnhuber		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,500
6 June 1956 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 São Cristóvão Petah Tikva
Kofman Goal 18'
Stelmach Goal 51'
Goal 75'		 Davar
(in Hebrew)		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich

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.[11]

Final table[]

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Gr Pts Notes
1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 26 18 4 4 68 23 2.96 40 Champions
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 17 4 5 84 28 3.00 38
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

Matches[]

3 September 1955 21 Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Jerusalem
Goal 49'
Goal 58'		 Report (p. 8) Kofman Goal 72' Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Werner
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–1 Hapoel Hadera Petah Tikva
Stelmach Goal 28', 40', 60' Report (p. 8) Goal 12' (pen.) Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Scheindling
24 September 1955 23 Hapoel Petah Tikva 13–2 Hapoel Balfouria Petah Tikva
Goal 3', 23', 42'
Kofman Goal 22', 73'
Markus Goal 26', 53', 81'
Stelmach Goal 28', 77', 85', 89'
Goal 58'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 18'
Goal 57' Tal		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Zahavi
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 Petah Tikva 3–0 Maccabi Rehovot Petah Tikva
Kofman Goal 6'
Stelmach Goal 12'
Goal 60'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nahman Cohen
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Report (p. 8) Goal 49' Kofman Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Werner

Results by match[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWDWWWWWWWWWWWDWLDLLDLWWWWL
Position34431111111111111122222111
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 Notes
1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 22 13 6 3 47 16 2.94 32 Champions
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 22 12 5 5 54 28 1.93 29
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 12 5 5 49 29 1.69 29
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

Matches[]

3 December 1955 1 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Goal 80' Goal 24' (pen.) Kofman
Goal 76' 		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
10 December 1955 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Merimovich Goal 77' Goal 36' Haldi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
17 December 1955 3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–2 Maccabi Jaffa Petah Tikva
Kofman Goal 23', 50', 63'
Goal 80'		 Goal 86'
Goal 89' 		Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Markovich
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Netanya 1–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Netanya
H. Meller Goal 81' Goal 68' Kofman
Goal 70' Stelmach
Goal 75' Markus		 Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Klein
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Kofman Goal 12' (pen.)
Goal 72'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frizner
7 January 1956 6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Petah Tikva
Goal 27'
Stelmach Goal 46'
Kofman Goal 60'		 Report Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Yunes
14 January 1956 7 Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Kfar Saba
Goal 11'
Goal 47'		 Goal 65' Stadium:
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Dudkevich
21 January 1956 8 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Goal 45' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
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 Petah Tikva 4–4 Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva
Spiegel Goal 7'
Goal 61', 64'
Goal 68'		 Goal 14', 35' Stelmach
Goal 74' Kofman
Goal 80' 		Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner
25 February 1956 11 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 Maccabi Rehovot Petah Tikva
Goal 44'
Goal 68'
Stemlach Goal 89'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Goal 33' Goal 16', 55' S. Levi
Goal 60' Hardy		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fritzner
10 March 1956 13 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Kofman Goal 44' Goal 37' Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Jaffa 3–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Goal 54', 69'
Goal 78'		 Goal 38' Kofman
Goal 59', 63' Stelmach		 Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frizner
24 March 1956 15 Hapoel Petah Tikva 6–0 Maccabi Netanya Petah Tikva
Goal 6', 19', 78'
Stelmach Goal 57'
Goal 65'
Kofman Goal 81'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Dudkevich
31 March 1956 16 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Goal 61' Goal 1' Stelmach
Goal 59' 		Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
7 April 1956 17 Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–5 Hapoel Petah Tikva Givatayim
Goal 19'
Goal 60'		 Goal 6' Kofman
Goal 37', 72' Stelmach
Goal 42'
Goal 55' Varon		 Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Werner
14 April 1956 18 Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Petah Tikva
Goal 3'
Goal 18'
Kofman Goal 77'
Goal 88'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Moshe Cohen
22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Goal 65' (pen.) Goal 20'
Goal 30' (pen.) 		Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritzner
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 Petah Tikva 3–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva
Goal 1'
Stelmach Goal 27'
Goal 74'		 Goal 4' Spiegel Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frizner
2 June 1956 22 Maccabi Rehovot 0–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Rehovot
Goal 28' Stelmach
Goal 60' (pen.)
Goal 85' 		Stadium:
Referee: Fried

Results by match[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWDWWWWLLDDWLLDDWWWLLWW
Position3424211223244321113432
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 Beitar Tel Aviv 0–4 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Report (p. 8) Goal 47', 59'
Goal 61' Stelmach
Goal 75' 		Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frizner
22 October 1955 SF Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Goal 32'
Stelmach Goal 86'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher
19 November 1955 F Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Kofman Goal 84' Report (p. 8) Goal 8'
Goal 35' Glazer
Goal 68' Studinski		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritzner

Shapira 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 Haifa, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv played for the Shapira Cup, named after former Hapoel Tel Aviv treasurer Yosef Shapira. The competition was designed to be played as a double round-robin tournament but the competition was delayed after the teams playing only two matches each, as the third round matches were postponed due to weather conditions and then due to the 1954–55 Israel State Cup final, which involved Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva. As league matches started on 3 December 1955, the competition was abandoned altogether.

Table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 2 0 0 7 4 1.750 4
2 Maccabi Haifa 2 1 0 1 7 7 1.000 2
3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2 1 0 1 6 6 1.000 2
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 0 0 2 3 6 0.500 0
Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1
27 August 1955 1 Maccabi Haifa 4–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Goal 60' (pen.)
Goal 69' (o.g.)
S. Levi Goal 88'
Goal 89'		 Goal 24' Kofman
Goal 40' Stelmach		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich
5 November 1955 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–4 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Weiss Goal 12', 15' Report (p. 8) Goal 11' Stelmach
Goal 27', 65' Kofman
Goal 68' Markus		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rosenbaum

References[]

  1. ^ Hapoel P.T. Took the Championship Title from Maccabi T.A. After 10 Years Hadshot HaSport, 16 October 1955 (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. ^ Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Chirik Began – Stelmach Finished Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ State Cup to Maccabi T.A., Beat Hapoel P.T. 3:1 Hadshot HaSport, 20 November 1955 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ Kapfenberg Will Go Through the Mandelbaum Gate to Israel on Friday Davar, 8 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ Kapfenberg A. Hetzroni, Herut, 14 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ Footnotes Davar, 15 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  9. ^ The Efforts to Prevent the Shame – to No Avail Herut, 13 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  10. ^ The Day the Goals Went Aflame Nisim Kalderon, 1 July 2014, P.T. Neto (in Hebrew)
  11. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
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