1955–56 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

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Maccabi Haifa
1955–56 season
Manager
StadiumKiryat Haim Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)		6th
5th
State CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jonny Hardy (15)
All: Jonny Hardy (16)
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The 1955–56 Maccabi Haifa season was the club's 43rd season since its establishment in 1913, 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 6th. 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 5th.[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated city rivals Hapoel Haifa in the quarter finals, winning 4–0,[2][3] but was defeated by Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–5 in the semi-finals.[4]

On 15 September 1955 a new stadium, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, officially called Haifa Municipal Stadium or Luigi Antonini Stadium,[5][6] was opened with a match between a Haifa XI and a Tel Aviv XI.[7] Maccabi Haifa started playing home matches in the stadium on 24 September 1955, starting with a match against Hapoel Haifa.[8]

Match Results[]

Legend[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches[]

During the season Maccabi Haifa played three international friendly matches, losing all of them.

16 February 1956 Maccabi Haifa 2–3 Kapfenberger SV Haifa
Goal 8'
Litvak Goal 72'		 Davar
(in Hebrew)		 Goal 60' Wirboda
Goal 65' Hauberger
Goal 87' Gollnhuber		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Klein
5 May 1956 Maccabi Haifa 3–4 Sunderland Haifa
Goal 23', 58'
Goal 41'		 Goal 16' Elliott
Goal 76' Fleming
Goal 81' Morrison Goal 87' Shackleton		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sher
30 June 1956 Maccabi Haifa 1–4 First Vienna Tel Aviv
Goal 71' Goal 51', 73', 47' Buzek
Goal 67' 		Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Palman

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.[9]

Final table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
4 Maccabi Netanya 26 13 7 6 54 43 1.256 33
5 Beitar Tel Aviv 26 12 5 9 64 47 1.362 29
6 Maccabi Haifa 26 11 6 9 54 41 1.317 28
7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 10 7 9 37 41 0.902 27
8 Maccabi Rehovot 26 11 4 11 49 48 1.021 26
Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006


Matches[]

3 September 1955 21 Maccabi Haifa 3–2 Hapoel Hadera Haifa
Goal 18', 76'
Georgiou Goal 46'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 30'
Goal 41' (o.g.) T. Cohen		 Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Balfouria 0–6 Maccabi Haifa Afula
Report (p. 8) Goal 7' Hardy
Goal 19', 82' Fuchs
Goal 31' (pen.)
Goal 73', 88' 		Stadium:
Attendance: 500
Referee: Markovich
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 Maccabi Rehovot 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Rehovot
Shrager Goal 13', 32'
Litvak Goal 75'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 39' Hardy
Goal 78' Fuchs		 Stadium:
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Werner
8 October 1955 25 Maccabi Haifa 0–3 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Report (p. 8) Goal 43', 61'
Goal 81' 		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
15 October 1955 26 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–3 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Spiegel Goal 31'
Itzhaki Goal 36'
Goal 89' (pen.)		 Report (p. 8) Goal 47'
Goal 73', 81' Hardy		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fried

Results by match[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultLLDLWLLWDLWDLWWWWDWDWWWLLD
Position121212121212131312139111110867666654556
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 Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 12 5 5 49 29 1.690 29
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 22 10 7 5 43 34 1.265 27
5 Maccabi Haifa 22 11 3 8 53 27 1.963 25
6 Hapoel Haifa 22 9 4 9 32 39 0.821 22
7 Beitar Tel Aviv 22 10 0 12 41 48 0.854 20
Source: Davar (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio 3) goals scored.

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 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–4 Maccabi Haifa Kfar Saba
Goal 60' Goal 6', 62' Menchel
Goal 25', 84' S. Levi		 Stadium:
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Moshe Cohen
17 December 1955 3 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Goal 53' (pen.) Goal 7' Merimovich
Goal 55'
Goal 88' Studinski		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fritzner
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Goal 8' (pen.)
Goal 42', 75'
S. Levi Goal 67'
Hardy Goal 86'		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fried
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Goal 22', 66' S. Levi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Levichter
7 January 1956 6 Maccabi Jaffa 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Goal 38', 78'
Goal 61'		 Goal 53' Hardy
Goal 85' 		Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fried
14 January 1956 7 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–6 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Goal 90' Goal 2', 38', 47' Georgiou
Goal 27' Hardy
Goal 51'
Goal 84' S. Levi		 Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Werner
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 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
S. Levi Goal 9' Goal 16', 17' Spiegel
Goal 67' Carmeli		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,537
Referee: Dudkevich
18 February 1956 10 Maccabi Haifa 0–2 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
Goal 43', 50' (pen.) I. Caspi Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Fried
25 February 1956 11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 Maccabi Haifa Givatayim
Goal 36' Hardy Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Fritzner
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 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Haifa
Goal 31' Goal 57'
Goal 80' 		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wackermann
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Y. Glazer Goal 18' Goal 13' S. Levi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
24 March 1956 15 Maccabi Rehovot 0–3 Maccabi Haifa Rehovot
Goal 49'
Goal 63', 76' Menchel		 Stadium:
Referee: Rosenbaum
31 March 1956 16 Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Goal 75' (pen.)
Goal 83'		 Goal 69'
Goal 88' 		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dudkevich
7 April 1956 17 Maccabi Haifa 5–1 Maccabi Jaffa Haifa
Goal 10', 22', 87'
Menchel Goal 45'
Hardy Goal 67'		 Goal 34' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
14 April 1956 18 Maccabi Haifa 4–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Hardy Goal 7', 52'
Goal 10', 55'		 Goal 39'
Goal 73' 		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hillman
22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Haifa 0–0 Maccabi Haifa Haifa
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
19 May 1956 20 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–0 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Spiegel Goal 35'
Goal 72'		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground, Petah Tikva
27 May 1956 21 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Maccabi Haifa Netanya
Shrager Goal 9'
Goal 50'
Goal 64'		 Goal 88' (o.g.) H. Meller Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sher
2 June 1956 22 Maccabi Haifa 3–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Haifa
S. Levi Goal 32'
Menchel Goal 38'
Hardy Goal 65'		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Werner

Results by match[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLWLWWLWWLLWWLDWDWWDLLW
Position10576564456556555545555
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
22 October 1955 SF Maccabi Haifa 0–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Report (p. 8) Goal 36' Merimovich
Goal 40', 55', 84' Studinski
Goal 89' Glazer		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi

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, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel 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 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–3 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Glazer Goal 6', 15', 17', 19'
Goal 78'		 Report (p. 8) Goal 8', 89' Hardy
Goal 10' Menchel		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Moshe Cohen

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. ^ Studinski Repaid His Debt With Interest... Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Luigi Rocco Antonini Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine luigiantonini.com
  6. ^ Named After Mati Sin-Krona, 11 May 2014, MiTzad Sheni (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ Tel Aviv team – Haifa team 3:3 Davar, 16 September 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ Abba Left at Four Archived 2016-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Mordechai Alon, 11 December 2014, Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)
  9. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
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