1955–56 Maccabi Jaffa F.C. season

Maccabi Jaffa
1955–56 season
Stadium	Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Bet South ('55) ; Liga Leumit ('56)	1st ; 10th
Top goalscorer	League: (21); All: Baruch Cohen (26)
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The 1955–56 Maccabi Jaffa season was the club's 7th season since its establishment in 1949.

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 1st in its division and qualifying to the promotion/relegation play-offs against the 10th and 11th placed clubs in Liga Alef, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba, and the Liga Bet North winners, Hapoel Kiryat Haim.^[1] Maccabi Jaffa topped the play-offs table and was promoted, for the first time in its existence, to the top division.^[2]

At the end of the season, the club placed 10th (out of 12) in the league, which meant the club had to face promotion/relegation play-offs against the first placed team from Liga Alef, Hakoah Tel Aviv. Maccabi Jaffa won both play-off matches and stayed in Liga Leumit.^[3]^[4]

Match Results[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

1954–55 Liga Bet (south division)[]

The league began on 8 January 1955, and by the time the previous season ended, only 18 rounds of matches were completed, with the final 4 rounds being played during September and October 1955.^[5]

Final table[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Maccabi Jaffa	22	16	4	2	73	21	3.48	36	Promotion\relegation play-offs
2	Hakoah Tel Aviv	22	16	3	3	55	16	3.44	35
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	22	13	6	3	60	31	1.94	32
4	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	22	11	4	7	56	42	1.33	26
5	Hapoel Rehovot	22	10	4	8	62	44	1.41	24

Matches[]

3 September 1955 19	YMCA Jerusalem	0–7	Maccabi Jaffa	showJerusalem
		Report (p. 8)	20', 47', 56', 60' 5', 25' 85'	Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fried

10 September 1955 20	Maccabi Jerusalem	4–3	Maccabi Jaffa	showJerusalem
	Aminoff 32', 50' Yissachar 35' Mois 70'	Report (p. 8)	15', 27' 38'	Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Greenberg

24 September 1955 21	Maccabi Jaffa	5–4	Hakoah Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
	23' 47' 52', 70' 80'	Report (p. 8)	46' 85' S. Levi 89' Asa 90' Sade	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Markovich

1 October 1955 22	Maccabi Jaffa	5–1	Beitar Jaffa	showTel Aviv
	4', 33', 36', 58' Hirsch 38'	Report (p. 8)	80' Malachi	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Zahavi

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	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W
Position	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1

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

Maccabi Jaffa promoted to Liga Leumit

Matches[]

22 October 1955 1	Maccabi Jaffa	4–1	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	showPetah Tikva
	36' 78', 84' 79'	Report (p. 8)	34'	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Werner

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	Maccabi Jaffa	3–0	Beitar Jerusalem	showHaifa
	34' 41' 53'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: N. Cohen

1955–56 Liga Leumit[]

Final table[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
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 Jaffa	1–2	Hapoel Haifa	showTel Aviv
	22'		3' 55'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dudkevich

10 December 1955 2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–0	Maccabi Jaffa	showPetah Tikva
	3' Carmeli 43'			Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Harp

17 December 1955 3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	4–2	Maccabi Jaffa	showPetah Tikva
	Kofman 23', 50', 63' 80'		86' 89'	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Markovich

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	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	Maccabi Jaffa	showTel Aviv
	73'		90'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sher

7 January 1956 6	Maccabi Jaffa	3–2	Maccabi Haifa	showTel Aviv
	38', 78' 61'		53' Hardy 85'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fried

14 January 1956 7	Maccabi Jaffa	2–1	Hapoel Ramat Gan	showTel Aviv
	32' 55'		19'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Referee: Sher

21 January 1956 8	Maccabi Netanya	2–0	Maccabi Jaffa	showNetanya
	44' (pen.) Shrager 61'			Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Werner

11 February 1956 9	Maccabi Jaffa	2–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
	46' (pen.) 77'		45' Rosenbaum 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Referee: Frizner

18 February 1956 10	Maccabi Rehovot	3–1	Maccabi Jaffa	showRehovot
	13', 17' Mansur 53'			Stadium: Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Schwartz

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 Haifa	3–1	Maccabi Jaffa	showHaifa
	25' (pen.) 68' 82'		48'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: M. Cohen

10 March 1956 13	Maccabi Jaffa	1–1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	showTel Aviv
	23'		25'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dudkevich

17 March 1956 14	Maccabi Jaffa	3–3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	showTel Aviv
	54', 69' 78'		38' Kofman 59', 63' Stelmach	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Frizner

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	Maccabi Jaffa	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
			32' 54' Merimovich	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground

7 April 1956 17	Maccabi Haifa	5–1	Maccabi Jaffa	showHaifa
	10', 22', 87' Menchel 45' Hardy 67'		34'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Rosenbaum

14 April 1956 18	Hapoel Ramat Gan	2–5	Maccabi Jaffa	showGivatayim
	50' 88'		21', 22', 31' 33' 60'	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Dudkevitch

22 April 1956 19	Maccabi Jaffa	2–3	Maccabi Netanya	showTel Aviv
	78' 81' (pen.)		7', 42' 11'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Referee: M. Cohen

19 May 1956 20	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–2	Maccabi Jaffa	showTel Aviv
			42' 50'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Referee: Sher

27 May 1956 21	Maccabi Jaffa	6–1	Maccabi Rehovot	showTel Aviv
	15', 42', 59', 61', 77' 51'		19' Litvak	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 3,500

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	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D
Position	10	12	12	12	12	10	8	9	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion/Relegation play-offs[]

9 June 1956 1	Maccabi Jaffa	3–1	Hakoah Tel Aviv	showTel Aviv
	32', 53' 72'	Davar	74'	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 5000 Referee: Frizner

16 June 1956 2	Hakoah Tel Aviv	0–1	Maccabi Jaffa	showTel Aviv
		Davar	18'	Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium Attendance: 4000 Referee: Werner

Maccabi Jaffa won 4–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Hakoah Tel Aviv remained in Liga Alef.

References[]

^ Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel K.H. – Liga Bet Champions Hadshot HaSport, 2 October 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
^ Jaffa and Kfar Saba Promoted to Liga Leumit Hadshot HaSport, 6 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi Jaffa – Hakoah T.A. 3:1 Davar, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi Jaffa had Beaten Hakoah T.A. 1:0 and stayed among the 10 Leumit Clubs Davar, 17 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] Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel K.H. – Liga Bet Champions Hadshot HaSport, 2 October 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)

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

[3] Maccabi Jaffa – Hakoah T.A. 3:1 Davar, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[4] Maccabi Jaffa had Beaten Hakoah T.A. 1:0 and stayed among the 10 Leumit Clubs Davar, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[5] 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

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Domestic cups	Israel State Cup 1954–55 1956–57
Related to national team	Results 1956 Olympics qualification
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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
Stadium	Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Bet South ('55) Liga Leumit ('56)	1st 10th
Top goalscorer	League: (21) All: Baruch Cohen (26)
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