1955–56 Maccabi Rehovot F.C. season

Maccabi Rehovot
1955–56 season
Manager	Moshe Litvak
Stadium
Liga Alef (1955) ; Liga Leumit (1956)	8th ; 11th (relegated)
Top goalscorer	Moshe Litvak (11)
	← 1954–55 →

The 1955–56 Maccabi Rehovot season was the club's 45th season since its establishment in 1912, 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 8th.^[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 11th and 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
6	Maccabi Haifa	26	11	6	9	54	41	1.32	28
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

Matches[]

3 September 1955 21	Maccabi Netanya	1–0	Maccabi Rehovot	showNetanya
	I. Caspi 25'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

10 September 1955 22	Maccabi Rehovot	2–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	showRehovot
	2' 7'	Report (p. 8)	70' Merimovich	Stadium: Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Dudkevich

24 September 1955 23	Beitar Tel Aviv	2–5	Maccabi Rehovot	showTel Aviv
	28' 66'	Report (p. 8)	40' 42', 78' Litvak 84', 89'	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cohen

1 October 1955 24	Maccabi Rehovot	3–2	Maccabi Haifa	showRehovot
	Shrager 13', 32' Litvak 75'	Report (p. 8)	39' Hardy 78' Fuchs	Stadium: Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Werner

8 October 1955 25	Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–0	Maccabi Rehovot	showPetah Tikva
	Kofman 6' Stelmach 12' 60'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nahman Cohen

15 October 1955 26	Maccabi Rehovot	4–2	Hapoel Hadera	showRehovot
	Jamil 4' Shrager 23' 35' Litvak 46'	Report (p. 8)	6' Gali 80' Haviv	Stadium: Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Markovich

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	Beitar Tel Aviv	6–3	Maccabi Rehovot	showTel Aviv
	1', 25', 54', 58' 38', 60'		20' 82', 85' Litvak	Stadium: Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dudkevich

10 December 1955 2	Maccabi Rehovot	1–2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	showRehovot
	Litvak 66' (pen.)		41' 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nahman Cohen

17 December 1955 3	Maccabi Rehovot	3–1	Maccabi Netanya	showRehovot
	Mansur 37', 59' G. Cohen 60'		84'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sher

24 December 1955 4	Maccabi Haifa	5–0	Maccabi Rehovot	showHaifa
	8' (pen.) 42', 75' S. Levi 67' Hardy 86'			Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Fried

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

7 January 1956 6	Maccabi Rehovot	3–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	showRehovot
	Litvak 12' 23' Hodorov 70' (o.g.)		85' (pen.) Hodorov 89'	Stadium:

14 January 1956 7	Hapoel Haifa	3–0	Maccabi Rehovot	showHaifa
	4' 24' 83'			Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Referee: Rosenbaum

21 January 1956 8	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–0	Maccabi Rehovot	showPetah Tikva
	Spiegel 62'			Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Klein

11 February 1956 9	Maccabi Rehovot	0–7	Maccabi Tel Aviv	showRehovot
		Report	26', 65', 76' Studinski 47' Merimovich 68' Schneor 70' 90'	Stadium: Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hoze

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

25 February 1956 11	Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–0	Maccabi Rehovot	showPetah Tikva
	44' 68' Stemlach 89'			Stadium: Hapoel Ground

3 March 1956 12	Maccabi Rehovot	1–0	Beitar Tel Aviv	showRehovot
	Litvak 74' (pen.)			Stadium: Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Halperin

10 March 1956 13	Hapoel Ramat Gan	3–2	Maccabi Rehovot	showGivatayim
	11' 33' 54'		23' (pen.) Litvak 43' Lieber	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Hillman

17 March 1956 14	Maccabi Netanya	2–1	Maccabi Rehovot	showNetanya
	I. Caspi 11', 50'		36' Pepinos	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium

24 March 1956 15	Maccabi Rehovot	0–3	Maccabi Haifa	showRehovot
			49' 63', 76' Menchel	Stadium: Referee: Rosenbaum

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 Tel Aviv	7–1	Maccabi Rehovot	showTel Aviv
	Weiss 1' (pen.) 3', 31', 52', 54' R. Rosenbaum 67' 85'		34' Rosenbaum	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sher

14 April 1956 18	Maccabi Rehovot	1–0	Hapoel Haifa	showRehovot
	86'			Stadium: Referee: Werner

22 April 1956 19	Maccabi Rehovot	1–2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	showRehovot
	50'		23', 55' Spiegel	Stadium: Referee: Dudkevich

19 May 1956 20	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–1	Maccabi Rehovot	showTel Aviv
	Glazer 4' 31' 67' 70' 76' (o.g.)		13' (pen.)	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rosenbaum

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	Maccabi Rehovot	0–3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	showRehovot
			28' Stelmach 60' (pen.) 85'	Stadium: Referee: Fried

References[]

^ Hapoel P.T. Took the Championship Title from Maccabi T.A. After 10 Years Hadshot HaSport, 16 October 1955 (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] 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] 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

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show v t 1955–56 in Israeli football
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
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