| 1955–56 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Moshe Varon |
| Stadium | Hapoel Ground, Petah Tikva |
| Liga Alef (1955) Liga Leumit (1956) | Winners 2nd |
| State Cup | Runners-up |
| Top goalscorer | League: Stelmach (26) All: Stelmach (31) |
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  17' Flascher 45' (o.g.) |
Davar (in Hebrew) |
41' Bihas 59' Gollnhuber |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,500 |
| 6 June 1956 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–0 | São Cristóvão | Petah Tikva |
| Kofman 18' Stelmach 51' Ratzabi 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 |
| Elfasi 49' Yehezkel 58' |
Report (p. 8) | Kofman 72' |
Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Werner |
| 10 September 1955 22 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–1 | Hapoel Hadera | Petah Tikva |
| Stelmach 28', 40', 60' |
Report (p. 8) | 12' (pen.) Weinberg |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Scheindling |
| 24 September 1955 23 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 13–2 | Hapoel Balfouria | Petah Tikva |
| Chirik 3', 23', 42' Kofman 22', 73' Markus 26', 53', 81' Stelmach 28', 77', 85', 89' Zelikovich 58' |
Report (p. 8) | 18' Dubnov 57' Tal |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Zahavi |
| 1 October 1955 24 | Hapoel Haifa | 3–9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Haifa |
| Kremer 13' Nestenfober 65' Schneid 71' |
Report (p. 8) | 2', 12', 29', 39', 87' Stelmach 35' Chirik 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 6' Stelmach 12' Zelikovich 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) | 49' Kofman |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Werner |
Results by match
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 |
| Almani 80' |
24' (pen.) Kofman 76' Chirik |
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 77' |
36' Haldi |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Werner |
| 17 December 1955 3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4–2 | Maccabi Jaffa | Petah Tikva |
| Kofman 23', 50', 63' Zelikovich 80' |
86' Ghougasian 89' B. Cohen |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Markovich |
| 24 December 1955 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 1–3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Netanya |
| H. Meller 81' |
68' Kofman 70' Stelmach 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 12' (pen.) Zelikovich 72' |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Frizner |
| 7 January 1956 6 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–0 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Petah Tikva |
| Mizrahi 27' Stelmach 46' Kofman 60' |
Report | Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yunes |
| 14 January 1956 7 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Kfar Saba |
| Bonin 11' Tobiash 47' |
65' Nahari |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dudkevich |
| 21 January 1956 8 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Michaelov 45' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sher |
| 11 February 1956 9 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–2 | Hapoel Haifa | Petah Tikva |
| Kofman 22' (Pen.) Zelikovich 35' |
57' Schneid 62' M. Simantiris |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rosenbaum |
| 18 February 1956 10 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4–4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva |
| Spiegel 7' Nadel 61', 64' Bernard 68' |
14', 35' Stelmach 74' Kofman 80' Nahari |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Werner |
| 25 February 1956 11 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3–0 | Maccabi Rehovot | Petah Tikva |
| Zelikovich 44' Nahari 68' Stemlach 89' |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground |
| 3 March 1956 12 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–3 | Maccabi Haifa | Petah Tikva |
| Z. Ratzabi 33' |
16', 55' S. Levi 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 44' |
37' Nahmias |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
| 17 March 1956 14 | Maccabi Jaffa | 3–3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Ghougasian 54', 69' Aroyo 78' |
38' Kofman 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 |
| Nahari 6', 19', 78' Stelmach 57' Z. Ratzabi 65' Kofman 81' |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Dudkevich |
| 31 March 1956 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 1–2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Arbiv 61' |
1' Stelmach 59' Z. Ratzabi |
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
| 7 April 1956 17 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2–5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Givatayim |
| Mesika 19' Kirschenberg 60' |
6' Kofman 37', 72' Stelmach 42' Ratzabi 55' Varon |
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Werner |
| 14 April 1956 18 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4–0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Petah Tikva |
| Rabayov 3' Zelikovich 18' Kofman 77' Ratzabi 88' |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Moshe Cohen |
| 22 April 1956 19 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
| Vissoker 65' (pen.) |
20' Michaelov 30' (pen.) Balut |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Fritzner |
| 19 May 1956 20 | Hapoel Haifa | 1–0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Haifa |
| Schneid 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 |
| Z. Ratzabi 1' Stelmach 27' Nahari 74' |
4' Spiegel |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Frizner |
| 2 June 1956 22 | Maccabi Rehovot | 0–3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Rehovot |
| 28' Stelmach 60' (pen.) Kermer 85' Nahari |
Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Fried |
Results by match
State Cup
| 27 August 1955 QF | Beitar Tel Aviv | 0–4 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Report (p. 8) | 47', 59' Chirik 61' Stelmach 75' Zelikovich |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Frizner |
| 22 October 1955 SF | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–0 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv |
| Chirik 32' Stelmach 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 84' |
Report (p. 8) | 8' Nahmias 35' Glazer 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 |
| 27 August 1955 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 4–2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Ben-Tzvi 60' (pen.) Parizat 69' (o.g.) S. Levi 88' Held 89' |
24' Kofman 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 12', 15' |
Report (p. 8) | 11' Stelmach 27', 65' Kofman 68' Markus |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rosenbaum |
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)
- ↑ Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Chirik Began – Stelmach Finished Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ State Cup to Maccabi T.A., Beat Hapoel P.T. 3:1 Hadshot HaSport, 20 November 1955 (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Kapfenberg Will Go Through the Mandelbaum Gate to Israel on Friday Davar, 8 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Kapfenberg A. Hetzroni, Herut, 14 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Footnotes Davar, 15 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ↑ The Efforts to Prevent the Shame – to No Avail Herut, 13 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ↑ The Day the Goals Went Aflame Nisim Kalderon, 1 July 2014, P.T. Neto (in Hebrew)
- ↑ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)