1955–56 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 1955–56 Beitar Jerusalem season was the club's 20th season since its establishment, in 1936, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Beitar Jerusalem
1955–56 season
ManagerEgon Pollak
Wermes
StadiumYMCA Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Alef (1956)
11th
10th
State Cupnot completed

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 11th (out of 14), which meant the club had to compete in a promotion/relegation play-offs against the 12th placed club, Hapoel Kfar Saba, and the two Liga Bet winners, Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim. The club lost all three play-offs matches and was relegated to the second division, which was renamed Liga Alef, and played in this division during the remainder of the season, finishing 10th (out of 12), which meant that the club had to face another promotion/relegation play-offs, which were delayed and were played at the beginning of the next season.

Match results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

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.[1]

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
9 Hapoel Haifa 26 9 6 11 40 55 0.727 24
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 26 10 3 13 35 41 0.854 23
11 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 5 13 37 59 0.627 21 Relegation Playoffs
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 6 6 14 38 46 0.826 18
13 Hapoel Hadera 26 7 2 17 36 53 0.679 16 Relegated to Liga Bet
Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

Matches

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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 Kfar Saba 0–1 Beitar Jerusalem Kfar Saba
Report (p. 8)   44' Elfasi Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Frizner
24 September 1955 23 Beitar Jerusalem 4–2 Hapoel Hadera Jerusalem
Elfasi   35'
Zion   63', 76'
Hasson   87'
Report (p. 8)   9' Piterman
  14' Haviv
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dudkevich
1 October 1955 24 Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Jerusalem
Report (p. 8)   57' R. Cohen Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frizner
8 October 1955 25 Hapoel Balfouria 4–2 Beitar Jerusalem Afula
Kochavi   34'
Tal   38', 88'
Bentov   61' (pen.)
Report (p. 8)   41' Zion
  86' Elfasi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Scheindling
15 October 1955 26 Beitar Jerusalem 1–4 Maccabi Netanya Jerusalem
Elfasi   86' (pen.) Report (p. 8)   4', 69', 80', 87' (pen.) I. Caspi Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen

Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultDLWLDWLLWLLWLWLLDDLDWWWLLL
Position810791181012810129108111212131312121110101111
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Jaffa 3 2 1 0 8 2 4.000 5 Placed in Liga Leumit
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3 1 2 0 5 3 1.667 4
3 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 3 1 1 1 5 7 0.714 3 Placed in Liga Alef
4 Beitar Jerusalem 3 0 0 3 3 9 0.333 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

Beitar Jerusalem relegated to Liga Alef

Matches

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22 October 1955 1 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3–1 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
Avrutski   5'
Ratz   26'
Glazer   33'
Report (p. 8)   7' Elfasi Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Reuven Frizner
29 October 1955 2 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 3–2 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
Handler   14', 40'
Havinski   25'
Report (p. 8)   6' Zion
  29' Elfasi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Arie Ben-Rubi
5 November 1955 3 Maccabi Jaffa 3–0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
B. Cohen   34'
Miranda   41'
Kalev   53'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nahman Cohen

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Maccabi Ramat Gan 22 7 6 9 31 34 −3 20
9 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 22 9 2 11 31 40 −9 20 Relegation play-offs
10 Beitar Jerusalem 21 7 3 11 26 45 −19 17[a]
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 22 6 4 12 20 49 −29 16 Relegated to Liga Bet
12 Hapoel Balfouria 22 5 3 14 29 44 −15 13
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ An 18th round match between Hapoel Nahariya and Beitar Jerusalem wasn't played due to misunderstanding between the teams regarding the time of the match,[2] and was left unplayed at the end of the season.[3]

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Beitar Jerusalem 3–2 Hapoel Rehovot Jerusalem
Yehezkel   18'
Zion   53', 70'
  44' S. Hadad
  58' I. Hadad
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
10 December 1955 2 Maccabi Ramat Gan 2–2 Beitar Jerusalem Ramat Gan
Barbalat   44'
Mishkit   68'
  14', 75' Zion Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Schwartz
17 December 1955 3 Beitar Jerusalem 0–2 Hakoah Tel Aviv Jerusalem
  40', 52' Sa'adia Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner
24 December 1955 4 Hapoel Hadera 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Hadera
Barzilai   68'
Haviv   83'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 400
Referee: Frizner
4 February 1956 9 Hapoel Jerusalem 0–1 Beitar Jerusalem Jerusalem
Elfasi   30' Stadium: Katamon Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Rehovot 3–2 Beitar Jerusalem Rehovot
Mizrahi   49', 60'
Shar'abi  
  18' Zion
  27' Yehezkel
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Wackermann
10 March 1956 13 Beitar Jerusalem 2–3 Maccabi Ramat Gan Jerusalem
Yehezkel   30', 85'   35', 46' Yakobson
  70' Azami
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mizrahi
24 March 1956 15 Beitar Jerusalem 3–8 Hapoel Hadera Jerusalem
Federman   5'
Zion   37'
Elfasi   88' (pen.)
  6', 48', 77' Piterman
  20' Agi
  30', 75' Salomon
  52' ?
  65' (o.g.) ?
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wackermann
7 April 1956 17 Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Jerusalem
Ashkenazi   30'
Hasson   46'
Babayoff   89'
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Handwerg
22 April 1956 19 Beitar Jerusalem 4–2 Hapoel Kiryat Haim Jerusalem
Davidoff   5'
Hasson   25', 70'
Babayoff   57'
  14' Klein
  44' Moshe Handler
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosenblum
27 May 1956 21 Beitar Jerusalem 0–2 Ahva Notzrit Haifa Jerusalem
  35' Boulos
  89' Fadul
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wajim

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWDLLWLDLWLDLLLLLWWWLW
Position5469678878999101111121211101110
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beitar Jerusalem 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 6 Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Sha'arayim 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
3 Maccabi Hadera 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2 Liga Bet
4 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Liga Alef Justified Its Existence Herut, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)