1955–56 Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. season

The 1955–56 Beitar Tel Aviv season was the club's 23rd season since its establishment, in 1934, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Beitar Tel Aviv
1955–56 season
ManagerAlois Hess
StadiumMaccabi Jaffa Ground, Tel Aviv
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
5th
7th
State CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Elmaliah, Huli (32)
All: Nisim Elmaliah (34)

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 5th. 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 7th.[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club was eliminated in the quarter-finals, after losing 0–4 to Hapoel Petah Tikva.[2]

In addition, during the break between the completion of the 1954–55 league and the beginning of the 1955–56 league, the club participated in the Netanya 25th anniversary cup, along with Maccabi Petah Tikva, Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Ramat Gan. In the competition, which was played as a round-robin tournament, the club finished fourth.[3]

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.[4]

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
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
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

Matches

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3 September 1955 21 Hapoel Balfouria 1–8 Beitar Tel Aviv Afula
Bentov   85' Report (p. 8)   27' Huli
  34', 39', 51', 57' (pen.), 79' Elmaliah
  44', 56' Bar-Zion
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 600
Referee: Moshe Cohen
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Haifa 1–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Gilerman   3' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Werner
24 September 1955 23 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–5 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Bar-Zion   28'
Huli   66'
Report (p. 8)   40' Schmilovich
  42', 78' Litvak
  84', 89' Herschkovitz
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cohen
1 October 1955 24 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Sheli   23', 90'
Michaelov   73'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hillman
8 October 1955 25 Beitar Tel Aviv 3–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Elmaliah   65', 77'
Azani   90'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fried
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Kfar Saba
Ratz   65' Report (p. 8)   1' Elmaliah
  2', 12' Gleit
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher

Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWWLWLLWWWWDLDDLLDDWWWLLLWW
Position13544654333344555544446765
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
5 Maccabi Haifa 22 11 3 8 51 29 1.76 25
6 Hapoel Haifa 22 9 4 9 32 39 0.82 22
7 Beitar Tel Aviv 22 10 0 12 42 44 0.95 20
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

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Beitar Tel Aviv 6–3 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Huli   1', 25', 54', 58'
Elmaliah   38', 60'
  20' Vider
  82', 85' Litvak
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Haifa 1–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Diamant   45'   57' Huli
  60' Shchinik
  70' Gleit
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zahavi
17 December 1955 3 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–3 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Huli   47'
Elmaliah   79', pen.'
  19' Nadel
  60', 83' Bernard
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hillman
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Jaffa 2–4 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Aroyo   33'
B. Cohen   61'
  4', 40' Huli
  26' Arbiv
  30' (pen.) Elmaliah
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Werner
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 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Studinski   75'
Nahmias   78'
  31' Elmaliah
  70' Huli
  89' Bar-Zion
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Referee: Ben-Rubi
14 January 1956 7 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–6 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Huli   90'   2', 38', 47' Georgiou
  27' Hardy
  51' Held
  84' S. Levi
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Werner
21 January 1956 8 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Givatayim
  6' (pen.) Elmaliah
  23', 60' Bar Zion
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cohen
11 February 1956 9 Beitar Tel Aviv 3–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv
Bar-Zion   20'
Huli   33'
Strugo   34'
  28' Lutotovski
  63' H. Glazer
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Schwartz
18 February 1956 10 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Weiss   30'
Michaelov   63'
Rosenbaum   81'
  28' Bar-zion Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
25 February 1956 11 Maccabi Netanya 1–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Netanya
Caspi   60' Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schwartz
3 March 1956 12 Maccabi Rehovot 1–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Rehovot
Litvak   74' (pen.) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Halperin
10 March 1956 13 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–3 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Huli   49'
Arbiv   81'
  51' Ginzburg
  63' (pen.) Martin
  72' M. Simantiris
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Schwartz
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
  32' Bar-Zion
  56', 74' Elmaliah
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
24 March 1956 15 Beitar Tel Aviv 4–0 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Huli   7'
Kurik   20'
Bar- Zion   34', 80'
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Werner
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 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Elmaliah   64'   15' Israeli
  59' Nahmias
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Moshe Cohen
14 April 1956 18 Maccabi Haifa 4–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Hardy   7', 52'
Held   10', 55'
  39' Gleit
  73' Huli
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hillman
22 April 1956 19 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Elmaliah   37' Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Werner
19 May 1956 20 Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Kfar Saba
H. Glazer   64' (pen.)
Tobiash   69'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Frizner
27 May 1956 21 Beitar Tel Aviv 0–5 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
  19', 88' Rosenbaum
  15', 32' Michaelov
  59' Yehudayoff
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hillman
2 June 1956 22 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Arbiv   6'
Huli   34'
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dudkevich

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWWLWLWLWWLLLLWWLLLWLLW
Position2244646545677766777787
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

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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

Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup

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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 Netanya, Beitar Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ramat Gan took part in the competition, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Netanya.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3 2 1 0 14 5 2.800 5 Winners
2 Hapoel Ramat Gan 3 1 1 1 8 7 1.143 3
3 Maccabi Netanya 3 1 1 1 5 7 0.714 3
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 3 0 1 2 7 15 0.467 1
29 October 1955 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan 5–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Givatayim
Chronsich   3', 78'
Kirschenberg   11' (pen.), 69', 73'
Report (p. 8)   20' Osherov
  57' Emaliah
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Metzler
5 November 1955 2 Maccabi Petah Tikva 8–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Spiegel   6', 35', 44'
Bernard  , 52'
Nadel   31', 73'
Turkenitz   33'
Report (p. 8)   ?', 80' Gleit
  81' Arbiv
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Schiendling
12 November 1955 3 Maccabi Netanya 2–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Netanya
Lemel   23'
Meller   40'
Report (p. 8)   22' Emaliah
  65' Arbiv
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich

References

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  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. ^ A Final Table of the Netanya Anniversary Cup Hadshot HaSport, 13 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)