1955–56 Maccabi Netanya F.C. season

The 1955–56 Maccabi Netanya season was the club's 22nd season since its establishment in 1934, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Maccabi Netanya
1955–56 season
StadiumSar-Tov Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
4th
8th
Top goalscorerLeague: Itzhak Caspi (18)
All: Itzhak Caspi (20)

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 4th. 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 8th.[1]

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 Beitar Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ramat Gan. In the competition, which was played as a round-robin tournament, the club finished third.[2]

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches

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During the season Maccabi Netanya played two international friendly matches, losing both matches.

2 February 1956 Maccabi Netanya 0–2   FK Sarajevo Netanya
Davar
(in Hebrew)
  13' Pašić
  69' Jusufbegović
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Frizner
25 June 1956 Maccabi Netanya 1–5   First Vienna Netanya
Hosias   8'   22' Manasse
  32' Pichler
  40' Buzek
  79', 85' (pen.) Walzhofer
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 4,000

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

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
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
6 Maccabi Haifa 26 11 6 9 54 41 1.32 28

Matches

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3 September 1955 21 Maccabi Netanya 1–0 Maccabi Rehovot Netanya
I. Caspi   25' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
10 September 1955 22 Maccabi Netanya 3–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Netanya
Segal   50'
I. Caspi   81', 85'
Report (p. 8)   35' Rosenbaum
  60' Yehudayoff
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
24 September 1955 23 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 Maccabi Netanya Petah Tikva
Report (p. 8)   42' Y. Spiegel Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Scheindling
1 October 1955 24 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–1 Maccabi Netanya Kfar Saba
Report (p. 8)   66' M. Cohen Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
8 October 1955 25 Maccabi Netanya 5–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Netanya
I. Caspi   47', 68'
M. Cohen   50', 70'
Yehezkel   82'
Report (p. 8)   52' Fritzner Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Werner
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
ResultLLDLLWDWDDLWWDWLDWWDWWWWWW
Position91113141313121010810877788777765444
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
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
10 Maccabi Jaffa 22 6 5 11 39 48 0.81 17 Promotion/relegation play-offs

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Maccabi Netanya 3–3 Hapoel Kfar Saba Netanya
H. Meller   35'
I. Caspi   36'
  63' Statzki
  3' Ratz
  20' Tenenbaum
  26' Tobiash
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff   54', 60' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fried
17 December 1955 3 Maccabi Rehovot 3–1 Maccabi Netanya Rehovot
Mansur   37', 59'
G. Cohen   60'
  84' Lemel Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sher
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 Haifa 3–2 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
Nestenfober   27', 65'
Ginzburg   35'
  2', 64' Lemel Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hechtberg
14 January 1956 7 Maccabi Netanya 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Netanya
Hosias   73'
Statzki   78'
  22' Studinski Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Referee: Hoze
21 January 1956 8 Maccabi Netanya 2–0 Maccabi Jaffa Netanya
Sudek   44' (pen.)
Shrager   61'
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Werner
11 February 1956 9 Hapoel Ramat Gan 4–2 Maccabi Netanya Givatayim
Chronsich   17', 60'
I. Kirschenberg   30' (pen.)
Radler   70'
  46' Shrager
  72' I. Caspi
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Hillman
18 February 1956 10 Maccabi Haifa 0–2 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
  43', 50' (pen.) I. Caspi Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Fried
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 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–2 Maccabi Netanya Kfar Saba
  30' M. Cohen
  32' I. Caspi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Fried
10 March 1956 13 Maccabi Netanya 1–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Netanya
I. Caspi   38'   5' Yehudayoff
  Rosenbaum
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sher
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Netanya 2–1 Maccabi Rehovot Netanya
I. Caspi   11', 50'   36' Pepinos Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
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 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Hapoel Haifa Netanya
Shrager   5'
Lemel   11'
Hosias   60'
  2' Ginzburg Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Werner
14 April 1956 18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Schneor   5'
Glazer   14'
Merimovich   65'
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Klein
22 April 1956 19 Maccabi Jaffa 2–3 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Aroyo   78'
Besserglick   81' (pen.)
  7', 42' Lemel
  11' Statzki
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: M. Cohen
19 May 1956 20 Maccabi Netanya 0–3 Hapoel Ramat Gan Netanya
  32' Rozin
  37' R. Cohen
  41' Tsalala
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Schwartz
27 May 1956 21 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Maccabi Haifa Netanya
Shrager   9'
Orenstein   50'
Statzki   64'
  88' (o.g.) H. Meller Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sher
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
ResultDLLLLDWWLWWWLWLWLLWLWL
Position591010111110888888888888878
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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, Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Netanya 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 Maccabi Netanya 0–4 Maccabi Petah Tikva Givatayim
Report (p. 8)   3', 37' I. Ben Dror
  16' Spiegel
  77' Nadel
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Metzler
5 November 1955 2 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Petah Tikva
I. Caspi   10', 51'
Orenstein  , 79'
Report (p. 8)  , 9' Mordechovich Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi
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. ^ A Final Table of the Netanya Anniversary Cup Hadshot HaSport, 13 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)