1955–56 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

Maccabi Tel Aviv
1955–56 season
Manager	Jerry Beit haLevi
Stadium	Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Liga Alef (1955) ; Liga Leumit (1956)	2nd ; Winners
State Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Yosef Merimovich (12); All: Yosef Merimovich (16)
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Maccabi Tel Aviv season was the club's 50th season since its establishment in 1906, 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 as runners-up, missing on championship in the last round.^[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 winning the championship, its 8th championship title.^[2]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated Hapoel Hadera^[3] and Maccabi Haifa^[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 Maccabi Tel Aviv played two international friendly matches, losing both.

8 February 1956	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	FK Sarajevo	Tel Aviv
		Davar (in Hebrew)	25' Pašić 32' Biogradlić	Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Werner

23 June 1956	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	First Vienna	Tel Aviv
			27' Jericha 47' Pichler	Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ben Rubi

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.^[6]

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	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6–0	Hapoel Haifa	Tel Aviv
	Merimovich 25', 54', 61', 75' R. Levi 28' Studinski 78'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi

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

24 September 1955 23	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
	Rosenbaum 60', 63'	Report (p. 8)	32' Israeli 37' Glazer	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Werner

1 October 1955 24	Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
	Rabinson 2' Turkenitz 61' (pen.)	Report (p. 8)	80' Israeli	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Markovich

8 October 1955 25	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Tel Aviv
	Reznik 72' Studinski 89'	Report (p. 8)	58' (pen.) Bulman	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dudkevich

15 October 1955 26	Hapoel Ramat Gan	1–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Givatayim
	Kirschenberg 38' (pen.)	Report (p. 8)	24' Rabinovich 50' Israeli 69' (pen.) Merimovich 73' R. Levi	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Fritzner

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W
Position	5	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

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

1955–56 Liga Leumit

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Notes
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	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 Petah Tikva	3–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
	Bernard 2', 17' I. Ben-Dror 28' (pen.)		5' Studinski 25' Merimovich 66' Israeli	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Frizner

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	Maccabi Haifa	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
	Ben-Tzvi 53' (pen.)		7' Merimovich 55' Israeli 88' Studinski	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Fritzner

24 December 1955 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Tel Aviv
	Nahmias 88'			Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

31 December 1955 5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	Maccabi Jaffa	Tel Aviv
	Reznik 73'		90' Aroyo	Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sher

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, Tel Aviv Referee: Ben-Rubi

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 Tel Aviv	0–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Tel Aviv
				Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fritzner

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

18 February 1956 10	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Haifa	Tel Aviv
	R. Levi 61', 74'			Stadium: Basa Stadium Referee: Fritzner

25 February 1956 11	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
	Y. Fuchs 33', 37' Glazer 77'			Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi

3 March 1956 12	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Tel Aviv
	Y. Fuchs 33' Schneor 64' (pen.)			Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Referee: Werner

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 Tel Aviv	1–1	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
	Y. Glazer 18'		13' S. Levi	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

24 March 1956 15	Hapoel Ramat Gan	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Givatayim
	Kirschenberg 54'			Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Ben-Rubi

31 March 1956 16	Maccabi Jaffa	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
			32' Reznik 54' Merimovich	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground

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 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	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Kfar Saba
			48' Reznik	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Ben-Rubi

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

27 May 1956 21	Hapoel Haifa	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Haifa
			52' Schneor 54' Israeli 74' Glazer	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi

2 June 1956 22	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
			35', 84' R. Levi 65' Nahmias	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Fritzner

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Result	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	6	6	5	4	5	7	6	6	4	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1

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

State Cup

27 August 1955 QF	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6–0	Hapoel Hadera	Tel Aviv
	Studinski 4', 75' Israeli 16' Merimovich 20', 68' Schneor 68'			Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv

22 October 1955 SF	Maccabi Haifa	0–5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
		Report (p. 8)	36' Merimovich 40', 55', 84' Studinski 89' Glazer	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ben-Rubi

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, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel 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	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2	2	0	7	4	1.750	4
2	Maccabi Haifa	2	1	1	7	7	1.000	2
3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	2	1	1	6	6	1.000	2
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2	0	2	3	6	0.500	0

Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1

27 August 1955 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
	Glazer 29', 75'		89' Weiss	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Rosenbaum

5 November 1955 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–3	Maccabi Haifa	Tel Aviv
	Glazer 6', 15', 17', 19' Merimovich 78'	Report (p. 8)	8', 89' Hardy 10' Menchel	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Moshe Cohen

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)
^ Studinski Repaid His Debt With Interest… 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)
^ 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] Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)

[4] Studinski Repaid His Debt With Interest… Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)

[5] State Cup to Maccabi T.A., Beat Hapoel P.T. 3:1 Hadshot HaSport, 20 November 1955 (in Hebrew)

[6] 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

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