1954–55 season | |
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Manager | Jerry Beit haLevi |
Stadium | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
Liga Alef | not completed |
State Cup | not completed |
Top goalscorer | League: Yehoshua Glazer (25) All: Yehoshua Glazer (30) |
The 1954–55 Maccabi Tel Aviv season was the club's 49th season since its establishment, in 1906, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.
During the season, the club competed in Liga Alef (top division) and the State Cup. In addition, the club played in the privately organized Shapira Cup, a four-club league competition and took tours to Italy and England (the later while being billed as Maccabi Israel).
Review and events
[edit]- On August 1954, Maccabi Tel Aviv departed for a tour of Italy, intending to play Lazio, Torino, Roma and Napoli. However, the matches against Torino and Roma were cancelled,[1] and the team returned home after playing just two matches in Italy, drawing 0–0 with Lazio and losing 1–7 to Napoli, and one more match, en route home, a 1–1 draw against RC Paris, which was Ernst Happel's first match for RC Paris.[2]
- A Maccabi XI, composed of the best players affiliated with Maccabi clubs, most of them from Maccabi Tel Aviv, took a tour of England between 21 October and 7 November 1954. Maccabi lost all four matches during the tour, including a 0–10 defeat to Wolves and was criticized heavily for arranging the tour and the pick of its opponents.[3]
- During December 1954 and January 1955, as no league matches were played due to a dispute between Hapoel, Maccabi and Beitar factions in the IFA, Hapoel Tel Aviv organized a league competition for the top Tel Aviv teams, Hapoel, Maccabi, Beitar and Maccabi Jaffa. The competition was played as a double round-robin tournament, with the top placed team winning the cup, named after former Hapoel Tel Aviv treasurer, Yosef Shapira. Maccabi Tel Aviv won four matches and lost two, finishing second.[4]
- In early May 1955, Brazilian team Associação Atlética Portuguesa visited Israeli, playing three matches, the first of which against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Brazilians beat Maccabi 3–0,[5] and a joint Maccabi-Hapoel team 4–0.[6]
Match results
[edit]Legend
[edit]Win Draw Loss
Liga Alef
[edit]League matches began on 6 February 1955, and by the time the season, only 20 rounds of matches were completed, delaying the end of the league season to the next season.[7]
League table (as of 2 July 1955)
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 20 | 3.400 | 31 |
2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 2.533 | 30 |
3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 2.176 | 26 |
4 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 36 | 1.333 | 23 |
5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 1.125 | 22 |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 1955. Source: Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)
Matches
[edit]5 February 1955 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–1 | Maccabi Netanya | Tel Aviv |
Studinski ![]() Levi ![]() Halivner ![]() Glazer ![]() Israeli ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cohen |
12 February 1955 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1–4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Jerusalem |
Yehezkel ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Levichter |
19 February 1955 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–1 | Beitar Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Rabinovich ![]() Israeli ![]() Studinski ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Klein |
26 February 1955 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 1–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Haifa |
Ben-Tzvi ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cohen |
5 March 1955 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
Stelmach ![]() Kofman ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Levichter |
12 March 1955 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Hapoel Hadera | Tel Aviv |
Barzilai ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Asa |
19 March 1955 7 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 12–0 | Hapoel Balfouria | Tel Aviv |
Schneor ![]() Glazer ![]() Studinski ![]() Israeli ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium |
2 April 1955 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 1–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Haifa |
Shamir ![]() |
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Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Referee: Dudkevich |
9 April 1955 9 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Rehovot | Tel Aviv |
Glazer ![]() Studinski ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Levinger |
13 April 1955 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Yehudayoff ![]() Rosenbaum ![]() |
Report (p. 4) | ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sher |
16 April 1955 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
Dobrin ![]() Reznik ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Werner |
23 April 1955 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Kfar Saba |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Klein |
30 April 1955 13 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv |
Glazer ![]() Israeli ![]() Dobrin ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Levichter |
14 May 1955 14 | Maccabi Netanya | 2–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Netanya |
M. Cohen ![]() I. Caspi ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() |
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Levinger |
21 May 1955 15 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Beitar Jerusalem | Tel Aviv |
Glazer ![]() Studinski ![]() Levi ![]() Stiemer ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Werner |
4 June 1955 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 3–0 (w/o) (abandoned) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Sher |
11 June 1955 17 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–2 | Maccabi Haifa | Tel Aviv |
Glazer ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Fried |
18 June 1955 18 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
Israeli ![]() Glazer ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Frizner |
26 June 1955 19 | Hapoel Hadera | 1–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hadera |
Salomon ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rosenbaum |
3 July 1955 20 | Hapoel Balfouria | 2–9 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Afula |
Levin ![]() Kochavi ![]() |
Report (p. 8) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zahavi |
Results by match
[edit]State Cup
[edit]26 March 1955 Round 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Hakoah Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Schneor ![]() Matania ![]() Rabinovich ![]() Israeli ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium |
28 May 1955 Round 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Bnei Yehuda | Tel Aviv |
Glazer ![]() Turika ![]() Israeli ![]() |
Stadium: Basa Stadium |
Shapira Cup
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (W) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 10 |
2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2.000 | 8 |
3 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 4 |
4 | Maccabi Jaffa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0.294 | 2 |
Results
[edit]4 December 1954 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5–1 | Maccabi Jaffa | Tel Aviv |
Levinson ![]() Studinski ![]() Glazer ![]() Israeli ![]() |
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Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ben Rubi |
11 December 1954 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Beitar Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Schneor ![]() Glazer ![]() |
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Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Werner |
18 December 1954 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Rosenbaum ![]() Fuchs ![]() |
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Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
25 December 1954 4 | Maccabi Jaffa | 1–5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Miranda ![]() |
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Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 |
8 January 1955 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 2–1 abandoned | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Huli ![]() Bar-Zion ![]() |
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Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dudkevich |
15 January 1955 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
Reznik ![]() Schweitzer ![]() |
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Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cohen |
References
[edit]- ^ Today: Napoli–Maccabi T.A. Al HaMishmar, 12 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Today: Two Minutes Before the Whistle The Equalizing Goal Was Score in the Maccabi Racing Match Al HaMishmar, 21 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ The Great Disgrace of the Israeli Football Al HaMishmar, 31 October 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Atletico – Maccabi 3:0 Hadshot HaSport, 5 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Atletico Had Beaten Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv Team – 4:0 Hadshot HaSport, 11 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
- ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)