1954–55 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. season

Hapoel Tel Aviv
1954–55 season
Manager Zvi Erlich
Stadium Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Liga Alef not completed
State Cup Round 4
Top goalscorer League: Rosenbaum (11)
All: Rosenbaum (18)

The 1954–55 Hapoel Tel Aviv season was the club's 32nd season since its establishment in 1923, 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.

Review and events

  • On 10 October 1954 Udarnik Sofia arrived at Israel on the club's invitation, as a return visit to Hapoel's tour of Bulgaria at the end of the previous season. Udarnik played three matches, against Hapoel XI, a team composed of the best Hapoel affiliated players, against Tel Aviv XI, a mixed Hapoel and Maccabi team, and against Petah Tikva XI, a team mixed Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva team. Udarnik won all three matches. At the end of the tour, as the Bulgarians encountered problems with obtaining visas for a layover in Istanbul, a fourth match was arranged with mixed teams of Udarnik, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Jaffa.[1]
  • 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, The club 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. The club won five matches and lost one, topping the table and winning the cup.[2]
  • In early May 1955, Brazilian team Associação Atlética Portuguesa visited Israeli, playing three matches, the second of which was played against Hapoel Tel Aviv. The Brazilians beat Hapoel 4–0.[3] A mixed Maccabi-Hapoel team played against Portuguesa and lost 4–0.[4]

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef

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.[5]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
1Maccabi Tel Aviv20143368203.4031
2Hapoel Petah Tikva20134338152.5330
3Hapoel Tel Aviv2098337172.1826
4Beitar Tel Aviv2095648361.3323
5Maccabi Petah Tikva2086627241.1322

Source:[6]Source:[7]

Matches

Results by match

Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultWWWWDDLLDWDDLWWWDDWD
Position21112333544555333333

Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

Shapira Cup

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GAvg
 Pts
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 5 0 1 12 7 +5 15
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 4 0 2 16 8 +8 12
3 Beitar Tel Aviv 6 2 0 4 7 8 −1 6
4 Maccabi Jaffa 6 1 0 5 5 17 −12 3

Updated to games played on 15 January 1955.
Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

References

  1. ↑ Yosipov Showed Wonderful Skill in the Mixed Meeting Hadshot HaSport, 24 October 1954, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Atletico – Hapoel T.A. 4:0 Hadshot HaSport, 5 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. ↑ Atletico Had Beaten Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv Team – 4:0 Hadshot HaSport, 11 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  5. ↑ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  6. ↑ Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)
  7. ↑ Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)
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