1955–56 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 1955–56 Beitar Jerusalem season was the club's 20th season since its establishment, in 1936, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Beitar Jerusalem
1955–56 season
ManagerEgon Pollak
Wermes
StadiumYMCA Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Alef (1956)		11th
10th
State Cupnot completed

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 11th (out of 14), which meant the club had to compete in a promotion/relegation play-offs against the 12th placed club, Hapoel Kfar Saba, and the two Liga Bet winners, Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim. The club lost all three play-offs matches and was relegated to the second division, which was renamed Liga Alef, and played in this division during the remainder of the season, finishing 10th (out of 12), which meant that the club had to face another promotion/relegation play-offs, which were delayed and were played at the beginning of the next season.

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

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.[1]

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
9 Hapoel Haifa 26 9 6 11 40 55 0.727 24
10 Hapoel Ramat Gan 26 10 3 13 35 41 0.854 23
11 Beitar Jerusalem 26 8 5 13 37 59 0.627 21 Relegation Playoffs
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 6 6 14 38 46 0.826 18
13 Hapoel Hadera 26 7 2 17 36 53 0.679 16 Relegated to Liga Bet
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

Matches
3 September 1955 21Beitar Jerusalem2–1Hapoel Petah TikvaJerusalem
Elfasi  49'
Yehezkel  58'		 Report (p. 8) Kofman  72' Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Werner
10 September 1955 22Hapoel Kfar Saba0–1Beitar JerusalemKfar Saba
Report (p. 8)  44' Elfasi Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Frizner
24 September 1955 23Beitar Jerusalem4–2Hapoel HaderaJerusalem
Elfasi  35'
Zion  63', 76'
Hasson  87'		 Report (p. 8)  9' Piterman
 14' Haviv		 Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dudkevich
1 October 1955 24Beitar Jerusalem0–1Hapoel Ramat GanJerusalem
Report (p. 8)  57' R. Cohen Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frizner
8 October 1955 25Hapoel Balfouria4–2Beitar JerusalemAfula
Kochavi  34'
Tal  38', 88'
Bentov  61' (pen.)		 Report (p. 8)  41' Zion
 86' Elfasi		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Scheindling
15 October 1955 26Beitar Jerusalem1–4Maccabi NetanyaJerusalem
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultDLWLDWLLWLLWLWLLDDLDWWWLLL
Position810791181012810129108111212131312121110101111
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Jaffa 3 2 1 0 8 2 4.000 5 Placed in Liga Leumit
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3 1 2 0 5 3 1.667 4
3 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 3 1 1 1 5 7 0.714 3 Placed in Liga Alef
4 Beitar Jerusalem 3 0 0 3 3 9 0.333 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

Beitar Jerusalem relegated to Liga Alef

Matches
22 October 1955 1Hapoel Kfar Saba3–1Beitar JerusalemNetanya
Avrutski  5'
Ratz  26'
Glazer  33'		 Report (p. 8)  7' Elfasi Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Reuven Frizner
29 October 1955 2Hapoel Kiryat Haim3–2Beitar JerusalemPetah Tikva
Handler  14', 40'
Havinski  25'		 Report (p. 8)  6' Zion
 29' Elfasi		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Arie Ben-Rubi
5 November 1955 3Maccabi Jaffa3–0Beitar JerusalemHaifa
B. Cohen  34'
Miranda  41'
Kalev  53'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nahman Cohen

1955–56 Liga Alef

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Maccabi Ramat Gan 22 7 6 9 31 34 −3 20
9 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 22 9 2 11 31 40 −9 20 Relegation play-offs
10 Beitar Jerusalem 21 7 3 11 26 45 −19 17[lower-alpha 1]
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 22 6 4 12 20 49 −29 16 Relegated to Liga Bet
12 Hapoel Balfouria 22 5 3 14 29 44 −15 13
Source:
Notes:
  1. An 18th round match between Hapoel Nahariya and Beitar Jerusalem wasn't played due to misunderstanding between the teams regarding the time of the match,[2] and was left unplayed at the end of the season.[3]

Matches
3 December 1955 1Beitar Jerusalem3–2Hapoel RehovotJerusalem
Yehezkel  18'
Zion  53', 70'		  44' S. Hadad
 58' I. Hadad		 Stadium: YMCA Stadium
10 December 1955 2Maccabi Ramat Gan2–2Beitar JerusalemRamat Gan
Barbalat  44'
Mishkit  68'		  14', 75' Zion Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Schwartz
17 December 1955 3Beitar Jerusalem0–2Hakoah Tel AvivJerusalem
 40', 52' Sa'adia Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner
24 December 1955 4Hapoel Hadera2–0Beitar JerusalemHadera
Barzilai  68'
Haviv  83'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 400
Referee: Frizner
31 December 1955 5Beitar Jerusalem2–0Hapoel Ra'ananaJerusalem
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
7 January 1956 6Hapoel Mahane Yehuda4–0Beitar JerusalemPetah Tikva
14 January 1956 7Hapoel Nahariya1–1Beitar JerusalemNahariya
21 January 1956 8Hapoel Kiryat Haim7–0Beitar Jerusalem
4 February 1956 9Hapoel Jerusalem0–1Beitar JerusalemJerusalem
Elfasi  30' Stadium: Katamon Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
11 February 1956 10Ahva Notzrit Haifa3–0Beitar JerusalemHaifa
18 February 1956 11Beitar Jerusalem1–1Hapoel BalfouriaJerusalem
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
3 March 1956 12Hapoel Rehovot3–2Beitar JerusalemRehovot
Mizrahi  49', 60'
Shar'abi 		 18' Zion
 27' Yehezkel		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Wackermann
10 March 1956 13Beitar Jerusalem2–3Maccabi Ramat GanJerusalem
Yehezkel  30', 85'  35', 46' Yakobson
 70' Azami		 Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mizrahi
17 March 1956 14Hakoah Tel Aviv2–0Beitar Jerusalem
24 March 1956 15Beitar Jerusalem3–8Hapoel HaderaJerusalem
Federman  5'
Zion  37'
Elfasi  88' (pen.)		  6', 48', 77' Piterman
 20' Agi
 30', 75' Salomon
 52' ?
 65' (o.g.) ?		 Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wackermann
31 March 1956 16Hapoel Ra'anana1–0Beitar Jerusalem
7 April 1956 17Beitar Jerusalem3–0Hapoel Mahane YehudaJerusalem
Ashkenazi  30'
Hasson  46'
Babayoff  89'		 Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Handwerg
14 April 1956 18Hapoel NahariyavBeitar JerusalemNahariya
22 April 1956 19Beitar Jerusalem4–2Hapoel Kiryat HaimJerusalem
Davidoff  5'
Hasson  25', 70'
Babayoff  57'		  14' Klein
 44' Moshe Handler		 Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosenblum
19 May 1956 20Beitar Jerusalem1–0Hapoel JerusalemJerusalem
Hasson  85' Stadium: YMCA Stadium
27 May 1956 21Beitar Jerusalem0–2Ahva Notzrit HaifaJerusalem
 35' Boulos
 89' Fadul		 Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wajim
2 June 1956 22Hapoel Balfouria0–1Beitar JerusalemBalfouria
 48' Babayoff

Results by match
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWDLLWLDLWLDLLLLLWWWLW
Position5469678878999101111121211101110
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beitar Jerusalem 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 6 Liga Alef
2 Maccabi Sha'arayim 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
3 Maccabi Hadera 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2 Liga Bet
4 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source:

References
  1. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  2. Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. Liga Alef Justified Its Existence Herut, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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