1955–56 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

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.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
1955–56 season
ManagerJerry Beit haLevi
StadiumHapoel Tel Aviv Ground, Jaffa
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)		2nd
Winners
State CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Yosef Merimovich (12)
All: Yosef Merimovich (16)

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 Aviv0–2FK SarajevoTel Aviv
Davar
(in Hebrew)		  25' Pašić
 32' Biogradlić		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
23 June 1956 Maccabi Tel Aviv0–2First ViennaTel Aviv
 27' Jericha
 47' Pichler		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
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
1Hapoel Petah Tikva26184468232.9640Champions
2Maccabi Tel Aviv26174584283.0038
3Hapoel Tel Aviv26129549232.1333
4Maccabi Netanya26137654431.2633
5Beitar Tel Aviv26125964471.3629

Matches
3 September 1955 21Maccabi Tel Aviv6–0Hapoel HaifaJaffa
Merimovich  25', 54', 61', 75'
R. Levi  28'
Studinski  78'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
10 September 1955 22Maccabi Rehovot2–1Maccabi Tel AvivRehovot
Herschkovitz  2'
Schmilovich  7'		 Report (p. 8)  70' Merimovich Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Dudkevich
24 September 1955 23Hapoel Tel Aviv2–2Maccabi Tel AvivJaffa
Rosenbaum  60', 63' Report (p. 8)  32' Israeli
 37' Glazer		 Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Werner
1 October 1955 24Maccabi Petah Tikva2–1Maccabi Tel AvivPetah Tikva
Rabinson  2'
Turkenitz  61' (pen.)		 Report (p. 8)  80' Israeli Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Markovich
8 October 1955 25Maccabi Tel Aviv2–1Hapoel Kfar SabaJaffa
Reznik  72'
Studinski  89'		 Report (p. 8)  58' (pen.) Bulman Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich
15 October 1955 26Hapoel Ramat Gan1–4Maccabi Tel AvivGivatayim
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWWWWLWWWWLDDWDWWLWWWWLDLWW
Position52223222222222222211111122
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
1Maccabi Tel Aviv22136347162.9432Champions
2Hapoel Petah Tikva22125554281.9329
3Hapoel Tel Aviv22125549291.6929
4Maccabi Petah Tikva22107547341.3827
5Maccabi Haifa22113851291.7625

Matches
3 December 1955 1Maccabi Petah Tikva3–3Maccabi Tel AvivPetah 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 2Maccabi Tel Aviv1–1Hapoel Petah TikvaJaffa
Merimovich  77'  36' Haldi Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
17 December 1955 3Maccabi Haifa1–3Maccabi Tel AvivHaifa
Ben-Tzvi  53' (pen.)  7' Merimovich
 55' Israeli
 88' Studinski		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fritzner
24 December 1955 4Maccabi Tel Aviv1–0Hapoel Ramat GanJaffa
Nahmias  88' Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
31 December 1955 5Maccabi Tel Aviv1–1Maccabi JaffaTel Aviv
Reznik  73'  90' Aroyo Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sher
7 January 1956 6Maccabi Tel Aviv2–3Beitar Tel AvivTel Aviv
Studinski  75'
Nahmias  78'		  31' Elmaliah
 70' Huli
 89' Bar-Zion		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Referee: Ben-Rubi
14 January 1956 7Maccabi Netanya2–1Maccabi Tel AvivNetanya
Hosias  73'
Statzki  78'		  22' Studinski Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Referee: Hoze
21 January 1956 8Maccabi Tel Aviv0–0Hapoel Kfar SabaJaffa
Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fritzner
11 February 1956 9Maccabi Rehovot0–7Maccabi Tel AvivRehovot
Report  26', 65', 76' Studinski
 47' Merimovich
 68' Schneor
 70' Israeli
 90' Nahmias		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hoze
18 February 1956 10Maccabi Tel Aviv2–0Hapoel HaifaJaffa
R. Levi  61', 74' Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Referee: Fritzner
25 February 1956 11Maccabi Tel Aviv3–0Hapoel Tel AvivJaffa
Y. Fuchs  33', 37'
Glazer  77'		 Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
3 March 1956 12Maccabi Tel Aviv2–0Maccabi Petah TikvaTel Aviv
Y. Fuchs  33'
Schneor  64' (pen.)		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
Referee: Werner
10 March 1956 13Hapoel Petah Tikva1–1Maccabi Tel AvivPetah Tikva
Kofman  44'  37' Nahmias Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
17 March 1956 14Maccabi Tel Aviv1–1Maccabi HaifaJaffa
Y. Glazer  18'  13' S. Levi Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
24 March 1956 15Hapoel Ramat Gan1–0Maccabi Tel AvivGivatayim
Kirschenberg  54' Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Ben-Rubi
31 March 1956 16Maccabi Jaffa0–2Maccabi Tel AvivJaffa
 32' Reznik
 54' Merimovich		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
7 April 1956 17Beitar Tel Aviv1–2Maccabi Tel AvivJaffa
Elmaliah  64'  15' Israeli
 59' Nahmias		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Moshe Cohen
14 April 1956 18Maccabi Tel Aviv3–0Maccabi NetanyaJaffa
Schneor  5'
Glazer  14'
Merimovich  65'		 Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Klein
22 April 1956 19Hapoel Kfar Saba0–1Maccabi Tel AvivKfar Saba
 48' Reznik Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Ben-Rubi
19 May 1956 20Maccabi Tel Aviv5–1Maccabi RehovotJaffa
Glazer  4'
Nahmias  31'
Dobrin  67'
Israeli  70'
Kofman  76' (o.g.)		  13' (pen.) Vider Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
27 May 1956 21Hapoel Haifa0–3Maccabi Tel AvivHaifa
 52' Schneor
 54' Israeli
 74' Glazer		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
2 June 1956 22Hapoel Tel Aviv0–3Maccabi Tel AvivJaffa
 35', 84' R. Levi
 65' Nahmias		 Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritzner

Results by match
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultDDWWDLLDWWWWDDLWWWWWWW
Position5665457664312233332111
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup
Main article: 1954–55 Israel State Cup
27 August 1955 QFMaccabi Tel Aviv6–0Hapoel HaderaTel Aviv
Studinski  4', 75'
Israeli  16'
Merimovich  20', 68'
Schneor  68'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa
22 October 1955 SFMaccabi Haifa0–5Maccabi Tel AvivPetah Tikva
Report (p. 8)  36' Merimovich
 40', 55', 84' Studinski
 89' Glazer		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
19 November 1955 FHapoel Petah Tikva1–3Maccabi Tel AvivJaffa
Kofman  84' Report (p. 8)  8' Nahmias
 35' Glazer
 68' Studinski		 Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
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 D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 2 0 0 7 4 1.750 4
2 Maccabi Haifa 2 1 0 1 7 7 1.000 2
3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2 1 0 1 6 6 1.000 2
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 0 0 2 3 6 0.500 0
Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1
27 August 1955 1Maccabi Tel Aviv2–1Hapoel Tel AvivJaffa
Glazer  29', 75'  89' Weiss Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
5 November 1955 2Maccabi Tel Aviv5–3Maccabi HaifaJaffa
Glazer  6', 15', 17', 19'
Merimovich  78'		 Report (p. 8)  8', 89' Hardy
 10' Menchel		 Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Moshe Cohen

References
  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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