1954–55 Hapoel Balfouria F.C. season

The 1954–55 Hapoel Balfouria season was the club's 13th season since its establishment, in 1906, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel. This was the club's second and last season in the top division.

Hapoel Balfouria

1954–55 season
Stadium	Hapoel Ground, Afula
Liga Alef	not completed
State Cup	Intermediate Round
Top goalscorer	League: Reuven Tal (5) All: Reuven Tal (6)

During the season, the club competed in Liga Alef (top division) and the State Cup.

Review and events

• Before the beginning of the season, the club merged with Hapoel Afula.[1] The club kept the name Hapoel Balfouria, although it was also called Hapoel Balfouria/Afula.[2]
• As the club finished bottom at the end of the previous season, the club was initially placed in Liga Bet, and started the season in this division on 8 January 1955.[3] However, as the IFA reprieved the club from relegation as part of the settlement reached to eliminate the dispute that interrupted IFA activities,[4][5] the club was returned to Liga Alef, and began the season anew in Liga Alef on 5 February 1955.

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.[6]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
10	Hapoel Haifa	20	6	6	8	31	35	0.89	18
11	Hapoel Ramat Gan	20	7	3	10	23	27	0.85	17
12	Beitar Jerusalem	20	5	5	10	27	47	0.57	15
13	Hapoel Hadera	20	6	2	12	24	37	0.65	14
14	Hapoel Balfouria	20	2	2	16	23	92	0.25	6

Source:[7]

Liga Bet

9 January 1955 1	Hapoel Nahariya	3–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Nahariya
		Report (p. 8)		Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sher

22 January 1955 1	Hapoel Balfouria	1–1	Hapoel Ra'anana	Afula
				Stadium: Hapoel Ground

29 January 1955 1	Hapoel Beit Lid	2–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Netanya
	Machluf  22' Sasson  88'	Report (p. 8)	48' Zussmann	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 700 Referee: Grauber

Liga Alef

5 February 1955 1	Maccabi Rehovot	6–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Rehovot
	Litvak  18', 65' Vider  70', 78' Shrager  80', 82'	Report (p. 8)	47' Tal	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 600 Referee: Rosenbaum

12 February 1955 2	Hapoel Balfouria	0–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Afula
		Report	21', 62' Rosenbaum	Stadium: Hapoel Ground

19 February 1955 3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Petah Tikva
	Carmeli  9' Scharf  58'		25' Tzur	Stadium: Maccabi Ground

26 February 1955 4	Hapoel Balfouria	4–4	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Afula
	Gordon  6' (pen.) Levin  14' Kochavi  47' Tal  68'	Report (p. 8)	62', 76' Meirman  65' (pen.), 81' Schmilovich	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sher

5 March 1955 5	Hapoel Ramat Gan	6–0	Hapoel Balfouria	Givataim
	Chechik  13', 70' Kurik  41' Menasherov  46', 76' Pulaver  75'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Stern

12 March 1955 6	Hapoel Balfouria	2–4	Maccabi Netanya	Afula
	Kohavi  59' Kushnir  84'		17' M. Cohen  29', 68' Orenstein  38' H. Meller	Stadium: Hapoel Ground

19 March 1955 7	Maccabi Tel Aviv	12–0	Hapoel Balfouria	Tel Aviv
	Schneor  4', 19', 53', 71', 76', 80' Glazer  12', 23' Studinski  18' Israeli  38', 39', 65'			Stadium: Basa Stadium

2 April 1955 8	Beitar Tel Aviv	6–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Tel Aviv
	Huli  8', 21', 24' Elmaliah  55', 57', 90'		89' Gordon	Stadium: Basa Stadium

7 April 1955 9	Maccabi Haifa	1–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Haifa
	Eichenboim  17' (o.g.)	Report	83' Tal	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Halperin

13 April 1955 10	Hapoel Balfouria	1–5	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Afula
	Tal  74'	Report (p. 4)	13' Haldi  56' Chirik  60' Kofman  73', 76' Stelmach	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 800 Referee: Harap

16 April 1955 11	Hapoel Balfouria	3–1	Hapoel Hadera	Afula
	Tal  15' Kochavi  24' Kushnir  66'	Report (p. 8)	57' Salomon	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Markovich

23 April 1955 12	Beitar Jerusalem	6–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Jerusalem
	Yehezkel  20', 49', 53', 65', 68' Zion  54'	Report (p. 8)	Kochavi  90'	Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Asa

30 April 1955 13	Hapoel Balfouria	2–1	Hapoel Haifa	Afula
	Tal  47' Yeshu'a  86'	Report (p. 8)	74' Schneid	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,000

14 May 1955 14	Hapoel Balfouria	0–1	Maccabi Rehovot	Afula
			57' Schmilovich	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Scheindling

21 May 1955 15	Hapoel Tel Aviv	8–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Tel Aviv
	Rosenbaum  5', 35', 54', 76' Weiss  42', 43', 45' Alaluf  77'	Report (p. 8)	46' Dubnov	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stern

4 June 1955 16	Hapoel Balfouria	0–3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Afula
		Report (p. 8)	14' Levkovich  23' Schneidmesser  40' Bernard	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Cohen

11 June 1955 17	Hapoel Kfar Saba	6–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Kfar Saba
	Avrutski  1', 70', 78' Tzahobel  11', 35' Edelstein  20' (o.g.)	Report (p. 8)	53' Zussmann	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1000 Referee: Zahavi

18 June 1955 18	Hapoel Balfouria	1–3	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Afula
	Zahavi  47'	Report (p. 8)	17' Radler  35' Chronsich  70' Tsalala	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Sher

26 June 1955 19	Maccabi Netanya	6–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Netanya
	H. Meller  15' Y. Spiegel  52', 84' I. Caspi  61' (pen.) M. Cohen  80', 85'	Report (p. 8)	90' Zahavi	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Metzler

3 July 1955 20	Hapoel Balfouria	2–9	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Afula
	Levin  26' Kochavi  54'	Report (p. 8)	14', 19', 50', 61', 70' (pen.), 75' Glazer  35' Israeli  40', 58' Studinski	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zahavi

Results by match

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

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

State Cup

26 March 1955 Round 3	Hapoel Balfouria	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Ra'anana	Afula
	Levi  86' Tal  111' Mashiach  117'		44' Nahari	Stadium: Hapoel Ground

10 July 1955 Int. Round	Hapoel Petah Tikva	w/o	Hapoel Balfouria	Petah Tikva
				Stadium: Hapoel Ground

References

1. The FA Activated Ma'ariv 29 August 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
2. Friendly Matches Al HaMishmar, 4 September 1954, p.3, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
3. Liga Bet Matches Started Hadshot HaSport, 9 January 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
4. The Football Conflict Is Eliminated - 14 Teams Will Begin Liga Alef Matches Next Saturday Hadshot HaSport, 30 January 1955, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
5. Peace Returned to the Football Association Ma'ariv, 30 January 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
6. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
7. Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)