1954–55 Hapoel Haifa F.C. season

The 1954–55 Hapoel Haifa season was the club's 32nd season since its establishment in 1924, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Hapoel Haifa
1954–55 season
ManagerGedalyahu Fuchs
Shlomo Poliakov
StadiumKiryat Haim Stadium
Liga Alefnot completed
State Cupnot completed
Top goalscorerLeague:
Shmuel Kramer
Mordechai Martin (5)

All: Ze'ev Schneid (6)

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

Review and events

  • The club played one international friendly match during the season, against Beşiktaş, on 25 September 1954. At the match the club was strengthened with players from Hapoel Kiryat Haim and Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel and was billed as Haifa Region Hapoel XI. Beşiktaş won the match 1–2, Mordechai Martin scoring the lone goal for the hosts.[1]

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.[2]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
8Hapoel Kfar Saba2066829300.9718
9Maccabi Rehovot2074935370.9518
10Hapoel Haifa2066831350.8918
11Hapoel Ramat Gan20731023270.8517
12Beitar Jerusalem20551027470.5715

Source:[3]

Matches

5 February 1955 1 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
M. Simantiris  88' Report (p. 8) Hasson  27' Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
12 February 1955 2 Maccabi Rehovot 2–3 Hapoel Haifa Rehovot
Melamed  12'
Vider  38'
Report (p. 8)  21' Diamant
 35', 52' M. Simantiris
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Zahavi
19 February 1955 3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Zilberstein  19' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fried
26 February 1955 4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–0 Hapoel Haifa Petah Tikva
Bernard  38', 72'
Nadel  90'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Frizner
5 March 1955 5 Hapoel Haifa 3–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba Haifa
M. Simantiris  33'
Kramer  48'
Shamir  85'
Report (p. 8)  25' Schmilovich Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
12 March 1955 6 Hapoel Haifa 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Haifa
Kramer  1', 59' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi
19 March 1955 7 Maccabi Netanya 2–2 Hapoel Haifa Netanya
M. Cohen  10', 60' Report (p. 8)  17', 70' Martin Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Cohen
2 April 1955 8 Hapoel Haifa 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Shamir  10'  26' Turika
 70' Studinski
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Referee: Dudkevich
9 April 1955 9 Beitar Tel Aviv 4–2 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Emaliah  20'
Huli  59', 70'
Gleit  62'
Report (p. 8)  68' Kramer
 87' (pen.) Martin
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
13 April 1955 10 Hapoel Haifa 4–0 Maccabi Haifa Haifa
Schneid  18', 63'
Shamir  43'
Kramer  72'
Report Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
16 April 1955 11 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–1 Hapoel Haifa Petah Tikva
Stelmach  34', 67'
Chirik  53'
Report (p. 8)  63' (pen.) Martin Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
23 April 1955 12 Hapoel Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Hadera Haifa
Shamir  67'
Martin  72' (pen.)
Report (p. 8)  20' Piterman
 48' Weissberg
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Werner
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 Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Hapoel Haifa Jerusalem
Elfasi  22', 25' (pen.), 72' Report (p. 8) Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
21 May 1955 15 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Gillerman  6' Report (p. 8)  22' Schmilovich Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Referee: Metzler
4 June 1955 16 Hapoel Haifa 0–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Report (p. 8)  25', 77' Weiss
 54', 85' Michaelov
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dudkevich
11 June 1955 17 Hapoel Haifa 3–0 (w/o)
(abandoned)
Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
Nestenfober  28'
Orbach  31'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Werner
19 June 1955 18 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–2 Hapoel Haifa Kfar Saba
Tzahobel  33' Report (p. 8)  54' Nestenfober
 78' Diamant
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Hillman
26 June 1955 19 Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–2 Hapoel Haifa Givatayim
Radler  25'
Kirschenberg  58' (pen.)
Report (p. 8)  1' Orbach
 26' (pen.) Neumann
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Markovich
3 July 1955 20 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
Gillerman  47' Report (p. 8)  70' Spiegel Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher

Results by match

Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultDWLLWWDLLWLDLLDLWWDD
Position766875677777899109101010
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 Haifa 4–1 Hapoel Even Yehuda Haifa
Glassberg  3'
Schneid  12', 45', 67'
 43' Baron Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Asa

References

  1. Beşiktaş Won at Haifa – 2:1 Al HaMishmar, 26 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  3. Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)
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