1963–64 in Israeli football

none Israel 1963–64 Liga Leumit Hapoel Ramat Gan Liga Alef Maccabi Netanya Beitar Tel Aviv State Cup Maccabi Tel Aviv 1962–63 1964–65 yes The 1963–64 season was the 16th season of competitive football in Israel and the 38th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate. Review and Events Israel hosted its first international tournament, the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. The national team won the tournament, its first major trophy. The U-19 national team participated for the first time in the AFC U-19 Championship, sharing the cup with Burma after 0–0 in the final. Prior to the U-19 national team's departure to the AFC Youth Championship, several players were questioned by the Military Police on suspicions of falsifying their I.D. cards, in an attempt of making three of the team's squad, Ze'ev Seltzer, Moshe Leon and Danny Borsok, eligible for the competition, as the three were born before the cut-off date of 1 April 1944.Leon, D. Borsok and Seltzer Were Arrested by the Military Police on Suspicions of I.D. FalsificationFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Aharon Lahav, Davar, 13 April 1964, Historical Jewish Press he The three were released and departed with the team to Saigon, where they were declared ineligible to the competition and didn't take part in it,The "Scandal Players" Were Not Allowed to Play in SaigonFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Dov Atzmon, Davar, 19 April 1964, Historical Jewish Press he while the investigation was handed over the civil police. Upon the team's return from the championship, the three were arrested by the police, along with Shmuel Ben-Dror, head of the Israeli delegation to the championship.Member of the FA Youth Committee Was Arrested Regarding the FalsificationsFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Herut, 6 May 1964, Historical Jewish Press he In July 1964, Seltzer, Borsok and Ben-Dror, along with another IFA executive, Uri Vilenski, were charged with document falsification and knowingly transferring falsified documents.An Indictment Was Filed in the Footballers' "Age Falsification" AffairFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Herut, 6 July 1964, Historical Jewish Press he The trial was concluded in February 1965, and Seltzer, Borsok and Vilenski were found guilty, while Ben-Dror was cleared of all charges.Ben-Dror Cleared in the "Football Trial"; Borsok, Seltzer and Vilenski Were Found GuiltyFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Yigal Lev, Ma'ariv, 1 February 1965, Historical Jewish Press he At the end of the season, the IFA decided to set the number of team in each division to 16 (except for Liga Gimel, in which the number of club in each division was set by the number of clubs registering for the season). This meant that Liga Leumit was expanded from 15 clubs to 16 and both Liga Alef division were expanded from 14 clubs to 16 clubs. Domestic leagues Promotion and relegation The following promotions and relegations took place at the end of the season: 100% Promoted to Liga Leumit Maccabi Netanya Beitar Tel Aviv Relegated from Liga Leumit Hapoel Lod 100% Promoted to Liga Alef Hapoel Safed Beitar Haifa Hapoel Bnei Nazareth Hapoel Netanya Hapoel Ra'anana Beitar Lod Beitar Harari Tel Aviv Hapoel Ashkelon Maccabi Holon Relegated from Liga Alef Hapoel Nahariya Hapoel Givat Haim Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv Hapoel Rishon LeZion 100% Promoted to Liga Bet Hapoel Hulata Hapoel Beit Eliezer Beitar Beit Lid Hapoel Shefayim Beitar Petah Tikva Beitar Ramat Gan Beitar Rehovot ASA Jerusalem Hapoel Kiryat Malakhi Hapoel Be'eri Hapoel Yagur Beitar Kiryat Tiv'on Hapoel Ashdod Relegated from Liga Bet Beitar Acre Beitar Safed Beitar Binyamina Beitar Mahane Yehuda Beitar Holon Hapoel HaTzafon Jerusalem Maccabi Ashkelon Maccabi Ramla Domestic cups Israel State Cup The 1963–64 Israel State Cup, which stated on 21 September 1963, was delayed by a series of appeals on third round results which were settled only by June 1963, forcing the competition to be carried over to the next season. National Teams National team 1964 Summer Olympics qualification The national team competed in the Asian zone of the 1964 Summer Olympics qualification and was drawn to play South Vietnam in the first round. After winning 1–0 in Saigon,A Pale Match Gave an Unconvincing Victory of VietnamFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Yehuda Gabai, Ma'ariv, 30 December 1963, Historical Jewish Press he Israel suffered a shock 0–2 defeat in Ramat Gan and was eliminated from qualification.The Over Confidence Cost DearlyFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Yesha'ayahu Porat, Ma'ariv, 18 March 1964, Historical Jewish Press he 1964 AFC Asian Cup ISR 1963–64 matches 29 December 1963 Ol. Q. South Vietnam 0–1 ISR Young 20 Republic Stadium Saigon 25,000 MAS de Silva W 17 March 1964 Ol. Q. ISR 0–2 South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Quang 27 Nguyễn Văn Ngôn 41 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan 40,000 TUR Gürüz L 17 May 1964 Unofficial ISR 0–4 ReportFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes he ENG England U-23 Hinton 3 46Tambling 10 Hurst 12 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan 20,000 GRE old Monastiriotis L 26 May 1964 Asian Cup ISR 1–0 HKG 1959 Spiegler 76 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan 25,000 MAS Nice W 29 May 1964 Asian Cup ISR 2–0 IND Spiegler 29 pen.Aharoni 76 Bloomfield Stadium Tel Aviv 20,000 MAS Li Pak Tung W 3 June 1964 Asian Cup ISR 2–1 KOR 1949 Leon 20Tish 38 Lee Soon-Myung 79 Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan 35,000 IRN 1964 Nassiri W National U-19 team 1964 AFC Youth Championship First round Group A ISR Final 28 April 1964 U19 Asian Cup 19 ISR 0–0 19 Burma 1948 Republic Stadium Saigon 40,000 D Cup shared References