1954–55 Liga Alef

Football league season Liga Alef 1954-55 Hapoel Petah Tikva1st title Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Balfouria Nisim Elmaliah (30) 182 676 1953–54 1955–56 The 1954–55 Liga Alef season was the last in which it was the Israel's top football league, as the following season it was replaced by Liga LeumitLeague resumes in Saturday Heruth, 2.9.55, Historical Jewish Press he and became the country's second tier. It consisted of 14 clubs, the 12 from the top division in the previous season and two promoted clubs (Hapoel Hadera and Beitar Jerusalem). It used two points for a win and one for a draw. The title was won by Hapoel Petah Tikva, the club's first championship, whilst Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Balfouria (who had finished bottom the previous season) were relegated automatically. Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba took part in the promotion/relegation play-offs with the top two clubs from Liga Bet, in which Kfar Saba retained their place in the top division, but Beitar were relegated. Final table main WDL League table complete 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006 yes CHP RPO RPO REL REL HPT 18 4 4 68 23 MTA 17 4 5 84 28 HTA 12 9 5 49 23 MNE 13 7 6 54 43 BTA 12 5 9 64 47 MHA 11 6 9 54 41 MPT 10 7 9 37 41 MRV 11 4 11 49 48 HHA 9 6 11 40 55 HRG 10 3 13 35 41 BEI 8 5 13 37 59 HKS 6 6 14 38 46 HHD 7 2 17 36 53 BLF 3 2 21 32 129 Hapoel Balfouria Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Hadera Beitar Jerusalem 2 5 green1 Champions red2 Relegation Playoffs red1 Relegated to Liga Bet Results main complete BSR 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006 BEI BTA BLF HHD HHA HKS HPT HRG HTA MHA MNE MPT MRV MTA Hapoel Balfouria Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Hadera Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 6–1 2–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 1–3 2–3 0–2 1–3 0–1 4–4 4–3 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–4 2–0 0–3 4–4 1–3 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 6–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–4 0–2 1–3 2–5 2–0 0–0 2–2 12–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–7 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–5 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–3 6–1 1–0 1–1 6–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 6–0 0–1 8–1 0–2 3–0 3–1 6–2 0–4 4–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 6–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–4 1–2 4–0 5–0 2–2 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–9 1–1 2–1 5–4 2–0 6–0 3–2 1–0 1–8 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–6 3–2 5–0 2–2 4–1 4–3 2–5 4–2 0–1 13–2 2–1 3–0 3–9 0–1 3–2 0–1 5–1 3–0 0–3 4–2 2–1 5–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–3 1–4 3–3 3–1 4–2 The match was abandoned at the 80th minute with Hapoel Petah Tikva leading 1–3 as Maccabi Netanya supporters attacked the referee after he allowed a goal for Hapoel Petah Tikva which was thought to be an offside. The match was given as a walkover to Hapoel Petah Tikva.The Fight in Netanya was Stopped by a brawl Hadshot HaSport, 27 February 1955, p. 8 he The match was abandoned at the 37th minute with Maccabi Tel Aviv leading 2–0 as Beitar Tel Aviv player Ya'akov Gambash was sent off and refused to leave the pitch. The match was given as a walkover to Maccabi Tel Aviv.A Major Outrage in a Shortened Tel Aviv Derby Hadshot HaSport, 5 June 1955, p. 8 he The match was abandoned at the 49th minute with Hapoel Haifa leading 2–0 as Maccabi Petah Tikva player Mordechai Lebe was sent off and refused to leave the pitch. The match was given as a walkover to Hapoel Haifa.A Surprising Win for Hapoel Haifa in 49 Minutes Hadshot HaSport, 12 June 1955, p. 8 he Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 17. table y br Hapoel Petah Tikva 3/4/3/3/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/1/1/1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5/2/2/2/3/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2/1/1/1/2/3/3/3/5/4/4/5/5/5/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3 Maccabi Netanya 9/11/13/14/13/13/12/10/10/8/10/8/7/7/7/8/8/7/7/7/7/6/5/4/4/4 Beitar Tel Aviv 1/3/5/4/4/6/5/4/3/3/3/3/4/4/5/5/5/5/4/4/4/4/6/7/6/5 Maccabi Haifa 11/12/12/12/12/12/13/13/12/13/9/11/11/10/8/6/7/6/6/6/6/5/4/5/5/6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 11/14/10/6/10/10/7/5/4/5/5/4/3/3/4/4/4/4/5/5/5/7/7/6/7/7 Maccabi Rehovot 5/7/8/10/9/9/8/9/11/12/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/11/11/9/9/8/8/8/8/8 Hapoel Haifa 7/6/6/8/7/5/6/7/7/7/7/7/8/9/9/10/9/10/10/10/10/9/11/11/10/9 Hapoel Ramat Gan 14/9/9/11/8/11/11/8/9/11/8/10/12/12/12/11/10/9/9/11/11/10/9/9/9/10 Beitar Jerusalem 7/10/7/9/11/8/10/12/8/10/12/9/10/8/11/12/12/13/13/12/12/11/10/10/11/11 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3/5/4/5/5/4/4/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/7/6/8/8/8/8/12/12/12/12/12 Hapoel Hadera 13/8/11/7/6/7/9/11/13/9/11/12/9/11/10/9/11/12/12/13/13/13/13/13/13/13 Hapoel Balfouria 9/13/14/13/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14 gold Champions #ffe6e6 Qualification to relegation play-offs #fbb Relegation to 1955–56 Liga Bet Top goalscorers Pos Position Player Club Goals 1 Nisim Elmaliah Beitar Tel Aviv 30 2 Nahum Stelmach Hapoel Petah Tikva 27 3 Yehoshua Glazer Maccabi Tel Aviv 26 4 Simon Elfasi Beitar Jerusalem 16 Itzhak Caspi Maccabi Netanya Avraham "Huli" Levi Beitar Tel Aviv Moshe Litvak Maccabi Rehovot 8 Boaz Kofman Hapoel Petah Tikva 15 9 Max Cohen Maccabi Netanya 14 Zvi Studinski Maccabi Tel Aviv Rehavia Rosenbaum Hapoel Tel Aviv Source:Nisim Elmaliah – Top Scorer 2 Dear Points, Izhar Brener, Pirsumei Sport, 1955, p. 20 he Promotion-relegation play-off A promotion-relegation play-off between the 12th and 11th-placed teams in Liga Alef, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Beitar Jerusalem, and the winners of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel Kiryat Haim. Each team played the other three once. 22 October 1955 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3–1 Report (p. 8) Beitar Jerusalem Avrutski 5 Ratz 26 Glazer 33 7 Elfasi Sar-Tov Stadium Netanya 4,000 Reuven Frizner 22 October 1955 Maccabi Jaffa 4–1 Report (p. 8) Hapoel Kiryat Haim Aroyo 36 Miranda 78 84 B. Cohen 79 34 Handler Maccabi Ground 6,000 Petah Tikva Aharon Werner 29 October 1955 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 3–2 Report (p. 8) Beitar Jerusalem Handler 14 40 Havinski 25 6 Zion 29 Elfasi Hapoel Ground Petah Tikva 1,000 Arie Ben-Rubi 29 October 1955 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–1 Report (p. 8) Maccabi Jaffa Glazer 58 59 B. Cohen Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 5,000 Avraham Sher 5 November 1955 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 1–1 Report (p. 8) Hapoel Kfar Saba Hayat 47 78 Morovich Sar-Tov Stadium Netanya 2,500 Reuven Frizner 5 November 1955 Maccabi Jaffa 3–0 Report (p. 8) Beitar Jerusalem B. Cohen 34 Miranda 41 Kalev 53 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 3,000 Nahman Cohen main WDL Playoff 15 October 1955 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006 yes LEU LEU ALF ALF MJA 2 1 0 8 2 HKS 1 2 0 5 3 HKH 1 1 1 5 7 BEI 0 0 3 3 9 Hapoel Kiryat Haim Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Jaffa Beitar Jerusalem 2 green1 Placed in Liga Leumit red1 Placed in Liga Alef References Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF In the Play-offs Davar, 23.10.55, Historical Jewish Press In the Play-offs Davar, 30.10.55, Historical Jewish Press Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Jaffa promoted to Liga Leumit Davar, 6.11.55, Historical Jewish Press Category:Liga Alef seasons Israel Category:1954–55 in Israeli football leagues