1955–56 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

Maccabi Haifa 1955–56 Ya'akov Stern Kiryat Haim Stadium Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Liga Alef (1955) Liga Leumit (1956) 6th 5th State Cup Semi-finals Jonny Hardy (15) Jonny Hardy (16) 1954–55 1956–57 The 1955–56 Maccabi Haifa season was the club's 43rd season since its establishment in 1913, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel. At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 6th. The new league season, with the top division being renamed Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club finishing 5th.Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press he During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated city rivals Hapoel Haifa in the quarter-finals, winning 4–0,Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the semi-finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 heMany Went to Jaffa – and Missed a Drama in P.T. Izhar Brener, 31 August 1955, Hadshot HaSport, p. 2 he but was defeated by Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–5 in the semi-finals.Studinski Repaid His Debt With Interest... Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 he On 15 September 1955 a new stadium, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, officially called Haifa Municipal Stadium or Luigi Antonini Stadium,Luigi Rocco Antonini https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132251/http://www.luigiantonini.com/bio.php 2016-03-04 luigiantonini.comNamed After Mati Sin-Krona, 11 May 2014, MiTzad Sheni he was opened with a match between a Haifa XI and a Tel Aviv XI.Tel Aviv team – Haifa team 3:3 Davar, 16 September 1955, Historical Jewish Press he Maccabi Haifa started playing home matches in the stadium on 24 September 1955, starting with a match against Hapoel Haifa.Abba Left at Four https://web.archive.org/web/20160921055027/http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/?w=%2F3037%2F2810021 2016-09-21 Mordechai Alon, 11 December 2014, Maccabi Haifa he Match Results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA International friendly matches During the season Maccabi Haifa played three international friendly matches, losing all of them. 16 February 1956 Maccabi Haifa 2–3 Davar he Kapfenberger SV Ben-Tzvi 8 Litvak 72 60 Wirboda 65 Hauberger 87 Gollnhuber Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 6,500 Klein L 5 May 1956 Maccabi Haifa 3–4 Sunderland Held 23 58 Almani 41 16 Elliott 76 Fleming 81 Morrison 87 Shackleton Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 10,000 Sher L 30 June 1956 Maccabi Haifa 1–4 First Vienna Almani 71 51 73 47 Buzek 67 Manasse Basa Stadium Tel Aviv 6,000 Palman L 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 1955.1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20150726090900/http://dribblist.com/israel/israeli_league/1955-1955/1/1/fixtures 2015-07-26 dribblist.com he Final table League table MHA Matches 21 3 September 1955 Maccabi Haifa 3–2 Report (p. 8) Hapoel Hadera Tenenbaum 18 76 Georgiou 46 30 Rubin 41 o.g. T. Cohen Kiryat Haim Stadium Haifa 2,000 Rosenbaum W 22 10 September 1955 Hapoel Balfouria 0–6 Report (p. 8) Maccabi Haifa 7 Hardy 19 82 Fuchs 31 pen. Ben-Tzvi 73 88 Held Hapoel Ground Afula 500 Markovich W 23 24 September 1955 Maccabi Haifa 4–1 Report (p. 8) Hapoel Haifa Hardy 41 Fuchs 65 Held 75 Tenenbaum 87 24 Kremer Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 6,000 Fritzner W 24 1 October 1955 Maccabi Rehovot 3–2 Report (p. 8) Maccabi Haifa Shrager 13 32 Litvak 75 39 Hardy 78 Fuchs Maccabi Ground Rehovot 2,200 Werner L 25 8 October 1955 Maccabi Haifa 0–3 Report (p. 8) Hapoel Tel Aviv 43 61 Yehudayoff 81 Michaelov Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 5,000 Rosenbaum L 26 15 October 1955 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–3 Report (p. 8) Maccabi Haifa Spiegel 31 Itzhaki 36 Leba 89 pen. 47 Held 73 81 Hardy Maccabi Ground Petah Tikva 1,000 Fried D Results by match table b Round Result L/L/D/L/W/L/L/W/D/L/W/D/L/W/W/W/W/D/W/D /W /W /W /L /L /D Position 12/12/12/12/12/12/13/13/12/13/9/11/11/10/8/6/7/6/6/6 /6 /5 /4 /5 /5 /6 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red3 red1 15 October 1955 2 Dear Points July 1955 1955–56 Liga Leumit Final table MHA Matches 1 3 December 1955 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Almani 80 24 pen. Kofman 76 Chirik Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 4,000 Ben-Rubi L 2 10 December 1955 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–4 Maccabi Haifa Bulman 60 6 62 Menchel 25 84 S. Levi Hapoel Ground Kfar Saba 1,400 Moshe Cohen W 3 17 December 1955 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ben-Tzvi 53 pen. 7 Merimovich 55 Israeli 88 Studinski Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 5,000 Fritzner L 4 24 December 1955 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Rehovot Ben-Tzvi 8 pen. Held 42 75 S. Levi 67 Hardy 86 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 3,500 Fried W 5 31 December 1955 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Haifa 22 66 S. Levi Basa Stadium Tel Aviv 8,000 Levichter W 6 7 January 1956 Maccabi Jaffa 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Ghougasian 38 78 Miranda 61 53 Hardy 85 Almani Maccabi Jaffa Ground Tel Aviv 3,000 Fried L 7 14 January 1956 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–6 Maccabi Haifa Huli 90 2 38 47 Georgiou 27 Hardy 51 Held 84 S. Levi Maccabi Jaffa Ground Tel Aviv Werner W 8 21 January 1956 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Hapoel Haifa Hardy 39 S. Levi 60 86 89 Almani 76 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 6,500 Ben-Rubi W 9 11 February 1956 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Petah Tikva S. Levi 9 16 17 Spiegel 67 Carmeli Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 5,537 Dudkevich L 10 18 February 1956 Maccabi Haifa 0–2 Maccabi Netanya 43 50 pen. I. Caspi Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa Fried L 11 25 February 1956 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 Maccabi Haifa 36 Hardy HaMakhtesh Stadium Givatayim Fritzner W 12 3 March 1956 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 Maccabi Haifa Z. Ratzabi 33 16 55 S. Levi 60 Hardy Hapoel Ground Petah Tikva 4,000 Fritzner W 13 10 March 1956 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Abramovich 31 57 Tzahobel 80 H. Glazer Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 4,000 Wackermann L 17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Y. Glazer 18 13 S. Levi Basa Stadium Tel Aviv 4,000 Moshe Cohen D 24 March 1956 15 Maccabi Rehovot 0–3 Maccabi Haifa 49 Held 63 76 Menchel Maccabi Ground Rehovot Rosenbaum W 31 March 1956 16 Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Ben-Tzvi 75 pen. Almani 83 69 Michaelov 88 Balut Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 6,000 Dudkevich D 7 April 1956 17 Maccabi Haifa 5–1 Maccabi Jaffa Held 10 22 87 Menchel 45 Hardy 67 34 B. Cohen Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 4,000 Rosenbaum W 14 April 1956 18 Maccabi Haifa 4–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Hardy 7 52 Held 10 55 39 Gleit 73 Huli Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 5,000 Hillman W 22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Haifa 0–0 Maccabi Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa 7,000 Sher D 19 May 1956 20 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–0 Maccabi Haifa Spiegel 35 Scharf 72 Maccabi Ground, Petah Tikva Petah Tikva L 27 May 1956 21 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Maccabi Haifa Shrager 9 Orenstein 50 Statzki 64 88 o.g. H. Meller Sar-Tov Stadium Netanya 1,500 Sher L 2 June 1956 22 Maccabi Haifa 3–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan S. Levi 32 Menchel 38 Hardy 65 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Haifa Werner W Results by match table b Round Result L/W/L /W/W/L/W/W/L/L/W/W/L/D/W/D/W/W /D/L/L/W Position 10/5/7 /6/5/6/4/4/5/6/5/5/6/5/5/5/5/4/5/5/5/5 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red3 red1 28 July 1956 IFA March 2017 State Cup 1954–55 Israel State Cup QF 27 August 1955 Maccabi Haifa 4–0 Report (p. 8) Hapoel Haifa Georgiou 36 Hardy 37 Held 53 Fuchs 71 Kiryat Haim Stadium Haifa 3,000 Ben-Rubi W SF 22 October 1955 Maccabi Haifa 0–5 Report (p. 8) Maccabi Tel Aviv 36 Merimovich 40 55 84 Studinski 89 Glazer Hapoel Ground Petah Tikva 2,500 Ben-Rubi L Shapira Cup While the promotion playoffs and the State Cup were being played in October and November, 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. However, the competition was delayed after the teams played only two matches each. The third-round matches were postponed due to weather conditions and 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 main WDL yes Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Petah Tikva complete 2 0 0 7 4 1 0 1 6 6 1 0 1 7 7 0 0 2 3 6 MTA HTA MHA HPT Q 2 1 27 August 1955 Maccabi Haifa 4–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Ben-Tzvi 60 pen. Parizat 69 o.g. S. Levi 88 Held 89 24 Kofman 40 Stelmach Basa Stadium Tel Aviv 5,000 Dudkevich W 2 5 November 1955 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–3 Report (p. 8) Maccabi Haifa Glazer 6 15 17 19 Miremovich 78 8 89 Hardy 10 Menchel Basa Stadium Tel Aviv 5,500 Moshe Cohen L References Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. seasons Maccabi Haifa