1954–55 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

The 1954–55 Maccabi Haifa season was the club's 42nd season since its establishment, in 1913, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Maccabi Haifa
1954–55 season
ManagerEli Fuchs
StadiumKiryat Haim Stadium
Liga Alefnot completed
State Cupnot completed
Top goalscorerLeague: Yisha'ayahu Held (12)
All: Yisha'ayahu Held (18)

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

Review and events

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  • Although league matches from the previous season ended on 13 March 1954,[1] the confirmation of the league's final standings was delayed, as a match between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva, which was played on 26 December 1953 and ended with a 3–2 win for Haifa, was claimed to be fixed, to allow Maccabi Haifa to win.[2] Eventually, on 10 January 1955, the IFA decided to replay the match in a neutral venue,[3] Maccabi Haifa won the rematch 4–1 and secured their spot in the top division.[4]
  • The club played one international friendly match during the season, against APOEL FC, on 9 April 1955. Maccabi Haifa won the match 2–0, with goals scored by Held and Hardy.[5][6]

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef

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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.[7] Before the start of the season, Maccabi Haifa played one match to complete the 1953–54 Liga Alef season.

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 20 9 5 6 48 36 1.33 23
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 8 6 6 27 24 1.13 22
6 Maccabi Haifa 20 8 5 7 36 29 1.24 21
7 Maccabi Netanya 20 7 7 6 39 39 1.00 21
8 Hapoel Kfar Saba 20 6 6 8 29 30 0.97 18

Source:[8]

Matches

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1953–54 Liga Alef
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15 January 1955 Maccabi Haifa 4–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Kfar Saba
Held   1', 58'
Hardy   42', 65'
Report   17' Scharf Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Aharon Werner
1954–55 Liga Alef
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5 February 1955 1 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–0 Maccabi Haifa Kfar Saba
H. Glazer   66' Report Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
12 February 1955 2 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Hapoel Ramat Gan Haifa
Frankfurter   28' Report   50' Schtalzer
  61', 71' Manar
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Reuven Frisner
19 February 1955 3 Maccabi Netanya 4–4 Maccabi Haifa Netanya
M. Cohen   11', 83'
I. Caspi   56' (pen.)
Y. Spiegel   71'
Report   2', 30', 43' Hardy
  86' (pen.) Ben-Tzvi
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Silbermann
26 February 1955 4 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Ben-Tzvi   73' (pen.) Report   30', 70' Israeli
  90' Glazer
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Cohen
5 March 1955 5 Beitar Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Report   37' Daniel
  62' Held
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Frisner
12 March 1955 6 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
Elfasi   65' Report Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Avraham Dudkevich
19 March 1955 7 Maccabi Haifa 1–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
E. Fuchs   81' Report   3', 80' Stelmach
  61' Zelikovich
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner
1 April 1955 8 Hapoel Hadera 1–3 Maccabi Haifa Hadera
Piterman   24' Report   14', 77' Held
  85' Tenenmaum
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Werner
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 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 Maccabi Haifa 4–0 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Hardy   6', 44'
Tenenbaum   8'
Held   53'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Moshe Cohen
23 April 1955 12 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Alaluf   88' Report   73' Hardy Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hillman
30 April 1955 13 Maccabi Haifa 0–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
Report   35' A. Carmeli Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dudkevich
14 May 1955 14 Maccabi Haifa 2–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba Haifa
Georgiou   18', 71' Report   69' H. Glazer Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
21 May 1955 15 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 Maccabi Haifa Givatayim
Report   47' Held Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dudkevich
4 June 1955 16 Maccabi Haifa 6–2 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
Hardy   6'
Tenenbaum   47'
Ben-Tzvi   52' (pen.)
Held   54'
Georgiou   74'
Fuchs   80'
Report   44' M. Cohen
  55' Meller
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Rozenbaum
11 June 1955 17 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Glazer   77' Report   51' Tenenmaum
  62' (pen.) Ben-Tzvi
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fried
18 June 1955 18 Maccabi Haifa 1–1 Beitar Tel Aviv Haifa
Hardy   23' Report   52' Kasuto Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
26 June 1955 19 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
Held   22', 44', 63'
Georgiou   54'
Fuchs   66'
Report Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
3 July 1955 20 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Y. Vissoker   15' (pen.) Report   75' Held Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rosenbaum

Results by match

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Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultLLDLWLLWDLWDLWWWWDWD
Position121212121212131312139111110867666
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

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26 March 1955 Round 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 9–1 Hapoel Nes Tziona Haifa
Held   16', 20', 30', 83'
Hardy   58', 65', 85'
Georgiou   66'
Tenenmaum   63'
Report Shohatovich   43' Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stern
28 May 1955 Round 4 Maccabi Haifa 9–0 Orthodox Haifa Haifa
Georgiou   11'
Fuchs   25', 26', 27', 53 '
Almani   63', 70'
Held   72', 84'
Report Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Medler

References

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  1. ^ Beitar Tel Aviv to Liga Bet[permanent dead link] Al HaMishmar, 14 March 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ The Scandal in Haifa[permanent dead link] Herut, 3 January 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ The League Match Maccabi Haifa-P.T. Will Be Replayed This Saturday in Kfar Saba Hadshot HaSport, 12 January 1955, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi P.T. 4:1 (2:1)[permanent dead link] Ma'ariv, 16 January 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ A Speedy Win in the Final 8 Minutes Hadshot HaSport, 10 April 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ Maccabi Haifa Beats APOEL 2:0 Al HaMishmar, 10 April 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)