1927–28 in Mandatory Palestine football

The 1927–28 season was the first season of competitive football in the British Mandate for Palestine under the Eretz Israel Football Association, which was established during the season, on 18 July 1928, and thus it can also be considered to be the first season of competitive football in Israel.

Football in Mandatory Palestine
Season1927–28
Mandatory Palestine

IFA Competitions

1928 People's Cup

The first State Cup, then called People's Cup was held during early 1928, with Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem reaching the final. Hapoel won the cup by beating their opponents 2–0 in the final. However, the cup was later shared, as Maccabi Hasmonean appealed the result to the EIFA.[1]

Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem0–2Hapoel Allenby Tel Aviv
66' Poliakov
81' Nudelman
Old Maccabi Tel Aviv ground
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Adams

Mond Cup

During a visit to Palestine, Sir Alfred Mond suggested a forming a Jewish unified team to tour The UK. In order to set the squad of the team which will be sent abroad, a competition, named "Mond Cup", in honor of Sir Mond, was organized between the four top Jewish teams, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem in which The four teams would play each other in a league format, after which the best players would be selected to the team.[2] Eventually, after the competition, due to disagreements between the clubs no team was composed and the tour did not take place.[3][4] The competition included the first ever competitive Tel Aviv derby match, which was played at Maccabi ground on 24 June 1928 and resulted in a 1–1 draw. The return fixture, played on 21 July 1928 was won 3–1 by Hapoel.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 8
2 Hapoel Haifa 6 4 0 2 13 8 +5 8
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5 2 1 2 12 9 +3 5
4 Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem 5 0 1 4 4 20 16 1
Source:

Results

Home \ Away HHA HTA MHJ MTA
Hapoel Haifa 2–0 4–3 1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 7–0 3–1
Maccabi Jerusalem 0–3 0–0 1–6
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–3 1–1 [lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem, which was postponed from 16 June 1928 to 28 July 1928, was not played as both teams were already lost chance to top the table.

Notable events

References

  1. Godlberg, Asher. "The Cup That Was Split Between Allenby and Hasmonean". football.org.il (in Hebrew). Israeli Football Association. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. Competition for Mond Cup Do'ar HaYom, 14 June 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. The Lord Establishes a Hebrew Football Team Haim Kaufman, Yad Ben Zvi (in Hebrew)
  4. Tour of England Postponed Do'ar HaYom, 13 September 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  5. In Hapoel Branches Davar, 19 October 1927, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  6. Inauguration of Maccabi ground in Tiberias Do'ar HaYom, 10 October 1927, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. Tiberias - Inauguration of Maccabi ground Davar, 23 October 1927, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  8. Inauguration of Maccabi ground in Tiberias Celebration Do'ar HaYom, 23 October 1927, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  9. In Hapoel Branches The Palestine Bulletin, 14 November 1927, Historical Jewish Press
  10. Tel Aviv - Opening of Hapoel Ground Davar, 13 November 1927, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  11. The First Competition of Hasmonean In Egypt, the Scores 2:5 to the Egyptians Do'ar HaYom, 21 November 1927, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  12. Maccabii Hasmonean Match in Cairo Do'ar HaYom, 27 November 1927, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  13. The Second Competition of Hasmonean in Egypt, One vs. One Do'ar HaYom, 28 November 1927, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  14. Palestine Footballers V. Greeks at Alexandria Do'ar HaYom, 29 November 1927, Historical Jewish Press
  15. Goldberg, Asher (5 March 2012). "The First Derby of Tel Aviv". Israeli Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  16. Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 24 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  17. Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 26 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  18. Jaffa Tel Aviv - Between Maccabi and Hapoel Do'ar HaYom, 28 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  19. In Sport Davar, 29 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  20. Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 4 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  21. In Sport Davar, 8 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  22. Haifa - In Hapoel Davar, 21 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  23. In Towns and Settlements - International Competition Do'ar HaYom, 22 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  24. In Sport Davar, 10 April 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  25. Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 12 April 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  26. Haifa - In Sport Davar, 1 April 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  27. Tel Aviv - In Sport Davar, 15 April 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  28. In Sport Davar, 18 April 1928, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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