1954–55 Hapoel Haifa F.C. season

The 1954–55 Hapoel Haifa season was the club's 32nd season since its establishment in 1924, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Hapoel Haifa
1954–55 season
ManagerGedalyahu Fuchs
Shlomo Poliakov
StadiumKiryat Haim Stadium
Liga Alefnot completed
State Cupnot completed
Top goalscorerLeague:
Shmuel Kramer
Mordechai Martin (5)

All: Ze'ev Schneid (6)

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

Review and events

  • The club played one international friendly match during the season, against Beşiktaş, on 25 September 1954. At the match the club was strengthened with players from Hapoel Kiryat Haim and Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel and was billed as Haifa Region Hapoel XI. Beşiktaş won the match 1–2, Mordechai Martin scoring the lone goal for the hosts.[1]

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef

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.[2]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
8Hapoel Kfar Saba2066829300.9718
9Maccabi Rehovot2074935370.9518
10Hapoel Haifa2066831350.8918
11Hapoel Ramat Gan20731023270.8517
12Beitar Jerusalem20551027470.5715

Source:[3]

Matches

5 February 1955 1 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
M. Simantiris 88' Report (p. 8) Hasson 27' Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
12 February 1955 2 Maccabi Rehovot 2–3 Hapoel Haifa Rehovot
Melamed 12'
Vider 38'
Report (p. 8) 21' Diamant
35', 52' M. Simantiris
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Zahavi
19 February 1955 3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Zilberstein 19' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fried
26 February 1955 4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–0 Hapoel Haifa Petah Tikva
Bernard 38', 72'
Nadel 90'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Frizner
5 March 1955 5 Hapoel Haifa 3–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba Haifa
M. Simantiris 33'
Kramer 48'
Shamir 85'
Report (p. 8) 25' Schmilovich Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
12 March 1955 6 Hapoel Haifa 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Haifa
Kramer 1', 59' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi
19 March 1955 7 Maccabi Netanya 2–2 Hapoel Haifa Netanya
M. Cohen 10', 60' Report (p. 8) 17', 70' Martin Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Cohen
2 April 1955 8 Hapoel Haifa 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv Haifa
Shamir 10' 26' Turika
70' Studinski
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Referee: Dudkevich
9 April 1955 9 Beitar Tel Aviv 4–2 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Emaliah 20'
Huli 59', 70'
Gleit 62'
Report (p. 8) 68' Kramer
87' (pen.) Martin
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
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 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–1 Hapoel Haifa Petah Tikva
Stelmach 34', 67'
Chirik 53'
Report (p. 8) 63' (pen.) Martin Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rosenbaum
23 April 1955 12 Hapoel Haifa 2–2 Hapoel Hadera Haifa
Shamir 67'
Martin 72' (pen.)
Report (p. 8) 20' Piterman
48' Weissberg
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Werner
30 April 1955 13 Hapoel Balfouria 2–1 Hapoel Haifa Afula
Tal 47'
Yeshu'a 86'
Report (p. 8) 74' Schneid Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
14 May 1955 14 Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Hapoel Haifa Jerusalem
Elfasi 22', 25' (pen.), 72' Report (p. 8) Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
21 May 1955 15 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Gillerman 6' Report (p. 8) 22' Schmilovich Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Referee: Metzler
4 June 1955 16 Hapoel Haifa 0–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv Haifa
Report (p. 8) 25', 77' Weiss
54', 85' Michaelov
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dudkevich
11 June 1955 17 Hapoel Haifa 3–0 (w/o)
(abandoned)
Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
Nestenfober 28'
Orbach 31'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Werner
19 June 1955 18 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–2 Hapoel Haifa Kfar Saba
Tzahobel 33' Report (p. 8) 54' Nestenfober
78' Diamant
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Hillman
26 June 1955 19 Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–2 Hapoel Haifa Givatayim
Radler 25'
Kirschenberg 58' (pen.)
Report (p. 8) 1' Orbach
26' (pen.) Neumann
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Markovich
3 July 1955 20 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Maccabi Netanya Haifa
Gillerman 47' Report (p. 8) 70' Spiegel Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher

Results by match

Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultDWLLWWDLLWLDLLDLWWDD
Position766875677777899109101010
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

26 March 1955 Round 3 Hapoel Haifa 4–1 Hapoel Even Yehuda Haifa
Glassberg 3'
Schneid 12', 45', 67'
43' Baron Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Asa

References

  1. Beşiktaş Won at Haifa – 2:1 Al HaMishmar, 26 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  3. Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)
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