Hapoel Petah Tikva
1955–56 season
ManagerMoshe Varon
StadiumHapoel Ground, Petah Tikva
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
Winners
2nd
State CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Stelmach (26)
All: Stelmach (31)

The 1955–56 Hapoel Petah Tikva season was the club's 21st season since its establishment in 1935, 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 1st, winning its first ever championship.[1] The new league season, with the top division being re-named Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club finishing as runners-up.[2]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated Beitar Tel Aviv[3] and Hapoel Ramat Gan[4] to reach the cup final against Hapoel Petah Tikva. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the match 3–1 and won its 8th State Cup. [5]

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches

During the season Hapoel Petah Tikva played two international friendly matches, drawing one and winning the other.

In February 1956 the Israeli government lifted the ban on hosting teams from Austria and Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva invited Kapfenberger SV to a tour of Israel.[6] The visit was met with criticism from right-wing politicians[7][8] and acts of sabotage in order to stop the Austrian team from playing,[9][10] but the matches went ahead as planned.

12 February 1956 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–2 Kapfenberger SV Petah Tikva
Kofman 17'
Flascher 45' (o.g.)
Davar
(in Hebrew)
41' Bihas
59' Gollnhuber
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,500
6 June 1956 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 São Cristóvão Petah Tikva
Kofman 18'
Stelmach 51'
Ratzabi 75'
Davar
(in Hebrew)
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich

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.[11]

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Gr Pts Notes
1Hapoel Petah Tikva26184468232.9640Champions
2Maccabi Tel Aviv26174584283.0038
3Hapoel Tel Aviv26129549232.1333
4Maccabi Netanya26137654431.2633
5Beitar Tel Aviv26125964471.3629

Matches

3 September 1955 21 Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Jerusalem
Elfasi 49'
Yehezkel 58'
Report (p. 8) Kofman 72' Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Werner
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–1 Hapoel Hadera Petah Tikva
Stelmach 28', 40', 60' Report (p. 8) 12' (pen.) Weinberg Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Scheindling
24 September 1955 23 Hapoel Petah Tikva 13–2 Hapoel Balfouria Petah Tikva
Chirik 3', 23', 42'
Kofman 22', 73'
Markus 26', 53', 81'
Stelmach 28', 77', 85', 89'
Zelikovich 58'
Report (p. 8) 18' Dubnov
57' Tal
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Zahavi
1 October 1955 24 Hapoel Haifa 3–9 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Kremer 13'
Nestenfober 65'
Schneid 71'
Report (p. 8) 2', 12', 29', 39', 87' Stelmach
35' Chirik
70', 73', 86' Kofman
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
8 October 1955 25 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 Maccabi Rehovot Petah Tikva
Kofman 6'
Stelmach 12'
Zelikovich 60'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nahman Cohen
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Report (p. 8) 49' Kofman Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Werner

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultWDWWWWWWWWWWWDWLDLLDLWWWWL
Position34431111111111111122222111
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1955–56 Liga Leumit

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
1Hapoel Petah Tikva22136347162.9432Champions
2Hapoel Petah Tikva22125554281.9329
3Hapoel Tel Aviv22125549291.6929
4Maccabi Petah Tikva22107547341.3827
5Maccabi Haifa22113851291.7625

Matches

3 December 1955 1 Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Almani 80' 24' (pen.) Kofman
76' Chirik
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
10 December 1955 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Merimovich 77' 36' Haldi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
17 December 1955 3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–2 Maccabi Jaffa Petah Tikva
Kofman 23', 50', 63'
Zelikovich 80'
86' Ghougasian
89' B. Cohen
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Markovich
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Netanya 1–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Netanya
H. Meller 81' 68' Kofman
70' Stelmach
75' Markus
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Klein
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Kofman 12' (pen.)
Zelikovich 72'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frizner
7 January 1956 6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Petah Tikva
Mizrahi 27'
Stelmach 46'
Kofman 60'
Report Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Yunes
14 January 1956 7 Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Kfar Saba
Bonin 11'
Tobiash 47'
65' Nahari Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Dudkevich
21 January 1956 8 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Michaelov 45' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sher
11 February 1956 9 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–2 Hapoel Haifa Petah Tikva
Kofman 22' (Pen.)
Zelikovich 35'
57' Schneid
62' M. Simantiris
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
18 February 1956 10 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–4 Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva
Spiegel 7'
Nadel 61', 64'
Bernard 68'
14', 35' Stelmach
74' Kofman
80' Nahari
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Werner
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 Maccabi Haifa Petah Tikva
Z. Ratzabi 33' 16', 55' S. Levi
60' Hardy
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Fritzner
10 March 1956 13 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Kofman 44' 37' Nahmias Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Jaffa 3–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Ghougasian 54', 69'
Aroyo 78'
38' Kofman
59', 63' Stelmach
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frizner
24 March 1956 15 Hapoel Petah Tikva 6–0 Maccabi Netanya Petah Tikva
Nahari 6', 19', 78'
Stelmach 57'
Z. Ratzabi 65'
Kofman 81'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Dudkevich
31 March 1956 16 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Arbiv 61' 1' Stelmach
59' Z. Ratzabi
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
7 April 1956 17 Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–5 Hapoel Petah Tikva Givatayim
Mesika 19'
Kirschenberg 60'
6' Kofman
37', 72' Stelmach
42' Ratzabi
55' Varon
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Werner
14 April 1956 18 Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Petah Tikva
Rabayov 3'
Zelikovich 18'
Kofman 77'
Ratzabi 88'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Moshe Cohen
22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Vissoker 65' (pen.) 20' Michaelov
30' (pen.) Balut
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritzner
19 May 1956 20 Hapoel Haifa 1–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Haifa
Schneid 73' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
27 May 1956 21 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva
Z. Ratzabi 1'
Stelmach 27'
Nahari 74'
4' Spiegel Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frizner
2 June 1956 22 Maccabi Rehovot 0–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Rehovot
28' Stelmach
60' (pen.) Kermer
85' Nahari
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Fried

Results by match

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWDWWWWLLDDWLLDDWWWLLWW
Position3424211223244321113432
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

27 August 1955 QF Beitar Tel Aviv 0–4 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Report (p. 8) 47', 59' Chirik
61' Stelmach
75' Zelikovich
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frizner
22 October 1955 SF Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Chirik 32'
Stelmach 86'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher
19 November 1955 F Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Kofman 84' Report (p. 8) 8' Nahmias
35' Glazer
68' Studinski
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritzner

Shapira Cup

In October and November, while the promotion playoffs and the State Cup were being played, 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, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi 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 but the competition was delayed after the teams playing only two matches each, as the third round matches were postponed due to weather conditions and then due to 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 2 0 0 7 4 1.750 4
2 Maccabi Haifa 2 1 0 1 7 7 1.000 2
3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2 1 0 1 6 6 1.000 2
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 0 0 2 3 6 0.500 0
27 August 1955 1 Maccabi Haifa 4–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Ben-Tzvi 60' (pen.)
Parizat 69' (o.g.)
S. Levi 88'
Held 89'
24' Kofman
40' Stelmach
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dudkevich
5 November 1955 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–4 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Weiss 12', 15' Report (p. 8) 11' Stelmach
27', 65' Kofman
68' Markus
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rosenbaum

References

  1. Hapoel P.T. Took the Championship Title from Maccabi T.A. After 10 Years Hadshot HaSport, 16 October 1955 (in Hebrew)
  2. Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. Chirik Began – Stelmach Finished Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  5. State Cup to Maccabi T.A., Beat Hapoel P.T. 3:1 Hadshot HaSport, 20 November 1955 (in Hebrew)
  6. Kapfenberg Will Go Through the Mandelbaum Gate to Israel on Friday Davar, 8 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. Kapfenberg A. Hetzroni, Herut, 14 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  8. Footnotes Davar, 15 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  9. The Efforts to Prevent the Shame – to No Avail Herut, 13 February 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  10. The Day the Goals Went Aflame Nisim Kalderon, 1 July 2014, P.T. Neto (in Hebrew)
  11. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
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