1955–56 Hapoel Haifa F.C. season

Hapoel Haifa
1955–56 season
Manager Ya'akov Stern
Stadium Kiryat Haim Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
9th
6th
State Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer Avraham Ginzburg
Avraham Nestenfober
Ze'ev Schneid (10)

The 1955–56 Hapoel Haifa season was the club's 33rd season since its establishment in 1924, 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 9th. 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 6th.[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club was eliminated by city rivals Maccabi Haifa in the quarter finals, losing 0–4.[2][3]

On 15 September 1955 a new stadium, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, officially called Haifa Municipal Stadium or Luigi Antonini Stadium,[4][5] was opened with a match between a Haifa XI and a Tel Aviv XI.[6] Hapoel Haifa started playing home matches in the stadium on 16 October 1955, starting with a match against Hapoel Balfouria.

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

International friendly matches

During the season Hapoel Haifa played one international friendly match, against Sunderland, which the club lost.

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.[7]

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
7Maccabi Petah Tikva26107937410.9027
8Maccabi Rehovot261141149481.0226
9Hapoel Haifa26961140550.7324
10Hapoel Ramat Gan261031335410.8523
11Beitar Jerusalem26851337590.6321Promotion/relegation play-offs

Matches

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Result D W L L W W D L L W L D L L D L W W D D L W L L W W
Position 7 6 6 8 7 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 11 11 10 9

Last updated: 15 October 1955.
Source: 2 Dear Points
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

1955–56 Liga Leumit

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
4Maccabi Petah Tikva22107547341.3827
5Maccabi Haifa22113851291.7625
6Hapoel Haifa2294932390.8222
7Beitar Tel Aviv221001242440.9520
8Maccabi Netanya22921131440.7020

Matches

Results by match

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Result W L L L W W W L D L W W W L D L W L D W L D
Position 3 8 9 9 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

Last updated: 28 July 1956.
Source: IFA
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

State Cup

References

  1. Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
  2. Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (Hebrew)
  3. Many Went to Jaffa – and Missed a Drama in P.T. Izhar Brener, 31 August 1955, Hadshot HaSport, p. 2 (Hebrew)
  4. Luigi Rocco Antonini luigiantonini.com
  5. Named After Mati Sin-Krona, 11 May 2014, MiTzad Sheni (Hebrew)
  6. Tel Aviv team – Haifa team 3:3 Davar, 16 September 1955, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
  7. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule dribblist.com (Hebrew)
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