1955–56 Hapoel Hadera F.C. season

Hapoel Hadera
1955–56 season
Stadium	Hapoel Ground,Hadera
Liga Alef (1955) ; Liga Alef (1956)	13th ; 7th
State Cup ; State Cup	QF ; not completed
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Hapoel Hadera season was the club's 23rd season since its establishment, in 1934, 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 13th (out of 14), which meant the club relegated to the second division, which was renamed Liga Alef, and played in this division during the remainder of the season, finishing 7th (out of 12), remaining in the second division ahead of the next season.

During the season, the club also completed in the State Cup competition, which started during the previous season. The club was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Maccabi Tel Aviv, the eventual winners of the competition.

Match Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

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.^[1]

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
9	Hapoel Haifa	26	9	6	11	40	55	0.73	24
10	Hapoel Ramat Gan	26	10	3	13	35	41	0.85	23
11	Beitar Jerusalem	26	8	5	13	37	59	0.63	21	Promotion/relegation play-offs
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	6	6	14	38	46	0.83	18	Promotion/relegation play-offs
13	Hapoel Hadera	26	7	2	17	36	53	0.68	16	Relegated to Liga Alef
14	Hapoel Balfouria	26	3	2	21	32	129	0.25	8	Relegated to Liga Alef

Matches

3 September 1955 21	Maccabi Haifa	3–2	Hapoel Hadera	Haifa
	Tenenbaum 18', 76' Georgiou 46'	Report (p. 8)	30' Rubin 41' (o.g.) Cohen	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rosenbaum

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	Beitar Jerusalem	4–2	Hapoel Hadera	Jerusalem
	Elfasi 35' Zion 63', 76' Hasson 87'	Report (p. 8)	9' Piterman 14' Haviv	Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dudkevich

1 October 1955 24	Hapoel Hadera	5–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Hadera
	Weinberg 21' (pen.) Halfon 51' Afgin 63' Piterman 65' Gertner 85'	Report (p. 8)	73' Tal	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Moshe Cohen

8 October 1955 25	Hapoel Hadera	0–1	Hapoel Haifa	Hadera
		Report (p. 8)	32' M. Simantiris	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Frizner

15 October 1955 26	Maccabi Rehovot	4–2	Hapoel Hadera	Rehovot
	Jamil 4' Shrager 23' Herschkovitz 35' Litvak 46'	Report (p. 8)	6' Gali 80' Haviv	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Markovich

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Result	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	13	8	10	7	6	7	9	11	13	9	11	12	9	11	10	9	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

1955–56 Liga Alef

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
5	Hapoel Nahariya	21	7	8	6	40	36	1.11	22
6	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	22	7	6	9	38	33	1.15	20
7	Hapoel Hadera	22	9	2	11	42	38	1.11	20
8	Maccabi Ramat Gan	22	7	6	9	31	34	0.91	20
9	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	22	9	2	11	31	40	0.78	20	Relegation play-offs

An 18th round match between Hapoel Nahariya and Beitar Jerusalem wasn't played due to misunderstanding between the teams regarding the time of the match,^[2] and was left unplayed at the end of the season.^[3]

Matches

3 December 1955 1	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	2–0	Hapoel Hadera	Haifa
	Handler 38' Havinski 40'			Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zahavi

10 December 1955 2	Hapoel Jerusalem	1–2	Hapoel Hadera	Jerusalem
	Yatzkan 62'		10' Gali 53' Rubin	Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Handel

17 December 1955 3	Hapoel Hadera	2–1	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	Hadera
	Haviv 59', 63'		68' Subhi	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Schwartz

24 December 1955 4	Hapoel Hadera	2–0	Beitar Jerusalem	Hadera
	Barzilai 68' Haviv 83'			Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 400 Referee: Frizner

31 December 1955 5

Hapoel Rehovot

2–0

Hapoel Hadera

Rehovot

7 January 1956 6

Hapoel Hadera

1–0

Maccabi Ramat Gan

Hadera

14 January 1956 7

Hapoel Hadera

0–2

Hakoah Tel Aviv

21 January 1956 8

Hapoel Hadera

4–2

Hapoel Balfouria

Hadera

4 February 1956 9

Hapoel Hadera

8–0

Hapoel Ra'anana

Hadera

11 February 1956 10

Hapoel Mahane Yehuda

1–1

Hapoel Hadera

Petah Tikva

18 February 1956 11

Hapoel Hadera

1–3

Hapoel Nahariya

Hadera

3 March 1956 12	Hapoel Hadera	1–2	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	Hadera
	Solomon 20'		31' Handler 87' Erlich	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Dudkevich

10 March 1956 13	Hapoel Hadera	4–4	Hapoel Jerusalem	Hadera
	Gillerman 20' Weinberg 39' (pen.) Barzilai 51' Halfon 57'		3' Fruchtman 10', 12' Mizrahi 40' (o.g.) Gertner	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Rosenbaum

17 March 1956 14	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	1–2	Hapoel Hadera
	Najib 25'		10' Fon 44' Piterman	Referee: Scheindling

24 March 1956 15	Beitar Jerusalem	3–8	Hapoel Hadera	Jerusalem
	Federman 5' Zion 37' Elfasi 88' (pen.)		6', 48', 77' Piterman 20' Agi 30', 75' Salomon 52' ? 65' (o.g.) ?	Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Wackermann

31 March 1956 16	Hapoel Hadera	2–3	Hapoel Rehovot	Hadera
	Solomon 2' Fon 90'		14', 73' M. Sharabi 80' Yefet	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Wackermann

7 April 1956 17

Maccabi Ramat Gan

1–0

Hapoel Hadera

14 April 1956 18	Hakoah Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Hadera	Netanya
	Ashkenazi 48' Heine 70'

22 April 1956 19

Hapoel Balfouria

3–1

Hapoel Hadera

Afula

19 May 1956 20

Hapoel Ra'anana

2–0

Hapoel Hadera

27 May 1956 21

Hapoel Hadera

2–1

Hapoel Mahane Yehuda

2 June 1956 22

Hapoel Nahariya

2–1

Hapoel Hadera

Nahariya

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Result	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	9	7	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	7

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

State Cup

27 August 1955 QF	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6–0	Hapoel Hadera	Tel Aviv
	Studinski 4', 75' Israeli 16' Merimovich 20', 68' Schneor 68'			Stadium: Basa Stadium

References

^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
^ Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Hadera 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Liga Alef Justified Its Existence Herut, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[1] 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

[2] Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Hadera 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[3] Liga Alef Justified Its Existence Herut, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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v t e 1955–56 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	1st Division 1954–55 Liga Alef 1955–56 Liga Leumit 2nd Division 1954–55 Liga Bet 1955–56 Liga Alef 3rd Division 1954–55 Liga Gimel 1955–56 Liga Bet 4th Division 1955–56 Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	Israel State Cup 1954–55 1956–57
Related to national team	Results 1956 Olympics qualification
Club seasons
Liga Alef/Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Balfouria Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Tel Aviv