1949–50 in Israeli football
The 1949–50 season was the 2nd season of competitive football in Israel and the 24th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.
| Season | 1949–50 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||||
| Israeli League | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| Liga Meuhedet | Hapoel Kiryat Haim Hapoel Hadera Maccabi Ramat Gan Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Jerusalem | |||
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IFA Competitions
Israeli League
The league competition, which started in the Previous season, finished during the season. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the inaugural Israeli championship. Maccabi Nes Tziona finished bottom of the league and was due to be relegated. However, as disagreement broke out between the Hapoel and Maccabi factions in the IFA, the next league season didn't start until fall 1951, the club's relegation, which was part of the disagreement, wasn't confirmed until mid-1951.
Liga Meuhedet
Hapoel Kiryat Haim, Hapoel Hadera, Maccabi Ramat Gan, Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel Jerusalem As the IFA established the league system, 25 teams were placed in Liga Bet. As the placing of teams to Liga Bet was part of the disagreements between the two IFA factions (with each wants more of its own teams in Liga Alef and Liga Bet), the teams placed in Liga Bet were selected not only based on placing in Liga Meuhedet.
National teams
1950 World Cup qualification (group 3), first round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 4 |
| 2 |  Israel |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
1949–50 matches
30 July 1949 friendly | Israel | 3–1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cyprus | Tel Aviv |
Wermes  10', 42' Yalovski 68' |
Report | George Himonides 14' |
Stadium: Maccabiah Stadium Attendance: 9,000[1] Referee: Huppert |
21 August 1949 WCQ | Yugoslavia | 6–0 | Israel | Belgrade |
| Pajević 12', 19', 26' Senčar 44'Ž. Čajkovski 63'Bobek 83' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: JNA Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee:  Giovanni Galeati |
18 September 1949 WCQ | Israel | 2–5 | Yugoslavia | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 65', 76' |
Report | Valok 19', 64' Bobek 20'Z. Čajkovski 41'Ž. Čajkovski 82' |
Stadium: Maccabiah Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Yosef Kinstlich |
References
- Israel National Team's First Victory Asher Goldberg, 20 March 2014, IFA (in Hebrew)