1955–56 Hapoel Balfouria F.C. season

The 1955–56 Hapoel Balfouria season was the club's 13th season since its establishment, in 1942, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Hapoel Balfouria
1955–56 season
StadiumHapoel Ground, Afula
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Alef (1956)
14th
12th
State Cupnot completed

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 14th (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 12th (out of 12), relegating to the third division ahead of the next season.

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
9Hapoel Haifa26961140550.7324
10Hapoel Ramat Gan261031335410.8523
11Beitar Jerusalem26851337590.6321Promotion/relegation play-offs
12Hapoel Kfar Saba26661438460.8318
13Hapoel Hadera26721736530.6816Relegated to Liga Alef
14Hapoel Balfouria263221321290.258

Matches

3 September 1955 21 Hapoel Balfouria 1–8 Beitar Tel Aviv Afula
Bentov  85' Report (p. 8)  27' Huli
 34', 39', 51', 57' (pen.), 79' Emaliah
 44', 56' Bar-Zion
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 600
Referee: Moshe Cohen
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Balfouria 0–6 Maccabi Haifa Afula
Report (p. 8)  7' Hardy
 19', 82' Fuchs
 31' (pen.) Ben-Tzvi
 73', 88' Held
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Markovich
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 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 Balfouria 4–2 Beitar Jerusalem Afula
Kochavi  34'
Tal  38', 88'
Bentov  61' (pen.)
Report (p. 8)  41' Zion
 86' Elfasi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Scheindling
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Haifa 3–1 Hapoel Balfouria Haifa
Diamant  35'
M. Simantiris  41'
Schneid  61'
Report (p. 8)  80' (o.g.) Ben-Nun Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultLLLDLLLLDLWLWLLLLLLLLLLLWL
Position1013141314141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
8Maccabi Ramat Gan2276931340.9120
9Ahva Notzrit Haifa22921131400.7820Relegation play-offs
10Beitar Jerusalem21731126450.5817
11Hapoel Ra'anana22641220490.4116Relegated to
Liga Bet
12Hapoel Balfouria22531429440.6613

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 Balfouria 0–4 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Afula
 11' Atwar
 33' Z. Ratzabi
 46' Gluska
 60' S. Ratzabi
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 400
Referee: Hoze
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Rehovot 2–1 Hapoel Balfouria Rehovot
Yefet  28'
Garameh  44'
 52' Tsalala
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Ramat Gan 3–2 Hapoel Balfouria Ramat Gan
Saporta  12'
Barbalat  14', 32'
 24' Mashiah
 67' Tal
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ben-Rubi
10 March 1956 13 Hapoel Balfouria 2–0 Hapoel Rehovot Afula
Mashiah  15'
Kopler  75'
24 March 1956 15 Hapoel Balfouria 2–1 Maccabi Ramat Gan Afula
Mashiah  40'
Tenenbaum  88'
 18' Azani
14 April 1956 18 Hapoel Jerusalem 4–0
[note 1]
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem
Yatzkan  14' (pen.)
Fruchtman  40', 58'
Mizrahi  41'
Stadium: Katamon Stadium
Referee: Ben Yehuda
24 July 1956 3 Hapoel Balfouria 2–4 Hapoel Nahariya Afula
Mashiah  39'
S. Farkas  59'
[7]  18' (o.g.) Y. Farkas
 59' Gardosh
 69' Berkovic
 72' (pen.) Isaac
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 300
Referee: HaMeiri

Results by match

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLLLLLLLLLWDDWDWWLLWLLL
Position1212111212121212121212121211101091110121212
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notes

  1. The match was abandoned at the 70th minute after the referee sent two of Hapoel Balfouria players off.[4] Hapoel Balfouria appealed the result and the match was set to be replayed,[5][6] but eventually gave up its claims regarding the match.

References

  1. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  2. Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Balfouria 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)
  4. Hapoel J-m –Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  5. Hapoel Balfouria's Appeal Given Ma'ariv, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  6. The Trick That Didn't Work… Herut, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. Replay Match in Liga Alef: Hapoel Nahariya – Hapoel Balfouria 4:2 (1:1) Davar, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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