1963–64 in Israeli football

The 1963–64 season was the 16th season of competitive football in Israel and the 38th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

Football in Israel
Season1963–64
Men's football
Liga LeumitHapoel Ramat Gan
Liga AlefMaccabi Netanya
Beitar Tel Aviv
State CupMaccabi Tel Aviv
← 1962–63 1964–65 →

Review and Events
  • Israel hosted its first international tournament, the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. The national team won the tournament, its first major trophy.
  • The U-19 national team participated for the first time in the AFC U-19 Championship, sharing the cup with Burma after 0–0 in the final.
  • Prior to the U-19 national team's departure to the AFC Youth Championship, several players were questioned by the Military Police on suspicions of falsifying their I.D. cards, in an attempt of making three of the team's squad, Ze'ev Seltzer, Moshe Leon and Danny Borsok, eligible for the competition, as the three were born before the cut-off date of 1 April 1944.[1] The three were released and departed with the team to Saigon, where they were declared ineligible to the competition and didn't take part in it,[2] while the investigation was handed over the civil police. Upon the team's return from the championship, the three were arrested by the police, along with Shmuel Ben-Dror, head of the Israeli delegation to the championship.[3] In July 1964, Seltzer, Borsok and Ben-Dror, along with another IFA executive, Uri Vilenski, were charged with document falsification and knowingly transferring falsified documents.[4] The trial was concluded in February 1965, and Seltzer, Borsok and Vilenski were found guilty, while Ben-Dror was cleared of all charges.[5]
  • At the end of the season, the IFA decided to set the number of team in each division to 16 (except for Liga Gimel, in which the number of club in each division was set by the number of clubs registering for the season). This meant that Liga Leumit was expanded from 15 clubs to 16 and both Liga Alef division were expanded from 14 clubs to 16 clubs.

Domestic leagues

Promotion and relegation

The following promotions and relegations took place at the end of the season:

Domestic cups

Israel State Cup

The 1963–64 Israel State Cup, which stated on 21 September 1963, was delayed by a series of appeals on third round results which were settled only by June 1963, forcing the competition to be carried over to the next season.

National Teams

1964 Summer Olympics qualification

The national team competed in the Asian zone of the 1964 Summer Olympics qualification and was drawn to play South Vietnam in the first round. After winning 1–0 in Saigon,[6] Israel suffered a shock 0–2 defeat in Ramat Gan and was eliminated from qualification.[7]

1964 AFC Asian Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Israel (H) 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Champions
2  India 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 4
3  South Korea 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
4  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source:
(H) Host.

1963–64 matches

29 December 1963 Ol. Q.		 South Vietnam  0–1  Israel Saigon
Young  20' Stadium: Republic Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: de Silva

17 March 1964 Ol. Q.		 Israel  0–2  South Vietnam Ramat Gan
Nguyễn Văn Quang  27'
Nguyễn Văn Ngôn  41'		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gürüz

17 May 1964 Unofficial		 Israel  0–4 England U-23  Ramat Gan
Report
(in Hebrew)		 Hinton  3', 46'
Tambling  10'
Hurst  12'		 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Monastiriotis

26 May 1964 Asian Cup		 Israel  1–0  Hong Kong Ramat Gan
Spiegler  76' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nice

29 May 1964 Asian Cup		 Israel  2–0  India Tel Aviv
Spiegler  29' (pen.)Aharoni  76' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Li Pak Tung

3 June 1964 Asian Cup		 Israel  2–1  South Korea Ramat Gan
Leon  20'Tish  38' Lee Soon-Myung  79' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nassiri
First round
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 6
 South Korea 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 4
 Japan 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
 Thailand 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source:
Final

28 April 1964 U19 Asian Cup		 Israel  0–0  Burma Saigon
Stadium: Republic Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Note: Cup shared

References
  1. Leon, D. Borsok and Seltzer Were Arrested by the Military Police on Suspicions of I.D. Falsification Aharon Lahav, Davar, 13 April 1964, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. The "Scandal Players" Were Not Allowed to Play in Saigon Dov Atzmon, Davar, 19 April 1964, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. Member of the FA Youth Committee Was Arrested Regarding the Falsifications Herut, 6 May 1964, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. An Indictment Was Filed in the Footballers' "Age Falsification" Affair Herut, 6 July 1964, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  5. Ben-Dror Cleared in the "Football Trial"; Borsok, Seltzer and Vilenski Were Found Guilty Yigal Lev, Ma'ariv, 1 February 1965, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  6. A Pale Match Gave an Unconvincing Victory of Vietnam Yehuda Gabai, Ma'ariv, 30 December 1963, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. The Over Confidence Cost Dearly Yesha'ayahu Porat, Ma'ariv, 18 March 1964, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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