The 1954–55 Maccabi Tel Aviv season was the club's 49th season since its establishment, in 1906, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.
| 1954–55 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Jerry Beit haLevi |
| Stadium | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| Liga Alef | not completed |
| State Cup | not completed |
| Top goalscorer | League: Yehoshua Glazer (25) All: Yehoshua Glazer (30) |
During the season, the club competed in Liga Alef (top division) and the State Cup. In addition, the club played in the privately organized Shapira Cup, a four-club league competition and took tours to Italy and England (the later while being billed as Maccabi Israel).
Review and events edit
- On August 1954, Maccabi Tel Aviv departed for a tour of Italy, intending to play Lazio, Torino, Roma and Napoli. However, the matches against Torino and Roma were cancelled,[1] and the team returned home after playing just two matches in Italy, drawing 0–0 with Lazio and losing 1–7 to Napoli, and one more match, en route home, a 1–1 draw against RC Paris, which was Ernst Happel's first match for RC Paris.[2]
- A Maccabi XI, composed of the best players affiliated with Maccabi clubs, most of them from Maccabi Tel Aviv, took a tour of England between 21 October and 7 November 1954. Maccabi lost all four matches during the tour, including a 0–10 defeat to Wolves and was criticized heavily for arranging the tour and the pick of its opponents.[3]
- During December 1954 and January 1955, as no league matches were played due to a dispute between Hapoel, Maccabi and Beitar factions in the IFA, Hapoel Tel Aviv organized a league competition for the top Tel Aviv teams, Hapoel, Maccabi, Beitar and Maccabi Jaffa. The competition was played as a double round-robin tournament, with the top placed team winning the cup, named after former Hapoel Tel Aviv treasurer, Yosef Shapira. Maccabi Tel Aviv won four matches and lost two, finishing second.[4]
- In early May 1955, Brazilian team Associação Atlética Portuguesa visited Israeli, playing three matches, the first of which against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Brazilians beat Maccabi 3–0,[5] and a joint Maccabi-Hapoel team 4–0.[6]
Match results edit
Legend edit
Win Draw Loss
Liga Alef edit
League matches began on 6 February 1955, and by the time the season, only 20 rounds of matches were completed, delaying the end of the league season to the next season.[7]
League table (as of 2 July 1955) edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 20 | 3.400 | 31 |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 2.533 | 30 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 2.176 | 26 |
| 4 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 36 | 1.333 | 23 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 1.125 | 22 |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 1955. Source: Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)
Matches edit
| 5 February 1955 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–1 | Maccabi Netanya | Tel Aviv |
Studinski  15', 88' Levi 31' Halivner 46' Glazer 50' Israeli 67' |
Report (p. 8) | 44' Caspi |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cohen |
| 12 February 1955 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1–4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Jerusalem |
| Yehezkel 15' |
Report (p. 8) | 27' (pen.) Schneor 36', 71' Glazer 86' (o.g.) Mizrahi |
Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Levichter |
| 19 February 1955 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–1 | Beitar Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Rabinovich 12' Israeli 18' Studinski 85' |
Report (p. 8) | 46' Huli |
Stadium: Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Klein |
| 26 February 1955 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 1–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Haifa |
| Ben-Tzvi 73' (pen.) |
Report | 30', 70' Israeli 90' Glazer |
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cohen |
| 5 March 1955 5 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
| Stelmach 3' Kofman 42' |
Report (p. 8) | 12' Glazer |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Levichter |
| 12 March 1955 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Hapoel Hadera | Tel Aviv |
| Barzilai 70' (o.g.) |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Asa |
| 19 March 1955 7 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 12–0 | Hapoel Balfouria | Tel Aviv |
| Schneor 4', 19', 53', 71', 76', 80' Glazer 12', 23' Studinski 18' Israeli 38', 39', 65' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium |
| 2 April 1955 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 1–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Haifa |
| Shamir 10' |
26' Turika 70' Studinski |
Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Referee: Dudkevich |
| 9 April 1955 9 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Rehovot | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 25' Studinski 42' |
Report (p. 8) | 46' Steuermann |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Levinger |
| 13 April 1955 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Yehudayoff 11' Rosenbaum 78' |
Report (p. 4) | 26' Glazer |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sher |
| 16 April 1955 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Dobrin 28' Reznik 82' (pen.) |
Report (p. 8) | 30' (pen.) Spiegel 48' Bernard |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Werner |
| 23 April 1955 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Kfar Saba |
| Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Klein |
| 30 April 1955 13 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 9', 24', 29', 38' Israeli 33' Dobrin 67' |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Levichter |
| 14 May 1955 14 | Maccabi Netanya | 2–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Netanya |
| M. Cohen 10' I. Caspi 75' |
Report (p. 8) | 3', 62' Glazer |
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Levinger |
| 21 May 1955 15 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Beitar Jerusalem | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 16', 81' Studinski 58', 69' Levi 73' Stiemer 87' (o.g.) |
Report (p. 8) | Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Werner |
| 4 June 1955 16 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 3–0 (w/o) (abandoned) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Report (p. 8) | 5' Glazer 36' (pen.) Turika |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Sher |
| 11 June 1955 17 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–2 | Maccabi Haifa | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 77' |
Report | 51' Tenenmaum 62' (pen.) Ben-Tzvi |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Fried |
| 18 June 1955 18 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Tel Aviv |
| Israeli 33' Glazer 43' |
Report (p. 8) | 17' Stelmach |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Frizner |
| 26 June 1955 19 | Hapoel Hadera | 1–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hadera |
| Salomon 55' |
Report (p. 8) | 25', 90' Studinski |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rosenbaum |
| 3 July 1955 20 | Hapoel Balfouria | 2–9 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Afula |
| Levin 26' Kochavi 54' |
Report (p. 8) | 14', 19', 50', 61', 70' (pen.), 75' Glazer 35' Israeli 40', 58' Studinski |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zahavi |
Results by match edit
State Cup edit
| 26 March 1955 Round 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Hakoah Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Schneor 6', 85' Matania 11' (pen.) Rabinovich 31', 82' Israeli 33' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium |
| 28 May 1955 Round 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6–0 | Bnei Yehuda | Tel Aviv |
| Glazer 9', 51' Turika 53' (pen.) Israeli 66', 73', 83' |
Stadium: Basa Stadium |
Shapira Cup edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (W) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 10 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2.000 | 8 |
| 3 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 4 |
| 4 | Maccabi Jaffa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0.294 | 2 |
Results edit
| 4 December 1954 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5–1 | Maccabi Jaffa | Tel Aviv |
| Levinson 26' (o.g.) Studinski 29', 85' Glazer 54' Israeli 83' |
65' B. Cohen |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ben Rubi |
| 11 December 1954 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Beitar Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Schneor 2' Glazer 87' |
67' Gleit |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Werner |
| 18 December 1954 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Rosenbaum 15' Fuchs 46' |
90' Reznik |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ben-Rubi |
| 25 December 1954 4 | Maccabi Jaffa | 1–5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Miranda 29' |
15', 87', 89' Studinski 20' Nahmias 62' Glazer |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 |
| 8 January 1955 5 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 2–1 abandoned | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Huli 40' Bar-Zion 58' |
38' Reznik |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dudkevich |
| 15 January 1955 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv |
| Reznik 10' Schweitzer 15' (o.g.) |
81' Rosenbaum |
Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cohen |
References edit
- ^ Today: Napoli–Maccabi T.A. Al HaMishmar, 12 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Today: Two Minutes Before the Whistle The Equalizing Goal Was Score in the Maccabi Racing Match Al HaMishmar, 21 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ The Great Disgrace of the Israeli Football Al HaMishmar, 31 October 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hadshot HaSport, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Atletico – Maccabi 3:0 Hadshot HaSport, 5 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Atletico Had Beaten Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv Team – 4:0 Hadshot HaSport, 11 May 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
- ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)