1955–56 Hapoel Ramat Gan F.C. season

The 1955–56 Hapoel Ramat Gan season was the club's 30th season since its establishment in 1927, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Hapoel Ramat Gan
1955–56 season
ManagerHaim Reich
StadiumHaMakhtesh Stadium
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)
10th
9th
State CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerKirschenberg (12)

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 10th. The new league season, with the top division being renamed Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club finishing 9th.[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated Maccabi Petah Tikva in the quarter finals, winning 1–0 in extra time,[2][3] and losing at the semi-final to Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–2.[4]

In addition, during the break between the completion of the 1954–55 league and the beginning of the 1955–56 league, the club participated in the Netanya 25th anniversary cup, along with Beitar Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ramat Gan. In the competition, which was played as a round-robin tournament, the club finished second.[5]

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

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.[6]

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
8 Maccabi Rehovot 26 11 4 11 49 48 1.02 26
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

Matches

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3 September 1955 21 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Weiss   22', 86' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dudkevich
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Ramat Gan 5–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Givatayim
R. Cohen   40', 75'
Fritzner   47', 66'
Pulaver   80'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fried
24 September 1955 23 Hapoel Ramat Gan 4–3 Hapoel Kfar Saba Givatayim
Chronsich   3', 47'
R. Cohen   23'
Fritzner   74'
Report (p. 8)   43' H. Glazer
  50' Tobiash
  51' Bulman
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
1 October 1955 24 Beitar Jerusalem 0–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Jerusalem
Report (p. 8)   57' R. Cohen Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frizner
8 October 1955 25 Maccabi Netanya 5–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Netanya
I. Caspi   47', 68'
M. Cohen   50', 70'
Yehezkel   82'
Report (p. 8)   52' Fritzner Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Werner
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Givatayim
Kirschenberg   38' (pen.) Report (p. 8)   24' Rabinovich
  50' Israeli
  69' (pen.) Merimovich
  73' R. Levi
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fritzner

Results by match

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultLWLLWLDWLLWLLDLWWWDLLWWWLW
Position14991181111891181012121211109911111099910
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
7 Beitar Tel Aviv 22 10 0 12 42 44 0.95 20
8 Maccabi Netanya 22 9 2 11 31 44 0.70 20
9 Hapoel Ramat Gan 22 9 0 13 28 42 0.67 18
10 Maccabi Jaffa 22 6 5 11 39 48 0.81 17 Promotion/relegation play-offs
11 Maccabi Rehovot 22 6 1 15 25 64 0.39 13 Relegated to Liga Alef

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Givatayim
  32' Rosenbaum Stadium: Hamakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher
10 December 1955 2 Maccabi Rehovot 1–2 Hapoel Ramat Gan Rehovot
Litvak   66' (pen.)   41' Chronsich
  88' (pen.) Kirschenberg
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Nahman Cohen
17 December 1955 3 Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–0 Hapoel Haifa Givatayim
Kirschenberg   76' (pen.) Stadium: Hamakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Dudkevich
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Nahmias   88' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–3 Maccabi Petah Tikva Givatayim
  47' (o.g.) Manar
  74', 82' Nadel
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Werner
7 January 1956 6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Petah Tikva
Mizrahi   27'
Stelmach   46'
Kofman   60'
Report Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Yunes
14 January 1956 7 Maccabi Jaffa 2–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Herschkovitz   32'
B. Cohen   55'
  19' Pulaver Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Sher
21 January 1956 8 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Givatayim
  6' (pen.) Elmaliah
  23', 60' Bar Zion
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cohen
11 February 1956 9 Hapoel Ramat Gan 4–2 Maccabi Netanya Givatayim
Chronsich   17', 60'
I. Kirschenberg   30' (pen.)
Radler   70'
  46' Shrager
  72' I. Caspi
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Hillman
18 February 1956 10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–2 Hapoel Ramat Gan Kfar Saba
H. Glazer   74' (pen.)   63' (pen.) I. Kirschenberg
  65' Kofetz
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Ben-Rubi
25 February 1956 11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–1 Maccabi Haifa Givatayim
  36' Hardy Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Fritzner
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Michaelov   60', 73' Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hoze
10 March 1956 13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–2 Maccabi Rehovot Givatayim
Mesika   11'
Kirschenberg   33'
Migdalovich   54'
  23' (pen.) Litvak
  43' Lieber
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Hillman
17 March 1956 14 Hapoel Haifa 2–3 Hapoel Ramat Gan Haifa
Martin   26' (pen.)
Nestenfober   57'
  15' Mesika
  60' Migdalovich
  86' Kirschenberg
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Werner
7 April 1956 17 Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–5 Hapoel Petah Tikva Givatayim
Mesika   19'
Kirschenberg   60'
  6' Kofman
  37', 72' Stelmach
  42' Ratzabi
  55' Varon
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Werner
14 April 1956 18 Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–5 Maccabi Jaffa Givatayim
Mesika   50'
Kirschenberg   88'
  21', 22', 31' B. Cohen
  33' Kalev
  60' Aroyo
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Dudkevitch
22 April 1956 19 Beitar Tel Aviv 1–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Elmaliah   37' Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Werner
19 May 1956 20 Maccabi Netanya 0–3 Hapoel Ramat Gan Netanya
  32' Rozin
  37' R. Cohen
  41' Tsalala
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Schwartz
2 June 1956 22 Maccabi Haifa 3–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Haifa
S. Levi   32'
Menchel   38'
Hardy   65'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Werner

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLWWLLLLLWWLLWWWLLLLWWL
Position1275789111210910119999998998
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

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27 August 1955 QF Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 (a.e.t.) Hapoel Ramat Gan Petah Tikva
Report (p. 8)   119' (o.g.) Buch Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Markovich
22 October 1955 SF Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Chirik   32'
Stelmach   86'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher

Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup

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In October and November, while the promotion playoffs and the State Cup were being played, two cup competitions were organized by Liga Leumit Clubs, the second edition of the Shapira Cup, and the Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup. Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Ramat Gan and Hapoel Ramat Gan took part in the competition, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Netanya.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3 2 1 0 14 5 2.800 5 Winners
2 Hapoel Ramat Gan 3 1 1 1 8 7 1.143 3
3 Maccabi Netanya 3 1 1 1 5 7 0.714 3
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 3 0 1 2 7 15 0.467 1
29 October 1955 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan 5–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Givatayim
Chronsich   3', 78'
Kirschenberg   11' (pen.), 69', 73'
Report (p. 8)   20' Osherov
  57' Emaliah
Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Metzler
5 November 1955 2 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Petah Tikva
I. Caspi   10', 51'
Orenstein  , 79'
Report (p. 8)  , 9' Mordechovich Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi
12 November 1955 3 Hapoel Ramat Gan 2–2 Maccabi Petah Tikva Netanya
I. Ben-Dror   43'
Levkovich   81'
Report (p. 8)   52' Radler
  67' Chronsich
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rosenbaum

References

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  1. ^ Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Many Went to Jaffa – and Missed a Drama in P.T. Izhar Brener, 31 August 1955, Hadshot HaSport, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Chirik Began – Stelmach Finished Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ A Final Table of the Netanya Anniversary Cup Hadshot HaSport, 13 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)