1955–56 Maccabi Jaffa F.C. season

The 1955–56 Maccabi Jaffa season was the club's 7th season since its establishment in 1949.

Maccabi Jaffa
1955–56 season
StadiumMaccabi Jaffa Ground, Tel Aviv
Bet South ('55)
Liga Leumit ('56)
1st
10th
Top goalscorerLeague: Baruch Cohen (21)
All: Baruch Cohen (26)

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 1st in its division and qualifying to the promotion/relegation play-offs against the 10th and 11th placed clubs in Liga Alef, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba, and the Liga Bet North winners, Hapoel Kiryat Haim.[1] Maccabi Jaffa topped the play-offs table and was promoted, for the first time in its existence, to the top division.[2]

At the end of the season, the club placed 10th (out of 12) in the league, which meant the club had to face promotion/relegation play-offs against the first placed team from Liga Alef, Hakoah Tel Aviv. Maccabi Jaffa won both play-off matches and stayed in Liga Leumit.[3][4]

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

1954–55 Liga Bet (south division)

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The league began on 8 January 1955, and by the time the previous season ended, only 18 rounds of matches were completed, with the final 4 rounds being played during September and October 1955.[5]

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Maccabi Jaffa 22 16 4 2 73 21 3.48 36 Promotion\relegation play-offs
2 Hakoah Tel Aviv 22 16 3 3 55 16 3.44 35
3 Hapoel Jerusalem 22 13 6 3 60 31 1.94 32
4 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 22 11 4 7 56 42 1.33 26
5 Hapoel Rehovot 22 10 4 8 62 44 1.41 24

Matches

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3 September 1955 19 YMCA Jerusalem 0–7 Maccabi Jaffa Jerusalem
Report (p. 8)   20', 47', 56', 60' B. Cohen
  5', 25' Ghougasian
  85' Gal
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fried
10 September 1955 20 Maccabi Jerusalem 4–3 Maccabi Jaffa Jerusalem
Aminoff   32', 50'
Yissachar   35'
Mois   70'
Report (p. 8)   15', 27' Miranda
  38' Ghougasian
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Greenberg
24 September 1955 21 Maccabi Jaffa 5–4 Hakoah Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Miranda   23'
Aroyo   47'
B. Cohen   52', 70'
Gal   80'
Report (p. 8)   46' Ashkenazi
  85' S. Levi
  89' Asa
  90' Sade
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Markovich
1 October 1955 22 Maccabi Jaffa 5–1 Beitar Jaffa Tel Aviv
Miranda   4', 33', 36', 58'
Hirsch   38'
Report (p. 8)   80' Malachi Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultWDWDWWWWWLWWWWDWDWWLWW
Position4544322223222221111211
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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Table
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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
1 Maccabi Jaffa 3 2 1 0 8 2 4.00 5 Liga Leumit
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3 1 2 0 5 3 1.67 4
3 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 3 1 1 1 5 7 0.71 3 Liga Alef
4 Beitar Jerusalem 3 0 0 3 3 9 0.33 0

Maccabi Jaffa promoted to Liga Leumit

Matches

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22 October 1955 1 Maccabi Jaffa 4–1 Hapoel Kiryat Haim Petah Tikva
Aroyo   36'
Miranda   78', 84'
B. Cohen   79'
Report (p. 8)   34' Handler Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Werner
29 October 1955 2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–1 Maccabi Jaffa Haifa
Glazer   58' Report (p. 8)   59' B. Cohen Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sher
5 November 1955 3 Maccabi Jaffa 3–0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
B. Cohen   34'
Miranda   41'
Kalev   53'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: N. Cohen

Final table

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
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
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 22 3 6 13 20 48 0.42 12

Matches

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3 December 1955 1 Maccabi Jaffa 1–2 Hapoel Haifa Tel Aviv
Gal   22'   3' Schneid
  55' Ben David
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
10 December 1955 2 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–0 Maccabi Jaffa Petah Tikva
Nadel   3'
Carmeli   43'
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Harp
17 December 1955 3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–2 Maccabi Jaffa Petah Tikva
Kofman   23', 50', 63'
Zelikovich   80'
  86' Ghougasian
  89' B. Cohen
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Markovich
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Jaffa 2–4 Beitar Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Aroyo   33'
B. Cohen   61'
  4', 40' Huli
  26' Arbiv
  30' (pen.) Elmaliah
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Werner
31 December 1955 5 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Reznik   73'   90' Aroyo Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sher
7 January 1956 6 Maccabi Jaffa 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Tel Aviv
Ghougasian   38', 78'
Miranda   61'
  53' Hardy
  85' Almani
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fried
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 Maccabi Netanya 2–0 Maccabi Jaffa Netanya
Sudek   44' (pen.)
Shrager   61'
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Werner
11 February 1956 9 Maccabi Jaffa 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
Miranda   46' (pen.)
Ghougasian   77'
  45' Rosenbaum
  56' (pen.) Balut
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: Frizner
18 February 1956 10 Maccabi Rehovot 3–1 Maccabi Jaffa Rehovot
Vider   13', 17'
Mansur   53'
  B. Cohen Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Schwartz
26 February 1956 11 Maccabi Jaffa 4–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba Tel Aviv
Gal   49'
Herschkovitz   53'
B. Cohen   83', 88'
  27' H. Glazer Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: M. Cohen
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Haifa 3–1 Maccabi Jaffa Haifa
Martin   25' (pen.)
Schneid   68'
Nestenfober   82'
  48' Ghougasian Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: M. Cohen
10 March 1956 13 Maccabi Jaffa 1–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Aroyo   23'   25' Rabinson Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dudkevich
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Jaffa 3–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Ghougasian   54', 69'
Aroyo   78'
  38' Kofman
  59', 63' Stelmach
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frizner
24 March 1956 15 Beitar Tel Aviv 4–0 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Huli   7'
Kurik   20'
Bar- Zion   34', 80'
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Werner
7 April 1956 17 Maccabi Haifa 5–1 Maccabi Jaffa Haifa
Held   10', 22', 87'
Menchel   45'
Hardy   67'
  34' B. Cohen Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
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 Maccabi Jaffa 2–3 Maccabi Netanya Tel Aviv
Aroyo   78'
Besserglick   81' (pen.)
  7', 42' Lemel
  11' Statski
Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Referee: M. Cohen
19 May 1956 20 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Ghougasian   42'
Kalev   50'
Stadium: Basa Stadium
Referee: Sher
27 May 1956 21 Maccabi Jaffa 6–1 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
B. Cohen   15', 42', 59', 61', 77'
Ghougasian   51'
  19' Litvak Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 3,500

Results by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLLLLDWWLDLWLDDLLLWLWWD
Position1012121212108991191010101011111111101010
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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9 June 1956 1 Maccabi Jaffa 3–1 Hakoah Tel Aviv Tel Aviv
B. Cohen   32', 53'
Kalev   72'
Davar   74' Ashkenazi Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Frizner
16 June 1956 2 Hakoah Tel Aviv 0–1 Maccabi Jaffa Tel Aviv
Davar   18' Ghougasian Stadium: Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Werner

Maccabi Jaffa won 4–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Hakoah Tel Aviv remained in Liga Alef.

References

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  1. ^ Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel K.H. – Liga Bet Champions Hadshot HaSport, 2 October 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Jaffa and Kfar Saba Promoted to Liga Leumit Hadshot HaSport, 6 November 1955, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Maccabi Jaffa – Hakoah T.A. 3:1 Davar, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Maccabi Jaffa had Beaten Hakoah T.A. 1:0 and stayed among the 10 Leumit Clubs Davar, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)