1954–55 Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. season

The 1954–55 Maccabi Petah Tikva season was the club's 44th season since its establishment in 1912, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Maccabi Petah Tikva
1954–55 season
ManagerEliezer Spiegel
StadiumMaccabi Ground, Petah Tikva
Liga Alefnot completed
State Cupnot completed
Top goalscorerLeague:
Shalom Bernard
Amnon Carmeli (5)

All:
Eliezer Spiegel
Amnon Carmeli (6)

During the season, the club competed in Liga Alef (top division) and the State Cup. In addition, the team took part, along with Hapoel Petah Tikva, on a tour to Cyprus.

Review and events

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  • On 24 September 1954 a team of players from both Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Petah Tikva departed for a tour of Cyprus, without the consent of the IFA. The Hapoel organization sent a telegram forbidding the participation of Hapoel players in any match, and the team played as Maccabi Petah Tikva.[1]
    After returning to Israel, Maccabi Petah Tikva was banned for 6 months for its part of the tour, while Hapoel Petah Tikva received a fine of 50 pounds.[2] As a result of the ban, the entire squad of the club was transferred to Maccabi Ein Ganim,[3] which played several friendly matches until the ban was lifted as part of a general pardon given by the IFA in December and the club reverted to its name.[4]
  • On 10 January 1955, the IFA ordered to replay a match from the previous season between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva.[5] The Original match, which was played on 26 December 1953 and ended with a 3–2 win for Haifa, was claimed to be fixed, to allow Maccabi Haifa to win.[6] Maccabi Haifa won the rematch 4–1.[7]
  • Petah Tikva XI, a team composed of players from Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Petah Tikva played three matches against visiting foreign teams: Against Beşiktaş on 20 September 1954, losing 0–2,[8] against Udarnik Sofia on 16 October 1954, losing 2–3,[9] and against AC Omonia on 27 May 1955, winning 4–1.[10]

Match Results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef

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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.[11]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

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Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 20 9 8 3 37 17 2.18 26
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 20 9 5 6 48 36 1.33 23
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 20 8 6 6 27 24 1.13 22
6 Maccabi Haifa 20 8 5 7 36 29 1.24 21
7 Maccabi Netanya 20 7 7 6 39 39 1.00 21

Source:[12]

Matches

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1953–54 Liga Alef
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15 January 1955 Maccabi Haifa 4–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Kfar Saba
Held   1', 58'
Hardy   42', 65'
Report   17' Scharf Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Aharon Werner
1954–55 Liga Alef
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12 February 1955 2 Hapoel Hadera 2–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Hadera
Halfon   72'
Weinberg   90'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Dudkevich
26 February 1955 4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–0 Hapoel Haifa Petah Tikva
Bernard   38', 72'
Nadel   90'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Frizner
5 March 1955 5 Maccabi Rehovot 1–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Rehovot
Vider   28' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: G. Cohen
12 March 1955 6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff   67' Report (p. 8)   75' Bernard Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
19 March 1955 7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
Turkenitz   28' (pen.)
Carmeli   54'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Frizner
2 April 1955 8 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–2 Maccabi Petah Tikva Kfar Saba
  34' Scharf
  83' Ben Dror
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Levichter
9 April 1955 9 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan Petah Tikva
Turkenitz   67' (pen.) Report (p. 8) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Cohen
13 April 1955 10 Maccabi Netanya 2–2 Maccabi Petah Tikva Netanya
H. Meller   55', 80' Report (p. 4)   22' Spiegel
  40' Nadel
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Metzler
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 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–2 Beitar Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Spiegel   8'
Rabinson   24'
Turkenitz   63' (pen.)
Carmeli   68'
Report (p. 8)   12' Bar-Zion
  17' HaMeiri
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Parnas
30 April 1955 13 Maccabi Haifa 0–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
Report   35' Carmeli Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dudkevich
14 May 1955 14 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva
Kofman   68' Report (p. 8)   1' Carmeli Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Frizner
21 May 1955 15 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–1 Hapoel Hadera Petah Tikva
Ben Dror   37' Report (p. 8)   27' Afgin Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fried
4 June 1955 16 Hapoel Balfouria 0–3 Maccabi Petah Tikva Afula
Report (p. 8)   14' Levkovich
  23' Schneidmesser
  40' Bernard
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Cohen
11 June 1955 17 Hapoel Haifa 3–0 (w/o)
(abandoned)
Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
Nestenfober   28'
Orbach   31'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Werner
18 June 1955 18 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–2 Maccabi Rehovot Petah Tikva
Report (p. 8)   2' Litvak
  19' Shrager
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Scheindling
26 June 1955 19 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–4 Hapoel Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Spiegel   87' Report (p. 8)   20', 35', 71' Michaelov
  55' Rosenbaum
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Frizner
3 July 1955 20 Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Jerusalem
Elfasi   85' (pen.) Report (p. 8)   32' Bernard Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Cohen

Results by match

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Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultLLWWLDWWWDDWWDDWLLLD
Position1114116101075455433444455
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

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26 March 1955 Round 3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–2 Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv Petah Tikva
Schneidmesser   15'
Spiegel   68'
Turkenitz   90' (pen.)
Gitzi   27'
Mori   65'
Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ashkenazi
28 May 1955 Round 4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–1 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Petah Tikva
Spiegel   6'
Scharf   26', 59'
Carmeli   54'
  20' Ben-David Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Zahavi

References

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  1. ^ Petah Tikva XI Plays in Cyprus Without the FA's Consent Herut, 1 October 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Maccabi P.T. Punished for Six Months Over an "Underground" Tour of Cyprus Hadshot HaSport, 14 November 1954, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ P.T. Players Will Appear Under the Name of Ein Ganim Hadshot HaSport, 17 October 1954, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Draw of the League Matches – on 24 December Hadshot HaSport, 19 December 1954, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ The League Match Maccabi Haifa-P.T. Will Be Replayed This Saturday in Kfar Saba Hadshot HaSport, 12 January 1955 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ The Scandal in Haifa[permanent dead link] Herut, 3 January 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi P.T. 4:1 (2:1)[permanent dead link] Ma'ariv, 16 January 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ Petah Tikva XI Beaten by Besiktas 2:0 Al HaMishmar, 20 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  9. ^ Udarnik Wins 3:2 – After 2:0 to P.T. at the 5th Minute Yechiel Arazi, 17 October 1954, Hadshot HaSport, p.1 (in Hebrew)
  10. ^ P.T.-Omonia 4:1 Hadshot HaSport, 29 May 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  11. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  12. ^ Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)