1948–49 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

Maccabi Tel Aviv
1948–49 season
ManagerJerry Beit haLevi
StadiumMaccabiah Stadium, Tel Aviv
State CupQuarter-final

The 1948–49 season was Maccabi Tel Aviv's 43rd season since its establishment, in 1906, and first since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Due to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, civil footballing activities didn't start until spring 1949, with cup matches beginning on 9 April 1949[1] and league matches on 28 May 1949.[2] The club played its first match of the season on 8 January 1949, in a friendly against the Air Force XI.[3]

Israeli League

Date Opponent Venue Result[4] Scorers Position
4 June 1949 Maccabi Petah Tikva H 6–2 Aharon Sidi (2), Yosef Merimovich (2), Eli Fuchs, Hazkelevich 3
11 June 1949 Hapoel Haifa A 0–1 6
18 June 1949 Maccabi Rishon LeZion A 3–0 Yehoshua Glazer, Aharon Sidi, Shmuel Israeli 6
25 June 1949 Hapoel Petah Tikva A 2–3 Hazkelevich (2) 6
9 July 1949 Maccabi Rehovot H 2–2 Hazkelevich, Yehoshua Glazer 7
16 July 1949 Hapoel Ramat Gan A 3–2 Shmuel Israeli, Eli Fuchs 5

After 16 July 1949, the IFA announced the beginning of the summer break, and league matches resume in September 1949.[5]

League Table (top half) as of 16 July 1949:

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Beitar Tel Aviv 6 5 0 1 26 3 10
2 Maccabi Petah Tikva 7 4 1 2 28 16 9
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 4 0 0 10 1 8
4 Hapoel Haifa 6 3 2 1 10 11 8
5 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 3 1 2 16 10 7
6 Hapoel Petah Tikva 7 3 1 3 10 19 7

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

State Cup

Date Round Leg Opponents H / A Result[4] Scorers
16 April 1949 Round 1 Leg 1 Maccabi Rehovot A 1–2 Zvi Studinski
23 April 1949 Round 1 Leg 2 Maccabi Rehovot H 2–0 Aharon Sidi (2)
8 May 1949 Round 1 P/O Maccabi Rehovot N 8–0 Eli Fuchs (3), Hazkelevich (2), Yehoshua Glazer, Yosef Merimovich, Aharon Sidi
16 April 1949 Quarter-finals Leg 1 Beitar Tel Aviv A 1–2 Eli Fuchs
16 April 1949 Quarter-finals Leg 2 Beitar Tel Aviv H 0–2

References

  1. ^ Tomorrow the First Round of the Army Cup Matches[permanent dead link‍] Al HaMishamr, 8 April 1949, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Beginning of Liga Alef Matches[permanent dead link‍] Al HaMishmar, 27 May 1948, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv Started Playing[permanent dead link‍] Lifa Leviathan, Herut, 9 January 1949, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ a b Maccabi Tel Aviv's score written first
  5. ^ In Sport[permanent dead link‍] Herut, 17 July 1949, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)