1954–55 Hapoel Balfouria F.C. season

Hapoel Balfouria
1954–55 season
StadiumHapoel Ground, Afula
Liga Alefnot completed
State CupIntermediate Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Reuven Tal (5)
All: Reuven Tal (6)

The 1954–55 Hapoel Balfouria season was the club's 13th season since its establishment, in 1906, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel. This was the club's second and last season in the top division.

During the season, the club competed in Liga Alef (top division) and the State Cup.

Review and events

  • Before the beginning of the season, the club merged with Hapoel Afula.[1] The club kept the name Hapoel Balfouria, although it was also called Hapoel Balfouria/Afula.[2]
  • As the club finished bottom at the end of the previous season, the club was initially placed in Liga Bet, and started the season in this division on 8 January 1955.[3] However, as the IFA reprieved the club from relegation as part of the settlement reached to eliminate the dispute that interrupted IFA activities,[4][5] the club was returned to Liga Alef, and began the season anew in Liga Alef on 5 February 1955.

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef

Main article: 1954–55 Liga Alef

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.[6]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
10 Hapoel Haifa 20 6 6 8 31 35 0.89 18
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 20 7 3 10 23 27 0.85 17
12 Beitar Jerusalem 20 5 5 10 27 47 0.57 15
13 Hapoel Hadera 20 6 2 12 24 37 0.65 14
14 Hapoel Balfouria 20 2 2 16 23 92 0.25 6

Source:[7]

Matches

Liga Bet
9 January 1955 1 Hapoel Nahariya 3–1 Hapoel Balfouria Nahariya
Report (p. 8) Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sher
22 January 1955 1 Hapoel Balfouria 1–1 Hapoel Ra'anana Afula
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
29 January 1955 1 Hapoel Beit Lid 2–1 Hapoel Balfouria Netanya
Machluf 22'
Sasson 88'		 Report (p. 8) 48' Zussmann Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 700
Referee: Grauber
Liga Alef
5 February 1955 1 Maccabi Rehovot 6–1 Hapoel Balfouria Rehovot
Litvak 18', 65'
Vider 70', 78'
Shrager 80', 82'		 Report (p. 8) 47' Tal Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 600
Referee: Rosenbaum
12 February 1955 2 Hapoel Balfouria 0–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Afula
Report 21', 62' Rosenbaum Stadium: Hapoel Ground
19 February 1955 3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–1 Hapoel Balfouria Petah Tikva
Carmeli 9'
Scharf 58'		 25' Tzur Stadium: Maccabi Ground
26 February 1955 4 Hapoel Balfouria 4–4 Hapoel Kfar Saba Afula
Gordon 6' (pen.)
Levin 14'
Kochavi 47'
Tal 68'		 Report (p. 8) 62', 76' Meirman
65' (pen.), 81' Schmilovich		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sher
5 March 1955 5 Hapoel Ramat Gan 6–0 Hapoel Balfouria Givataim
Chechik 13', 70'
Kurik 41'
Menasherov 46', 76'
Pulaver 75'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Stern
12 March 1955 6 Hapoel Balfouria 2–4 Maccabi Netanya Afula
Kohavi 59'
Kushnir 84'		 17' M. Cohen
29', 68' Orenstein
38' H. Meller		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
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 Beitar Tel Aviv 6–1 Hapoel Balfouria Tel Aviv
Huli 8', 21', 24'
Elmaliah 55', 57', 90'		 89' Gordon Stadium: Basa Stadium
7 April 1955 9 Maccabi Haifa 1–1 Hapoel Balfouria Haifa
Eichenboim 17' (o.g.) Report 83' Tal Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Halperin
13 April 1955 10 Hapoel Balfouria 1–5 Hapoel Petah Tikva Afula
Tal 74' Report (p. 4) 13' Haldi
56' Chirik
60' Kofman
73', 76' Stelmach		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Harap
16 April 1955 11 Hapoel Balfouria 3–1 Hapoel Hadera Afula
Tal 15'
Kochavi 24'
Kushnir 66'		 Report (p. 8) 57' Salomon Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Markovich
23 April 1955 12 Beitar Jerusalem 6–1 Hapoel Balfouria Jerusalem
Yehezkel 20', 49', 53', 65', 68'
Zion 54'		 Report (p. 8) Kochavi 90' Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Asa
30 April 1955 13 Hapoel Balfouria 2–1 Hapoel Haifa Afula
Tal 47'
Yeshu'a 86'		 Report (p. 8) 74' Schneid Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
14 May 1955 14 Hapoel Balfouria 0–1 Maccabi Rehovot Afula
57' Schmilovich Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Scheindling
21 May 1955 15 Hapoel Tel Aviv 8–1 Hapoel Balfouria Tel Aviv
Rosenbaum 5', 35', 54', 76'
Weiss 42', 43', 45'
Alaluf 77'		 Report (p. 8) 46' Dubnov Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stern
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 Kfar Saba 6–1 Hapoel Balfouria Kfar Saba
Avrutski 1', 70', 78'
Tzahobel 11', 35'
Edelstein 20' (o.g.)		 Report (p. 8) 53' Zussmann Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Zahavi
18 June 1955 18 Hapoel Balfouria 1–3 Hapoel Ramat Gan Afula
Zahavi 47' Report (p. 8) 17' Radler
35' Chronsich
70' Tsalala		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sher
26 June 1955 19 Maccabi Netanya 6–1 Hapoel Balfouria Netanya
H. Meller 15'
Y. Spiegel 52', 84'
I. Caspi 61' (pen.)
M. Cohen 80', 85'		 Report (p. 8) 90' Zahavi Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Metzler
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

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ResultLLLDLLLLDLWLWLLLLLLL
Position1013141314141414141414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

Main article: 1954–55 Israel State Cup
26 March 1955 Round 3 Hapoel Balfouria 3–1 (a.e.t.) Hapoel Ra'anana Afula
Levi 86'
Tal 111'
Mashiach 117'		 44' Nahari Stadium: Hapoel Ground
10 July 1955 Int. Round Hapoel Petah Tikva w/o Hapoel Balfouria Petah Tikva
Stadium: Hapoel Ground

References

  1. ^ The FA Activated Ma'ariv 29 August 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Friendly Matches Al HaMishmar, 4 September 1954, p.3, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Liga Bet Matches Started Hadshot HaSport, 9 January 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ The Football Conflict Is Eliminated - 14 Teams Will Begin Liga Alef Matches Next Saturday Hadshot HaSport, 30 January 1955, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Peace Returned to the Football Association[permanent dead link‍] Ma'ariv, 30 January 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)