1955–56 Hapoel Balfouria F.C. season

Hapoel Balfouria
1955–56 season
StadiumHapoel Ground, Afula
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Alef (1956)		14th
12th
State Cupnot completed

The 1955–56 Hapoel Balfouria season was the club's 13th season since its establishment, in 1942, and 8th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 14th (out of 14), which meant the club relegated to the second division, which was renamed Liga Alef, and played in this division during the remainder of the season, finishing 12th (out of 12), relegating to the third division ahead of the next season.

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

1954–55 Liga Alef

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.[1]

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
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
13 Hapoel Hadera 26 7 2 17 36 53 0.68 16 Relegated to Liga Alef
14 Hapoel Balfouria 26 3 2 21 32 129 0.25 8

Matches

3 September 1955 21 Hapoel Balfouria 1–8 Beitar Tel Aviv Afula
Bentov 85' Report (p. 8) 27' Huli
34', 39', 51', 57' (pen.), 79' Emaliah
44', 56' Bar-Zion		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 600
Referee: Moshe Cohen
10 September 1955 22 Hapoel Balfouria 0–6 Maccabi Haifa Afula
Report (p. 8) 7' Hardy
19', 82' Fuchs
31' (pen.) Ben-Tzvi
73', 88' Held		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Markovich
24 September 1955 23 Hapoel Petah Tikva 13–2 Hapoel Balfouria Petah Tikva
Chirik 3', 23', 42'
Kofman 22', 73'
Markus 26', 53', 81'
Stelmach 28', 77', 85', 89'
Zelikovich 58'		 Report (p. 8) 18' Dubnov
57' Tal		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Zahavi
1 October 1955 24 Hapoel Hadera 5–1 Hapoel Balfouria Hadera
Weinberg 21' (pen.)
Halfon 51'
Afgin 63'
Piterman 65'
Gertner 85'		 Report (p. 8) 73' Tal Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Moshe Cohen
8 October 1955 25 Hapoel Balfouria 4–2 Beitar Jerusalem Afula
Kochavi 34'
Tal 38', 88'
Bentov 61' (pen.)		 Report (p. 8) 41' Zion
86' Elfasi		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 800
Referee: Scheindling
15 October 1955 26 Hapoel Haifa 3–1 Hapoel Balfouria Haifa
Diamant 35'
M. Simantiris 41'
Schneid 61'		 Report (p. 8) 80' (o.g.) Ben-Nun Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zahavi

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ResultLLLDLLLLDLWLWLLLLLLLLLLLWL
Position1013141314141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1955–56 Liga Alef

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
8 Maccabi Ramat Gan 22 7 6 9 31 34 0.91 20
9 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 22 9 2 11 31 40 0.78 20 Relegation play-offs
10 Beitar Jerusalem 21 7 3 11 26 45 0.58 17
11 Hapoel Ra'anana 22 6 4 12 20 49 0.41 16 Relegated to
Liga Bet
12 Hapoel Balfouria 22 5 3 14 29 44 0.66 13

An 18th round match between Hapoel Nahariya and Beitar Jerusalem wasn't played due to misunderstanding between the teams regarding the time of the match,[2] and was left unplayed at the end of the season.[3]

Matches

3 December 1955 1 Hapoel Balfouria 0–4 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda Afula
11' Atwar
33' Z. Ratzabi
46' Gluska
60' S. Ratzabi		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 400
Referee: Hoze
10 December 1955 2 Hapoel Rehovot 2–1 Hapoel Balfouria Rehovot
Yefet 28'
Garameh 44'		 52' Tsalala
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Ramat Gan 3–2 Hapoel Balfouria Ramat Gan
Saporta 12'
Barbalat 14', 32'		 24' Mashiah
67' Tal		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ben-Rubi
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Kiryat Haim 3–0 Hapoel Balfouria Haifa
7 January 1956 6 Hapoel Balfouria 1–3 Hakoah Tel Aviv Afula
14 January 1956 7 Hapoel Balfouria 1–2 Hapoel Jerusalem Afula
21 January 1956 8 Hapoel Hadera 4–2 Hapoel Balfouria Hadera
4 February 1956 9 Ahva Notzrit Haifa 1–0 Hapoel Balfouria Haifa
11 February 1956 10 Hapoel Balfouria 3–0 Hapoel Ra'anana Afula
18 February 1956 11 Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 Hapoel Balfouria Jerusalem
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
3 March 1956 12 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 1–1 Hapoel Balfouria Petah Tikva
Atwar 68' 25' Mashiah
10 March 1956 13 Hapoel Balfouria 2–0 Hapoel Rehovot Afula
Mashiah 15'
Kopler 75'
17 March 1956 14 Hapoel Nahariya 0–0 Hapoel Balfouria
24 March 1956 15 Hapoel Balfouria 2–1 Maccabi Ramat Gan Afula
Mashiah 40'
Tenenbaum 88'		 18' Azani
31 March 1956 16 Hapoel Balfouria 4–0 Hapoel Kiryat Haim Afula
7 April 1956 17 Hakoah Tel Aviv 3–1 Hapoel Balfouria
14 April 1956 18 Hapoel Jerusalem 4–0
[note 1]		 Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem
Yatzkan 14' (pen.)
Fruchtman 40', 58'
Mizrahi 41'		 Stadium: Katamon Stadium
Referee: Ben Yehuda
22 April 1956 19 Hapoel Balfouria 3–1 Hapoel Hadera Afula
19 May 1956 20 Hapoel Balfouria 2–3 Ahva Notzrit Haifa Afula
27 May 1956 21 Hapoel Ra'anana 3–1 Hapoel Balfouria
2 June 1956 22 Hapoel Balfouria 0–1 Beitar Jerusalem Balfouria
48' Babayoff
24 July 1956 3 Hapoel Balfouria 2–4 Hapoel Nahariya Afula
Mashiah 39'
S. Farkas 59'		 [7] 18' (o.g.) Y. Farkas
59' Gardosh
69' Berkovic
72' (pen.) Isaac		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 300
Referee: HaMeiri

Results by match

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultLLLLLLLLLWDDWDWWLLWLLL
Position1212111212121212121212121211101091110121212
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 1956. Source: IFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notes

  1. ^ The match was abandoned at the 70th minute after the referee sent two of Hapoel Balfouria players off.[4] Hapoel Balfouria appealed the result and the match was set to be replayed,[5][6] but eventually gave up its claims regarding the match.

References

  1. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Liga Alef Justified Its Existence Herut, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Hapoel J-m –Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Hapoel Balfouria's Appeal Given Ma'ariv, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ The Trick That Didn't Work… Herut, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ Replay Match in Liga Alef: Hapoel Nahariya – Hapoel Balfouria 4:2 (1:1) Davar, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)