1955–56 Maccabi Rehovot F.C. season

Maccabi Rehovot
1955–56 season
ManagerMoshe Litvak
StadiumMaccabi Ground, Rehovot
Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)		8th
11th (relegated)
Top goalscorerMoshe Litvak (11)

The 1955–56 Maccabi Rehovot season was the club's 45th season since its establishment in 1912, 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 8th.[1] The new league season, with the top division being re-named Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club finishing 11th and relegating to Liga Alef.[2]

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.[3]

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA Gr Pts
6 Maccabi Haifa 26 11 6 9 54 41 1.32 28
7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 26 10 7 9 37 41 0.90 27
8 Maccabi Rehovot 26 11 4 11 49 48 1.02 26
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

Matches

3 September 1955 21 Maccabi Netanya 1–0 Maccabi Rehovot Netanya
I. Caspi 25' Report (p. 8) Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Moshe Cohen
10 September 1955 22 Maccabi Rehovot 2–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Rehovot
Herschkovitz 2'
Schmilovich 7'		 Report (p. 8) 70' Merimovich Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Dudkevich
24 September 1955 23 Beitar Tel Aviv 2–5 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Bar-Zion 28'
Huli 66'		 Report (p. 8) 40' Schmilovich
42', 78' Litvak
84', 89' Herschkovitz		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cohen
1 October 1955 24 Maccabi Rehovot 3–2 Maccabi Haifa Rehovot
Shrager 13', 32'
Litvak 75'		 Report (p. 8) 39' Hardy
78' Fuchs		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Werner
8 October 1955 25 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 Maccabi Rehovot Petah Tikva
Kofman 6'
Stelmach 12'
Zelikovich 60'		 Report (p. 8) Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nahman Cohen
15 October 1955 26 Maccabi Rehovot 4–2 Hapoel Hadera Rehovot
Jamil 4'
Shrager 23'
Herschkovitz 35'
Litvak 46'		 Report (p. 8) 6' Gali
80' Haviv		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Markovich

1955–56 Liga Leumit

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
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

3 December 1955 1 Beitar Tel Aviv 6–3 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Huli 1', 25', 54', 58'
Elmaliah 38', 60'		 20' Vider
82', 85' Litvak		 Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dudkevich
10 December 1955 2 Maccabi Rehovot 1–2 Hapoel Ramat Gan Rehovot
Litvak 66' (pen.) 41' Chronsich
88' (pen.) Kirschenberg		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Nahman Cohen
17 December 1955 3 Maccabi Rehovot 3–1 Maccabi Netanya Rehovot
Mansur 37', 59'
G. Cohen 60'		 84' Lemel Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sher
24 December 1955 4 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Ben-Tzvi 8' (pen.)
Held 42', 75'
S. Levi 67'
Hardy 86'		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Fried
31 December 1955 5 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–0 Maccabi Rehovot Kfar Saba
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Referee: Ben-Rubi
7 January 1956 6 Maccabi Rehovot 3–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Rehovot
Litvak 12'
Schmilovich 23'
Hodorov 70' (o.g.)		 85' (pen.) Hodorov
89' Michaelov		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
14 January 1956 7 Hapoel Haifa 3–0 Maccabi Rehovot Haifa
Nestenfober 4'
Ben-David 24'
Ginzburg 83'		 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Referee: Rosenbaum
21 January 1956 8 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–0 Maccabi Rehovot Petah Tikva
Spiegel 62' Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Klein
11 February 1956 9 Maccabi Rehovot 0–7 Maccabi Tel Aviv Rehovot
Report 26', 65', 76' Studinski
47' Merimovich
68' Schneor
70' Israeli
90' Nahmias		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hoze
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
25 February 1956 11 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0 Maccabi Rehovot Petah Tikva
Zelikovich 44'
Nahari 68'
Stemlach 89'		 Stadium: Hapoel Ground
3 March 1956 12 Maccabi Rehovot 1–0 Beitar Tel Aviv Rehovot
Litvak 74' (pen.) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Halperin
10 March 1956 13 Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–2 Maccabi Rehovot Givatayim
Mesika 11'
Kirschenberg 33'
Migdalovich 54'		 23' (pen.) Litvak
43' Lieber		 Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Referee: Hillman
17 March 1956 14 Maccabi Netanya 2–1 Maccabi Rehovot Netanya
I. Caspi 11', 50' 36' Pepinos Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
24 March 1956 15 Maccabi Rehovot 0–3 Maccabi Haifa Rehovot
49' Held
63', 76' Menchel		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Rosenbaum
31 March 1956 16 Maccabi Rehovot 3–2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Rehovot
Vider 71', 75' (pen.), 90' 25' Tobiash
52' (pen.) Bulman		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Zahavi
7 April 1956 17 Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Weiss 1' (pen.)
Michaelov 3', 31', 52', 54'
R. Rosenbaum 67'
Yehudayoff 85'		 34' Rosenbaum Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sher
14 April 1956 18 Maccabi Rehovot 1–0 Hapoel Haifa Rehovot
Vider 86' Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Werner
22 April 1956 19 Maccabi Rehovot 1–2 Maccabi Petah Tikva Rehovot
Vider 50' 23', 55' Spiegel Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Dudkevich
19 May 1956 20 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–1 Maccabi Rehovot Tel Aviv
Glazer 4'
Nahmias 31'
Dobrin 67'
Israeli 70'
Kofman 76' (o.g.)		 13' (pen.) Vider Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
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
2 June 1956 22 Maccabi Rehovot 0–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva Rehovot
28' Stelmach
60' (pen.) Kermer
85' Nahari		 Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Referee: Fried

References

  1. ^ Hapoel P.T. Took the Championship Title from Maccabi T.A. After 10 Years Hadshot HaSport, 16 October 1955 (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)