1954–55 Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. season

Maccabi Petah Tikva 1954–55 football season
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)
← 1953–54

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.

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

  • 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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

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.[11]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

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

1953–54 Liga Alef
Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Hapoel Petah Tikva
5 February 1955 1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva
Report (p. 8) 20' Stelmach Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sher
Hapoel Hadera v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Hapoel Haifa
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
Maccabi Rehovot v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Beitar Jerusalem
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
Hapoel Kfar Saba v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Hapoel Ramat Gan
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
Maccabi Netanya v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Beitar Tel Aviv
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
Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Petah Tikva
30 April 1955 13 Maccabi Haifa 0–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Haifa
Report 35' Carmeli Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dudkevich
Hapoel Petah Tikva v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Hapoel Hadera
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
Hapoel Balfouria v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Hapoel Haifa v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Maccabi Rehovot
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Hapoel Tel Aviv
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
Beitar Jerusalem v Maccabi Petah Tikva
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

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

State Cup

Maccabi Petah Tikva v Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv
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
Maccabi Petah Tikva v Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
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

  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)
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