1954–55 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 1954–55 Beitar Jerusalem season was the club's 19th season since its establishment, in 1936, and 7th since the establishment of the State of Israel.

Beitar Jerusalem
1954–55 season
ManagerSimon Elfasi
Egon Pollak
StadiumYMCA Stadium
Liga Alefnot completed
State CupRound 3
Top goalscorerLeague:
Simon Elfasi
Israel Yehezkel (11)

All:
Simon Elfasi
Israel Yehezkel (11)

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

Review and events

  • At the beginning of the season, top Beitar teams, Beitar Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem competed for the Lifa Livyatan Memorial Cup, named after a late Beitar journalist. In the first match, played on 28 August 1954, the teams tied 3–3,[1] and the match was replayed on 12 October 1954, Beitar Tel Aviv winning 5–2.[2]

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga Alef

League matches began on 6 February 1955, and by the time the season ended, only 20 rounds of matches were completed, delaying the end of the league season to the next season.[3]

League table (as of 2 July 1955)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
10 Hapoel Haifa 20 6 6 8 31 35 0.886 18
11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 20 7 3 10 23 27 0.852 17
12 Beitar Jerusalem 20 5 5 10 27 47 0.574 15
13 Hapoel Hadera 20 6 2 12 24 37 0.649 14
14 Hapoel Balfouria 20 2 2 16 23 92 0.250 6
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 1955. Source: Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)

Matches

5 February 1955 1 Hapoel Haifa 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
M. Simantiris  88' Report (p. 8) Hasson  27' Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
12 February 1955 2 Beitar Jerusalem 1–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem
Yehezkel  15' Report (p. 8)  27' (pen.) Schneor
 36', 71' Glazer
 86' (o.g.) Mizrahi
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Levichter
19 February 1955 3 Beitar Jerusalem 4–3 Maccabi Rehovot Jerusalem
Yehezkel  16', 36'
Elfasi  42', 78'
Report (p. 8)  14', 43' Litvak
 28' Steuermann
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
26 February 1955 4 Beitar Tel Aviv 4–0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
Osherov  61', 83'
Elmaliah  61', 75'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben-Rubi
5 March 1955 5 Beitar Jerusalem 2–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Jerusalem
Elfasi  4'
Yehezkel  70'
Report (p. 8)  23' Balut
 82' Michaelov
Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sher
12 March 1955 6 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem
Elfasi  65' Report Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Avraham Dudkevich
19 March 1955 7 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
Turkenitz  28' (pen.)
A. Carmeli  54'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Frizner
1 April 1955 8 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva
Zelikovich  21'
Segal  85'
Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Klein
9 April 1955 9 Beitar Jerusalem 1–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem
Elfasi  13' Report (p. 8) Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
13 April 1955 10 Hapoel Hadera 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem Hadera
Piterman  21'
Halfon  52'
Report (p. 4) Stadium: Hapoel Ground
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zilberman
16 April 1955 11 Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–1 Beitar Jerusalem Givataim
Kurik  19', 79'
Kirschenberg  90' (pen.)
Report (p. 8) Yehezkel  65' Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Yonas
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 Maccabi Netanya 3–2 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya
M. Cohen  38', 75'
H. Meller  62'
Report (p. 8)  80' Zion
 82' (pen.) Stern
Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frizner
14 May 1955 14 Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 Hapoel Haifa Jerusalem
Elfasi  22', 25' (pen.), 72' Report (p. 8) Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rosenbaum
21 May 1955 15 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
Glazer  16', 81'
Studinski  58', 69'
Levi  73'
Stiemer  87' (o.g.)
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Werner
4 June 1955 16 Maccabi Rehovot 4–0 Beitar Jerusalem Rehovot
Litvak  22', 53' (pen.)
Vider  49'
Schmilovich  81'
Report (p. 8) Stadium: Maccabi Ground
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Zahavi
11 June 1955 17 Beitar Jerusalem 3–3 Beitar Tel Aviv Jerusalem
Hasson  8'
Yehezkel  12'
Elfasi  38'
Report (p. 8)  61' (pen.), 80', 85' Elmaliah Stadium: YMCA Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Metzler
18 June 1955 18 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
Balut  24' (pen.) Report (p. 8)  73' elfasi Stadium: Basa Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Markovich
26 June 1955 19 Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa
Held  22', 44', 63'
Georgiou  54'
Fuchs  66'
Report Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ben-Rubi
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

Match1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultDLWLDWLLWLLWLWLLDDLD
Position810791181012810129108111212131312
Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 1955. Source: 2 Dear Points
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

State Cup

26 March 1955 Round 3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv
Yehudayoff  4', 13', 69', 84'
Rosenbaum  8'
Stadium: Basa Stadium

References

  1. Lifa Livyatan Cup and Tel Hai Matches – Without Decision Herut, 29 August 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. Lifa Livyatan Cup to Beitar Tel Aviv Herut 13 October 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
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