1954–55 Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. season

Maccabi Petah Tikva
1954–55 season
Manager	Eliezer Spiegel
Stadium	Maccabi Ground, Petah Tikva
Liga Alef	not completed
State Cup	not completed
Top goalscorer	League: ; Shalom Bernard ; Amnon Carmeli (5); All: ; Eliezer Spiegel ; Amnon Carmeli (6)
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

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

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

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

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

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	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

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

12 March 1955 6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Tel Aviv
	Yehudayoff 67'	Report (p. 8)	75' Bernard	Stadium: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ben-Rubi

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

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

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

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

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: Hapoel Ground, Jaffa Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Werner

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

30 April 1955 13	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
		Report	35' Carmeli	Stadium: Kiryat Haim Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dudkevich

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Result	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D
Position	11	14	11	6	10	10	7	5	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5

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	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

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

^ Petah Tikva XI Plays in Cyprus Without the FA's Consent Herut, 1 October 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi P.T. Punished for Six Months Over an "Underground" Tour of Cyprus Hadshot HaSport, 14 November 1954, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
^ P.T. Players Will Appear Under the Name of Ein Ganim Hadshot HaSport, 17 October 1954, p. 1 (in Hebrew)
^ Draw of the League Matches – on 24 December Hadshot HaSport, 19 December 1954, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
^ The League Match Maccabi Haifa-P.T. Will Be Replayed This Saturday in Kfar Saba Hadshot HaSport, 12 January 1955 (in Hebrew)
^ The Scandal in Haifa^{[permanent dead link‍]} Herut, 3 January 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi P.T. 4:1 (2:1)^{[permanent dead link‍]} Ma'ariv, 16 January 1955, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Petah Tikva XI Beaten by Besiktas 2:0 Al HaMishmar, 20 September 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ 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)
^ P.T.-Omonia 4:1 Hadshot HaSport, 29 May 1955, p. 8 (in Hebrew)
^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)
^ Hadshot HaSport, 3 July 1955 (in Hebrew)

[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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