1959–60 in Israeli football

Summer Olympics – Men's Football Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates	26 June 1959 – 18 May 1960
Teams	44
Tournament statistics
Matches played	101
Goals scored	138 (1.37 per match)
	← 1956 1964 →

Football in Israel
Season	1959–60
Men's football
Liga Leumit	Hapoel Petah Tikva
Liga Alef	Shimshon Tel Aviv
Liga Bet	Hapoel HaMechonit ; Hapoel Herzliya ; Hapoel Lod ; Maccabi Sha'arayim
State Cup	Maccabi Tel Aviv

The 1959–60 season was the 12th season of competitive football in Israel and the 34th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

Review and Events

The national team was involved in two qualifying campaigns, for the 1960 Olympics and for the 1960 AFC Asian Cup. The team won its group in the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification and qualified for the main competition, held on October 1960. In the Olympic qualifications, the national team finished second on goal difference, behind the eventual competition winners, Yugoslavia.

Domestic leagues

Promotion and relegation

The following promotions and relegations took place at the end of the season:

Promoted to Liga Leumit

Shimshon Tel Aviv

Promoted to Liga Alef

Promoted to Liga Bet

Relegated from Liga Leumit

Hapoel Ramat Gan

Relegated from Liga Alef

Relegated from Liga Bet

1. Hapoel Even Yehuda withdrew from the league at the end of the season and was replaced by a club from Liga Gimel.

Domestic cups

Israel State Cup

The 1958–59 Israel State Cup started during the previous season, but was carried over the summer break and finished with the final on 19 November 1959, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–3.

On 30 January 1960, the next season's competition began, and once again carried over to the next season.

National Teams

National team

1960 Asian Cup qualification – Western Zone

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	8
Iran	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	7
Pakistan	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	5
India	6	2	0	4	7	9	−2	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Olympic qualifications – Europe Group 4

This is the overview of the qualification for the football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Total times qualified	Current consecutive appearances	Previous best performance
Italy	Hosts	15 June 1955	1	1	Gold medal (1936)
Denmark	Europe Group 1 winners	21 August 1959	1	1	Silver medal (1908, 1912)
Poland	Europe Group 2 winners	24 November 1959	2	1	Fourth place (1936)
Turkey	Middle East winners	24 November 1959	2	1	Quarter-finals (1948, 1948)
Great Britain	Europe Group 5 winners	2 April 1960	2	4	Gold medal (1900, 1908, 1912)
Egypt	Africa second round winners	3 April 1960	2	1	Fourth place (1928)
Hungary	Europe Group 7 winners	6 April 1960	2	1	Gold medal (1952)
Tunisia	Africa second round runners-up	17 April 1960	1	1	–
Yugoslavia	Europe Group 4 winners	24 April 1960	2	3	Silver medal (1948, 1952, 1956)
Argentina	Americas second round winners	24 April 1960	1	1	Silver medal (1928)
Peru	Americas second round runners-up	24 April 1960	1	1	–
Brazil	Americas second round third place	27 April 1960	1	1	–
Taiwan	Asia second round winner	30 April 1960	1	1	–
India	Asia second round winner	30 April 1960	2	3	Fourth place (1956)
Bulgaria	Europe Group 3 winners	1 May 1960	2	1	Bronze medal (1956)
France	Europe Group 6 winners	1 May 1960	1	1	Silver medal (1900)

Format

The final tournament had 16 spots.

Automatic qualification was granted to Italy as hosts. The others were allocated as follows:

Europe: 7 places, contested by 22 teams (including Israel).
Americas: 3 places, contested by 10 teams.
Africa: 2 places, contested by 9 teams (including Malta).
Asia: 2 places, contested by 8 teams.
Middle East: 1 place, contested by 3 teams (including Turkey).

Europe

Final positions (final round)

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Denmark	4	7
2	Iceland	4	3
3	Norway	4	2

Source: RSSSF

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Poland	4	8
2	West Germany	4	2
3	Finland	4	2

Source: RSSSF

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Bulgaria	4	5
2	Soviet Union	4	4
3	Romania	4	3

Source: RSSSF

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	4	5
2	Israel	4	5
3	Greece	4	2

Source: RSSSF

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Great Britain	4	7
2	Republic of Ireland	4	3
3	Netherlands	4	2

Source: RSSSF

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	France	4	6
2	Luxembourg	4	4
3	Switzerland	4	2

Source: RSSSF

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Hungary	4	8
2	Czechoslovakia	4	3
3	Austria	4	1

Source: RSSSF

Americas

First round: 10 teams played home-and-away over two legs. The five winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: 5 teams which advanced from the first round play round-robin matches. The top three teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Final positions (second round)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Argentina	4	8
2	Peru (H)	4	6
3	Brazil	4	4
4	Mexico	4	2
5	Suriname	4	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Africa

First round: Three groups of three teams played home-and-away round-robin matches. The winner of each group advances to the second round.
Second round: Three teams which advanced from the first round play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of the group qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Final positions (second round)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	United Arab Republic	4	7
2	Tunisia	4	3
3	Sudan	4	2

Source: RSSSF

Asia

First round: Eight teams played home-and-away over two legs. The four winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: Four teams from the first round played home-and-away over two legs. The two winners qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Taiwan	2–2^{[note 1]}	South Korea	1–2	1–0
India	6–2	Indonesia	4–2	2–0

Middle East

The three teams played a home-and-away round-robin tournament.

Final positions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Turkey	4	8
2	Iraq	4	4
3	Lebanon	4	0

Source: RSSSF

Notes

^ The tie was awarded to Taiwan, as the second leg was abandoned at 23rd minute, with Taiwan winning 1–0, as South Korea players attacked referee John Petrie after he awarded a penalty to Taiwan.

References

External links

RSSSF

1959–60 matches

18 October 1959 Ol. Q	Israel	2–2	Yugoslavia	Ramat Gan
	Stelmach 64', 73'		Kostić 7', 76'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Gönül

29 November 1959 Friendly	Israel	1–1	Poland	Ramat Gan
	Tish 45'	Report	Pohl 86'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Leo Horn

5 December 1959 Asian Cup Q	Iran	3–0	Israel	Kochi
	Hajari 49' Barmaki 59' Dehdari 65'			Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Chakravarthy
Note: The match lasted 80 minutes.

8 December 1959 Asian Cup Q	India	1–3	Israel	Kochi
	Devadas 60'		R. Levi 35', 43', 53'	Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Firoz Faz
Note: The match lasted 80 minutes.

10 December 1959 Asian Cup Q	Israel	2–0	Pakistan	Kochi
	R. Levi 55' Stelmach 65'			Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Chakravarthy
Note: The match lasted 80 minutes.

12 December 1959 Asian Cup Q	Israel	1–1	Iran	Kochi
	Menchel 9'		Hajari 49'	Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Chakravarthy
Note: The match lasted 80 minutes.

16 December 1959 Asian Cup Q	India	1–2	Israel	Kochi
	Rehmatullah 19'		Stelmach 11' R. Levi 75'	Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Natarajan
Note: The match lasted 80 minutes.

17 December 1959 Asian Cup Q	Pakistan	2–2	Israel	Kochi
	Omar 49' Ghafoor 57'		Menchel 60' Ratzabi 68'	Stadium: Maharaja College Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Natarajan
Note: The match lasted 80 minutes.

6 March 1960 Ol. Q	Israel	2–1	Greece	Ramat Gan
	Menchel 50' Glazer 87'		Linoxilakis 6'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Nassiri

3 April 1960 Ol. Q	Greece	2–1	Israel	Athens
	Serafidhis 66', 80'		Glazer 60'	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Liverani

10 April 1960 Ol. Q	Yugoslavia	1–2	Israel	Athens
	Mujić 32'		Levi 2', 67'	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Liverani

22 May 1960 Friendly, unofficial	Israel	4–0	England U-23	Ramat Gan
	Levi 34', 71' (pen.) Glazer 75' Menchel			Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: John Kelly

References

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[TAIvKOR-1] The tie was awarded to Taiwan, as the second leg was abandoned at 23rd minute, with Taiwan winning 1–0, as South Korea players attacked referee John Petrie after he awarded a penalty to Taiwan.

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v t e 1959–60 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	State Cup 1958–59 1960–61
Related to national team	Results 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification 1960 Olympics qualification
Club seasons
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