1955–56 Hapoel Balfouria F.C. season

Hapoel Balfouria

1955–56 season
Stadium	Hapoel Ground, Afula
Liga Alef (1955) Liga Alef (1956)	14th 12th
State Cup	not completed
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Hapoel Balfouria season was the club's 13th season since its establishment, in 1942, 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 14th (out of 14), which meant the club relegated to the second division, which was renamed Liga Alef, and played in this division during the remainder of the season, finishing 12th (out of 12), relegating to the third division ahead of the next season.

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.^[1]

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
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
11	Beitar Jerusalem	26	8	5	13	37	59	0.63	21	Promotion/relegation play-offs
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	6	6	14	38	46	0.83	18
13	Hapoel Hadera	26	7	2	17	36	53	0.68	16	Relegated to Liga Alef
14	Hapoel Balfouria	26	3	2	21	32	129	0.25	8

Matches

Hapoel Balfouria v Beitar Tel Aviv

3 September 1955 21	Hapoel Balfouria	1–8	Beitar Tel Aviv	Afula
	Bentov  85'	Report (p. 8)	27' Huli  34', 39', 51', 57' (pen.), 79' Emaliah  44', 56' Bar-Zion	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 600 Referee: Moshe Cohen

Hapoel Balfouria v Maccabi Haifa

10 September 1955 22	Hapoel Balfouria	0–6	Maccabi Haifa	Afula
		Report (p. 8)	7' Hardy  19', 82' Fuchs  31' (pen.) Ben-Tzvi  73', 88' Held	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Markovich

Hapoel Petah Tikva v Hapoel Balfouria

24 September 1955 23	Hapoel Petah Tikva	13–2	Hapoel Balfouria	Petah Tikva
	Chirik  3', 23', 42' Kofman  22', 73' Markus  26', 53', 81' Stelmach  28', 77', 85', 89' Zelikovich  58'	Report (p. 8)	18' Dubnov  57' Tal	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Zahavi

Hapoel Hadera v Hapoel Balfouria

1 October 1955 24	Hapoel Hadera	5–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Hadera
	Weinberg  21' (pen.) Halfon  51' Afgin  63' Piterman  65' Gertner  85'	Report (p. 8)	73' Tal	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: Moshe Cohen

Hapoel Balfouria v Beitar Jerusalem

8 October 1955 25	Hapoel Balfouria	4–2	Beitar Jerusalem	Afula
	Kochavi  34' Tal  38', 88' Bentov  61' (pen.)	Report (p. 8)	41' Zion  86' Elfasi	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 800 Referee: Scheindling

Hapoel Haifa v Hapoel Balfouria

15 October 1955 26	Hapoel Haifa	3–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Haifa
	Diamant  35' M. Simantiris  41' Schneid  61'	Report (p. 8)	80' (o.g.) Ben-Nun	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Zahavi

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Result	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	10	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Last updated: 15 October 1955.
Source: 2 Dear Points
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

1955–56 Liga Alef

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Notes
8	Maccabi Ramat Gan	22	7	6	9	31	34	0.91	20
9	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	22	9	2	11	31	40	0.78	20	Relegation play-offs
10	Beitar Jerusalem	21	7	3	11	26	45	0.58	17
11	Hapoel Ra'anana	22	6	4	12	20	49	0.41	16	Relegated to Liga Bet
12	Hapoel Balfouria	22	5	3	14	29	44	0.66	13

An 18th round match between Hapoel Nahariya and Beitar Jerusalem wasn't played due to misunderstanding between the teams regarding the time of the match,^[2] and was left unplayed at the end of the season.^[3]

Matches

Hapoel Balfouria v Hapoel Mahane Yehuda

3 December 1955 1	Hapoel Balfouria	0–4	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	Afula
			11' Atwar  33' Z. Ratzabi  46' Gluska  60' S. Ratzabi	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 400 Referee: Hoze

Hapoel Rehovot v Hapoel Balfouria

10 December 1955 2	Hapoel Rehovot	2–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Rehovot
	Yefet  28' Garameh  44'		52' Tsalala

Maccabi Ramat Gan v Hapoel Balfouria

24 December 1955 4	Maccabi Ramat Gan	3–2	Hapoel Balfouria	Ramat Gan
	Saporta  12' Barbalat  14', 32'		24' Mashiah  67' Tal	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 700 Referee: Ben-Rubi

Hapoel Kiryat Haim v Hapoel Balfouria

31 December 1955 5	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	3–0	Hapoel Balfouria	Haifa

Hapoel Balfouria v Hakoah Tel Aviv

7 January 1956 6	Hapoel Balfouria	1–3	Hakoah Tel Aviv	Afula

Hapoel Balfouria v Hapoel Jerusalem

14 January 1956 7	Hapoel Balfouria	1–2	Hapoel Jerusalem	Afula

Hapoel Hadera v Hapoel Balfouria

21 January 1956 8	Hapoel Hadera	4–2	Hapoel Balfouria	Hadera

Ahva Notzrit Haifa v Hapoel Balfouria

4 February 1956 9	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	1–0	Hapoel Balfouria	Haifa

Hapoel Balfouria v Hapoel Ra'anana

11 February 1956 10	Hapoel Balfouria	3–0	Hapoel Ra'anana	Afula

Beitar Jerusalem v Hapoel Balfouria

18 February 1956 11	Beitar Jerusalem	1–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Jerusalem
				Stadium: YMCA Stadium

Hapoel Mahane Yehuda v Hapoel Balfouria

3 March 1956 12	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda	1–1	Hapoel Balfouria	Petah Tikva
	Atwar  68'		25' Mashiah

Hapoel Balfouria v Hapoel Rehovot

10 March 1956 13	Hapoel Balfouria	2–0	Hapoel Rehovot	Afula
	Mashiah  15' Kopler  75'

Hapoel Nahariya v Hapoel Balfouria

17 March 1956 14	Hapoel Nahariya	0–0	Hapoel Balfouria

Hapoel Balfouria v Maccabi Ramat Gan

24 March 1956 15	Hapoel Balfouria	2–1	Maccabi Ramat Gan	Afula
	Mashiah  40' Tenenbaum  88'		18' Azani

Hapoel Balfouria v Hapoel Kiryat Haim

31 March 1956 16	Hapoel Balfouria	4–0	Hapoel Kiryat Haim	Afula

Hakoah Tel Aviv v Hapoel Balfouria

7 April 1956 17	Hakoah Tel Aviv	3–1	Hapoel Balfouria

Hapoel Jerusalem v Hapoel Jerusalem

14 April 1956 18	Hapoel Jerusalem	4–0 [note 1]	Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem
	Yatzkan  14' (pen.) Fruchtman  40', 58' Mizrahi  41'			Stadium: Katamon Stadium Referee: Ben Yehuda

Hapoel Balfouria v Hapoel Hadera

22 April 1956 19	Hapoel Balfouria	3–1	Hapoel Hadera	Afula

Hapoel Balfouria v Ahva Notzrit Haifa

19 May 1956 20	Hapoel Balfouria	2–3	Ahva Notzrit Haifa	Afula

Hapoel Ra'anana v Hapoel Balfouria

27 May 1956 21	Hapoel Ra'anana	3–1	Hapoel Balfouria

Hapoel Balfouria v Beitar Jerusalem

2 June 1956 22	Hapoel Balfouria	0–1	Beitar Jerusalem	Balfouria
			48' Babayoff

Hapoel Balfouria v Hapoel Nahariya

24 July 1956 3	Hapoel Balfouria	2–4	Hapoel Nahariya	Afula
	Mashiah  39' S. Farkas  59'	[7]	18' (o.g.) Y. Farkas  59' Gardosh  69' Berkovic  72' (pen.) Isaac	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 300 Referee: HaMeiri

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	11	10	12	12	12

Last updated: 28 July 1956.
Source: IFA
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Notes

1. The match was abandoned at the 70th minute after the referee sent two of Hapoel Balfouria players off.^[4] Hapoel Balfouria appealed the result and the match was set to be replayed,^[5][6] but eventually gave up its claims regarding the match.

References

1. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule dribblist.com (Hebrew)
2. Hapoel J-m – Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
3. Liga Alef Justified Its Existence Herut, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
4. Hapoel J-m –Hapoel Balfouria 4:0 Davar, 15 April 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
5. Hapoel Balfouria's Appeal Given Ma'ariv, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
6. The Trick That Didn't Work… Herut, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
7. Replay Match in Liga Alef: Hapoel Nahariya – Hapoel Balfouria 4:2 (1:1) Davar, 29 July 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)