1955–56 Hapoel Ramat Gan F.C. season

Hapoel Ramat Gan

1955–56 season

Manager

Haim Reich

Stadium

HaMakhtesh Stadium

Liga Alef (1955)
Liga Leumit (1956)

10th
9th

State Cup

Semi-finals

Top goalscorer

Kirschenberg (12)

← 1954–55

1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Hapoel Ramat Gan season was the club's 30th season since its establishment in 1927, 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 10th. The new league season, with the top division being re-named Liga Leumit, began on 3 December 1955 and was completed on 3 June 1956, with the club finishing 9th.^[1]

During the season, the club also competed in the State Cup, which was also carried over the summer break. The club eliminated Maccabi Petah Tikva in the quarter finals, winning 1–0 in extra time,^[2]^[3] and losing at the semi-final to Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–2.^[4]

In addition, during the break between the completion of the 1954–55 league and the beginning of the 1955–56 league, the club participated in the Netanya 25th anniversary cup, along with Beitar Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ramat Gan. In the competition, which was played as a round-robin tournament, the club finished second.^[5]

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.^[6]

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
8	Maccabi Rehovot	26	11	4	11	49	48	1.02	26
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	Promotion/relegation play-offs

Matches

3 September 1955 21	Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Jaffa
	Weiss 22', 86'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dudkevich

10 September 1955 22	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	5–0	Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	Givatayim
	R. Cohen 40', 75' Fritzner 47', 66' Pulaver 80'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Fried

24 September 1955 23	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	4–3	Hapoel Kfar Saba !Hapoel Kfar Saba	Givatayim
	Chronsich 3', 47' R. Cohen 23' Fritzner 74'	Report (p. 8)	43' H. Glazer 50' Tobiash 51' Bulman	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

1 October 1955 24	Beitar Jerusalem !Beitar Jerusalem	0–1	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Jerusalem
		Report (p. 8)	57' R. Cohen	Stadium: YMCA Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Frizner

8 October 1955 25	Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya	5–1	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Netanya
	I. Caspi 47', 68' M. Cohen 50', 70' Yehezkel 82'	Report (p. 8)	52' Fritzner	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Werner

15 October 1955 26	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	1–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv	Givatayim
	Kirschenberg 38' (pen.)	Report (p. 8)	24' Rabinovich 50' Israeli 69' (pen.) Merimovich 73' R. Levi	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Fritzner

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	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W
Position	14	9	9	11	8	11	11	8	9	11	8	10	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	11	11	10	9	9	9	10

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 Leumit

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
7	Beitar Tel Aviv	22	10	0	12	42	44	0.95	20
8	Maccabi Netanya	22	9	2	11	31	44	0.70	20
9	Hapoel Ramat Gan	22	9	0	13	28	42	0.67	18
10	Maccabi Jaffa	22	6	5	11	39	48	0.81	17	Promotion/relegation play-offs
11	Maccabi Rehovot	22	6	1	15	25	64	0.39	13	Relegated to Liga Alef

Matches

3 December 1955 1	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv	Givatayim
			32' Rosenbaum	Stadium: Hamakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sher

10 December 1955 2	Maccabi Rehovot !Maccabi Rehovot	1–2	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Rehovot
	Litvak 66' (pen.)		41' Chronsich 88' (pen.) Kirschenberg	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nahman Cohen

17 December 1955 3	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	1–0	Hapoel Haifa !Hapoel Haifa	Givatayim
	Kirschenberg 76' (pen.)			Stadium: Hamakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Dudkevich

24 December 1955 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Jaffa
	Nahmias 88'			Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

31 December 1955 5	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–3	Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	Givatayim
			47' (o.g.) Manar 74', 82' Nadel	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Werner

7 January 1956 6	Hapoel Petah Tikva !Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Petah Tikva
	Mizrahi 27' Stelmach 46' Kofman 60'	Report		Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yunes

14 January 1956 7	Maccabi Jaffa !Maccabi Jaffa	2–1	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Jaffa
	Herschkovitz 32' B. Cohen 55'		19' Pulaver	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Sher

21 January 1956 8	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–3	Beitar Tel Aviv !Beitar Tel Aviv	Givatayim
			6' (pen.) Elmaliah 23', 60' Bar Zion	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cohen

11 February 1956 9	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	4–2	Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya	Givatayim
	Chronsich 17', 60' I. Kirschenberg 30' (pen.) Radler 70'		46' Shrager 72' I. Caspi	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Hillman

18 February 1956 10	Hapoel Kfar Saba !Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–2	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Kfar Saba
	H. Glazer 74' (pen.)		63' (pen.) I. Kirschenberg 65' Kofetz	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Ben-Rubi

25 February 1956 11	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	0–1	Maccabi Haifa !Maccabi Haifa	Givatayim
			36' Hardy	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Fritzner

3 March 1956 12	Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Jaffa
	Michaelov 60', 73'			Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Hoze

10 March 1956 13	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	3–2	Maccabi Rehovot !Maccabi Rehovot	Givatayim
	Mesika 11' Kirschenberg 33' Migdalovich 54'		23' (pen.) Litvak 43' Lieber	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Hillman

17 March 1956 14	Hapoel Haifa !Hapoel Haifa	2–3	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Haifa
	Martin 26' (pen.) Nestenfober 57'		15' Mesika 60' Migdalovich 86' Kirschenberg	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Referee: Werner

24 March 1956 15	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv	Givatayim
	Kirschenberg 54'			Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Ben-Rubi

31 March 1956 16	Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	3–1	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Petah Tikva
	Nadel 5' Turkenitz 36' Spiegel 55'		7' Kirschenberg	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Sher

7 April 1956 17	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	2–5	Hapoel Petah Tikva !Hapoel Petah Tikva	Givatayim
	Mesika 19' Kirschenberg 60'		6' Kofman 37', 72' Stelmach 42' Ratzabi 55' Varon	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Werner

14 April 1956 18	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	2–5	Maccabi Jaffa !Maccabi Jaffa	Givatayim
	Mesika 50' Kirschenberg 88'		21', 22', 31' B. Cohen 33' Kalev 60' Aroyo	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Dudkevitch

22 April 1956 19	Beitar Tel Aviv !Beitar Tel Aviv	1–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Jaffa
	Elmaliah 37'			Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Werner

19 May 1956 20	Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya	0–3	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Netanya
			32' Rozin 37' R. Cohen 41' Tsalala	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Schwartz

27 May 1956 21	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	3–1	Hapoel Kfar Saba !Hapoel Kfar Saba	Givatayim
	Tsalala 10' Chronsich 15' Kirschenberg 25' (pen.)		50' Tzahobel	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Referee: Klein

2 June 1956 22	Maccabi Haifa !Maccabi Haifa	3–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Haifa
	S. Levi 32' Menchel 38' Hardy 65'			Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Referee: Werner

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	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L
Position	12	7	5	7	8	9	11	12	10	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8

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

State Cup

Main article: 1954–55 Israel State Cup

27 August 1955 QF	Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Petah Tikva
		Report (p. 8)	119' (o.g.) Buch	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Markovich

22 October 1955 SF	Hapoel Petah Tikva !Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–0	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Jaffa
	Chirik 32' Stelmach 86'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Hap. Tel Aviv Ground Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sher

Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup

In October and November, while the promotion playoffs and the State Cup were being played, two cup competitions were organized by Liga Leumit Clubs, the second edition of the Shapira Cup, and the Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup. Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Ramat Gan and Hapoel Ramat Gan took part in the competition, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Netanya.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	3	2	1	0	14	5	2.800	5	Winners
2	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	3	1	1	1	8	7	1.143	3
3	Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya	3	1	1	1	5	7	0.714	3
4	Beitar Tel Aviv !Beitar Tel Aviv	3	0	1	2	7	15	0.467	1

Source: Hadshot HaSport, p. 1

29 October 1955 1	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	5–2	Beitar Tel Aviv !Beitar Tel Aviv	Givatayim
	Chronsich 3', 78' Kirschenberg 11' (pen.), 69', 73'	Report (p. 8)	20' Osherov 57' Emaliah	Stadium: HaMakhtesh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Metzler

5 November 1955 2	Maccabi Netanya !Maccabi Netanya	3–1	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	Petah Tikva
	I. Caspi 10', 51' Orenstein , 79'	Report (p. 8)	, 9' Mordechovich	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Zahavi

12 November 1955 3	Hapoel Ramat Gan !Hapoel Ramat Gan	2–2	Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	Netanya
	I. Ben-Dror 43' Levkovich 81'	Report (p. 8)	52' Radler 67' Chronsich	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rosenbaum

References

↑ Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
↑ Maccabi T.A. – Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel P.T. – Hapoel R.G. in the Semi-Finals Hadshot HaSport, 28 August 1955, p. 1 (Hebrew)
↑ Many Went to Jaffa – and Missed a Drama in P.T. Izhar Brener, 31 August 1955, Hadshot HaSport, p. 2 (Hebrew)
↑ Chirik Began – Stelmach Finished Hadshot HaSport, 23 October 1955, p. 8 (Hebrew)
↑ A Final Table of the Netanya Anniversary Cup Hadshot HaSport, 13 November 1955, p. 1 (Hebrew)
↑ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule dribblist.com (Hebrew)

Hapoel Ramat Gan F.C. seasons

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1955–56 in Israeli football

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Domestic leagues	1st Division 1954–55 Liga Alef 1955–56 Liga Leumit 2nd Division 1954–55 Liga Bet 1955–56 Liga Alef 3rd Division 1954–55 Liga Gimel 1955–56 Liga Bet 4th Division 1955–56 Liga Gimel

Domestic cups	Israel State Cup 1954–55 1956–57

Related to national team	Results 1956 Olympics qualification

Club seasons

Liga Alef/Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Balfouria Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Tel Aviv

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