1955–56 Maccabi Jaffa F.C. season

Maccabi Jaffa
1955–56 season
Stadium Maccabi Ground, Jaffa
Bet South ('55)
Liga Leumit ('56)
1st
10th
Top goalscorer League: Baruch Cohen (21)
All: Baruch Cohen (26)

The 1955–56 Maccabi Jaffa season was the club's 7th season since its establishment in 1949.

At the start of the season, the league which started during the previous season was completed, with the club finishing 1st in its division and qualifying to the promotion/relegation play-offs against the 10th and 11th placed clubs in Liga Alef, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba, and the Liga Bet North winners, Hapoel Kiryat Haim.[1] Maccabi Jaffa topped the play-offs table and was promoted, for the first time in its existence, to the top division.[2]

At the end of the season, the club placed 10th (out of 12) in the league, which meant the club had to face promotion/relegation play-offs against the first placed team from Liga Alef, Hakoah Tel Aviv. Maccabi Jaffa won both play-off matches and stayed in Liga Leumit.[3][4]

Match Results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

1954–55 Liga Bet (south division)

The league began on 8 January 1955, and by the time the previous season ended, only 18 rounds of matches were completed, with the final 4 rounds being played during September and October 1955.[5]

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
1Maccabi Jaffa22164273213.4836Promotion\relegation play-offs
2Hakoah Tel Aviv22163355163.4435
3Hapoel Jerusalem22136360311.9432
4Hapoel Mahane Yehuda22114756421.3326
5Hapoel Rehovot22104862441.4124

Matches

Results by match

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Result W D W D W W W W W L W W W W D W D W W L W W
Position 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

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

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

Table
Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts Notes
1Maccabi Jaffa3210824.005Liga Leumit
2Hapoel Kfar Saba3120531.674
3Hapoel Kiryat Haim3111570.713Liga Alef
4Beitar Jerusalem3003390.330

Maccabi Jaffa promoted to Liga Leumit

Matches

1955–56 Liga Leumit

Final table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GR Pts
8Maccabi Netanya22921131440.7020
9Hapoel Ramat Gan22901328420.6718
10Maccabi Jaffa22651139480.8117Promotion/relegation play-offs
11Maccabi Rehovot22611525640.3913Relegated to Liga Alef
12Hapoel Kfar Saba22361320480.4212

Matches

Results by match

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Result L L L L D W W L D L W L D D L L L W L W W D
Position 10 12 12 12 12 10 8 9 9 11 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 10

Last updated: 2 June 1956.
Source: IFA
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

Maccabi Jaffa won 4–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Hakoah Tel Aviv remained in Liga Alef.

References

  1. Maccabi Jaffa and Hapoel K.H. – Liga Bet Champions Hadshot HaSport, 2 October 1955, p. 1 (Hebrew)
  2. Jaffa and Kfar Saba Promoted to Liga Leumit Hadshot HaSport, 6 November 1955, p. 1 (Hebrew)
  3. Maccabi Jaffa – Hakoah T.A. 3:1 Davar, 10 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
  4. Maccabi Jaffa had Beaten Hakoah T.A. 1:0 and stayed among the 10 Leumit Clubs Davar, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
  5. 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule dribblist.com (Hebrew)
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