1955–56 Maccabi Rehovot F.C. season

Maccabi Rehovot
1955–56 season
Manager	Moshe Litvak
Stadium	Maccabi Ground, Rehovot
Liga Alef (1955) ; Liga Leumit (1956)	8th ; 11th (relegated)
Top goalscorer	Moshe Litvak (11)
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Maccabi Rehovot season was the club's 45th season since its establishment in 1912, 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 8th.^[1] 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 11th and relegating to Liga Alef.^[2]

Match Results[edit]

Legend[edit]

Win Draw Loss

1954–55 Liga Alef[edit]

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.^[3]

Final table[edit]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Gr	Pts
6	Maccabi Haifa	26	11	6	9	54	41	1.32	28
7	Maccabi Petah Tikva	26	10	7	9	37	41	0.90	27
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

Matches[edit]

3 September 1955 21	Maccabi Netanya	1–0	Maccabi Rehovot	Netanya
	I. Caspi 25'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Moshe Cohen

10 September 1955 22	Maccabi Rehovot	2–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Rehovot
	Herschkovitz 2' Schmilovich 7'	Report (p. 8)	70' Merimovich	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Dudkevich

24 September 1955 23	Beitar Tel Aviv	2–5	Maccabi Rehovot	Tel Aviv
	Bar-Zion 28' Huli 66'	Report (p. 8)	40' Schmilovich 42', 78' Litvak 84', 89' Herschkovitz	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cohen

1 October 1955 24	Maccabi Rehovot	3–2	Maccabi Haifa	Rehovot
	Shrager 13', 32' Litvak 75'	Report (p. 8)	39' Hardy 78' Fuchs	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Werner

8 October 1955 25	Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–0	Maccabi Rehovot	Petah Tikva
	Kofman 6' Stelmach 12' Zelikovich 60'	Report (p. 8)		Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nahman Cohen

15 October 1955 26	Maccabi Rehovot	4–2	Hapoel Hadera	Rehovot
	Jamil 4' Shrager 23' Herschkovitz 35' Litvak 46'	Report (p. 8)	6' Gali 80' Haviv	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Markovich

1955–56 Liga Leumit[edit]

Final table[edit]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Notes
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
12	Hapoel Kfar Saba	22	3	6	13	20	48	0.42	12	Relegated to Liga Alef

Matches[edit]

3 December 1955 1	Beitar Tel Aviv	6–3	Maccabi Rehovot	Tel Aviv
	Huli 1', 25', 54', 58' Elmaliah 38', 60'		20' Vider 82', 85' Litvak	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dudkevich

10 December 1955 2	Maccabi Rehovot	1–2	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	Maccabi Rehovot	3–1	Maccabi Netanya	Rehovot
	Mansur 37', 59' G. Cohen 60'		84' Lemel	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sher

24 December 1955 4	Maccabi Haifa	5–0	Maccabi Rehovot	Haifa
	Ben-Tzvi 8' (pen.) Held 42', 75' S. Levi 67' Hardy 86'			Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Fried

31 December 1955 5	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0–0	Maccabi Rehovot	Kfar Saba
				Stadium: Hapoel Ground Referee: Ben-Rubi

7 January 1956 6	Maccabi Rehovot	3–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Rehovot
	Litvak 12' Schmilovich 23' Hodorov 70' (o.g.)		85' (pen.) Hodorov 89' Michaelov	Stadium: Maccabi Ground

14 January 1956 7	Hapoel Haifa	3–0	Maccabi Rehovot	Haifa
	Nestenfober 4' Ben-David 24' Ginzburg 83'			Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Referee: Rosenbaum

21 January 1956 8	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–0	Maccabi Rehovot	Petah Tikva
	Spiegel 62'			Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Klein

11 February 1956 9	Maccabi Rehovot	0–7	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Rehovot
		Report	26', 65', 76' Studinski 47' Merimovich 68' Schneor 70' Israeli 90' Nahmias	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hoze

18 February 1956 10	Maccabi Rehovot	3–1	Maccabi Jaffa	Rehovot
	Vider 13', 17' Mansur 53'		B. Cohen	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Schwartz

25 February 1956 11	Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–0	Maccabi Rehovot	Petah Tikva
	Zelikovich 44' Nahari 68' Stemlach 89'			Stadium: Hapoel Ground

3 March 1956 12	Maccabi Rehovot	1–0	Beitar Tel Aviv	Rehovot
	Litvak 74' (pen.)			Stadium: Maccabi Ground Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Halperin

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

17 March 1956 14	Maccabi Netanya	2–1	Maccabi Rehovot	Netanya
	I. Caspi 11', 50'		36' Pepinos	Stadium: Sar-Tov Stadium

24 March 1956 15	Maccabi Rehovot	0–3	Maccabi Haifa	Rehovot
			49' Held 63', 76' Menchel	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Rosenbaum

31 March 1956 16	Maccabi Rehovot	3–2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Rehovot
	Vider 71', 75' (pen.), 90'		25' Tobiash 52' (pen.) Bulman	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Zahavi

7 April 1956 17	Hapoel Tel Aviv	7–1	Maccabi Rehovot	Tel Aviv
	Weiss 1' (pen.) Michaelov 3', 31', 52', 54' R. Rosenbaum 67' Yehudayoff 85'		34' Rosenbaum	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sher

14 April 1956 18	Maccabi Rehovot	1–0	Hapoel Haifa	Rehovot
	Vider 86'			Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Werner

22 April 1956 19	Maccabi Rehovot	1–2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Rehovot
	Vider 50'		23', 55' Spiegel	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Dudkevich

19 May 1956 20	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5–1	Maccabi Rehovot	Tel Aviv
	Glazer 4' Nahmias 31' Dobrin 67' Israeli 70' Kofman 76' (o.g.)		13' (pen.) Vider	Stadium: Basa Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rosenbaum

27 May 1956 21	Maccabi Jaffa	6–1	Maccabi Rehovot	Tel Aviv
	B. Cohen 15', 42', 59', 61', 77' Ghougasian 51'		19' Litvak	Stadium: Maccabi Jaffa Ground Attendance: 3,500

2 June 1956 22	Maccabi Rehovot	0–3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Rehovot
			28' Stelmach 60' (pen.) Kermer 85' Nahari	Stadium: Maccabi Ground Referee: Fried

References[edit]

^ Hapoel P.T. Took the Championship Title from Maccabi T.A. After 10 Years Hadshot HaSport, 16 October 1955 (in Hebrew)
^ Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

[1] Hapoel P.T. Took the Championship Title from Maccabi T.A. After 10 Years Hadshot HaSport, 16 October 1955 (in Hebrew)

[2] Maccabi T.A. Won the Liga Leumit Championship After Beating Hapoel T.A. 3:0 (1:0) Davar, 3 June 1956, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[3] 1955-1955 Liga Leumit Schedule Archived 2015-07-26 at the Wayback Machine dribblist.com (in Hebrew)

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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
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