The 1958–59 season was the 11th season of competitive football in Israel and the 33rd season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.
| Season | 1958–59 | |
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
| Liga Leumit | Hapoel Petah Tikva | |
| Liga Alef | Bnei Yehuda | |
| Liga Bet | Hapoel Tiberias Hapoel Ramla | |
| State Cup | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| 10th Anniversary Cup | Hapoel Haifa (Leumit) Hapoel Tiberias (Liga Alef) | |
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Review and Events
edit- Following the abandonment of the previous season's Liga Alef, Bet and Gimel, the IFA council decided to cancel the previous season's leagues and to open the current season without promotion or relegation taking place.[1] The decision was met with discontent at Beitar Jerusalem (who was leading Liga Alef), Hapoel Tiberias and Hapoel Ramla (leaders of the Liga Bet North and South divisions).[2] After deliberations, in December 1958, The FA Judiciary Tribunal ordered the FA to promote Hapoel Tiberias as soon as possible, pending the FA approval, with matches played by the club during the 1958–59 season not counting towards the table.[3] The FA decided to promote Hapoel Tiberias automatically to Liga Alef at the end of the season, counting its whole season as friendly matches.
- In Autumn 1958 the FA held a competition in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Israel. The competition was played in two tiers, Hapoel Haifa winning the competition for Liga Leumit clubs (along with the top 4 clubs from Liga Alef),while Hapoel Tiberias won the competition for Liga Alef and Liga Bet clubs.
- For the first time, the FA decided to establish a fifth tier in its league system. The fifth tier, which was officially called "Additional Liga Gimel", but was known as Liga Dalet, was open for clubs which registered to the FA during the summer and couldn't be added to 1958–59 Liga Gimel.[4]
- In January 1959 the FA decided to expand At the end of the season, Liga Alef (second tier) was expanded from 12 teams to 14 teams and Liga Bet (third tier) was expanded from 24 teams (in two divisions) to 64 teams (in four divisions). This meant that while two teams relegated from Liga Alef, four promoted from Liga Bet (one of which is Hapoel Tiberias, whose place in Liga Alef was guaranteed), and that no clubs were relegated from Liga Bet and 42 club were promoted from Liga Gimel, which included the 12 league leaders from 1957–58 Liga Gimel at the time the season was stopped.[5]
- The national team took a brief tour of Poland in June 1959, playing one international match and one unofficial match. Israel was beaten 2–7 in the international match, which was labelled in Israel as the "Wrocław Shame".[6] The other match, was billed as a match between Łódź and Tel Aviv ended with a 1–1 draw.
IFA Competitions
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 18 | +31 | 33 | Champions |
| 2 | Hapoel Haifa | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 31 | |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 30 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 29 | |
| 5 | Maccabi Jaffa | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 24 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 23 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 19 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 19 | |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 19 | |
| 10 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 16 | |
| 11 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 47 | −27 | 13 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 50 | −29 | 8 | Relegated to Liga Alef |
Source: rsssf.com
The 1957–58 Israel State Cup started during the previous season, but was carried over the summer break and finished with the final on 30 September 1958, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Haifa 2–0.
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Hapoel Haifa |
|---|---|---|
R. Levi  24' (pen.)Y. Glazer 53' |
On 6 December 1958 the next season's competition began, and once again carried over to the next season.
As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of Israel, a cup competition was arranged by the Israeli Football Association. The competition, which was divided to two cups, one for 1957–58 Liga Leumit clubs and one for 1957–58 Liga Alef clubs and was played as a straight knock-out tournament, was won by Hapoel Haifa[7] and Hapoel Tiberias.[8]
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 0–2 | Hapoel Haifa |
|---|---|---|
| Maariv Davar |
Ashkenazi 69', 72' |
| Hapoel Tiberias | 7–1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
|---|---|---|
| Sidin 31' Nizri 33', 41', 61' I. Faraj 63'M. Faraj 78', 80' |
Davar | Saban 26' |
National teams
edit1958–59 matches
edit| Date | Competition | Opponent | Venue | Result[9] | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 1959 | Friendly |  Poland |
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław | 2–7 | Goldstein, Stelmach |
References
edit- ^ The FA and the Leagues Stood Under the Chuppah Hadshot HaSport, 19 November 1958, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Police Convincing" Stopped a Sit-In Strike of Tiberias and Ramla Players at the FA Offices Hadshot HaSport, 19 November 1958, p. 1 & 4 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Tiberias - To Liga Alef Hadshot HaSport, 30 December 1958, p. 4
- ^ 65 Teams in 7 Divisions Will Make History In Liga Dalet Hadshot HaSport, 1 January 1959, p. 4 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Far-Reaching Changes in the Football League System Hadshot HaSport, 20 January 1959, p. 4 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Thus I Removed the Wrocław Shame David Assaf, 11 July 2013, Oneg Shabbat (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Haifa Footballers Won the 10th Anniversary Cup Davar, 9 November 1958, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Hapoel Tiberias Won the FA Cup, beat Hapoel Be'er Sheva by a Score of 7:1 Davar, 16 November 1958 Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ Israel's score written first