1953–54 in Israeli football

Football in Israel

Season

1953–54

Liga Alef

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Liga Bet

Haopel Hadera
Beitar Jerusalem

State Cup

Maccabi Tel Aviv

← 1952–53

1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season was the 6th season of competitive football in Israel and the 28th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

IFA competitions

League competitions

Competition		Winner	Promotion	Relegated
Liga Alef		Maccabi Tel Aviv		^{[note 1]}
Liga Bet	North	Hapoel Hadera		Degel Yehuda Haifa Hapoel Dror Haifa
Liga Bet	South	Beitar Jerusalem		Hapoel Herzliya Hapoel Mishmar HaShiva
Liga Gimel			Hapoel Beit Lid Hapoel Acre Beitar Jaffa YMCA Jerusalem

1953–54 Israel State Cup

Main article: 1953–54 Israel State Cup

The competition took place between 21 March 1953 and 3 July 1954. Maccabi Tel Aviv beaten Maccabi Netanya 4–0 in the final.

National Teams

National team

1954 World Cup qualification (Group 10)

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Yugoslavia	8	4	4	0	4	0	+4
2	Greece	4	4	2	2	3	2	+1
3	Israel	0	4	0	4	0	5	−5

1953–54 matches

1 November 1953 WCQ	Greece	1–0	Israel	Athens
	Bembis 52'	Report		Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Massai

8 November 1953 WCQ	Yugoslavia	1–0	Israel	Skopje
	Milutinović 3'	Report		Stadium: Gradski Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alsteen

8 March 1954 WCQ	Israel	0–2	Greece	Ramat Gan
		Report	Kokkinakis 61' Kamaras 83'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Pieri

21 March 1954 WCQ	Israel	0–1	Yugoslavia	Ramat Gan
	Zebec 80'	Report		Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Leafe

1 May 1954 Friendly	South Africa	2–1	Israel	Johannesburg
	Warren 40' Roos 53'		Glazer 42'	Stadium: Rand Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Cable

1953 Maccabiah Games

Main article: Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games

The national team represented Israel in the 1953 Maccabiah Games, competing against other 6 teams of Jewish footballers. Israel won all its matches, scoring 27 goals and conceding just one goal, and won the gold medal. ^[1]

Notes

↑ No club was relegated as the league was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.

References

↑ Israel – South Africa 4:0 in Football Herut, 28 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)

1953–54 in Israeli football

« 1952–53 1954–55 »

Domestic leagues	Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel

Domestic cups	State Cup

Related to national team	Results

Club seasons

Liga Alef	Beitar Tel Aviv Hapoel Balfouria Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Rehovot Maccabi Tel Aviv

Seasons in Israeli football

Mandatory Palestine

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