1953–54 in Israeli football

Football in Israel

Season	1953–54
Men's football
Liga Alef	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Liga Bet	Haopel Hadera Beitar Jerusalem
State Cup	Maccabi Tel Aviv

The 1953–54 season was the sixth 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
	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)

Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 10

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	4	4	0	0	4	0	+4	8		—	1–0	1–0
2	Greece	4	2	0	2	3	2	+1	4		0–1	—	1–0
3	Israel	4	0	0	4	0	5	−5	0		0–1	0–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1953–54 matches

Greece  v  Israel

1 November 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification	Greece	1–0	Israel	Athens
	Bembis 52'	Report		Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Massai

Yugoslavia  v  Israel

8 November 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification	Yugoslavia	1–0	Israel	Skopje
	Milutinović 3'	Report		Stadium: Gradski Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alsteen

Israel  v  Greece

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

Israel  v  Yugoslavia

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

South Africa  v  Israel

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

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

References

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