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 Israel 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 AlefMaccabi Tel Aviv [note 1]
Liga BetNorthHapoel 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

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 D L GF GA GD
1  Yugoslavia 8440040+4
2  Greece 4420232+1
3  Israel 04004055

1953–54 matches

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 (Hebrew)
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