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1955–56 Liga Leumit
The 1955–56 Liga Leumit season was the first edition of Liga Leumit, which had replaced Liga Alef as the top division of football in Israel and the 17th season of top flight football under the IFA. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title. Avraham Levi from Beitar Tel Aviv and Michael Michaelov from Hapoel Tel Aviv were the league's joint top scorers with 16 goals each. Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Rehovot were relegated automatically, whilst Maccabi Jaffa finished third from bottom and entered a promotion/relegation play-off with Liga Alef champions Hakoah Tel Aviv. Jaffa won 4-1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit.Maccabi Jaffa Beat Hakoah T.A. 1:0 and Remained Among the 10 Leumit Clubs
Davar, 17 June 1956, Historical Jewish Pres ...
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Israeli Premier League
The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season. The competition formed in 1999 following the decision of the Israel Football Association to form a new league. It is also ranked 21st in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. Since 1932, a total of 15 clubs have been crowned champions of the Israeli Football League. Of the thirty clubs to have competed since the inception of the Israeli Premier League in 1999, six have won the title: Beitar Jerusalem (twice), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (three times), Hapoe ...
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Hapoel Haifa F
Hapoel ( he, הפועל, lit. ''the worker'') is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation. History During the British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry with Maccabi and organized its own competitions, with the exception of football, the only sport in which all the organizations played each other. At the time, Hapoel took no part in the ''Eretz Israel Olympic Committee'', which was controlled by Maccabi, and instead sought for international ties with similar workers sports organizations of socialist parties. Therefore, Hapoel became a member of SASI in 1927 and later was a member of CSIT. After the State of Israel was established, the rival sport organizations reached a 1951 agreement that allowed joint sports associations and competitions open for all Israeli residents. General sports clubs *Hapoel Jerusalem * Hapoel Tel Aviv *Hapoel Holon *Hapoel Haifa * Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball), Hapoel Rishon ...
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Maccabi Netanya F
A Maccabi or Maccabee ( he, מכבי) is one of the Maccabees, a group of Jewish rebel warriors who controlled Judea. Maccabi or Maccabee may also refer to: People * Bruce Maccabee, an American optical physicist * Judas Maccabeus or Judah Maccabee, leader of the Maccabean Revolt Other * Maccabi (sports) or Maccabi World Union, international Jewish sports association ** List of Maccabi sports clubs and organisations * Maccabi Sherutei Briut, an Israeli Health Maintenance Organization * Maccabi youth movement, a Zionist youth movement established in 1929 * Maccabim-Re'ut, a former local council in central Israel * Operation Maccabi, a 1948 military operation * Maccabee (beer), produced by Tempo Beer Industries See also * Maccabees (other) * Maccabeus (other) * Maccabiah (other) Maccabiah may refer to: * Maccabiah Games, a quadrennial international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport competition ** Maccabiah Games by year held ** Maccabiah sports, the spo ...
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Gaon Stadium
Gaon Stadium () was a football stadium in Tel Aviv part of Jaffa, home of former club Maccabi Jaffa. History Members of Maccabi Jaffa built a ground for the club at the location in 1951, after receiving some agricultural land on the outskirts of Jaffa, which belonged to the Dajani family and was abandoned during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.The Tin Ground of Maccabi Jaffa / Nessim Gaon Stadium
Danny Recht, Tel Aviv 100
The club used the ground until it became unsuited for the club matches, forcing Maccabi Jaffa to move temporarily to play in other nearby stadiums. In 1971 the old ground was demolished and a new stadium was built, opening in 1977. The ground was named after

Maccabi Haifa F
A Maccabi or Maccabee ( he, מכבי) is one of the Maccabees, a group of Jewish rebel warriors who controlled Judea. Maccabi or Maccabee may also refer to: People * Bruce Maccabee, an American optical physicist * Judas Maccabeus or Judah Maccabee, leader of the Maccabean Revolt Other * Maccabi (sports) or Maccabi World Union, international Jewish sports association ** List of Maccabi sports clubs and organisations * Maccabi Sherutei Briut, an Israeli Health Maintenance Organization * Maccabi youth movement, a Zionist youth movement established in 1929 * Maccabim-Re'ut, a former local council in central Israel * Operation Maccabi, a 1948 military operation * Maccabee (beer), produced by Tempo Beer Industries See also * Maccabees (other) * Maccabeus (other) * Maccabiah (other) Maccabiah may refer to: * Maccabiah Games, a quadrennial international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport competition ** Maccabiah Games by year held ** Maccabiah sports, the spo ...
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HaMakhtesh Stadium
The HaMakhtesh Stadium ( he, אצטדיון המכתש, ''Etztadion HaMakhtesh'') was a stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Givatayim, Israel, and the home of Hapoel Ramat Gan. The name "''HaMakhtesh''" translates into English as "The Crater". The stadium was originally opened in 1927 and nowadays has an all-seated capacity of 5,500. There were only two stands; one behind a goal and the other alongside the pitch. The record attendance was 9,000 for the championship-deciding match between Hapoel Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva on 28 March 1964, which was won by the home side. Despite Hapoel playing in the UEFA Cup in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, the stadium has never witnessed European football, as due to a UEFA ban on matches being played in Israel because of security concerns, Hapoel Ramat Gan home match against Levski Sofia was played in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a lan ...
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Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many high-tech industries. Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a moshav shitufi, a communal farming settlement. In it had a population of . History Ramat Gan was established by the ''Ir Ganim'' association in 1921 as a satellite town of Tel Aviv. The first plots of land were purchased between 1914 and 1918. It stood just south of the Arab village of Jarisha. The settlement was initially a moshava, a Zionist agricultural colony that grew wheat, barley and watermelons. The name of the settlement was changed to Ramat Gan (lit: ''Garden Height'') in 1923. The settlement continued to operate as a moshava until 1933, although it achieved local council status in 1926. At this time it had 450 residents. In the 1940s, Ramat Gan became a battlegr ...
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Hapoel Ramat Gan F
Hapoel ( he, הפועל, lit. ''the worker'') is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation. History During the British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry with Maccabi and organized its own competitions, with the exception of football, the only sport in which all the organizations played each other. At the time, Hapoel took no part in the ''Eretz Israel Olympic Committee'', which was controlled by Maccabi, and instead sought for international ties with similar workers sports organizations of socialist parties. Therefore, Hapoel became a member of SASI in 1927 and later was a member of CSIT. After the State of Israel was established, the rival sport organizations reached a 1951 agreement that allowed joint sports associations and competitions open for all Israeli residents. General sports clubs *Hapoel Jerusalem * Hapoel Tel Aviv *Hapoel Holon *Hapoel Haifa * Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball), Hapoel Rishon Le ...
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Hapoel Ground, Petah Tikva
Hapoel Ground, Petah Tikva ( he, מגרש הפועל פתח תקווה) was a football stadium in Petah Tikva, on Abravanel The Abravanel family ( he, ''ʾAbravanʾēl'' or ''ʾAbarbənəʾēl''), also spelled as ''Abarbanel'', ''Abrabanel'', ''Avravanel'', ''Barbernell'', or ''Barbanel'' – literally meaning ''Ab'' ("father") ''rabban'' ("priest") ''el'' ("of God" ... street. The ground was in use between 1940 and 1967, when the team moved to the Municipal Stadium.The Urva Stadium1967-2010, RIP
Oren Aharoni, 14 May 2010, Ynet


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Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of Edmond James de Rothschild, Baron Edmond de Rothschild. In , the city had a population of . Its population density is approximately . Its jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams (~35.9 km2 or 15 sq mi). Petah Tikva is part of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. Etymology Petah Tikva takes its name (meaning "Door of Hope") from the biblical allusion in Hosea 2:15: "... and make the valley of Achor a door of hope." The Achor Valley, near Jericho, was the original proposed location for the town. The city and its inhabitants are sometimes known by the nickname "Mlabes" after the Arab village preceding the town. (See "Ottoman era" under "History" below.) Hist ...
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Hapoel Petah Tikva F
Hapoel ( he, הפועל, lit. ''the worker'') is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation. History During the British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry with Maccabi and organized its own competitions, with the exception of football, the only sport in which all the organizations played each other. At the time, Hapoel took no part in the ''Eretz Israel Olympic Committee'', which was controlled by Maccabi, and instead sought for international ties with similar workers sports organizations of socialist parties. Therefore, Hapoel became a member of SASI in 1927 and later was a member of CSIT. After the State of Israel was established, the rival sport organizations reached a 1951 agreement that allowed joint sports associations and competitions open for all Israeli residents. General sports clubs *Hapoel Jerusalem * Hapoel Tel Aviv *Hapoel Holon *Hapoel Haifa * Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball), Hapoel Rishon Le ...
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Hapoel Ground, Kfar Saba
Hapoel ( he, הפועל, lit. ''the worker'') is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation. History During the British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry with Maccabi and organized its own competitions, with the exception of football, the only sport in which all the organizations played each other. At the time, Hapoel took no part in the ''Eretz Israel Olympic Committee'', which was controlled by Maccabi, and instead sought for international ties with similar workers sports organizations of socialist parties. Therefore, Hapoel became a member of SASI in 1927 and later was a member of CSIT. After the State of Israel was established, the rival sport organizations reached a 1951 agreement that allowed joint sports associations and competitions open for all Israeli residents. General sports clubs *Hapoel Jerusalem *Hapoel Tel Aviv * Hapoel Holon * Hapoel Haifa *Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball), Hapoel Rishon L ...
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