The 1933–34 season was the seventh season of competitive

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in the

British Mandate for Palestine The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, both of which had been conceded by the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I in 1918. The manda ...

under the Eretz Israel Football Association and the 2nd under the

Arab Palestine Sports Federation The Arab Palestine Sport Federation (APSF; ar, الإتحاد الرياضي العربي الفلسطيني, al-Ittihad al-Riadi al-'Arabi al-Filastini) was a governing body of sport activities for Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine. The fed ...

IFA Competitions

1933–34 Palestine League

Due to orders of the High Commissioner for Palestine, the second edition of the Palestine League was played without participation of British teams, including the reigning champions,

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Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

won the title after completing a perfect season of 14 victories in 14 matches.

1934 Palestine Cup

10 clubs entered the competition, which ended, as the previous competition, with a

Tel Aviv derby The Tel Aviv Local derby, derby refers to Association football, football matches between Israeli clubs Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv. The rivalry between the clubs also exists in basketball, alt ...

. This time Hapoel defeated Maccabi 3–2 and won the cup.

Final

National team

1934 World Cup Qualification

The

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entered a team to the

1934 World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in ...

, and was placed in Group 12 of the qualification rounds, with

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and

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. Following Turkey's withdrawal, the national team faced Egypt in a two-legged tie. Prior to the first match the national team played three practice matches, the first against a

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Palestine XI, which was won 7–2, the second against a British military team from Gaza, which was won 3–1, and the second against a

Middle East XI, which was won 8–1. ---- Egypt qualified for the final round.

Line-ups

Coaches:

Egon Pollak Gustav "Egon" or "Erwin" Pollak ( he, אגון פולק, 12 November 1898 – 21 January 1981) was an Austrian-born footballer who played for the famed SC Hakoah Wien (a.k.a. Hakoah Vienna). He was also the first ever manager of the Israel nati ...

Shimon Ratner Shimon Ratner ( he, שמעון רוטנר), also known as Shimon Leumi ( he, שמעון לאומי), and by the nickname "Lumek" ( he, לומק) was a Polish-born association football, football player and coach, who coached the Mandatory Palestine ...

16/03/1934:
GK: Willy Berger ( Hap. Tel Aviv)
DF: Avraham Reznik ( Mac. Tel Aviv), Pinhas Fiedler ( Mac. Hasmonean)
MF: Zalman Friedman ( Hap. Tel Aviv), Gedalyahu Fuchs ( Hap. Haifa), Yohanan Sukenik ( Hap. Tel Aviv)
FW: Amnon Harlap ( Hap. Tel Aviv), Ferenc Kraus ( Hap. Tel Aviv), Paul Kastenbaum ( Hap. Tel Aviv), Haim Reich,

Avraham Nudelman Avraham Nudelman ( he, אברהם נודלמן) was an Israeli footballer who played for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Mandatory Palestine national football team during the British Mandate era. Playing career Nudelman was born in Menashiya neighborhood of ...

( Hap. Tel Aviv) 06/04/1934:
GK: Willy Berger ( Hap. Tel Aviv)
DF: David Weinberg ( Mac. Tel Aviv), Pinhas Fiedler ( Mac. Hasmonean)
MF: Zalman Friedman ( Hap. Tel Aviv), Gedalyahu Fuchs ( Hap. Haifa), Yohanan Sukenik ( Hap. Tel Aviv)
FW: Amnon Harlap ( Hap. Tel Aviv), Ya'akov Levi-Meir ( Hap. Tel Aviv), Ya'akov Zelivanski ( Mac. Tel Aviv), Haim Reich,

( Hap. Tel Aviv)

References

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