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1955–56 Liga Alef
The 1955–56 Liga Alef season was the first in which Liga Alef was the second tier of Israeli football due to the formation of Liga Leumit, and was the first nationwide second tier season (replacing Liga Bet North and South regional divisions). Hakoah Tel Aviv won the league and qualified for the promotion play-offs against Maccabi Jaffa (10th at the 1955–56 Liga Leumit). League matches were completed on 2 June 1956, however, Hapoel Balfouria appealed the results which were set in its matches against Hapoel Nahariya (a walkover loss of 0–3) and Hapoel Jerusalem (which was abandoned with a score of 4–0 to Hapoel Jerusalem), as Balfouria could be spared from relegation with two wins in these matches. The first replayed match was played on 28 July 1956, and as Hapoel Balfouria lost 2–4 to Hapoel Nahariya, Balfouria gave up its claims regarding the match against Hapoel Jerusalem, agreeing to set the score to 0–4 to Hapoel Jerusalem. An 18th round match between Hapoel N ...
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Hakoah Tel Aviv F
Hakoah () means "The Strength" and may refer to any one of these Jewish sport organizations: * Hakoah Vienna, an athletic club in Austria that is the origin of the Hakoah name * Hakoah Bergen County, an amateur football club in New Jersey * Brooklyn Hakoah, a defunct football club in the United States of America * Hakoah Berlin, a defunct football club in Berlin, Germany * Club Náutico Hacoaj, a sport club in Argentina * FC Hakoah, a football club in Switzerland * Hakoah All-Stars, a defunct football club in the United States of America * Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C., a football club in Israel * Melbourne Hakoah, a defunct football club in Australia * New York Hakoah, a defunct football club in the United States of America * Hakoah Sydney City East FC a football club in Australia * Hakoah Riga, a defunct football club in Latvia * Hakoah Prague Hakoah () means "The Strength" and may refer to any one of these Jewish sport organizations: * Hakoah Vienna, an athletic club in Austria t ...
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Hapoel Hadera F
Hapoel (, ) 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 LeZion F.C. and others in Rishon ...
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Maccabi Hadera F
A Maccabi or Maccabee () 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) Maccabeus or Machabeus may refer to: * ''Maccabeus'' (worm), a sole genus of Seticoronarian priapulid worm * Judas Maccabeus, a Kohen (Jewish priest) who led a revolt against the Seleucid Empire * Gilla Mo Chaidbeo, I ...
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1955–56 Liga Bet
The 1955–56 Liga Bet season was the first in which Liga Bet was the third tier of Israeli football due to the formation of Liga Leumit. Maccabi Hadera (North Division champions) and Maccabi Sha'arayim (South Division champions) qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs against the 9th- and 10th-placed clubs in Liga Alef. North Division South Division Promotion play-offs A promotion-relegation play-off between the 9th and 10th-placed teams in Liga Alef, Ahva Notzrit Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem, and the winners of the regional divisions of Liga Bet, Maccabi Sha'arayim and Maccabi Hadera. Each team played the other three once. Notes References1955-56 Bnei Yehuda Beitar Jerusalem in top of the play-offs tableMaariv, 26.8.56, Historical Jewish Press Beitar Jerusalem 4-2 Maccabi HaderaHeruth, 2.9.56, Historical Jewish Press In SportsHeruth, 6.4.56, Historical Jewish Press Football (Page 19) M. Almog, Hapoel 1956, 1956, www.infocenters.co.il (Hapoel Archive) ...
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Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium
The Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium (, ''Itztadion Shkhunat HaTikva'') is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hatikva Quarter of Tel Aviv in Israel. History The stadium was built in 1951, when the former stadium of Bnei Yehuda was built over.Bnei Yehuda: The Yemenite Youth Association, a Symbol of Diligence and Independence – Celebrates 18 Years of Existence
Moshe Tarasi, 16 January 1955, Hadshot HaSport, p. 6
75 Years of Gold: How Everything Started
Yaron Sagiv, 10 December 2010, Bnei Yehuda
The club was forced to find a different locatio ...
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Boghos Ghougasian
Boghos is an Armenian given name equivalent to Paul. In Eastern Armenian it is translated as Poghos. Notable people with the name include: Given name Boghos * Andon Boghos Çelebi (1604–1674), Armenian merchant magnate, Ottoman and Tuscan official * Boghos Nubar (1851–1930), Armenian politician and leader * Boghos Yousefian (1775–1844), Armenian merchant, administrator and customs official * Avedis Boghos Derounian (1909–1991), Armenian-American journalist and author * Steven Boghos Derounian (1918–2007), Armenian-American politician * Boghos Lévon Zékiyan (born 1943), Armenian scholar, linguist and philosopher Poghos * Poghos Bek-Pirumyan (1856–1921), Armenian Russian commander * Poghos Galstyan (born 1961), Armenian footballer and manager * Poghos Ignatosian (born 1920), American bureaucrat of Armenian descent * Poghos Poghosyan (1958–2001), Armenian murder victim * Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian (1883–1915), Armenian revolutionary and fedayi in the ...
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of 495,600, it is the economic and technological center of the country and a global high tech hub. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem. Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Mayor Ron Huldai, and is home to most of Israel's foreign embassies. It is a beta+ world city and is ranked 53rd in the 2022 Global Financial Centres Index. Tel Aviv has the third- or fourth-largest economy and the largest economy per capita in the Middle East. Tel Aviv is ranked the 4th top global startup ecosystem hub. The city currently has the highest cost of living in the wor ...
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Maccabi Ground, Jaffa
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

Israel Ashkenazi (footballer)
Israel Sarug Ashkenazi (Hebrew: ר׳ ישראל סרוג אשכנזי , also סרוק ''Saruk'' or ''Srugo'', known also as רי״ס ''the Ris'' and מהר״י סרוג ''Mahari Sarug,'' 1590–1610) was a pupil of Isaac Luria who devoted himself at the death of his master to the propagation of Lurianic Kabbalah, through which he gained many adherents in various parts of Italy. Among these, the most prominent were Menahem Azariah da Fano, whom he persuaded to spend large sums of money in the acquisition of Luria's manuscripts; and Aaron Berechiah of Modena, author of the ''Ma'avar Yabbok''. Sarug also lectured in various places in Germany and in Amsterdam. In the latter city one of his disciples was Abraham Cohen de Herrera. Sarug's school of Kabbalah has produced several major texts, of: * ''Limudei Atzilut'', the major compendium of Sarugian teachings on Kabbalah ( Muncacz, 1897) * ''Drush HaMalbush'', another major publication in the Sarugian worldview (Jerusalem, 2001) * ''K ...
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Haim Kalev
Haim can be a first name or surname originating in Hebrew or derived from the Old German name Haimo. Etymology Hebrew Chayyim ( ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Haim, Hayim, Chayim'', or ''Chaim'' (English pronunciations: , , ), is a Hebrew name meaning "life". Its first usage can be traced to the Middle Ages. It is a popular name among Jewish people. The feminine form for this name is Chaya. '' Chai'' is the Hebrew word for "alive". According to Kabbalah, the name Hayim helps the person to remain healthy, and people were known to add Hayim as a second name to improve their health. In the United States, Chaim is a common spelling; however, since the phonemic pattern is unusual for English words, Hayim is often used as an alternative spelling. The "ch" spelling comes from transliteration of the Hebrew letter " chet", which also starts words like Chanukah, Channa, etc., which can also be spelled as Hanukah and Hannah. It is cognate to the Arabic wor ...
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Baruch Cohen
Baruch Cohen (; 17 January 1936 – 23 January 1973) was an Israeli intelligence officer in the Shin Bet and '' katsa'' in the Mossad. Cohen was assassinated by the Palestinian militant group Black September Organization in Madrid in 1973 after meeting with one of his Palestinian informants, who was a double agent. Early life Baruch Cohen was born on 17 January 1936, in Haifa, then in Mandatory Palestine. The Cohen family had lived in Haifa for five generations. Cohen was the son of Chaim and Victoria and had 5 brothers. Three of his brothers were members of the Hagana and had been arrested and imprisoned by the British Army. One brother was killed in the Battle of Rafah during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Baruch spoke Arabic with his parents and felt at ease in an Arab home. At the age of 16, he joined Kibbutz Ein Harod, and then the Nahal in 1953, where he completed officers and combat sergeants courses. Government career Cohen completed his mandatory service in the Israeli D ...
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