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1958–59 in Israeli football

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Season
  
1958–59

Liga Alef
  
Bnei Yehuda

Liga Leumit
  
Hapoel Petah Tikva

State Cup
  
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Liga Bet
  
Hapoel Tiberias Hapoel Ramla

10th Anniversary Cup
  
Hapoel Haifa (Leumit) Hapoel Tiberias (Liga Alef)

The 1958–59 season was the 11th season of competitive football in Israel and the 33rd season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

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Review and Events

  • At the end of the season, Liga Alef (second tier) was expanded from 12 teams to 14 teams and Liga Bet (third tier) was expanded from 24 teams (in two divisions) to 64 teams (in four divisions). This meant that while two teams relegated from Liga Alef, four promoted from Liga Bet, and that no clubs were relegated from Liga Bet and 42 club were promoted from Liga Gimel.
  • The national team took a brief tour of Poland in June 1959, playing one international match and one unofficial match. Israel was beaten 2–7 in the international match, which was labelled in Israel as the "Wrocław Shame". The other match, that was billed as a match between Łódź and Tel Aviv ended with a 1–1 draw.

    • Promotion and relegation

    The following promotions and relegations took place at the end of the season:

    Israel State Cup

    The 1957–58 Israel State Cup started during the previous season, but was carried over the summer break and finished with the final on 30 September 1958, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Haifa 2–0.

    On 6 December 1958 the next season's competition began, and once again carried over to the next season.

    As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of Israel, a cup competition was arranged by the Israeli Football Association. The competition, which was divided to two cups, one for 1957–58 Liga Leumit clubs and one for 1957–58 Liga Alef clubs and was played as a straight knock-out tournament, was won by Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Tiberias.

    References

    1958–59 in Israeli football Wikipedia
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