1961–62 in Israeli football
Season | 1961–62 | |||
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Men's football | ||||
Liga Leumit | Hapoel Petah Tikva | |||
Liga Alef | Hakoah Tel Aviv | |||
Liga Bet | Hapoel Safed Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Lod Hapoel Holon | |||
State Cup | Maccabi Haifa | |||
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The 1961–62 season was the 14th season of competitive football in Israel and the 36th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.
Review and Events
- The national team completed their involvement in the 1962 World Cup qualification, playing Italy during October 1961. The team stunned Italy in the first match by taking a 2–0 lead in the first half of the first match, played at Ramat Gan Stadium, only to concede 4 goals in the second half,[1] and then losing 0–6 in the second leg.[2]
- At the end of the season, Liga Alef was expanded from 14 clubs to 16 clubs, as 2 clubs relegated from the league at the end of the season and the 4 winners of Liga Bet promoted to Liga Alef. This also meant that at the end of the season the 8 relegated teams from Liga Bet were replaced by 10 promoted clubs from Liga Gimel.
Domestic leagues
Promotion and relegation
The following promotions and relegations took place at the end of the season:
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1. Hakoah Tel Aviv merged with Maccabi Ramat Gan to form Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan. The merged club took Hakoah Tel Aviv's place in Liga Leumit.
Domestic cups
The 1961–62 Israel State Cup started on 12 February 1961, during the previous season, and was carried over the summer break and finished with the replayed final on 7 May 1962, in which Maccabi Haifa defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 5–2.
On 24 March 1962, the next season's competition began, and was carried over to the next season.
National Teams
National team
1962 World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 7, final round)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
1961–62 matches
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15 October 1961 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification | Israel ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | Ramat Gan |
Stelmach ![]() Young ![]() | Report | Lojacono ![]() Altafini ![]() Corso ![]() | Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: ![]() |
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22 October 1961 Friendly | Israel ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Ramat Gan |
Stelmach ![]() | Chung Soon-Chun ![]() | Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
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4 November 1961 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification | Italy ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | Turin |
Sivori ![]() Corso ![]() Angelillo ![]() | Report | Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 60,799 Referee: ![]() |
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9 November 1961 Friendly (unofficial) | England U-23 ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() | Leeds |
Byrne ![]() F. Hill ![]() Farmer ![]() S. Hill ![]() Harris ![]() | S. Levi ![]() | Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 12,419 Referee: ![]() |
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14 December 1961 Friendly | Israel ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Ramat Gan |
Galić ![]() | Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
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16 May 1962 Friendly | Turkey ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Istanbul |
Lefter ![]() | Stadium: Mithat Paşa Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
References
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- Results
- 1962 World Cup qualification
- Hapoel Haifa
- Hapoel Jerusalem
- Hapoel Kfar Saba
- Hapoel Petah Tikva
- Hapoel Ramat Gan
- Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Hapoel Tiberias
- Maccabi Haifa
- Maccabi Jaffa
- Maccabi Netanya
- Maccabi Petah Tikva
- Maccabi Tel Aviv