1933–34 in Mandatory Palestine football

Season

1933–34

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The 1933–34 season was the seventh season of competitive football in the British Mandate for Palestine under the Eretz Israel Football Association and the 2nd under the Arab Palestine Sports Federation.

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, British Police. Hapoel Tel Aviv won the title after completing a perfect season of 14 victories in 14 matches.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv (C)	14	14	0	0	45	7	6.429	28
2	Maccabi Hashmonai	13	7	2	4	27	17	1.588	16
3	Hapoel Haifa	11	5	4	2	25	18	1.389	14
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	11	5	2	4	13	15	0.867	12
5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	12	4	3	5	25	20	1.250	11
6	Maccabi Nes Tziona	13	4	2	7	10	24	0.417	10
7	Maccabi Rehovot	13	2	2	9	11	30	0.367	6
8	Hapoel Jerusalem	13	0	3	10	10	35	0.286	3
9	Maccabi Haifa^[a] (F)	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 1934. Source: IFA, Do'ar HaYom
(C) Champions; (F) Folded
Notes:

^ Maccabi Haifa withdrew from the league after playing two matches due to travel costs.^[1]

1934 Palestine Cup

10 clubs entered the competition, which ended, as the previous competition, with a Tel Aviv derby. This time Hapoel defeated Maccabi 3–2 and won the cup.

Final

2 June 1934

Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Harlap 12' Berger (pen.) Zimon		2' Neufeld Beit haLevi

Maccabi Avshalem Petah Tikva ground

Referee: Adler

National team

1934 World Cup Qualification

The EIFA entered a team to the 1934 World Cup, and was placed in Group 12 of the qualification rounds, with Egypt and Turkey. 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 Royal Air Force 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 Royal Air Force Middle East XI, which was won 8–1.^[3]

Egypt

Mandatory Palestine

16 March 1934 1934 WCQ	Egypt	7–1	Mandatory Palestine	Cairo, Egypt
	Mokhtar 11', 35', 51' Taha 21', 79' Latif 43', 87'	Report Report	Nudelman 61'	Stadium: British Army Ground Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Stanley Wells (England)

Mandatory Palestine

Egypt

6 April 1934 1934 WCQ	Mandatory Palestine	1–4	Egypt	Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
	Sukenik 54'	Report Report	Latif 2' Mokhtar 7', 22' Fawzi 35'	Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 5,000 / 8,000 Referee: Frederick John Goodsby (England)

Egypt qualified for the final round.

Line-ups

Coaches: Egon Pollak, Shimon Ratner

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 (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, Avraham Nudelman (Hap. Tel Aviv)

References

^ Current Affairs Do'ar HaYom, 1 December 1933, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ "ז'ורנאליסטיקה ספורטאית בעונה המתה" [Sportive Journalism in the Dead Season]. Davar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. 10 August 1934. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ Shohat, Elisha (2006). 100 Years of Football 1906-2006. p. 62.

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