Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
# Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 28 September.

The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 7 countries participated. The tournament was won by the defending champions, Israel.

As part of the closing ceremony, the host and winner, Israel, played an exhibition match against a selected team from the other competing nations. The match, that was played over two halves of 20 minutes, ended goalless.

## Format

The seven teams were divided into two group, each team playing the others once. The top two qualified for the medals group, while the rest played for the 5th-7th places.

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 September 1953 |
| Israel | 3–1 | Great Britain | Maccabi Ground, Rehovot |
| Switzerland | 5–1 | Finland | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| 22 September 1953 |
| Israel | 5–0 | Finland | Municipal Stadium, Haifa |
| Great Britain | 1–0 | Switzerland | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| 23 September 1953 |
| Israel | 2–0 | Switzerland | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| Great Britain | 4–0 | Finland | Hapoel Ground, Kfar Saba |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 September 1953 |
| South Africa | 6–2 | France | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| 22 September 1953 |
| France | 3–1 | United States | YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem |
| 23 September 1953 |
| South Africa | 3–2 | United States | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |

## Final round

### 5th-7th places group

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 September 1953 |
| Switzerland | 4–2 | Finland | Maccabi Ground, Rehovot |
| 28 September 1953 |
| Switzerland | 1–1 | United States | YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem |
| 29 September 1953 |
| United States | w/o | Finland | |

### Medals group

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| 25 September 1953 |
| Israel | 5–0 | France | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| South Africa | 2–1 | Great Britain | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| 27 September 1953 |
| Israel | 4–0 | South Africa | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| Great Britain | 6–2 | France | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| 28 September 1953 |
| Israel | 8–1 | Great Britain | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| South Africa | 3–1 | France | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
