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{{Infobox football league season
[[Ligat ha'Al]] ({{lang-he|ליגת העל}}, lit. ''Premier League'') is the [[football (soccer)]] premier league in [[Israel]]. The '''2007/08''' season began on August 18, 2007 and ended on June 1, 2008, with [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] win their second consecutive title.
| competition = [[Israeli Premier League]]
| season = 2007–08
| winners = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]<br />2nd Premier League title<br />6th top-flight title
| runners-up = [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
| relegated = [[Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C.|Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan]] and [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
| continentalcup1 = [[2007–08 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] (second qualifying round)
| continentalcup2 = [[2007–08 UEFA Cup|Europa Cup]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]] (group stage)<br />[[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]] (second qualifying round)<br />[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] (second qualifying round)
| league topscorer = {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Samuel Yeboah]] (15)
| biggest home win = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] 5-0 [[F.C. Ashdod]] (7 October 2007)
| biggest away win = [[F.C. Ashdod]] 1-6 [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]] (29 September 2007)
| highest scoring = [[F.C. Ashdod]] 1-6 [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]] (29 September 2007)
| total goals = 459
| average goals = 2.318
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] (16 games)
| longest losses =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = [[2006–07 Israeli Premier League|2006–07]]
| nextseason = [[2008–09 Israeli Premier League|2008–09]]
}}
The '''2007–08 Israeli Premier League season''' began on 18 August 2007 and ended on 1 June 2008, with [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] win their second consecutive title.


Two teams from [[Liga Leumit]] were promoted at the end of the previous season: [[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]] and [[Bnei Sakhnin]]. The two teams relegated were [[Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan F.C.|Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan]] and [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]].
Two teams from [[Liga Leumit]] were promoted at the end of the previous season: [[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]] and [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]. The two teams relegated were [[Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan F.C.|Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan]] and [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]].


==League Table==
==Teams and Locations==
{{Location map+ |Israel |caption=Locations of the 2007–08 Israeli Premier League teams |float=right |width=400 |places=
{{Ligat ha'Al 2007/08 table}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Beitar Jerusalem}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Bnei Sakhnin|position=bottom}}
{{Israeli football club on map|F.C. Ashdod|position=left}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Ironi Kiryat Shmona|position=left}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Maccabi Haifa|position=left}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Maccabi Netanya|position=left}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Maccabi Petah Tikva|position=right}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Maccabi Herzliya|position=left}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Bnei Yehuda|raise=0.9em|position=left}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Hapoel Tel Aviv|position=left}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Maccabi Tel Aviv|lower=0.9em|position=left}}
{{Israeli football club on map|Hapoel Kfar Saba|position=right}}
}}


Twelve teams took part in the 2007-08 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the [[2006–07 Israeli Premier League|2006-07 season]], as well as two teams which were promoted from the [[2006-07 Liga Leumit]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Ligat ha'Al 2007-08 Winners
|-
|'''[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]'''<br /> '''6th Title'''
|}
<br />


[[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]] were promoted as champions of the [[2006-07 Liga Leumit]]. [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]] were promoted as runners up. [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]] returned after an absence of one season, while [[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]] made their debut in the top flight.


[[Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C.|Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan]] and [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]] were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the [[2006–07 Israeli Premier League|2006-07 season]].
{{Ligat Al Map|float=right}}


{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Club
==Results==
! Stadium
===First round===
! Capacity
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] || [[Teddy Stadium]] || align="center"|21,600
!Home Team!!Score!!Away Team
|-
|-
| [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]] || rowspan="3"|[[Bloomfield Stadium]] || rowspan="3" align="center"|15,700
|'''Round 1'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|-
|-
|[[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|'''Round 2'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''3-2'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|-
|-
|[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|'''Round 3'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''4-2'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|-
|-
| [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] || [[Kiryat Eliezer Stadium]] || align="center"|14,002
|'''Round 4'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''2-2'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-3'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''1-6'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|-
|-
| [[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]] || [[Herzliya Municipal Stadium]] || align="center"|{{0}}8,100
|'''Round 5'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''5-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|-
|-
| [[F.C. Ashdod]] || [[Yud-Alef Stadium]] || align="center"|{{0}}7,800
|'''Round 6'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''2-3'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|-
|-
| [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]] || [[Sar-Tov Stadium]] || align="center"|{{0}}7,500
|'''Round 7'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''2-2'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|-
|-
| [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]] || [[Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium]] || align="center"|{{0}}6,800
|'''Round 8'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|-
|-
| [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] || [[Levita Stadium]] || align="center"|{{0}}5,800
|'''Round 9'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''0-3'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''2-3'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|-
|-
| [[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]] || [[Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium]] || align="center"|{{0}}5,300
|'''Round 10'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|-
|-
| [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]] || [[Doha Stadium]] || align="center"|{{0}}5,000
|'''Round 11'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''3-2'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''4-0'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''1-3'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|}
|}

===Second round===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
![[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
!Home Team!!Score!!Away Team
![[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]<br/> [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]<br/> [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
![[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
![[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]]
|-
|-
|width=150|[[Teddy Stadium]]<br/>
|'''Round 12'''||
|width=150|[[Bloomfield Stadium]]<br/>
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|width=150|[[Levita Stadium]]
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''0-3'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|width=150|[[Herzliya Municipal Stadium]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''1-3'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|-
|-
|[[File:Teddy stadium, Jerusalem.JPG|200px]]
|'''Round 13'''||
|[[File:Bloomfield_stadium.jpg|200px]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|[[File:Levita Stadium9.jpg|200px]]
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|[[File:Herzliya-Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|-
|-
![[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
|'''Round 14'''||
![[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
![[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''0-3'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|-
|-
|width=150|[[Sar-Tov Stadium]]<br/>
|'''Round 15'''||
|width=150|[[Kiryat Eliezer Stadium]]<br/>
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|width=150|[[Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium]]
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|-
|-
|[[File:Sar-Tov Stadium (21).jpg|200px]]
|'''Round 16'''||
|[[File:Haifa-WM01 - Kiryat Eliezer Stadium during a local derby.jpg|200px]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|[[File:Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium04.jpg|200px]]
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''0-3'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-2'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''2-3'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|-
|-
![[F.C. Ashdod]]
|'''Round 17'''||
![[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
![[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]]
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''3-2'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|-
|-
|width=150|[[Yud-Alef Stadium]]
|'''Round 18'''||
|width=150|[[Doha Stadium]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|[[Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium|Kiryat Shmona Stadium]]
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''2-3'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''0-3'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|-
|-
|[[File:Yod alef1.JPG|200px]]
|'''Round 19'''||
|[[File:Doha Stadium01.jpg|200px|center]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|[[File:Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium1.jpg|200px]]
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''1-0'''<sup><FONT color="red">1</FONT></sup>||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''0-4'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|-
|'''Round 20'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''1-3'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''0-3'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|-
|'''Round 21'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''2-4'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''1-3'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|-
|'''Round 22'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|}
|}

==League table==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|show_limit=5
|res_col_header=QR

|team1=BEI|name_BEI=[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
|team2=MNE|name_MNE=[[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
|team3=IKS|name_IKS=[[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]]
|team4=BnS|name_BnS=[[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]
|team5=MHA|name_MHA=[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|team6=MTA|name_MTA=[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|team7=HTA|name_HTA=[[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|team8=ASH|name_ASH=[[F.C. Ashdod]]
|team9=BnY|name_BnY=[[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
|team10=MPT|name_MPT=[[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
|team11=HKS|name_HKS=[[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
|team12=MHE|name_MHE=[[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]]
|win_BEI=20|draw_BEI=7|loss_BEI=6|gf_BEI=61|ga_BEI=23|status_BEI=C
|win_MNE=16|draw_MNE=10|loss_MNE=7|gf_MNE=40|ga_MNE=24
|win_IKS=15|draw_IKS=11|loss_IKS=7|gf_IKS=43|ga_IKS=34
|win_BnS=15|draw_BnS=10|loss_BnS=8|gf_BnS=35|ga_BnS=29
|win_MHA=13|draw_MHA=8|loss_MHA=12|gf_MHA=38|ga_MHA=27
|win_MTA=11|draw_MTA=8|loss_MTA=14|gf_MTA=43|ga_MTA=43
|win_HTA=12|draw_HTA=5|loss_HTA=16|gf_HTA=35|ga_HTA=40
|win_ASH=11|draw_ASH=6|loss_ASH=16|gf_ASH=36|ga_ASH=52
|win_BnY=11|draw_BnY=5|loss_BnY=17|gf_BnY=31|ga_BnY=43
|win_MPT=10|draw_MPT=7|loss_MPT=16|gf_MPT=28|ga_MPT=39
|win_HKS=9|draw_HKS=10|loss_HKS=14|gf_HKS=37|ga_HKS=54|status_HKS=R
|win_MHE=7|draw_MHE=9|loss_MHE=17|gf_MHE=32|ga_MHE=51|status_MHE=R

|col_CL2=green1|text_CL2=Qualification for the [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League#Second qualifying round|Champions League second qualifying round]]
|result1=CL2
|col_UC2=blue1|text_UC2=Qualification for the [[2008–09 UEFA Cup#Second qualifying round|UEFA Cup second qualifying round]]
|result2=UC2
|col_UC1=blue2|text_UC1=Qualification for the [[2008–09 UEFA Cup#First qualifying round|UEFA Cup first qualifying round]]
|result3=UC1
|col_IC2=#ccccff|text_IC2=Qualification for the [[2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Second round|Intertoto Cup second round]]
|result4=IC2
|col_UC1b=blue1|text_UC1b=Qualification for the [[2008–09 UEFA Cup#First qualifying round|UEFA Cup first qualifying round]]
|note_res_UC1b=Since Beitar Jerusalem won both [[Israel State Cup|Israeli State Cup]] and the Israeli Premier League championship, then the cup-runner-up, Hapoel Tel Aviv, awarded with entry to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.
|result7=UC1b
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[2008–09 Liga Leumit|Liga Leumit]]
|result11=R|result12=R
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|update=complete
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120920084238/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueDetails.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=40&SEASON_ID=9 The Israel Football Association]
}}</onlyinclude>

==Results==
The schedule consisted of three rounds. During first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

===First and second round===
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=BEI|team2=BnS|team3=BnY|team4=ASH|team5=HKS
|team6=HTA|team7=IKS|team8=MHA|team9=MHE|team10=MNE
|team11=MPT|team12=MTA

|name_BEI=[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
|match_BEI_BnS=0-1
|match_BEI_BnY=3–0
|match_BEI_ASH=5-0
|match_BEI_HKS=4-0
|match_BEI_HTA=1-0
|match_BEI_IKS=0-0
|match_BEI_MHA=1-0
|match_BEI_MHE=4-2
|match_BEI_MNE=2-0
|match_BEI_MPT=2-1
|match_BEI_MTA=2-0

|name_BnS=[[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]
|match_BnS_BEI=2-2
|match_BnS_BnY=0-0
|match_BnS_ASH=3-0
|match_BnS_HKS=1-1
|match_BnS_HTA=1-0
|match_BnS_IKS=0-0
|match_BnS_MHA=1-1
|match_BnS_MHE=0-3
|match_BnS_MNE=0-0
|match_BnS_MPT=1-0
|match_BnS_MTA=3-2

|name_BnY=[[Bnei Yehuda F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
|match_BnY_BEI=0-3
|match_BnY_BnS=3-0
|match_BnY_ASH=3-2
|match_BnY_HKS=0-2
|match_BnY_HTA=1-1
|match_BnY_IKS=1-1
|match_BnY_MHA=0-3
|match_BnY_MHE=0-1
|match_BnY_MNE=1-2
|match_BnY_MPT=0-1
|match_BnY_MTA=0-4

|name_ASH=[[F.C. Ashdod]]
|match_ASH_BEI=1-2
|match_ASH_BnS=3-1
|match_ASH_BnY=3-0
|match_ASH_HKS=2-4
|match_ASH_HTA=1-1
|match_ASH_IKS=0-0
|match_ASH_MHA=1-0
|match_ASH_MHE=0-1
|match_ASH_MNE=1-6
|match_ASH_MPT=1-3
|match_ASH_MTA=0-0

|name_HKS=[[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
|match_HKS_BEI=1-1
|match_HKS_BnS=0-0
|match_HKS_BnY=0-0
|match_HKS_ASH=3-1
|match_HKS_HTA=1-1
|match_HKS_IKS=2-3
|match_HKS_MHA=0-3
|match_HKS_MHE=2-3
|match_HKS_MNE=1-2
|match_HKS_MPT=0-0
|match_HKS_MTA=0-3

|name_HTA=[[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|match_HTA_BEI=1-2
|match_HTA_BnS=0-1
|match_HTA_BnY=1-0
|match_HTA_ASH=0-2
|match_HTA_HKS=1-2
|match_HTA_IKS=0-1
|match_HTA_MHA=2-0
|match_HTA_MHE=0-2
|match_HTA_MNE=0-1
|match_HTA_MPT=2-1
|match_HTA_MTA=1-0

|name_IKS=[[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]]
|match_IKS_BEI=0-3
|match_IKS_BnS=0-0
|match_IKS_BnY=2-1
|match_IKS_ASH=2-1
|match_IKS_HKS=2-2
|match_IKS_HTA=2-1
|match_IKS_MHA=1-1
|match_IKS_MHE=3-0
|match_IKS_MNE=0-0
|match_IKS_MPT=2-1
|match_IKS_MTA=1-0

|name_MHA=[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|match_MHA_BEI=0-0
|match_MHA_BnS=0-1
|match_MHA_BnY=1-0
|match_MHA_ASH=3-0
|match_MHA_HKS=2-1
|match_MHA_HTA=2-0
|match_MHA_IKS=1-0
|match_MHA_MHE=1-1
|match_MHA_MNE=0-2
|match_MHA_MPT=0-1
|match_MHA_MTA=3-1

|name_MHE=[[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]]
|match_MHE_BEI=1-1
|match_MHE_BnS=0-1
|match_MHE_BnY=0-2
|match_MHE_ASH=1-1
|match_MHE_HKS=0-0
|match_MHE_HTA=2-3
|match_MHE_IKS=1-3
|match_MHE_MHA=0-1
|match_MHE_MNE=1-2
|match_MHE_MPT=1-1
|match_MHE_MTA=1-3

|name_MNE=[[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
|match_MNE_BEI=0-1
|match_MNE_BnS=1-2
|match_MNE_BnY=0-0
|match_MNE_ASH=3-0
|match_MNE_HKS=2-3
|match_MNE_HTA=0-0
|match_MNE_IKS=0-0
|match_MNE_MHA=2-1
|match_MNE_MHE=0-0
|match_MNE_MPT=1-0
|match_MNE_MTA=1-0

|name_MPT=[[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
|match_MPT_BEI=1-2
|match_MPT_BnS=2-0
|match_MPT_BnY=1-0
|match_MPT_ASH=0-0
|match_MPT_HKS=0-1
|match_MPT_HTA=2-1
|match_MPT_IKS=3-1
|match_MPT_MHA=1-1
|match_MPT_MHE=1-1
|match_MPT_MNE=0-0
|match_MPT_MTA=3-2

|name_MTA=[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|match_MTA_BEI=0-0
|match_MTA_BnS=0-0
|match_MTA_BnY=3-1
|match_MTA_ASH=1-1
|match_MTA_HKS=0-1
|match_MTA_HTA=1-3
|match_MTA_IKS=2-2
|match_MTA_MHA=0-3
|match_MTA_MHE=2-0
|match_MTA_MNE=0-2
|match_MTA_MPT=2-1

|update=complete
|source=[https://www.football.org.il/leagues/league/?league_id=40&season_id=9 Israel Football Association]
}}

===Third round===
===Third round===
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=BEI|team2=BnS|team3=BnY|team4=ASH|team5=HKS
|team6=HTA|team7=IKS|team8=MHA|team9=MHE|team10=MNE
|team11=MPT|team12=MTA

|name_BEI=[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
|match_BEI_BnS=1-2
|match_BEI_BnY=0-1
|match_BEI_ASH=null
|match_BEI_HKS=null
|match_BEI_HTA=null
|match_BEI_IKS=null
|match_BEI_MHA=null
|match_BEI_MHE=3-1
|match_BEI_MNE=3-0
|match_BEI_MPT=4-0
|match_BEI_MTA=1-1

|name_BnS=[[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]
|match_BnS_BEI=null
|match_BnS_BnY=1-3
|match_BnS_ASH=1-2
|match_BnS_HKS=2-0
|match_BnS_HTA=0-1
|match_BnS_IKS=null
|match_BnS_MHA=1-0
|match_BnS_MHE=null
|match_BnS_MNE=1-1
|match_BnS_MPT=null
|match_BnS_MTA=null

|name_BnY=[[Bnei Yehuda F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
|match_BnY_BEI=null
|match_BnY_BnS=null
|match_BnY_ASH=2-0
|match_BnY_HKS=3-0
|match_BnY_HTA=2-3
|match_BnY_IKS=null
|match_BnY_MHA=null
|match_BnY_MHE=2-0
|match_BnY_MNE=null
|match_BnY_MPT=null
|match_BnY_MTA=0-1

|name_ASH=[[F.C. Ashdod]]
|match_ASH_BEI=1-0
|match_ASH_BnS=null
|match_ASH_BnY=null
|match_ASH_HKS=3-1
|match_ASH_HTA=2-1
|match_ASH_IKS=2-0
|match_ASH_MHA=2-0
|match_ASH_MHE=null
|match_ASH_MNE=null
|match_ASH_MPT=null
|match_ASH_MTA=null

|name_HKS=[[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]]
|match_HKS_BEI=0-4
|match_HKS_BnS=null
|match_HKS_BnY=null
|match_HKS_ASH=null
|match_HKS_HTA=null
|match_HKS_IKS=1-3
|match_HKS_MHA=1-0
|match_HKS_MHE=3-3
|match_HKS_MNE=null
|match_HKS_MPT=null
|match_HKS_MTA=2-3

|name_HTA=[[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
|match_HTA_BEI=3-1
|match_HTA_BnS=null
|match_HTA_BnY=null
|match_HTA_ASH=null
|match_HTA_HKS=0-1
|match_HTA_IKS=2-0
|match_HTA_MHA=1-1
|match_HTA_MHE=2-1
|match_HTA_MNE=null
|match_HTA_MPT=null
|match_HTA_MTA=null

|name_IKS=[[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]]
|match_IKS_BEI=3-2
|match_IKS_BnS=0-1
|match_IKS_BnY=2-0
|match_IKS_ASH=null
|match_IKS_HKS=null
|match_IKS_HTA=null
|match_IKS_MHA=null
|match_IKS_MHE=2-2
|match_IKS_MNE=null
|match_IKS_MPT=1-0
|match_IKS_MTA=3-1

|name_MHA=[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|match_MHA_BEI=0-1
|match_MHA_BnS=null
|match_MHA_BnY=0-1
|match_MHA_ASH=null
|match_MHA_HKS=null
|match_MHA_HTA=null
|match_MHA_IKS=2-1
|match_MHA_MHE=3-0
|match_MHA_MNE=null
|match_MHA_MPT=0-0
|match_MHA_MTA=3-3

|name_MHE=[[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]]
|match_MHE_BEI=null
|match_MHE_BnS=0-2
|match_MHE_BnY=null
|match_MHE_ASH=2-0
|match_MHE_HKS=null
|match_MHE_HTA=null
|match_MHE_IKS=null
|match_MHE_MHA=null
|match_MHE_MNE=0-2
|match_MHE_MPT=0-1
|match_MHE_MTA=1-0

|name_MNE=[[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
|match_MNE_BEI=null
|match_MNE_BnS=null
|match_MNE_BnY=3-2
|match_MNE_ASH=1-0
|match_MNE_HKS=1-1
|match_MNE_HTA=3-0
|match_MNE_IKS=1-2
|match_MNE_MHA=0-2
|match_MNE_MHE=null
|match_MNE_MPT=null
|match_MNE_MTA=null

|name_MPT=[[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
|match_MPT_BEI=null
|match_MPT_BnS=0-4
|match_MPT_BnY=0-1
|match_MPT_ASH=0-3
|match_MPT_HKS=1-0
|match_MPT_HTA=1-2
|match_MPT_IKS=null
|match_MPT_MHA=null
|match_MPT_MHE=null
|match_MPT_MNE=0-1
|match_MPT_MTA=null

|name_MTA=[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|match_MTA_BEI=null
|match_MTA_BnS=3-1
|match_MTA_BnY=null
|match_MTA_ASH=2-0
|match_MTA_HKS=null
|match_MTA_HTA=2-1
|match_MTA_IKS=null
|match_MTA_MHA=null
|match_MTA_MHE=null
|match_MTA_MNE=0-0
|match_MTA_MPT=2-1

|update=complete
|source=[https://www.football.org.il/leagues/league/?league_id=40&season_id=9 Israel Football Association]
}}

==Goals==

===Top Goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Rank
!Home Team!!Score!!Away Team
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|-
|align="center"|1
|'''Round 23'''||
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Samuel Yeboah]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|Hapoel Kfar Saba
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|align="center"|15
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''0-3'''||'''F.C. Ahsdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''3-3'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center"|2
|'''Round 24'''||
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rômulo Marques Antoneli|Rômulo]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|Beitar Jerusalem
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|align="center"|12
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''4-0'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''2-3'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Yannick Kamanan]]
|'''Round 25'''||
|Maccabi Tel Aviv
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align="center"|12
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''0-4'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''1-3'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Moshe Biton]]
|'''Round 26'''||
|Bnei Yehuda
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align="center"|12
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|5
|'''Round 27'''||
|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Makriev]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|F.C. Ashdod
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|align="center"|11
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''0-4'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''1-3'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center"|6
|'''Round 28'''||
|{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Yero Bello]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|Ironi Kiryat Shmona
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''3-1'''<sup><FONT color="red">2</FONT></sup>||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|align="center"|10
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''0-0'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARM}} [[Yeghia Yavruyan]]
|'''Round 29'''||
|Bnei Sakhnin
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align="center"|10
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''3-1'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center"|8
|'''Round 30'''||
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yossi Shivhon]]
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''3-3'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|Maccabi Tel Aviv
|align="center"|9
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''2-2'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''1-0'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Maor Buzaglo]]
|'''Round 31'''||
|Bnei Sakhnin
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align="center"|9
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''1-1'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''Maccabi Netanya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''0-2'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''2-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yuval Avidor]]
|'''Round 32'''||
|Ironi Kiryat Shmona
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align="center"|9
|align=right|'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''||align=center|'''3-2'''||'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''||align=center|'''2-3'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Haifa'''||align=center|'''3-0'''||'''Maccabi Herzliya'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Bnei Sakhnin'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''F.C. Ashdod'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#eeeeff"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''3-2'''||'''Bnei Yehuda'''
|-
|'''Round 33'''||
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Netanya'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Ironi Kiryat Shmona'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Maccabi Herzliya'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Petah Tikva'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''F.C. Ashdod'''||align=center|'''2-0'''||'''Maccabi Haifa'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Hapoel Tel Aviv'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Hapoel Kfar Saba'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Bnei Yehuda'''||align=center|'''0-1'''||'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
|- style=font-size:90% bgcolor="#f5f5dc"
|align=right|'''Beitar Jerusalem'''||align=center|'''1-2'''||'''Bnei Sakhnin'''
|}
<small><FONT color="red">1.</FONT> Postponed due to a failure of the electricity system in [[Teddy Stadium]].</small><br />
<small><FONT color="red">2.</FONT> Postponed due to a pitch invasion of Beitar Jerusalem's crowd.</small><br />

==Goals==
===Top Goalscorers===
''Last updated [[May 31]], [[2008]]''
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! width="50px" |Position
! Player's name
! Nationality
! Club
! width="50px" | Goals
|-bgcolor="gold" align="center"
| 1
| align="left"| '''[[Samuel Yeboah]]'''
| align="left"| {{GHA}}
| align="left"| Hapoel Kfar Saba
| '''15'''
|-align="center"
| 2
| align="left"| [[Rômulo Marques Antoneli|Rômulo]]
| align="left"| {{BRA}}
| align="left"| Beitar Jerusalem
| '''12'''
|-align="center"
| -
| align="left"| [[Yannick Kamanan]]
| align="left"| {{FRA}}
| align="left"| Maccabi Tel Aviv
| '''12'''
|-align="center"
| -
| align="left"| [[Moshe Biton]]
| align="left"| {{ISR}}
| align="left"| Bnei Yehuda
| '''12'''
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center"
| 5
| align="left"| [[Dimitar Makriev]]
| align="left"| {{BUL}}
| align="left"| F.C. Ashdod
| '''11'''
|-align="center"
| 6
| align="left"| [[Yero Bello]]
| align="left"| {{NGR}}
| align="left"| Ironi Kiryat Shmona
| '''10'''
|-align="center"
| -
| align="left"| [[Ilya Yavruyan]]
| align="left"| {{RUS}}
| align="left"| Bnei Sakhnin
| '''10'''
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center"
| 9
| align="left"| [[Yossi Shivhon]]
| align="left"| {{ISR}}
| align="left"| Maccabi Tel Aviv
| '''9'''
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center"
| -
| align="left"| [[Maor Buzaglo]]
| align="left"| {{ISR}}
| align="left"| Bnei Sakhnin
| '''9'''
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center"
| -
| align="left"| [[Yuval Avidor]]
| align="left"| {{ISR}}
| align="left"| Ironi Kiryat Shmona
| '''9'''
|}
|}


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== Leading Players of Season 2007/08 ==
== IFPA Leading Players of Season 2007–08 ==


=== Best Player of the Year ===
=== Best Player of the Year ===


* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Gal Alberman]] - [[Beitar Jerusalem FC]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Gal Alberman]] - [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]


=== Best Foreign Player of the Year ===
=== Best Foreign Player of the Year ===


* {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Derek Boateng]] - [[Beitar Jerusalem FC]]
* {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Derek Boateng]] - [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]

=== Best Manager of the Year ===

* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Itzhak Shum]] - [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]

=== Discovery of the Year ===

* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Maor Buzaglo]] - [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]


=== Best Goalkeeper of the Year ===
=== Best Goalkeeper of the Year ===


* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Liran Strauber]] - [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.]]
* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Liran Strauber]] - [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]


=== Best Defender of the Year ===
==See also==


* {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Arik Benado]] - [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]

==See also==
*[[List of Israeli football transfers 2007-08]]
*[[List of Israeli football transfers 2007-08]]
*[[Toto Cup Al 2007-08]]
*[[2007–08 Toto Cup Al]]
*[[2007/08 in Israeli football]]


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Latest revision as of 08:22, 20 October 2021

Israeli Premier League
Season2007–08
ChampionsBeitar Jerusalem
2nd Premier League title
6th top-flight title
RelegatedHakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva
Champions LeagueBeitar Jerusalem (second qualifying round)
Europa CupHapoel Tel Aviv (group stage)
Maccabi Netanya (second qualifying round)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (second qualifying round)
Goals scored459
Average goals/game2.318
Top goalscorerGhana Samuel Yeboah (15)
Biggest home winBeitar Jerusalem 5-0 F.C. Ashdod (7 October 2007)
Biggest away winF.C. Ashdod 1-6 Maccabi Netanya (29 September 2007)
Highest scoringF.C. Ashdod 1-6 Maccabi Netanya (29 September 2007)
Longest unbeaten runBeitar Jerusalem (16 games)

The 2007–08 Israeli Premier League season began on 18 August 2007 and ended on 1 June 2008, with Beitar Jerusalem win their second consecutive title.

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Bnei Sakhnin. The two teams relegated were Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva.

Teams and Locations

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Locations of the 2007–08 Israeli Premier League teams

Twelve teams took part in the 2007-08 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2006-07 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2006-07 Liga Leumit.

Ironi Kiryat Shmona were promoted as champions of the 2006-07 Liga Leumit. Bnei Sakhnin were promoted as runners up. Bnei Sakhnin returned after an absence of one season, while Ironi Kiryat Shmona made their debut in the top flight.

Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2006-07 season.

Club Stadium Capacity
Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600
Bnei Yehuda Bloomfield Stadium 15,700
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002
Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100
F.C. Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800
Maccabi Netanya Sar-Tov Stadium 7,500
Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium 6,800
Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium 5,300
Bnei Sakhnin Doha Stadium 5,000
Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv 		Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Herzliya
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Levita Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium
Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Petah Tikva
Sar-Tov Stadium
 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium
F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Kiryat Shmona Stadium

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beitar Jerusalem (C) 33 20 7 6 61 23 +38 67 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Netanya 33 16 10 7 40 24 +16 58 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 33 15 11 7 43 34 +9 56 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Bnei Sakhnin 33 15 10 8 35 29 +6 55 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
5 Maccabi Haifa 33 13 8 12 38 27 +11 47
6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 33 11 8 14 43 43 0 41
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 12 5 16 35 40 −5 41 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
8 F.C. Ashdod 33 11 6 16 36 52 −16 39
9 Bnei Yehuda 33 11 5 17 31 43 −12 38
10 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 10 7 16 28 39 −11 37
11 Hapoel Kfar Saba (R) 33 9 10 14 37 54 −17 37 Relegation to Liga Leumit
12 Maccabi Herzliya (R) 33 7 9 17 32 51 −19 30
Source: The Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Beitar Jerusalem won both Israeli State Cup and the Israeli Premier League championship, then the cup-runner-up, Hapoel Tel Aviv, awarded with entry to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

Results

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The schedule consisted of three rounds. During first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round

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Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HKS HTA IKS MHA MHE MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 0–1 3–0 5–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–0
Bnei Sakhnin 2–2 — 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 3–2
Bnei Yehuda 0–3 3–0 — 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–4
F.C. Ashdod 1–2 3–1 3–0 — 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–6 1–3 0–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 — 1–1 2–3 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 — 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 — 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Maccabi Haifa 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 — 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1
Maccabi Herzliya 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 0–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–3
Maccabi Netanya 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 — 1–0 1–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 3–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 —
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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Home \ Away BEI BnS BnY ASH HKS HTA IKS MHA MHE MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 1–2 0–1 — — — — — 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–1
Bnei Sakhnin — — 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–1 — 1–0 — 1–1 — —
Bnei Yehuda — — — 2–0 3–0 2–3 — — 2–0 — — 0–1
F.C. Ashdod 1–0 — — — 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 — — — —
Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–4 — — — — — 1–3 1–0 3–3 — — 2–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 — — — 0–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–1 — — —
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3–2 0–1 2–0 — — — — — 2–2 — 1–0 3–1
Maccabi Haifa 0–1 — 0–1 — — — 2–1 — 3–0 — 0–0 3–3
Maccabi Herzliya — 0–2 — 2–0 — — — — — 0–2 0–1 1–0
Maccabi Netanya — — 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 — — — —
Maccabi Petah Tikva — 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 — — — 0–1 — —
Maccabi Tel Aviv — 3–1 — 2–0 — 2–1 — — — 0–0 2–1 —
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goals

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Top Goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ghana Samuel Yeboah Hapoel Kfar Saba 15
2 Brazil Rômulo Beitar Jerusalem 12
France Yannick Kamanan Maccabi Tel Aviv 12
Israel Moshe Biton Bnei Yehuda 12
5 Bulgaria Dimitar Makriev F.C. Ashdod 11
6 Nigeria Yero Bello Ironi Kiryat Shmona 10
Armenia Yeghia Yavruyan Bnei Sakhnin 10
8 Israel Yossi Shivhon Maccabi Tel Aviv 9
Israel Maor Buzaglo Bnei Sakhnin 9
Israel Yuval Avidor Ironi Kiryat Shmona 9

Source: The Israel Football Association

IFPA Leading Players of Season 2007–08

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Best Player of the Year

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Best Foreign Player of the Year

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Best Manager of the Year

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Discovery of the Year

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Best Goalkeeper of the Year

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Best Defender of the Year

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See also

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