2007–08 Israeli Premier League
Season | 2007–08 |
---|---|
Champions | Beitar Jerusalem 2nd Premier League title 6th top-flight title |
Relegated | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva |
Champions League | Beitar Jerusalem (second qualifying round) |
Europa Cup | Hapoel Tel Aviv (group stage) Maccabi Netanya (second qualifying round) Maccabi Tel Aviv (second qualifying round) |
Goals scored | 459 |
Average goals/game | 2.318 |
Top goalscorer | Samuel Yeboah (15) |
Biggest home win | Beitar Jerusalem 5-0 F.C. Ashdod (7 October 2007) |
Biggest away win | F.C. Ashdod 1-6 Maccabi Netanya (29 September 2007) |
Highest scoring | F.C. Ashdod 1-6 Maccabi Netanya (29 September 2007) |
Longest unbeaten run | Beitar Jerusalem (16 games) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
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.
League table
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|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 1
| align="left" | Beitar Jerusalem (C)
| 33
| 20
| 7
| 6
| 61
| 23
| +38
| 67
| UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 2
| align="left" | Maccabi Netanya
| 33
| 16
| 10
| 7
| 40
| 24
| +16
| 58
| UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 3
| align="left" | Ironi Kiryat Shmona
| 33
| 15
| 11
| 7
| 43
| 34
| +9
| 56
| UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
|- bgcolor="#ddddff"
| 4
| align="left" | Bnei Sakhnin
| 33
| 15
| 10
| 8
| 35
| 29
| +6
| 55
| UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd Round
|-
| 5
| align="left" | Maccabi Haifa
| 33
| 13
| 8
| 12
| 38
| 27
| +11
| 47
|
|-
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
| 6
| align="left" | Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 33
| 11
| 8
| 14
| 43
| 43
| 0
| 41
|
|-
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 7
| align="left" | Hapoel Tel Aviv
| 33
| 12
| 5
| 16
| 35
| 40
| -5
| 41
| UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round1
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
| 8
| align="left" | F.C. Ashdod
| 33
| 11
| 6
| 16
| 36
| 52
| -16
| 39
|
|-
| 9
| align="left" | Bnei Yehuda
| 33
| 11
| 5
| 17
| 31
| 43
| -12
| 38
|
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| 10
| align="left" | Maccabi Petah Tikva
| 33
| 10
| 7
| 16
| 28
| 39
| -11
| 37
|
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 11
| align="left" | Hapoel Kfar Saba (R)
| 33
| 9
| 10
| 14
| 37
| 54
| -17
| 37
|rowspan=2| Relegation to
Liga Leumit
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 12
| align="left" | Maccabi Herzliya (R)
| 33
| 7
| 9
| 17
| 32
| 51
| -19
| 30
|}
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated
Source: The Israel Football Association
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
First round
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Round 1 | ||
Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | F.C. Ashdod |
Beitar Jerusalem | 3–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 3–0 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Round 2 | ||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–2 | Beitar Jerusalem |
F.C. Ashdod | 1–0 | Maccabi Haifa |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Maccabi Herzliya | 1–2 | Maccabi Netanya |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Round 3 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Beitar Jerusalem | 4–2 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Maccabi Netanya | 1–2 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Bnei Yehuda | 1–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–1 | F.C. Ashdod |
Round 4 | ||
Bnei Sakhnin | 2–2 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | Maccabi Haifa |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3–1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
F.C. Ashdod | 1–6 | Maccabi Netanya |
Maccabi Herzliya | 0–2 | Bnei Yehuda |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Round 5 | ||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–2 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Beitar Jerusalem | 5–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Bnei Yehuda | 3–0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Maccabi Netanya | 1–0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Round 6 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | Maccabi Netanya |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | Beitar Jerusalem |
F.C. Ashdod | 3–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–3 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Round 7 | ||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–2 | F.C. Ashdod |
Beitar Jerusalem | 2–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Netanya | 2–1 | Maccabi Haifa |
Bnei Yehuda | 0–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Maccabi Herzliya | 0–1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Round 8 | ||
Maccabi Haifa | 0–0 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
F.C. Ashdod | 0–1 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–1 | Bnei Yehuda |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–0 | Maccabi Netanya |
Round 9 | ||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Beitar Jerusalem | 0–0 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Bnei Sakhnin | 3–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Bnei Yehuda | 0–3 | Maccabi Haifa |
Maccabi Netanya | 2–3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Maccabi Herzliya | 1–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Round 10 | ||
Maccabi Netanya | 0–1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Haifa | 2–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2–0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3–1 | F.C. Ashdod |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–1 | Bnei Yehuda |
Round 11 | ||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Bnei Sakhnin | 3–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Beitar Jerusalem | 4–0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
F.C. Ashdod | 1–3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Maccabi Herzliya | 0–1 | Maccabi Haifa |
Bnei Yehuda | 1–2 | Maccabi Netanya |
Second round
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Round 12 | ||
Bnei Yehuda | 0–3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–1 | Maccabi Haifa |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | Maccabi Netanya |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Maccabi Herzliya | 1–3 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
F.C. Ashdod | 0–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Round 13 | ||
Beitar Jerusalem | 1–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Maccabi Haifa | 3–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Bnei Yehuda | 0–2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Round 14 | ||
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–1 | Maccabi Haifa |
Maccabi Herzliya | 1–1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
F.C. Ashdod | 0–0 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | Maccabi Netanya |
Round 15 | ||
Maccabi Haifa | 3–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Beitar Jerusalem | 0–1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Bnei Yehuda | 0–1 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Maccabi Netanya | 3–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Round 16 | ||
F.C. Ashdod | 1–2 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–3 | Maccabi Haifa |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–0 | Maccabi Netanya |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Maccabi Herzliya | 2–3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Round 17 | ||
Maccabi Netanya | 1–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Bnei Yehuda | 3–2 | F.C. Ashdod |
Beitar Jerusalem | 2–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Maccabi Herzliya | 0–0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–1 | Maccabi Haifa |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Round 18 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–0 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–2 | Maccabi Netanya |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–3 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–3 | Maccabi Herzliya |
F.C. Ashdod | 1–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Round 19 | ||
Beitar Jerusalem | 1–01 | Maccabi Haifa |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Maccabi Herzliya | 1–1 | F.C. Ashdod |
Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Bnei Yehuda | 0–4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Round 20 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–3 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–1 | Maccabi Herzliya |
F.C. Ashdod | 3–1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–2 | Maccabi Netanya |
Round 21 | ||
Beitar Jerusalem | 2–0 | Maccabi Netanya |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Maccabi Haifa |
F.C. Ashdod | 2–4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Maccabi Herzliya | 1–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Bnei Yehuda | 1–1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Round 22 | ||
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–0 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Maccabi Haifa | 1–1 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Maccabi Netanya | 0–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Third round
Home Team | Score | Away Team |
---|---|---|
Round 23 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–3 | F.C. Ahsdod |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3–3 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–1 | Maccabi Netanya |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–0 | Bnei Yehuda |
Round 24 | ||
Maccabi Netanya | 0–2 | Maccabi Haifa |
F.C. Ashdod | 3–1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Maccabi Herzliya | 1–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Beitar Jerusalem | 4–0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Bnei Yehuda | 2–3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Round 25 | ||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–4 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | Maccabi Netanya |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–3 | Bnei Yehuda |
Round 26 | ||
Beitar Jerusalem | 1–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
F.C. Ashdod | 2–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Bnei Yehuda | 2–0 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Maccabi Netanya | 1–1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–0 | Maccabi Haifa |
Round 27 | ||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–1 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–4 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–0 | Maccabi Netanya |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | Bnei Yehuda |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–3 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Maccabi Herzliya | 2–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Round 28 | ||
Beitar Jerusalem | 3–12 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Maccabi Netanya | 3–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Bnei Yehuda | 2–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Bnei Sakhnin | 2–0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 3–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Round 29 | ||
F.C. Ashdod | 1–0 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | Bnei Yehuda |
Maccabi Herzliya | 0–2 | Maccabi Netanya |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1–0 | Maccabi Haifa |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Round 30 | ||
Maccabi Haifa | 3–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Beitar Jerusalem | 0–1 | Bnei Yehuda |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–2 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Maccabi Netanya | 1–0 | F.C. Ashdod |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Round 31 | ||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–1 | Maccabi Haifa |
Beitar Jerusalem | 3–0 | Maccabi Netanya |
F.C. Ashdod | 2–0 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Maccabi Herzliya | 0–2 | Bnei Sakhnin |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
Bnei Yehuda | 3–0 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Round 32 | ||
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 3–2 | Beitar Jerusalem |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Maccabi Haifa | 3–0 | Maccabi Herzliya |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–2 | F.C. Ashdod |
Maccabi Netanya | 3–2 | Bnei Yehuda |
Round 33 | ||
Maccabi Netanya | 1–2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Maccabi Herzliya | 0–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
F.C. Ashdod | 2–0 | Maccabi Haifa |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
Bnei Yehuda | 0–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Beitar Jerusalem | 1–2 | Bnei Sakhnin |
1. Postponed due to a failure of the electricity system in Teddy Stadium.
2. Postponed due to a pitch invasion of Beitar Jerusalem's crowd.
Goals
Top Goalscorers
Position | Player's name | Nationality | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Samuel Yeboah | Ghana | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 15 |
2 | Rômulo | Brazil | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 |
- | Yannick Kamanan | France | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 12 |
- | Moshe Biton | Israel | Bnei Yehuda | 12 |
5 | Dimitar Makriev | Bulgaria | F.C. Ashdod | 11 |
6 | Yero Bello | Nigeria | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 10 |
- | Yeghia Yavruyan | Armenia | Bnei Sakhnin | 10 |
8 | Yossi Shivhon | Israel | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 9 |
- | Maor Buzaglo | Israel | Bnei Sakhnin | 9 |
- | Yuval Avidor | Israel | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 9 |
Source: The Israel Football Association