2007–08 Israeli Premier League

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.

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 goalscorer 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)

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
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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion; (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

First round
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Round 1
Maccabi Netanya0–0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv1–1F.C. Ashdod
Beitar Jerusalem3–0Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Haifa0–1Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Ironi Kiryat Shmona3–0Maccabi Herzliya
Round 2
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–2Beitar Jerusalem
F.C. Ashdod1–0Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva3–2Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba0–0Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Herzliya1–2Maccabi Netanya
Bnei Sakhnin0–0Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Round 3
Maccabi Tel Aviv0–1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Haifa0–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Beitar Jerusalem4–2Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya1–2Bnei Sakhnin
Bnei Yehuda1–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–1F.C. Ashdod
Round 4
Bnei Sakhnin2–2Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel Aviv0–3Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva3–1Ironi Kiryat Shmona
F.C. Ashdod1–6Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Herzliya0–2Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Kfar Saba1–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Round 5
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–2Maccabi Herzliya
Beitar Jerusalem5–0F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Yehuda3–0Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Haifa2–1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Netanya1–0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Ironi Kiryat Shmona1–0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Round 6
Maccabi Tel Aviv0–2Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–2Beitar Jerusalem
F.C. Ashdod3–0Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Kfar Saba2–3Maccabi Herzliya
Bnei Sakhnin1–0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa1–0Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Round 7
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–2F.C. Ashdod
Beitar Jerusalem2–0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya2–1Maccabi Haifa
Bnei Yehuda0–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya0–1Bnei Sakhnin
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–2Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 8
Maccabi Haifa0–0Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva2–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba0–0Bnei Sakhnin
F.C. Ashdod0–1Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Tel Aviv3–1Bnei Yehuda
Ironi Kiryat Shmona0–0Maccabi Netanya
Round 9
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem0–0Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Bnei Sakhnin3–0F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Yehuda0–3Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya2–3Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Herzliya1–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 10
Maccabi Netanya0–1Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Haifa2–0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva2–0Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Kfar Saba3–1F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–0Maccabi Herzliya
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–1Bnei Yehuda
Round 11
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–1Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Bnei Sakhnin3–2Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem4–0Hapoel Kfar Saba
F.C. Ashdod1–3Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya0–1Maccabi Haifa
Bnei Yehuda1–2Maccabi Netanya

Second round
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Round 12
Bnei Yehuda0–3Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Sakhnin1–1Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–1Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba0–0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya1–3Ironi Kiryat Shmona
F.C. Ashdod0–0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Round 13
Beitar Jerusalem1–0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Haifa3–0F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Netanya0–0Maccabi Herzliya
Bnei Yehuda0–2Hapoel Kfar Saba
Ironi Kiryat Shmona0–0Bnei Sakhnin
Round 14
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–1Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Herzliya1–1Beitar Jerusalem
F.C. Ashdod0–0Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Kfar Saba0–3Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–0Bnei Yehuda
Bnei Sakhnin0–0Maccabi Netanya
Round 15
Maccabi Haifa3–1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem0–1Bnei Sakhnin
Bnei Yehuda0–1Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya3–0F.C. Ashdod
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–2Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 16
F.C. Ashdod1–2Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Kfar Saba0–3Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–2Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–0Maccabi Netanya
Bnei Sakhnin0–0Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Herzliya2–3Hapoel Tel Aviv
Round 17
Maccabi Netanya1–0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda3–2F.C. Ashdod
Beitar Jerusalem2–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya0–0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Ironi Kiryat Shmona1–1Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–1Bnei Sakhnin
Round 18
Maccabi Tel Aviv0–0Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Haifa0–2Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–0Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Kfar Saba2–3Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Bnei Sakhnin0–3Maccabi Herzliya
F.C. Ashdod1–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Round 19
Beitar Jerusalem1–01Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv2–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya1–1F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Netanya0–0Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Bnei Sakhnin1–1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda0–4Maccabi Tel Aviv
Round 20
Maccabi Tel Aviv1–3Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona0–3Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–1Maccabi Herzliya
F.C. Ashdod3–1Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Haifa1–0Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Kfar Saba1–2Maccabi Netanya
Round 21
Beitar Jerusalem2–0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Tel Aviv2–0Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod2–4Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Herzliya1–3Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Sakhnin1–0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Bnei Yehuda1–1Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Round 22
Hapoel Kfar Saba1–1Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel Aviv0–0Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–0F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Haifa1–1Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya0–0Bnei Yehuda
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–1Hapoel Tel Aviv

Third round
Home TeamScoreAway Team
Round 23
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa0–1Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–3F.C. Ahsdod
Hapoel Kfar Saba3–3Maccabi Herzliya
Bnei Sakhnin1–1Maccabi Netanya
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–0Bnei Yehuda
Round 24
Maccabi Netanya0–2Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod3–1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Herzliya1–0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem4–0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Bnei Yehuda2–3Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ironi Kiryat Shmona0–1Bnei Sakhnin
Round 25
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–0F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Kfar Saba0–4Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–1Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Tel Aviv2–1Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Haifa2–1Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Bnei Sakhnin1–3Bnei Yehuda
Round 26
Beitar Jerusalem1–1Maccabi Tel Aviv
F.C. Ashdod2–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda2–0Maccabi Herzliya
Ironi Kiryat Shmona1–0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya1–1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Sakhnin1–0Maccabi Haifa
Round 27
Hapoel Tel Aviv3–1Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–4Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Tel Aviv0–0Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Haifa0–1Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Kfar Saba1–3Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Herzliya2–0F.C. Ashdod
Round 28
Beitar Jerusalem3–12Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya3–0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda2–0F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Sakhnin2–0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Ironi Kiryat Shmona3–1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa0–0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 29
F.C. Ashdod1–0Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv2–0Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Petah Tikva0–1Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Herzliya0–2Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba1–0Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Tel Aviv3–1Bnei Sakhnin
Round 30
Maccabi Haifa3–3Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem0–1Bnei Yehuda
Ironi Kiryat Shmona2–2Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya1–0F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Sakhnin0–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 31
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–1Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem3–0Maccabi Netanya
F.C. Ashdod2–0Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Herzliya0–2Bnei Sakhnin
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Bnei Yehuda3–0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 32
Ironi Kiryat Shmona3–2Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–2Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba2–3Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa3–0Maccabi Herzliya
Bnei Sakhnin1–2F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Netanya3–2Bnei Yehuda
Round 33
Maccabi Netanya1–2Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Herzliya0–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod2–0Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv0–1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda0–1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem1–2Bnei 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
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Samuel Yeboah Hapoel Kfar Saba 15
2 Rômulo Beitar Jerusalem 12
Yannick Kamanan Maccabi Tel Aviv 12
Moshe Biton Bnei Yehuda 12
5 Dimitar Makriev F.C. Ashdod 11
6 Yero Bello Ironi Kiryat Shmona 10
Yeghia Yavruyan Bnei Sakhnin 10
8 Yossi Shivhon Maccabi Tel Aviv 9
Maor Buzaglo Bnei Sakhnin 9
Yuval Avidor Ironi Kiryat Shmona 9

Source: The Israel Football Association

IFPA Leading Players of Season 2007–08

Best Player of the Year

Best Foreign Player of the Year

Best Manager of the Year

Discovery of the Year

Best Goalkeeper of the Year

Best Defender of the Year

See also
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