2006–07 Israeli Premier League

The 2006–07 Israeli Premier League season began on 26 August 2006. It was scheduled to begin a week before, but was then postponed due to the 2006 Lebanon War.[1] Beitar Jerusalem, under businessman Arcadi Gaydamak, became the league champions.

Israeli Premier League
Season2006–07
ChampionsBeitar Jerusalem
5th title
RelegatedHakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Top goalscorerYaniv Azran (15)

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin.

Teams and Locations
Locations of the 2006–07 Israeli Premier League teams

Twelve teams took part in the 2006-07 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2005-06 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2005-06 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Herzliya were promoted as champions of the 2005-06 Liga Leumit. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were promoted as runners up. Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan returned to the top flight after an absence of six and twenty seven seasons respectively.

Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2005-06 season.

Club Stadium Capacity
Beitar JerusalemTeddy Stadium21,600
Bnei YehudaBloomfield Stadium15,700
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi HaifaKiryat Eliezer Stadium14,002
Maccabi HerzliyaHerzliya Municipal Stadium08,100
Hakoah Amidar Ramat GanWinter Stadium08,000
F.C. AshdodYud-Alef Stadium07,800
Maccabi NetanyaSar-Tov Stadium07,500
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah Tikva Municipal Stadium6,800
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar SabaLevita Stadium05,800
Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv		 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Levita Stadium
Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Sar-Tov Stadium
 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium
F.C. Ashdod Maccabi Herzliya Hakoah Ramat Gan
Yud-Alef Stadium Herzliya Municipal Stadium Winter Stadium

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beitar Jerusalem (C) 33 19 10 4 52 24 +28 67 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Netanya 33 15 12 6 37 25 +12 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 1] 33 15 11 7 42 28 +14 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 15 9 9 53 40 +13 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5 Maccabi Haifa 33 14 9 10 45 39 +6 51 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round[lower-alpha 2]
6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 14 8 11 31 27 +4 50
7 F.C. Ashdod 33 12 6 15 49 49 0 42
8 Hapoel Kfar Saba 33 8 16 9 41 40 +1 40
9 Bnei Yehuda 33 7 14 12 34 50 −16 35
10 Maccabi Herzliya 33 9 7 17 47 55 −8 34
11 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan (R) 33 6 10 17 32 54 −22 28 Relegation to Liga Leumit
12 Hapoel Petah Tikva[lower-alpha 3] (R) 33 3 10 20 29 61 −32 16
Source: futbol24.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Deducted 2 points.
  2. Since Hapoel Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup, then the 5th-positioned team awarded with entry to the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
  3. Deducted 3 points.

Results

First and second round
Home \ Away BEI BnY ASH HAK HKS HPT HTA MHA MHE MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Bnei Yehuda 0–2 — 2–3 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
F.C. Ashdod 1–4 1–1 — 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–2
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0–2 3–2 0–1 — 0–0 0–3 3–4 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–3 1–2 2–2 1–3 — 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 — 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 — 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–3
Maccabi Haifa 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–3 3–3 2–1 3–2 — 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–0
Maccabi Herzliya 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–2 — 1–0 0–3 0–2
Maccabi Netanya 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 — 2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round
Home \ Away BEI BnY ASH HAK HKS HPT HTA MHA MHE MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — — — — 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–1 — —
Bnei Yehuda 1–3 — 3–2 — — — — — 1–4 — 0–1 3–2
F.C. Ashdod 1–1 — — — 2–0 4–1 — 0–1 0–2 — — 0–1
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 1–1 2–2 4–4 — — — — — — — 0–1 0–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba — 1–1 — 0–0 — — 1–1 1–0 — 0–0 — —
Hapoel Petah Tikva — 1–1 — 3–2 2–2 — — — 2–3 — 1–1 —
Hapoel Tel Aviv — 0–0 2–1 1–2 — 5–1 — — — — 2–2 3–0
Maccabi Haifa — 2–0 — 1–2 — 6–1 4–0 — — 0–0 0–1 —
Maccabi Herzliya — — — 5–0 1–3 — 4–1 0–2 — 2–3 — —
Maccabi Netanya — 3–0 2–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–2 — — — 0–0 —
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 — 2–0 — 0–0 — — — 4–2 — — 0–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 — — — 2–2 2–2 — 0–1 3–0 2–1 — —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Breakdown of goals scored during the 2006–07 season

Goals

Top goal scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Yaniv Azran F.C. Ashdod 15
2 Israel Lior Asulin Bnei Yehuda 13
3 Israel Shay Holtzman F.C. Ashdod 12
Israel Omer Buchsenbaum Maccabi Herzliya 12
5 Ghana Samuel Yeboah Hapoel Kfar Saba 11
Israel Idan Shriki F.C. Ashdod 11
7 Israel Toto Tamuz Beitar Jerusalem 10
Nigeria Ibezito Ogbonna Hapoel Tel Aviv 10
Israel Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel Aviv 10
Israel Elyaniv Barda Hapoel Tel Aviv 10
Ghana Isaac Awudu Maccabi Netanya 10

Goals in a Game
Individual
4, joint record:
Game
8, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 4-4 F.C. Ashdod

Other Statistics

Attendance
Seasons highest
around 20,000, 3 times:

Streaks
Longest unbeaten run, Maccabi Tel Aviv, 20 matches
Longest losing run, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan, 13 matches

See also

References
  1. Memories from Lebanon: Impact of the war on sports in the country Yair Ronen, NRG, 4.1.2009 (in Hebrew)
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