1988–89 Liga Leumit

The 1988–89 Liga Leumit season began in September 1988 and ended in June 1989. After the first two rounds of matches (26 matches) the league split into two groups; a Championship group of six clubs and a Relegation group of eight clubs, who played the other clubs in their group once more.

Liga Leumit
Season1988–89
ChampionsMaccabi Haifa
3rd title
RelegatedHapoel Tiberias
Tzafririm Holon
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Top goalscorerBenny Tabak (18)

Maccabi Haifa won their third title, whilst Hapoel Tiberias, Tzafririm Holon and Hapoel Tel Aviv (a year after winning the title) were all relegated. Benny Tabak of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.

Regular season

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Netanya 26 14 7 5 35 25 +10 49 Qualification for the championship round
2 Maccabi Haifa[lower-alpha 1] 26 12 13 1 41 16 +25 47
3 Hapoel Petah Tikva[lower-alpha 1] 26 12 9 5 28 19 +9 43
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 26 10 9 7 24 22 +2 39
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 10 9 7 19 18 +1 39
6 Shimshon Tel Aviv 26 8 12 6 25 20 +5 36
7 Hapoel Jerusalem[lower-alpha 2] 26 9 9 8 20 19 +1 35 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Beitar Jerusalem 26 9 5 12 28 31 −3 32
9 Maccabi Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 1] 26 7 10 9 30 34 −4 29
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 6 10 10 21 29 −8 28
11 Tzafririm Holon[lower-alpha 1] 26 6 9 11 27 28 −1 25
12 Bnei Yehuda 26 4 13 9 21 23 −2 25
13 Hapoel Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 3] 26 6 8 12 24 37 −13 22
14 Hapoel Tiberias 26 5 5 16 20 42 −22 20
Source: EU-Football.info
Notes:
  1. Two points deducted for violating budget rules.
  2. One point deducted for violating budget rules.
  3. Four points deducted for violating budget rules.

Results
Home \ Away BEI BTA BnY HBS HJE HKS HPT HTA HTI MHA MNE MTA STA TZH
Beitar Jerusalem — 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–4 0–1 1–1
Beitar Tel Aviv 1–3 — 2–4 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–0
Bnei Yehuda 0–3 1–2 — 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–1 0–1 1–0 — 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 — 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 — 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 — 3–0 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Hapoel Tiberias 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–3 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 — 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0
Maccabi Haifa 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 — 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–0
Maccabi Netanya 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 — 1–1 2–3 3–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 2–2
Shimshon Tel Aviv 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 — 1–0
Tzafririm Holon 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maccabi Haifa[lower-alpha 1] (C) 31 15 14 2 49 19 +30 57
2 Hapoel Petah Tikva[lower-alpha 1] 31 15 11 5 36 20 +16 54 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
3 Maccabi Netanya 31 14 10 7 36 33 +3 52
4 Beitar Tel Aviv 31 13 9 9 34 27 +7 48 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 31 11 10 10 22 29 −7 43
6 Shimshon Tel Aviv 31 9 13 9 28 25 +3 40
Source: EU-Football.info
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Two points deducted for violating budget rules.

Results
Home \ Away BTA HBS HPT MHA MNE STA
Beitar Tel Aviv — 4–1 — 1–0 — —
Hapoel Be'er Sheva — — 0–3 — 1–1 —
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–0 — — — 0–0 2–0
Maccabi Haifa — 3–0 1–1 — — 2–1
Maccabi Netanya 0–5 — — 0–2 — 0–0
Shimshon Tel Aviv 2–0 0–1 — — — —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Hapoel Jerusalem[lower-alpha 1] 33 12 11 10 28 27 +1 46
8 Maccabi Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 2] 33 11 11 11 44 44 0 42
9 Beitar Jerusalem 33 12 6 15 42 44 −2 42
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 33 10 11 12 33 38 −5 41
11 Bnei Yehuda 33 8 14 11 31 29 +2 38
12 Hapoel Tiberias (R) 33 9 5 19 31 52 −21 32 Relegated to Liga Artzit
13 Tzafririm Holon[lower-alpha 2] (R) 33 7 9 17 30 39 −9 28
14 Hapoel Tel Aviv[lower-alpha 3] (R) 33 8 8 17 33 51 −18 28
Source: EU-Football.info
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. One point deducted for violating budget rules.
  2. Two points deducted for violating budget rules.
  3. Four points deducted for violating budget rules.

Results
Home \ Away BEI BnY HJE HKS HTA HTI MTA TZH
Beitar Jerusalem — — — — 3–1 1–2 3–0 4–1
Bnei Yehuda 4–2 — — 4–0 1–0 — — —
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–1 0–0 — 2–1 — 2–1 — —
Hapoel Kfar Saba 4–0 — — — 2–0 1–0 — 1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv — — 1–2 — — — 3–2 3–0
Hapoel Tiberias — 3–0 — — 4–1 — — 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv — 1–0 2–1 3–3 — 5–0 — —
Tzafririm Holon — 0–1 2–0 — — — 0–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
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