Season | 2008–09 |
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Champions | Maccabi Haifa 6th Premier League title 11th top-flight title |
Relegated | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Ironi Kiryat Shmona |
Champions League | Maccabi Haifa (second qualifying round) |
Europa League | Hapoel Tel Aviv (third qualifying round) Maccabi Netanya (second qualifying round) Bnei Yehuda (first qualifying round) |
Goals scored | 432 |
Average goals/game | 2.18 |
Top goalscorer | Barak Yitzhaki (14) Shimon Abuhatzira (14) Eliran Atar (14) |
Biggest home win | Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–0 Beitar Jerusalem (9 February 2009) Beitar Jerusalem 4–0 Hakoah Ramat Gan (4 April 2009) |
Biggest away win | 8 games with a win by 3 goals[A] |
Highest scoring | Hakoah Ramat Gan 2–4 Beitar Jerusalem (20 September 2008) F.C. Ashdod 4–2 Bnei Sakhnin (8 November 2008) F.C. Ashdod 3–3 Maccabi Netanya (20 December 2008) (6 goals) |
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The 2008–09 Israeli Premier League season began on 30 August 2008, and ended on 1 June 2009. Beitar Jerusalem were the defending champions, having won their 6th league title the previous year.
Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Herzliya.
At a 24 June 2008 IFA administration meeting[1] it was decided that the league would be expanded to 16 clubs for the following season. Due to the expansion, only one team was relegated directly to Liga Leumit, while five clubs were promoted. The eleventh-ranked team played in a play-off match against the sixth-ranked team from Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Haifa clinched their 11th title after a 0–2 win against Maccabi Netanya on 23 May 2009.
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Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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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 |
Hakoah Ramat Gan | Winter Stadium | 8,000 |
Maccabi Netanya | Sar-Tov Stadium | 7,500 |
F.C. Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,420 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium | 6,768 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium | 5,200 |
Bnei Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 5,000 |
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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1 | Maccabi Haifa (C) | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 67 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 61 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round |
3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 571,2 | |
4 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 54 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1 |
5 | Bnei Yehuda | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 49 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1 |
6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 44 | |
7 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 39 | |
8 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 38 | |
9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 33 | |
10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 31 | |
11 | Hakoah Ramat Gan (R) | 33 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 29 | Qualification to the relegation play-offs |
12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona (R) | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 27 | Relegation to the Liga Leumit |
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
1Beitar Jerusalem did not obtain the license for competing in next year's European competitions because they failed to meet their commitments to UEFA.[2] Since Beitar won the cup and the cup runners-up are league champions Maccabi Haifa, all Europa League spots were awarded to teams according to their league positions. Since Beitar also finished third in the league, Europa League spots were given to league runners-up Hapoel Tel Aviv, fourth-placed Maccabi Netanya and fifth-placed Bnei Yehuda.
2Beitar Jerusalem were deducted two points due to Beitar fans pitch invasion the previous year against Maccabi Herzliya[3] and one point due to racist calls from Beitar fans.[4]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Team \ Round | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | |
Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Beitar Jerusalem | 12 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Maccabi Netanya | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Bnei Yehuda | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
F.C. Ashdod | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Bnei Sakhnin | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Hakoah Ramat Gan | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Source: Israel Football Association
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.
Home \ Away1 | BEI | BnS | BnY | FCA | HRG | HPT | HTA | IKS | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA |
Beitar Jerusalem | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |
Bnei Yehuda | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
F.C. Ashdod | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
Maccabi Haifa | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
Maccabi Netanya | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Source: Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):
Rounds | ||||||||||
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23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd |
3 – 12 4 – 2 5 – 1 6 – 11 7 – 10 8 – 9 |
12 – 9 10 – 8 11 – 7 1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 |
4 – 12 5 – 3 6 – 2 7 – 1 8 – 11 9 – 10 |
12 – 10 11 – 9 1 – 8 2 – 7 3 – 6 4 – 5 |
5 – 12 6 – 4 7 – 3 8 – 2 9 – 1 10 – 11 |
12 – 11 1 – 10 2 – 9 3 – 8 4 – 7 5 – 6 |
6 – 12 7 – 5 8 – 4 9 – 3 10 – 2 11 – 1 |
1 – 12 2 – 11 3 – 10 4 – 9 5 – 8 6 – 7 |
12 – 7 8 – 6 9 – 5 10 – 4 11 – 3 1 – 2 |
2 – 12 3 – 1 4 – 11 5 – 10 6 – 9 7 – 8 |
12 – 8 9 – 7 10 – 6 11 – 5 1 – 4 2 – 3 |
Home \ Away1 | BEI | BnS | BnY | FCA | HRG | HPT | HTA | IKS | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA |
Beitar Jerusalem | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
Bnei Sakhnin | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | |||||||
Bnei Yehuda | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||||||
F.C. Ashdod | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |||||||
Hakoah Ramat Gan | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||||
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |||||||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||||||
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | |||||||
Maccabi Haifa | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
Maccabi Netanya | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | ||||||
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | ||||||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Source: Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Hakoah Ramat Gan, as the 11th-placed team, faced the 6th-placed Liga Leumit team Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in a two-legged playoff. Hakoah Ramat Gan lost both games and were relegated to Liga Leumit.
2 June 2009 20:30 UTC+2 |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 2 – 1 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | Ilut Stadium, Ilut Referee: Alon Yefet |
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Ayeli 41' Silvas 48' |
Report | For 42' |
6 June 2009 19:00 UTC+2 |
Hakoah Ramat Gan | 1 – 2 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan Referee: Eitan Tabrizi |
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For 23' | Report | Jida 46' Ayeli 76' |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[17] |
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1 | Barak Yitzhaki | Beitar Jerusalem | 14 |
Shimon Abuhatzira | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 14 | |
Eliran Atar | Bnei Yehuda | 14 | |
4 | Samuel Yeboah | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 |
5 | Dimitar Makriev | F.C. Ashdod | 11 |
Thembinkosi Fanteni | Maccabi Haifa | 11 | |
7 | David Revivo | F.C. Ashdod | 10 |
Pedro Galván | Bnei Yehuda | 10 | |
9 | Maor Buzaglo | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 9 |
Lior Rafaelov | Maccabi Haifa | 9 | |
Total | 432 | ||
Average per game | 2.18 |
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