2008–09 Liga Artzit

The 2008–09 Liga Artzit season started on 5 September 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009.

Two teams from Liga Alef were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Umm al-Fahm and Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam along with two teams relegated from Liga Leumit: Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Ironi Rishon LeZion.
The two teams relegated to Liga Alef were Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Maccabi HaShikma/Ramat Hen.

It was scheduled to be the last season before the league closing[1], as the top two divisions are both expanded to 16 clubs. As a result of the restructuring, the top seven clubs were promoted to Liga Leumit, whilst the eight-placed club played in a play-off against the 11th-placed club in Liga Leumit for a place in that division. The losers of that match and the bottom four clubs in Liga Artzit were relegated to Liga Alef, which has regain its status as the third tier of Israeli football.

Contents

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Sektzia Nes Tziona (C) (P) 33 19 10 4 62 25 +37 67 Promotion to the Liga Leumit
2 Hapoel Ashkelon (P) 33 18 9 6 46 24 +22 63
3 Hapoel Marmorek (P) 33 17 9 7 60 28 +32 60
4 Ironi Rishon LeZion (P) 33 16 8 9 58 33 +25 56
5 Ironi Bat Yam (P) 33 16 7 10 42 31 +11 55
6 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv (P) 33 15 8 10 44 34 +10 53
7 Hapoel Nazareth Illit (P) 33 14 7 12 37 25 +12 49
8 Maccabi Kafr Kanna (R) 33 12 8 13 40 42 −2 44 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
9 Bnei Tamra (R) 33 8 9 16 41 45 −4 33 Relegation to the Liga Alef
10 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (R) 33 7 10 16 22 59 −37 0301
11 Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi (R) 33 5 5 23 25 60 −35 20
12 Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel (R) 33 3 6 24 30 101 −71 15

Source: The Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
1Hapoel Umm al-Fahm were deducted 1 point due to contravention in the budgets control.
(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.

Positions by round

Team \ Round

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
Sektzia Nes Tziona 4 2 6 6 8 5 7 7 6 7 7 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hapoel Ashkelon 7 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
Hapoel Marmorek 2 6 4 2 6 4 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3
Ironi Rishon LeZion 3 1 3 7 5 7 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
Ironi Bat Yam 11 11 9 8 4 6 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 6 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 6 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 8 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 3 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 7 5 6 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 6
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 9 5 7 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 7 7 6 4 7 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7
Maccabi Kafr Kanna 1 7 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8
Bnei Tamra 5 10 11 10 10 11 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 12 8 8 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel 6 9 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Source: The Israel Football Association

Results

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.

First and second round

Home \ Away1 BTA HBT HAS HBJ HNI HMK HUF IBY IRL MKK MTC SNT
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 4–0 0–2
Bnei Tamra 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–0
Hapoel Ashkelon 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 4–0 2–2 2–0
Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–3
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 5–0 1–2
Hapoel Marmorek 2–0 4–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–3
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Ironi Bat Yam 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 6–0 1–3
Ironi Rishon LeZion 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 6–1 3–0
Maccabi Kafr Kanna 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0
Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–4 3–1 0–2
Sektzia Nes Tziona 0–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 5–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–0

Source: The Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

Rounds
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 BTA HBT HAS HBJ HNI HMK HUF IBY IRL MKK MTC SNT
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 3–0 6–1 1–0 0–22 1–3 1–4
Bnei Tamra 0–1 1–1 2–4 4–1 7–0
Hapoel Ashkelon 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 5–1
Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–3
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0
Hapoel Marmorek 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 1–0 1–3 0–6 0–8 6–0
Ironi Bat Yam 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–1
Ironi Rishon LeZion 3–0 0–3 3–0 0–2 5–03 0–4
Maccabi Kafr Kanna 4–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–1
Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel 5–3 0–3 1–5 0–4 0–3
Sektzia Nes Tziona 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 7–0

Source: The Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Hapoel Umm al-Fahm received a technical loss of 2-0 to Beitar/Shimshon Tel Aviv because only six of their players showed up for the game.[2]
3Hapoel Umm al-Fahm showed up for the game with eight players, the game was played until the referee stopped the game in the 30th minute after Ironi Rishon LeZion was leading 5–0.[3]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoff

Maccabi Kafr Kanna as the 8th-placed team faced the 11th-placed Liga Leumit team Ironi Ramat HaSharon for a two-legged playoff, Maccabi Kafr Kanna lost both games and were relegated to Liga Alef.

2 June 2009
16:30 UTC+2
 Ironi Ramat HaSharon 2 – 1 Maccabi Kafr Kanna Yankela Grundman Stadium, Ramat HaSharon
Referee: Meir Levi
Banahene  73',  85'
Shabo		 Report Zilka  45'
5 June 2009
15:30 UTC+2
 Maccabi Kafr Kanna 0 – 1 Ironi Ramat HaSharon Azmi Nassar Stadium, Kafr Kanna
Referee: Assaf Keinan
Report Banahene  19'

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Yosef Asayag Sektzia Nes Tziona 15
2 Shay Abuksis Sektzia Nes Tziona 14
3 Ofir Halwani Hapoel Umm al-Fahm / Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 11
Nissim Ben David Hapoel Ashkelon 11
Bryan Man Hapoel Ashkelon 11
6 Mati Avraham Ironi Bat Yam 10
Wajdi Abu Yones Bnei Tamra 10
Ofer Shitrit Ironi Rishon LeZion 10
Shlomi Tolado Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 10
10 Enon Barda Hapoel Ashkelon 09
Mordechay Kol Tuv Hapoel Nazareth Illit 09
Total 505
Average per game 2.55

See also

References

  1. ^ June 24th IFA meeting summary (Hebrew)
  2. ^ "Hapoel Umm al-Fahm showed up with six players, the game was canceled (Hebrew)". One.co.il. 22 May 2009. http://one.co.il/Article/137526.html. Retrieved 22 May 2009. 
  3. ^ "The game was stopped before the half time (Hebrew)". One.co.il. 8 May 2009. http://one.co.il/Article/136762.html. Retrieved 8 May 2009. 
  4. ^ a b "Tirat HaCarmel 1-1 Hapoel Bnei Tamra". The Israel Football Association. 5 September 2008. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169818#GameEvents. Retrieved 5 September 2008. 
  5. ^ a b "Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 0–8 Hapoel Marmorek". The Israel Football Association. 29 May 2009. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=170011. Retrieved 29 May 2009. 
  6. ^ "Maccabi Irony Bat Yam 0-2 Hapoel Rishon Letzion". Live Result. 5 September 2008. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169820#GameEvents. Retrieved 5 September 2008. 
  7. ^ "Liga Artzit Top Scorers". The Israel Football Association. 29 August 2008. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10050. Retrieved 29 August 2008. 
North
Ahi Acre · F.C. Karmiel Safed · Hapoel Afula · Hapoel Asi Gilboa · Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel · Hapoel Kafr Kanna · Ironi Umm al-Fahm · Ironi Sport Hadera · Ironi Tiberias · Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata · Maccabi Kafr Kanna · Maccabi Kafr Qara · Maccabi Tamra · Maccabi Tzur Shalom · Maccabi Umm al-Fahm · Ramot Menashe
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