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. On 7 May 2007 Beitar Jerusalem, under businessman Arcadi Gaydamak, became the league champions.

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.

Contents

Final table

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA ± Pts Comments
1 Beitar Jerusalem (C)
33
19
10
4
52
24
+28
67
UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round
2 Maccabi Netanya
33
15
12
6
37
25
+12
57
UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv
33
15
11
7
42
28
+14
542
UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv
33
15
9
9
53
40
+13
54
UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round3
5 Maccabi Haifa
33
14
9
10
45
39
+6
51
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd Round3
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 (R)
33
3
10
20
29
61
-32
161

Source: Table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated
1. Deducted 3 points.
2. Deducted 2 points.
3. Since Hapoel Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup, then the 5th-positioned team awarded with entry to the 2007–08 Intertoto Cup.

Results

First round

Home Team Score Away Team
Round 1
Bnei Yehuda 1-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-2 Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Netanya 3-1 Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod 1-0 Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Hapoel Kfar Saba 4-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 2
Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa 1-0 F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Herzliya 0-3 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-2 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0-0 Maccabi Netanya
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 3-2 Bnei Yehuda
Round 3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-1 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2-3 Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-1 Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya 1-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda 2-1 Maccabi Herzliya
F.C. Ashdod 2-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 4
Maccabi Herzliya 2-2 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa 2-0 Bnei Yehuda
Beitar Jerusalem 0-0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0-1 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-1 Maccabi Netanya
Round 5
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-0 Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya 3-1 Beitar Jerusalem
F.C. Ashdod 3-0 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 1-2 Maccabi Herzliya
Bnei Yehuda 3-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Round 6
Maccabi Haifa 3-3 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0-2 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem 3-0 Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Kfar Saba 3-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya 1-3 F.C. Ashdod
Round 7
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-3 Maccabi Tel Aviv
F.C. Ashdod 1-4 Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-1 Maccabi Netanya
Bnei Yehuda 2-2 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-3 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya 2-2 Maccabi Haifa
Round 8
Hapoel Kfar Saba 0-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem 1-1 Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-1 Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Netanya 0-0 Bnei Yehuda
F.C. Ashdod 1-2 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 9
Maccabi Petah Tikva 3-1 Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Yehuda 2-3 F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Herzliya 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa 2-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-0 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 10
F.C. Ashdod 2-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-1 Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem 2-0 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2-1 Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya 1-0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1-0 Bnei Yehuda
Round 11
Maccabi Haifa 3-3 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda 0-2 Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0-1 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-1 F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Herzliya 1-0 Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Second round

Home Team Score Away Team
Round 12
Beitar Jerusalem 0-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0-0 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Haifa 1-0 Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Herzliya 1-2 F.C. Ashdod
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-1 Bnei Yehuda
Round 13
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-1 Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Yehuda 0-0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2-2 Maccabi Herzliya
F.C. Ashdod 1-1 Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya 1-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Round 14
Beitar Jerusalem 2-0 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-0 Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2-3 F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Haifa 1-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya 0-0 Bnei Yehuda
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 3-4 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Round 15
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-2 Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-0 Maccabi Herzliya
Bnei Yehuda 2-1 Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1-0 Hapoel Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod 2-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya 1-0 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 16
Maccabi Haifa 3-2 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem 0-0 Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2-2 F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0-0 Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Herzliya 1-2 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Round 17
Bnei Yehuda 1-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Herzliya 2-1 Beitar Jerusalem
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 1-0 Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-0 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-1 Hapoel Kfar Saba
F.C. Ashdod 2-3 Maccabi Netanya
Round 18
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem 2-0 F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Netanya 2-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-2 Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2-1 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Haifa 0-4 Maccabi Herzliya
Round 19
Maccabi Haifa 0-3 Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Herzliya 0-0 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-1 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda 1-1 Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2-1 F.C. Ashdod
Round 20
Beitar Jerusalem 0-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod 1-1 Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Netanya 1-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-3 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Herzliya
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0-2 Maccabi Haifa
Round 21
Maccabi Haifa 0-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0-1 Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Herzliya 1-3 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-1 Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-0 F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Yehuda 2-1 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 22
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-1 Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem 0-0 Bnei Yehuda
F.C. Ashdod 3-0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Netanya 1-0 Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Petah Tikva

Third round

Home Team Score Away Team
Round 23
F.C. Ashdod 1-1 Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-2 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya 0-2 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa 1-2 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Petah Tikva 4-2 Maccabi Herzliya
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-1 Bnei Yehuda
Round 24
Beitar Jerusalem 4-1 Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-1 Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Herzliya 1-3 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-1 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-1 F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Netanya
Round 25
Maccabi Haifa 4-0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya 2-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-1 Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Kfar Saba 0-0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Bnei Yehuda 1-4 Maccabi Herzliya
Round 26
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Netanya 2-1 F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2-3 Maccabi Herzliya
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 2-2 Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-2 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 27
Bnei Yehuda 1-3 Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
F.C. Ashdod 4-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Haifa 0-0 Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Herzliya 5-0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Round 28
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0-0 Bnei Yehuda
Beitar Jerusalem 2-2 Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya 0-0 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva 3-2 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-2 Hapoel Kfar Saba
F.C. Ashdod 0-1 Maccabi Haifa
Round 29
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 1-1 Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Herzliya 4-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda 3-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2-0 F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Kfar Saba 0-0 Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Haifa 6-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 30
Beitar Jerusalem 2-0 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0 Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya 3-0 Bnei Yehuda
F.C. Ashdod 2-0 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-2 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Round 31
Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda 3-2 F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Herzliya 2-3 Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-1 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-0 Maccabi Haifa
Round 32
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-1 Beitar Jerusalem
F.C. Ashdod 0-2 Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya 2-1 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0-0 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Haifa 2-0 Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv 5-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 33
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem 0-1 Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2-2 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda 0-1 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya 0-2 Maccabi Haifa
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 4-4 F.C. Ashdod

Goals

Top goal scorers

Pos Nat Player Team Goals
1st Yaniv Azran F.C. Ashdod 15
2nd Lior Asulin Bnei Yehuda 13
3rd Shay Holtzman F.C. Ashdod 12
Omer Buchsenbaum Maccabi Herzliya 12
5th Samuel Yeboah Hapoel Kfar Saba 11
Idan Shriki F.C. Ashdod 11
7th Toto Tamuz Beitar Jerusalem 10
Ibezito Ogbonna Hapoel Tel Aviv 10
Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel Aviv 10
Elyaniv Barda Hapoel Tel Aviv 10
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

Top division football seasons in Israel
Palestine League
Israeli League
Liga Alef
Liga Leumit
Israeli Premier League
2006–07 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
Albania · Andorra · Armenia '06 '07 · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '06 '07 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '06 '07 · Faroe Islands '06 '07 · Finland '06 '07 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '06 '07 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '06 '07 · Latvia '06 '07 · Lithuania '06 '07 · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '06 '07 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '06 '07 · Romania · Russia '06 '07 · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '06 '07 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales
Domestic cups
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League cups
England · Finland '06 '07 · France · Iceland '06 '07 · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland '06 '07 · Scotland · Wales
UEFA competitions