2007–08 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

Beitar Jerusalem

2007-08 season
Chairman	Arcadi Gaydamak
Manager	Itzhak Shum
Ligat Ha'Al	1st
State Cup	Winners
Toto Cup	Semi Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Rômulo(12) All: Rômulo(16)
Highest home attendance	21,000 Vs. Copenhagen (CL Q2 , 7 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance	7,000 Vs. Bnei Yehuda F.C. (10 May 2008)
Average home league attendance	13,500
Home colours Away colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season is Beitar Jerusalem's 39th season in Israeli Premier League.
2007-08 season was the successful season in all Beitar history with double (Championship and State Cup).

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Tvrtko Kale 2 DF Cristián Álvarez 3 DF David Amsalem (captain) 4 DF Arik Benado (vice captain) 5 DF Shimon Gershon 6 DF Tomer Ben Yosef 7 FW Amit Ben Shushan 8 MF Aviram Baruchyan 9 FW Barak Itzhaki 10 FW Toto Tamuz 11 MF Idan Tal 12 DF Shmuel Kozokin

No. Position Player 14 DF Yoav Ziv 15 MF Michael Zandberg 19 MF Gal Alberman 20 MF Derek Boateng 22 GK Sagi Strauss 23 MF Junior Viza 24 MF Shai Haddad 25 DF Matan Barashi 26 FW Hen Azriel 28 FW Rômulo 30 GK Ariel Harush

Ligat Ha'Al (Premier League)

1 19 August 2007	Beitar Jerusalem	3 – 0	Bnei Yehuda	Jerusalem, Israel
20:50	Tamuz  12' Zandberg  62' Álvarez  87'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 11,500

2 26 August 2007	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Jaffa, Israel
20:50	Júnior  39'		Rômulo  75' Itzhaki  79'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 14,500

3 15 September 2007	Beitar Jerusalem	4 – 2	Maccabi Herzliya	Jerusalem, Israel
19:30	Rômulo  45,62' Baruchyan  55,67'		Malka  3' Buksenbaum  27'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 9,500

4 30 September 2007	Bnei Sakhnin	2 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Sakhnin, Israel
20:50	Yavourian  15' Buzaglo  43'		Rômulo  2' Itzhaki  85'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 5,500

5 7 October 2007	Beitar Jerusalem	5 – 0	FC Ashdod	Jerusalem, Israel
19:30	Rômulo  35,64' Baruchyan  52' Zandberg  75' Tal  89'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 12,500

6 20 October 2007	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Petah Tikva, Israel
19:35	Golan  15'		Ben Shushan  44,63'	Stadium: Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,500

7 28 October 2007	Beitar Jerusalem	2 – 0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem, Israel
20:50	Itzhaki  16' Boateng  90+2'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 19,000

8 4 November 2007	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 0	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa, Israel
20:50				Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 13,500

9 10 November 2007	Beitar Jerusalem	0 – 0	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Jerusalem, Israel
19:30				Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 10,000

10 25 November 2007	Maccabi Netanya	0 – 1	Beitar Jerusalem	Netanya, Israel
20:50			Rômulo  63'	Stadium: Kufsa Attendance: 5,500

11 1 December 2007	Beitar Jerusalem	4 – 0	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Jerusalem, Israel
19:30	Tal  33' Rômulo  55' Tamuz  84' Alberman  88'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 11,000

12 9 December 2007	Bnei Yehuda	0 – 3	Beitar Jerusalem	Jaffa, Israel
20:50			Tal  45' Alberman  73,82'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 7,500

13 16 December 2007	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Jerusalem, Israel
20:50	Álvarez  44'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 20,000

14 5 January 2008	Maccabi Herzliya	1 – 1	Beitar Jerusalem	Herzliya, Israel
19:30	Menashe  41'		Tal  52'	Stadium: Herzliya Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,500

15 12 January 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	0 – 1	Bnei Sakhnin	Jerusalem, Israel
19:30			Buzaglo  89'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium*Redius Game

16 20 January 2008	FC Ashdod	1 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Ashdod, Israel
20:50	Revivo  41'		Rômulo  32' Baruchyan  63'	Stadium: Yud Alef Stadium Attendance: 5,500

17 26 January 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	2 – 1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Jerusalem, Israel
19:00	Ben Shushan  13' Baruchyan  60'		Damari  85'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 9,000

18 3 February 2008	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0 – 0	Beitar Jerusalem	Jaffa, Israel
20:50				Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 14,500

20 16 February 2008	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0 – 3	Beitar Jerusalem	Kiryat Shmona, Israel
19:30			Rômulo  15' Alberman  45' Ben Shushan  69'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,500

19 19 February 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 0	Maccabi Haifa	Jerusalem, Israel
20:00	Ben Shushan  16'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 16,000

21 24 February 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	2 – 0	Maccabi Netanya	Jerusalem, Israel
20:00	Tal  43' Alberman  89'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 11,000

22 2 March 2008	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1 – 1	Beitar Jerusalem	Kfar Saba, Israel
19:30	Dayan  90'		Rômulo  1'	Stadium: Levita Stadium Attendance: 5,500

23 8 March 2008	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 1	Beitar Jerusalem	Haifa, Israel
19:30			Boateng  1'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 13,500

24 15 March 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	4 – 0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Jerusalem, Israel
19:15	Ben Shushan  17' Baruchyan  63' Tal  73' Rômulo  90'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 12,000

25 22 March 2008	Hapoel Kfar Saba	0 – 4	Beitar Jerusalem	Kfar Saba, Israel
19:30			Boateng  12' Ziv  43' Alberman  65' Tal  86'	Stadium: Levita Stadium Attendance: 5,500

26 30 March 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Jerusalem, Israel
20:50	Boateng  53'		Shivhon  28'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 18,000

27 6 April 2008	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3 – 1	Beitar Jerusalem	Jaffa, Israel
20:50	Dego  29' Junior  40' Telkisky  71'		Zandberg  8'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 14,500

29 5 May 2008	FC Ashdod	1 – 0	Beitar Jerusalem	Ashdod, Israel
20:50	Tzokol  71'			Stadium: Yud Alef Stadium Attendance: 6,500

30 10 May 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	0 – 1	Bnei Yehuda	Jerusalem, Israel
19:30			Biton  39'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 7,000

31 17 May 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	3 – 0	Maccabi Netanya	Jerusalem, Israel
19:30	Baruchyan  33' Zandberg  56' Tamuz  61'			Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 13,500

28 20 May 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	3 – 1	Maccabi Herzliya	Jerusalem, Israel
19:30	Álvarez  11' Baruchyan  14' Alberman  89'		Reikan  52'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 10,500

32 24 May 2008	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	3 – 2	Beitar Jerusalem	Kiryat Shmona, Israel
19:00	Oforoi  30' Kojok  51' Avidor  88'		Tamuz  29,32'	Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,500

33 30 May 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 2	Bnei Sakhnin	Jerusalem, Israel
16:00	Tamuz  66'		Buzaglo  7' Bugdan  79'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 11,000

League Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Comments
1	Beitar Jerusalem (C)	33	20	7	6	61	23	+38	67	UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round
2	Maccabi Netanya	33	16	10	7	40	24	+16	58	UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	33	15	11	7	43	34	+9	56	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
4	Bnei Sakhnin	33	15	10	8	35	29	+6	55	UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd Round
5	Maccabi Haifa	33	13	8	12	38	27	+11	47
6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	11	8	14	43	43	0	41
7	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	12	5	16	35	40	-5	41	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round1
8	F.C. Ashdod	33	11	6	16	36	52	-16	39
9	Bnei Yehuda	33	11	5	17	31	43	-12	38
10	Maccabi Petah Tikva	33	10	7	16	28	39	-11	37
11	Hapoel Kfar Saba (R)	33	9	10	14	37	54	-17	37	Relegation to Liga Leumit
12	Maccabi Herzliya (R)	33	7	9	17	32	51	-19	30

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
Source: The Israel Football Association
1. Since Beitar Jerusalem won both Israeli State Cup and the Israeli Premier League championship, then the cup-runner-up, Hapoel Tel Aviv, awarded with entry to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

State Cup

Round of 32 27 February 2008	Bnei Sakhnin	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (1 – 3 p)	Beitar Jerusalem	Sakhnin, Israel
20:15	Yevourian  52'		Zandberg  26'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 5,500
		Penalties
	Colma Yevourian Ganaim Buzaglo		Alberman Tal Gershon Rômulo	|

Round of 16 11 March 2008	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	0 – 3	Beitar Jerusalem	Nazareth, Israel
20:15			Zandberg  47' Baruchyan  75' Alberman  90'	Stadium: Ilut Stadium Attendance: 4,500

Quarter Final 2 April 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	3 – 2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	Jerusalem, Israel
19:00	Ben Shushan  1,27' Ziv  85'		Gonzales  73' Talker  75'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 14,500

Semi Final 16 April 2008	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Netanya	Ramat Gan, Israel
21:00	Ziv  102'			Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 30,000

Final 13 May 2008	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Beitar Jerusalem	Ramat Gan, Israel
20:30				Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 40,000
		Penalties
	Antebi Badir Júnior Abutbul Dego Oved		Alberman Zandberg Tal Boateng Tamuz Gershon	|

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

First leg 31 July 2007	FC Copenhagen	1 – 0	Beitar Jerusalem	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00	Allbäck  5'			Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 19,500

Second leg 7 August 2007	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (1 – 2 agg.)	FC Copenhagen	Jerusalem, Israel
21:00	Itzhaki  61'		Allbäck  103'	Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 21,000

External links

• Beitar Jerusalem website

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