2006–07 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season	2006–07
Champions	Beitar Jerusalem 5th title
Relegated	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Petah Tikva
Top goalscorer	Yaniv Azran (15)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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.^[1] 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.

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	Relegation to Liga Leumit

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

Breakdown of goals scored during the 2006–07 season

Goals

Top goal scorers

Pos	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:

Elyaniv Barda, Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-3 over Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Shlomi Arbeitman, Maccabi Haifa 6-1 over Hapoel Petah Tikva

Game: 8, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 4-4 F.C. Ashdod

Other Statistics

Attendance

Seasons highest: around 20,000, 3 times:

Maccabi Tel Aviv versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
Maccabi Haifa versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Streaks

Longest unbeaten run, Maccabi Tel Aviv, 20 matches
Longest losing run, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan, 13 matches

References

2006–07 Israeli Premier League, The Israel Football Association
Israel 2006/07 RSSSF

↑ Memories from Lebanon: Impact of the war on sports in the country Yair Ronen, NRG, 4.1.2009 (in Hebrew)

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Domestic leagues

Premier League Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Ligat Nashim Noar Leumit League

Domestic cups

European competitions

Related to national team

Results
Euro 2008 qualifying
- Group E
2007 Women's World Cup qualification
Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
2007 U-21 Euro
- Qual.
2007 U-19 Euro qualifying
- Qualifying round
- Elite round
2007 Women's U-19 Euro qualification
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Club seasons
Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda F.C. Ashdod Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Liga Leumit	Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Acre Hapoel Ashkelon Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

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	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '06 '07 Finland '06 '07 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '06 '07 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '06 '07 Latvia '06 '07 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '06 '07 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '06 '07 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '06 '07 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '06 '07 France Iceland '06 '07 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '06 '07 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying, First round, Group stage, knockout stage, final) Intertoto Cup '06 '07 Super Cup '06 '07

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