2007–08 in Israeli football

Football in Israel

Season

2007–08

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The 2007–08 season was the 76th season of competitive football in Israel.

2007–08 Israeli Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beitar Jerusalem (C)	33	20	7	6	61	23	+38	67	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Maccabi Netanya	33	16	10	7	40	24	+16	58	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	33	15	11	7	43	34	+9	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Bnei Sakhnin	33	15	10	8	35	29	+6	55	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second 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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
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	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source: The Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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.

Israeli Premier League Transfers 2007–08

List of Israeli football transfers 2007–08

2007–08 Liga Leumit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	33	16	9	8	41	30	+11	57	Promoted to Premier League
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	33	16	6	11	40	27	+13	54	Promoted to Premier League
3	Hapoel Haifa	33	15	7	11	36	29	+7	52
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	33	14	9	10	31	18	+13	51
5	Hapoel Bnei Lod	33	14	7	12	41	42	−1	49
6	Hapoel Ramat Gan	33	13	9	11	33	38	−5	48
7	Hapoel Ra'anana	33	11	13	9	34	31	+3	46
8	Ironi Ramat HaSharon	33	11	10	12	33	37	−4	43
9	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	33	10	11	12	37	39	−2	41
10	Hapoel Acre	33	9	10	14	29	32	−3	37
11	Ironi Rishon LeZion	33	7	16	10	31	38	−7	37	Relegated to Liga Artzit
12	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	33	5	7	21	28	53	−25	22	Relegated to Liga Artzit

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2007–08 State Cup

2007–08 Israel State Cup Final:

May 13, 2008

Hapoel Tel Aviv	4 – 5 (p) 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Beitar Jerusalem
Yigal Antebi (pen.) Walid Badir (pen.) Fábio Jr. (pen.) Shay Abutbul (pen.) Baruch Dego Reuven Oved		Gal Alberman (pen.) Michael Zandberg (pen.) Idan Tal (pen.) Derek Boateng Toto Tamuz (pen.) Shimon Gershon (pen.)

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Meir Levi

Beitar Jerusalem wins the 2007–08 Israeli State Cup

2007–08 Toto Cup Al

Maccabi Haifa wins the 2007–08 Toto Cup Al.

European Competitions

2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Second Qualifying Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
F.C. Copenhagen	2 – 1	Beitar Jerusalem	1 – 0	1 – 1

2007–08 UEFA Cup

First Qualifying Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Santa Coloma	1 – 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1 – 0	0 – 4

Second Qualifying Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UD Leiria	1 – 0	Maccabi Netanya	0 – 0	1 – 0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2 – 4	Kayseri Erciyesspor	1 – 1	1 – 3
NK Široki Brijeg	0 – 6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 – 3	0 – 3

First Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 0	AIK	0 – 0	1 – 0

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GET	TOT	AND	AAB	HTA
1	Getafe	4	3	0	1	7	5	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	2–1	—	1–2
2	Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7		1–2	—	—	3–2	—
3	Anderlecht	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5		—	1–1	—	—	2–0
4	AaB	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4		1–2	—	1–1	—	—
5	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	3		—	0–2	—	1–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}


25 October 2007
Anderlecht	2 – 0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
8 November 2007
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur
29 November 2007
Getafe	1 – 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv
19 December 2007
Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 3	Aalborg

2007–08 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa	2 – 2 (p)	CF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa	0 – 2	2 – 0

National team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
22 August 2007	Dinamo Stadium, Belarus (A)	Belarus	1 – 2	F	Shimon Gershon
8 September 2007	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	0 – 3	ECQ	--
13 October 2007	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb (A)	Croatia	0 – 1	ECQ	--
17 October 2007	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan (H)	Belarus	2 – 1	F	Gal Alberman, Aviram Baruchyan
17 November 2007	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan (H)	Russia	2 – 1	ECQ	Elyaniv Barda, Omer Golan
21 November 2007	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan (H)	North Macedonia	1 – 0	ECQ	Elyaniv Barda
6 February 2008	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan (H)	Romania	1 – 0	F	Yossi Benayoun

Key

H = Home match
A = Away match
F = Friendly
ECQ = European Championship qualifier

Seasons in Israeli football

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2007–08 in Israeli football

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
Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
2009 U-21 Euro qualification
2008 U-19 Euro qualifying
- Qualifying round
- Elite round
2008 Women's U-19 Euro qualification
2008 U-17 Euro qualifying
- Qualifying round
- Elite round
2008 Women's U-17 Euro qualification

Club seasons
Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin Bnei Yehuda F.C. Ashdod Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Kiryat Shmona Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel Aviv
Liga Leumit	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Bnei Lod Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Nazareth Illit Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat HaSharon Hapoel Rishon LeZion Maccabi Ahi Nazareth