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)

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

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 TeamScoreAway Team
Round 1
Bnei Yehuda1-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-2Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Netanya3-1Maccabi Haifa
F.C. Ashdod1-0Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-0Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Hapoel Kfar Saba4-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 2
Beitar Jerusalem2-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa1-0F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Herzliya0-3Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-2Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-0Maccabi Netanya
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan3-2Bnei Yehuda
Round 3
Hapoel Tel Aviv4-1Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Hapoel Kfar Saba2-3Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-1Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya1-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda2-1Maccabi Herzliya
F.C. Ashdod2-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 4
Maccabi Herzliya2-2Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa2-0Bnei Yehuda
Beitar Jerusalem0-0Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-0F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-1Maccabi Netanya
Round 5
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-0Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya3-1Beitar Jerusalem
F.C. Ashdod3-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan1-2Maccabi Herzliya
Bnei Yehuda3-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Round 6
Maccabi Haifa3-3Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-2Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem3-0Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Tel Aviv4-0Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Kfar Saba3-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya1-3F.C. Ashdod
Round 7
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-3Maccabi Tel Aviv
F.C. Ashdod1-4Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-1Maccabi Netanya
Bnei Yehuda2-2Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-3Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya2-2Maccabi Haifa
Round 8
Hapoel Kfar Saba0-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem1-1Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Petah Tikva1-1Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-0Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Netanya0-0Bnei Yehuda
F.C. Ashdod1-2Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 9
Maccabi Petah Tikva3-1Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Yehuda2-3F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-1Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Herzliya0-2Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa2-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 10
F.C. Ashdod2-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-1Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem2-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba2-1Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya1-0Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Petah Tikva1-0Bnei Yehuda
Round 11
Maccabi Haifa3-3Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda0-2Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv0-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-1F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Herzliya1-0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva1-2Maccabi Tel Aviv

Second round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Round 12
Beitar Jerusalem0-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Haifa1-0Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Herzliya1-2F.C. Ashdod
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv3-1Bnei Yehuda
Round 13
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-1Beitar Jerusalem
Bnei Yehuda0-0Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-2Maccabi Herzliya
F.C. Ashdod1-1Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya1-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Round 14
Beitar Jerusalem2-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva2-3F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Haifa1-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya0-0Bnei Yehuda
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan3-4Hapoel Tel Aviv
Round 15
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-2Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-0Maccabi Herzliya
Bnei Yehuda2-1Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Petah Tikva1-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod2-2Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya1-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Round 16
Maccabi Haifa3-2Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem0-0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba2-2F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-0Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Herzliya1-2Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Round 17
Bnei Yehuda1-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Herzliya2-1Beitar Jerusalem
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan1-0Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
F.C. Ashdod2-3Maccabi Netanya
Round 18
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem2-0F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Netanya2-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-2Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Petah Tikva2-1Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Haifa0-4Maccabi Herzliya
Round 19
Maccabi Haifa0-3Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Herzliya0-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda1-1Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-1F.C. Ashdod
Round 20
Beitar Jerusalem0-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod1-1Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Netanya1-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-3Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-1Maccabi Herzliya
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-2Maccabi Haifa
Round 21
Maccabi Haifa0-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva0-1Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Herzliya1-3Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-1Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-0F.C. Ashdod
Bnei Yehuda2-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 22
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-1Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem0-0Bnei Yehuda
F.C. Ashdod3-0Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Netanya1-0Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Tel Aviv1-0Hapoel Petah Tikva

Third round

Home TeamScoreAway Team
Round 23
F.C. Ashdod1-1Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-2Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Netanya0-2Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa1-2Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Petah Tikva4-2Maccabi Herzliya
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-1Bnei Yehuda
Round 24
Beitar Jerusalem4-1Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Petah Tikva1-1Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Herzliya1-3Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-1F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-1Maccabi Netanya
Round 25
Maccabi Haifa4-0Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Netanya2-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
F.C. Ashdod0-1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-1Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Kfar Saba0-0Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Bnei Yehuda1-4Maccabi Herzliya
Round 26
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-1Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem2-1Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Netanya2-1F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Petah Tikva2-3Maccabi Herzliya
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan2-2Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv2-2Maccabi Petah Tikva
Round 27
Bnei Yehuda1-3Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-2Maccabi Tel Aviv
F.C. Ashdod4-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Haifa0-0Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Herzliya5-0Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Round 28
Hapoel Tel Aviv0-0Bnei Yehuda
Beitar Jerusalem2-2Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya0-0Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva3-2Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Tel Aviv2-2Hapoel Kfar Saba
F.C. Ashdod0-1Maccabi Haifa
Round 29
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan1-1Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Herzliya4-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda3-2Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva2-0F.C. Ashdod
Hapoel Kfar Saba0-0Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Haifa6-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 30
Beitar Jerusalem2-0Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv3-0Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya3-0Bnei Yehuda
F.C. Ashdod2-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Haifa0-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv1-2Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Round 31
Beitar Jerusalem2-1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan0-2Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda3-2F.C. Ashdod
Maccabi Herzliya2-3Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva1-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Saba1-0Maccabi Haifa
Round 32
Maccabi Tel Aviv0-1Beitar Jerusalem
F.C. Ashdod0-2Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya2-1Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
Maccabi Petah Tikva0-0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Maccabi Haifa2-0Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv5-1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Round 33
Hapoel Tel Aviv3-0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem0-1Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petah Tikva2-2Hapoel Kfar Saba
Bnei Yehuda0-1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Herzliya0-2Maccabi Haifa
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan4-4F.C. Ashdod
Breakdown of goals scored during the 2006–07 season

Goals

Top goal scorers

PosNatPlayerTeamGoals
1st IsraelYaniv AzranF.C. Ashdod15
2nd IsraelLior AsulinBnei Yehuda13
3rd IsraelShay HoltzmanF.C. Ashdod12
IsraelOmer BuchsenbaumMaccabi Herzliya12
5th GhanaSamuel YeboahHapoel Kfar Saba11
IsraelIdan ShrikiF.C. Ashdod11
7th IsraelToto TamuzBeitar Jerusalem10
NigeriaIbezito OgbonnaHapoel Tel Aviv10
IsraelAvi NimniMaccabi Tel Aviv10
IsraelElyaniv BardaHapoel Tel Aviv10
GhanaIsaac AwuduMaccabi Netanya10

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

References

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