2006–07 in Israeli football

Football in Israel
Season	2006–07
Men's football
Israeli Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem
Liga Leumit	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Liga Artzit	Hapoel Ramat Gan
State Cup	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Supercup	Maccabi Herzliya

The 2006–07 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 80th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

IFA Competitions

League Competitions

Competition		Winner	Runner-up
Israeli Premier League		Beitar Jerusalem	Maccabi Netanya
Liga Leumit		Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Bnei Sakhnin
Liga Artzit		Hapoel Ramat Gan	Ironi Rishon LeZion
Liga Alef	North	Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
Liga Alef	South	Hapoel Maxim Lod	Hapoel Kfar Shalem
Liga Bet	North A	Beitar Ihud Mashhad	Ahva Arraba
	North B	Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm	Ironi Tiberias
	South A	Maccabi Kfar Yona	Beitar Kfar Saba
	South B	Maccabi Netivot	Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom
Liga Gimel	Upper Galilee	Ahi Acre	F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda
	Jezreel	Maccabi Beit She'an	Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot
	Shomron	Maccabi Barta'a	Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa
	Sharon	Hapoel Pardesiya	F.C. Tira
	Tel Aviv	F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda	Ortodixim Jaffa
	Center-South	Bnei Eilat	F.C. Be'er Sheva
Ligat Nashim (Women's League)	Ligat Nashim Rishona	Maccabi Holon	ASA Tel Aviv University
Ligat Nashim (Women's League)	Ligat Nashim Shniya	Ironi Bat Yam	Beitar Jerusalem
Noar Leumit (U-20)		Beitar Jerusalem	Maccabi Petah Tikva

Cup Competitions

Competition		Winner	Runner-up
2006–07 Israel State Cup		Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Ashkelon
Toto Cup	Al	Maccabi Herzliya	Hapoel Kfar Saba
	Leumit	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Bnei Sakhnin
	Artzit	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Sektzia Nes Tziona
Israeli Women's Cup		Maccabi Holon	ASA Tel Aviv University
Israel Noar State Cup		Beitar Jerusalem	F.C. Ashdod

International Club Competitions

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	3–2	Maccabi Haifa[1][2]	1–1	2–1

Uefa Cup

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Tel Aviv[3]	4–2	Domžale	1–2	3–0
Dinamo Bucharest	2–1	Beitar Jerusalem[4]	1–0	1–1
Bnei Yehuda[5]	0–6	Lokomotiv Sofia	0–2	0–4

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chornomorets Odessa	1–4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–1	1–3
Maccabi Haifa[6]	4–2	Litex Lovech	1–1	3–1

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rangers	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	10
Maccabi Haifa	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
Livorno	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
Auxerre	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
Partizan	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1

Source:

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panathinaikos	4	2	1	1	3	4	−1	7
Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5
Hapoel Tel Aviv	4	1	2	1	7	7	0	5
Rapid București	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4
Mladá Boleslav	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

Source:

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–5	Rangers	2–1	0–4
CSKA Moscow	0–1	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	0–1

Last 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa	0–4	Espanyol	0–0	0–4

Intertoto Cup

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Petah Tikva	4–2	NK Zrinjski	1–1	3–1

Third Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Petah Tikva	3–4	Ethnikos Achna FC	0–2	3–2

National Teams

National team

Euro 2008 Qualifying (Group E)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	12	9	2	1	28	8	+20	29	Qualify for final tournament
2	Russia	12	7	3	2	18	7	+11	24	Qualify for final tournament
3	England	12	7	2	3	24	7	+17	23[lower-alpha 1]
4	Israel	12	7	2	3	20	12	+8	23[lower-alpha 1]
5	Macedonia	12	4	2	6	12	12	0	14
6	Estonia	12	2	1	9	5	21	−16	7
7	Andorra	12	0	0	12	2	42	−40	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

Head-to-head points: England 4, Israel 1.

Friendlies

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Israel scorers
15 August 2006	Celje, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–1	Yossi Benayoun
7 February 2007	Ramat-Gan, Israel	Ukraine	1–1	Walid Badir

Women's National Team

2009 UEFA Women's Championship Qualifying

Preliminary Round – Group 2

Played in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Armenia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Latvia	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source:

Qualifying Stage – Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	8	7	1	0	26	0	+26	22
Russia	8	6	1	1	25	7	+18	19
Austria	8	3	0	5	13	18	−5	9
Poland	8	2	1	5	11	20	−9	7
Israel	8	0	1	7	3	33	−30	1

Source:

U-21 National team

2007 European U-21 Championship

Qualifying Groups

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Turkey	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wales	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source:

Play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
France U-21	1–2	Israel U-21	1–1	0–1

2007 European U-21 Championship (Group A)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Belgium	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Portugal	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Israel	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source:

U-19 National team

2007 European U-19 Championship

2007 European U-19 qualifying round (Group 2)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9
Switzerland	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
Slovenia	3	1	2	6	5	+1	3
Liechtenstein	3	0	3	0	14	−14	0

Source:

2007 European U-19 elite round (Group 6)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
Israel	3	2	1	11	4	+7	6
Poland	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3
Slovakia	3	1	2	2	8	−6	3

Source:

U-17 National team

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Finland	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Israel	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
Albania	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source:

U-19 Women's National team

2007 European Women's U-19 Championship Qualifying
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Scotland U-19	3	3	0	14	5	+9	9
2	Russia U-19	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Slovenia U-19	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Israel U-19	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source:

Notes

The home game of Maccabi Haifa was played in the Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict
"Liverpool to play Haifa in Kiev". BBC Sport. 14 August 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2006.
The home game of Hapoel Tel Aviv was played in the Willem II Stadium, Tilburg, Netherlands, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict
The home game of Beitar Jerusalem was played in Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict
The home game of Bnei Yehuda was played in National Stadium, Senec, Slovakia, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict
The home game of Maccabi Haifa was played in De Goffert Stadium, Nijmegen, Netherlands, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

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[1] The home game of Maccabi Haifa was played in the Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

[2] "Liverpool to play Haifa in Kiev". BBC Sport. 14 August 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2006.

[3] The home game of Hapoel Tel Aviv was played in the Willem II Stadium, Tilburg, Netherlands, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

[4] The home game of Beitar Jerusalem was played in Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

[5] The home game of Bnei Yehuda was played in National Stadium, Senec, Slovakia, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

[6] The home game of Maccabi Haifa was played in De Goffert Stadium, Nijmegen, Netherlands, because of the Israel-Lebanon conflict