2007–08 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

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).

Beitar Jerusalem
2007-08 season
Chairman Arcadi Gaydamak
Manager Itzhak Shum
Ligat Ha'Al1st
State CupWinners
Toto CupSemi Finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Rômulo(12)
All:
Rômulo(16)
Highest home attendance21,000 Vs. Copenhagen (CL Q2 , 7 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance7,000 Vs. Bnei Yehuda F.C. (10 May 2008)
Average home league attendance13,500

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)
19 August 2007 1Beitar Jerusalem3 – 0Bnei YehudaJerusalem, Israel
20:50 Tamuz  12'
Zandberg  62'
Álvarez  87'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
26 August 2007 2Hapoel Tel Aviv1 – 2Beitar JerusalemTel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Júnior  39' Rômulo  75'
Itzhaki  79'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
15 September 2007 3Beitar Jerusalem4 – 2Maccabi HerzliyaJerusalem, Israel
19:30 Rômulo  45,62'
Baruchyan  55,67'		 Malka  3'
Buksenbaum  27'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
30 September 2007 4Bnei Sakhnin2 – 2Beitar JerusalemSakhnin, Israel
20:50 Yavourian  15'
Buzaglo  43'		 Rômulo  2'
Itzhaki  85'		 Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
7 October 2007 5Beitar Jerusalem5 – 0FC AshdodJerusalem, Israel
19:30 Rômulo  35,64'
Baruchyan  52'
Zandberg  75'
Tal  89'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
20 October 2007 6Maccabi Petah Tikva1 – 2Beitar JerusalemPetah Tikva, Israel
19:35 Golan  15' Ben Shushan  44,63' Stadium: Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
28 October 2007 7Beitar Jerusalem2 – 0Maccabi Tel AvivJerusalem, Israel
20:50 Itzhaki  16'
Boateng  90+2'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
4 November 2007 8Maccabi Haifa0 – 0Beitar JerusalemHaifa, Israel
20:50 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
10 November 2007 9Beitar Jerusalem0 – 0Ironi Kiryat ShmonaJerusalem, Israel
19:30 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
25 November 2007 10Maccabi Netanya0 – 1Beitar JerusalemNetanya, Israel
20:50 Rômulo  63' Stadium: Kufsa
Attendance: 5,500
1 December 2007 11Beitar Jerusalem4 – 0Hapoel Kfar SabaJerusalem, Israel
19:30 Tal  33'
Rômulo  55'
Tamuz  84'
Alberman  88'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
9 December 2007 12Bnei Yehuda0 – 3Beitar JerusalemTel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Tal  45'
Alberman  73,82'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
16 December 2007 13Beitar Jerusalem1 – 0Hapoel Tel AvivJerusalem, Israel
20:50 Álvarez  44' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
5 January 2008 14Maccabi Herzliya1 – 1Beitar JerusalemHerzliya, Israel
19:30 Menashe  41' Tal  52' Stadium: Herzliya Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
12 January 2008 15Beitar Jerusalem0 – 1Bnei SakhninJerusalem, Israel
19:30 Buzaglo  89' Stadium: Teddy Stadium*Redius Game
20 January 2008 16FC Ashdod1 – 2Beitar JerusalemAshdod, Israel
20:50 Revivo  41' Rômulo  32'
Baruchyan  63'		 Stadium: Yud Alef Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
26 January 2008 17Beitar Jerusalem2 – 1Maccabi Petah TikvaJerusalem, Israel
19:00 Ben Shushan  13'
Baruchyan  60'		 Damari  85' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
3 February 2008 18Maccabi Tel Aviv0 – 0Beitar JerusalemTel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
16 February 2008 20Ironi Kiryat Shmona0 – 3Beitar JerusalemKiryat Shmona, Israel
19:30 Rômulo  15'
Alberman  45'
Ben Shushan  69'		 Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
19 February 2008 19Beitar Jerusalem1 – 0Maccabi HaifaJerusalem, Israel
20:00 Ben Shushan  16' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
24 February 2008 21Beitar Jerusalem2 – 0Maccabi NetanyaJerusalem, Israel
20:00 Tal  43'
Alberman  89'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
2 March 2008 22Hapoel Kfar Saba1 – 1Beitar JerusalemKfar Saba, Israel
19:30 Dayan  90' Rômulo  1' Stadium: Levita Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
8 March 2008 23Maccabi Haifa0 – 1Beitar JerusalemHaifa, Israel
19:30 Boateng  1' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
15 March 2008 24Beitar Jerusalem4 – 0Maccabi Petah TikvaJerusalem, Israel
19:15 Ben Shushan  17'
Baruchyan  63'
Tal  73'
Rômulo  90'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
22 March 2008 25Hapoel Kfar Saba0 – 4Beitar JerusalemKfar Saba, Israel
19:30 Boateng  12'
Ziv  43'
Alberman  65'
Tal  86'		 Stadium: Levita Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
30 March 2008 26Beitar Jerusalem1 – 1Maccabi Tel AvivJerusalem, Israel
20:50 Boateng  53' Shivhon  28' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
6 April 2008 27Hapoel Tel Aviv3 – 1Beitar JerusalemTel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Dego  29'
Junior  40'
Telkisky  71'		 Zandberg  8' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
5 May 2008 29FC Ashdod1 – 0Beitar JerusalemAshdod, Israel
20:50 Tzokol  71' Stadium: Yud Alef Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
10 May 2008 30Beitar Jerusalem0 – 1Bnei YehudaJerusalem, Israel
19:30 Biton  39' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
17 May 2008 31Beitar Jerusalem3 – 0Maccabi NetanyaJerusalem, Israel
19:30 Baruchyan  33'
Zandberg  56'
Tamuz  61'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
20 May 2008 28Beitar Jerusalem3 – 1Maccabi HerzliyaJerusalem, Israel
19:30 Álvarez  11'
Baruchyan  14'
Alberman  89'		 Reikan  52' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
24 May 2008 32Ironi Kiryat Shmona3 – 2Beitar JerusalemKiryat Shmona, Israel
19:00 Oforoi  30'
Kojok  51'
Avidor  88'		 Tamuz  29,32' Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
30 May 2008 33Beitar Jerusalem1 – 2Bnei SakhninJerusalem, Israel
16:00 Tamuz  66' Buzaglo  7'
Bugdan  79'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,000

League table
Pos Team 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
Source: The Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

State Cup
27 February 2008 Round of 32Bnei Sakhnin1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 3 p)		Beitar JerusalemSakhnin, Israel
20:15 Yevourian  52' Zandberg  26' Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Penalties
Colma
Yevourian
Ganaim
Buzaglo 		Alberman
Tal
Gershon
Rômulo
11 March 2008 Round of 16Maccabi Ahi Nazareth0 – 3Beitar JerusalemNazareth, Israel
20:15 Zandberg  47'
Baruchyan  75'
Alberman  90'		 Stadium: Ilut Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
2 April 2008 Quarter FinalBeitar Jerusalem3 – 2Hapoel Kfar SabaJerusalem, Israel
19:00 Ben Shushan  1,27'
Ziv  85'		 Gonzales  73'
Talker  75'		 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
16 April 2008 Semi FinalBeitar Jerusalem1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Maccabi NetanyaRamat Gan, Israel
21:00 Ziv  102' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
13 May 2008 FinalHapoel Tel Aviv0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)		Beitar JerusalemRamat 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
31 July 2007 First legFC Copenhagen1 – 0Beitar JerusalemCopenhagen, Denmark
20:00 Allbäck  5' Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
7 August 2007 Second legBeitar Jerusalem1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 2 agg.)		FC CopenhagenJerusalem, Israel
21:00 Itzhaki  61' Allbäck  103' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
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