Ligat ha'Al 2006-07
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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. On 7 May 2007 Beitar Jerusalem, under businessman Arcadi Gaydamak
Arcadi Gaydamak
Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak, is a Russian-Israeli businessman, who was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honour. On April 29, 2011 the Court of Appeal in Paris acquitted him of charges of arms dealing...

, became the league champions.

Two teams from Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...

 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
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

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
F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi 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
Israel State Cup
The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...

, then the 5th-positioned team awarded with entry to the 2007–08 Intertoto Cup.

First round

Home TeamScoreAway 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 TeamScoreAway 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 TeamScoreAway 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

Top goal scorers

PosNatPlayerTeamGoals
1st  Israel Yaniv Azran
Yaniv Azran
-Playing career:Yaniv Azran grew up in the youth system of F.C. Ashdod in Israel.After finishing the 2005-06 season in Ashdod and seeing little playing time, Nir Klinger signed Azran to a two year contract worth $120,000 a year while managing Paralimni. After a failed stint playing in Cyprus, he...

F.C. Ashdod 15
2nd  Israel Lior Asulin
Lior Asulin
Lior Asulin is a male Israeli footballer who currently plays as a striker for Hapoel Ramat Gan.- Maccabi Herzliya and Ariel Shaiman :A native of Ra'anana, Israel he grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Herzliya and it was there that he made the jump to Israel's highest league, Israeli Premier...

Bnei Yehuda 13
3rd  Israel Shay Holtzman
Shay Holtzman
Shay Holtzman is a retired Israeli footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of Israeli league football for Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Haifa, Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Ironi Rishon leZion, F.C. Ashdod and for the Israel...

F.C. Ashdod 12
 Israel Omer Buchsenbaum
Omer Buchsenbaum
Omer Buchsenbaum , is an Israeli footballer currently contracted to Hapoel Ramat Gan.After being relegated with Maccabi Herzliya to the second league, Omer Buchsenbaum transferred to Maccabi Petah Tikva where he signed a contract for 2 years.-External links:...

Maccabi Herzliya 12
5th  Ghana Samuel Yeboah
Samuel Yeboah
Samuel Yeboah is a Ghanaian footballer, who currently plays for F.C. Ashdod.-Hapoel Kfar-Saba:Samuel Yeboah played in Hapoel Kfar-Saba and won the Israeli golden shoe award.- Hapoel Tel Aviv 2008/9 :...

Hapoel Kfar Saba 11
 Israel Idan Shriki
Idan Shriki
Idan Shriki is an Israeli footballer who plays for Israeli team F.C. Ashdod on loan from Polish team Górnik Zabrze.-Club:He made his Ashdod debut in the 2003/04 season against Maccabi Netanya after returning from a one season loan to Maccabi Yavne where he scored a league leading 25 goals...

F.C. Ashdod 11
7th  Israel Toto Tamuz
Toto Tamuz
Toto Adaruns Tamuz Temile , known simply as Toto Tamuz is a Nigerian-born Israeli footballer who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv.-Early life:...

Beitar Jerusalem 10
 Nigeria Ibezito Ogbonna
Ibezito Ogbonna
Ibe Zito Ogbonna is a Nigerian football player who currently plays for Kazasthan team FC Atyrau.-Playing career:...

Hapoel Tel Aviv 10
 Israel Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni is Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer and is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israeli national football team...

Maccabi Tel Aviv 10
 Israel Elyaniv Barda
Elyaniv Barda
Elyaniv Felix Barda , born December 15, 1981 in Beersheba, Israel) is an Israeli football forward and winger. Formerly a player for Israeli clubs Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv, he is currently contracted to Belgian club Racing Genk...

Hapoel Tel Aviv 10
 Ghana Isaac Awudu
Samed Abdul Awudu
Samed Abdul Awudu is a Ghanaian football player.He is commonly referred to by his nickname Awudu Okocha.-Club career statistics:-Honours:*Ghana Premier League:**Winner : 2002*Israeli Premier League:...

Maccabi Netanya 10

Goals in a Game

Individual: 4, joint record:
  • Elyaniv Barda
    Elyaniv Barda
    Elyaniv Felix Barda , born December 15, 1981 in Beersheba, Israel) is an Israeli football forward and winger. Formerly a player for Israeli clubs Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv, he is currently contracted to Belgian club Racing Genk...

    , Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-3 over Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
  • Shlomi Arbeitman
    Shlomi Arbeitman
    Shlomi Arbeitman is an Israeli footballer. Currently, he plays for Westerlo on loan from K.A.A Gent.-Club career:A young striker, Arbeitman joined Maccabi Haifa for the 2005–06 season...

    , Maccabi Haifa
    Maccabi Haifa F.C.
    Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

     6-1 over Hapoel Petah Tikva


Game: 8, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 4-4 F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod...


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
    Maccabi Haifa F.C.
    Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

     versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Streaks

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