2006–07 Israeli Premier League
# 2006–07 Israeli Premier League

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. 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.

## Teams and Locations

Twelve teams took part in the 2006-07 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2005-06 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2005-06 Liga Leumit.

Maccabi Herzliya were promoted as champions of the 2005-06 Liga Leumit. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were promoted as runners up. Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan returned to the top flight after an absence of six and twenty seven seasons respectively.

Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2005-06 season.

| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 21,600 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | 14,002 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | Herzliya Municipal Stadium | 08,100 |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | Winter Stadium | 08,000 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 07,800 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Sar-Tov Stadium | 07,500 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium | 6,800 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium | 6,800 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Levita Stadium | 05,800 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Teddy Stadium | Bloomfield Stadium | Levita Stadium |
| Maccabi Netanya | Maccabi Haifa | Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Sar-Tov Stadium | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium |
| F.C. Ashdod | Maccabi Herzliya | Hakoah Ramat Gan |
| Yud-Alef Stadium | Herzliya Municipal Stadium | Winter Stadium |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem (C) | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 24 | +28 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 51 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
| 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 | 16 | Relegation to Liga Leumit |

* ↑ Deducted 2 points.
* 1 2 Since Hapoel Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup, then the 5th-positioned team awarded with entry to the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
* ↑ Deducted 3 points.

## Results

### First and second round

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | ASH | HAK | HKS | HPT | HTA | MHA | MHE | MNE | MPT | MTA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Netanya | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

### Third round

| Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | ASH | HAK | HKS | HPT | HTA | MHA | MHE | MNE | MPT | MTA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beitar Jerusalem | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | — |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–3 | — | 3–2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1–4 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1–1 | — | — | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | — | 0–1 |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | — | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | — | — |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | — | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | — | — | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | — |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 5–1 | — | — | — | — | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | — | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | — | 6–1 | 4–0 | — | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Maccabi Herzliya | — | — | — | 5–0 | 1–3 | — | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | — | — |
| Maccabi Netanya | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 0–0 | — |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | — | — | — | 4–2 | — | — | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | — | — | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | — |

## Goals

### Top goal scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yaniv Azran | F.C. Ashdod | 15 |
| 2 | Lior Asulin | Bnei Yehuda | 13 |
| 3 | Shay Holtzman | F.C. Ashdod | 12 |
| 3 | Omer Buchsenbaum | Maccabi Herzliya | 12 |
| 5 | Samuel Yeboah | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 11 |
| 5 | Idan Shriki | F.C. Ashdod | 11 |
| 7 | Toto Tamuz | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 |
| 7 | Ibezito Ogbonna | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 |
| 7 | Avi Nimni | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 |
| 7 | Elyaniv Barda | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 |
| 7 | Isaac Awudu | Maccabi Netanya | 10 |

### Goals in a Game

**Individual**


    4, joint record:
* Elyaniv Barda, Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-3 over Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
* Shlomi Arbeitman, Maccabi Haifa 6-1 over Hapoel Petah Tikva

**Game**


    8, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 4-4 F.C. Ashdod

## Other Statistics

### 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 versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
