2008–09 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League 2008–09 30 August 2008 – 1 June 2009 Maccabi Haifa6th Premier League title11th top-flight title Hapoel Tel Aviv Hakoah Amidar Ramat GanIroni Kiryat Shmona Champions League Maccabi Haifa (second qualifying round) Europa League Hapoel Tel Aviv (third qualifying round)Maccabi Netanya (second qualifying round)Bnei Yehuda (first qualifying round) Barak Yitzhaki / Shimon Abuhatzira / Eliran Atar (14 goals) Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–0 Beitar Jerusalem (9 February 2009)Beitar Jerusalem 4–0 Hakoah Ramat Gan (4 April 2009) 8 games with a win by 3 goalsA [A] Hakoah Ramat Gan 2–4 Beitar Jerusalem (20 September 2008)F.C. Ashdod 4–2 Bnei Sakhnin (8 November 2008)F.C. Ashdod 3–3 Maccabi Netanya (20 December 2008)(6 goals) 432 2.18 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Israeli Premier League season began on 30 August 2008, and ended on 1 June 2009. Beitar Jerusalem were the defending champions, having won their 6th league title the previous year. Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Petah Tikva. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Herzliya. At a 24 June 2008 IFA administration meetingJune 24th IFA meeting summary https://web.archive.org/web/20080701113902/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/LeagueIFAJune24_2008.aspx 2008-07-01 he it was decided that the league would be expanded to 16 clubs for the following season. Due to the expansion, only one team was relegated directly to Liga Leumit, while five clubs were promoted. The eleventh-ranked team played in a play-off match against the sixth-ranked team from Liga Leumit. Maccabi Haifa clinched their 11th title after a 0–2 win against Maccabi Netanya on 23 May 2009. Teams Israel Locations of the 2008–09 Israeli Premier League teams right 400 Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin bottom F.C. Ashdod left Ironi Kiryat Shmona left Maccabi Haifa left Maccabi Netanya left Maccabi Petah Tikva 1.2em right Hapoel Petah Tikva right Bnei Yehuda 0.9em left Hapoel Tel Aviv left Maccabi Tel Aviv 0.9em left Israel 32.045300 34.815478 Hakoah Ramat Gan Twelve teams took part in the 2008-09 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2007-08 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2007-08 Liga Leumit. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were promoted as champions of the 2007-08 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Petah Tikva were promoted as runners up. They both returned to the top flight after an absence of one season. Hapoel Kfar Saba and Maccabi Herzliya were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2007-08 season. Stadiums and Locations Club Stadium Capacity Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600 Bnei Yehuda Bloomfield Stadium 15,700Hapoel Tel AvivMaccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002 Hakoah Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 8,000 Maccabi Netanya Sar-Tov Stadium 7,500 F.C. Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800 Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium 6,800Maccabi Petah Tikva Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium 5,300 Bnei Sakhnin Doha Stadium 5,000 Beitar JerusalemBnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel AvivHakoah Ramat GanTeddy Stadium Bloomfield StadiumWinter Stadium200px200px200pxMaccabi NetanyaMaccabi HaifaHapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah TikvaSar-Tov Stadium Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium200px200px200pxF.C. AshdodBnei SakhninIroni Kiryat ShmonaYud-Alef StadiumDoha StadiumKiryat Shmona Stadium200px200px|center200px Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentHapoel Ironi Kiryat ShmonaISR Ran Ben ShimonEnd of contract1 June 2008Pre-seasonISR Michele Dayan1 June 2008Maccabi HaifaISR Ronny LevyISR Elisha Levi1 June 2008Maccabi NetanyaISR Reuven AtarGER Lothar Matthäus1 June 2008Bnei SakhninISR Elisha LevyISR Freddy David1 June 2008Maccabi Tel AvivISR Nir LevinISR Ran Ben Shimon1 June 2008Bnei YehudaISR Hezi ShiraziISR Freddy David12 June 2008Maccabi Petah TikvaISR Nitzan ShiraziResign21 August 2008ISR Guy Azouri21 August 2008Beitar JerusalemISR Itzhak ShumSacked3 September 200812thISR Reuven Atar3 September 2008Maccabi Tel AvivISR Ran Ben ShimonSacked2 November 20087thISR Avi Nimni2 November 2008Bnei SakhninISR Freddy DavidResign9 November 200812thISR Eyal Lahman9 November 2008Hapoel Ironi Kiryat ShmonaISR Michele DayanSacked30 November 200810thISR Eli Cohen11 December 2008Maccabi Petah TikvaISR Guy AzouriResign22 December 20086thISR Ronny Levy22 December 2008Bnei SakhninISR Eyal LahmanSacked8 March 200912thISR Eran Kulik8 March 2009Hapoel Ironi Kiryat ShmonaISR Eli CohenSacked11 April 200912thISR Ran Ben Shimon14 April 2009 Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players Beitar Jerusalem ARG Darío Fernández CHI Cristián Álvarez CRO Tvrtko Kale2 GHA Derek Boateng URY Sebastián Abreu Bnei Sakhnin COL Sergio Novoa COD Paty Yeye Lenkebe GHA Awudu Okocha GHA Ibrahim Basit GNB Niche BRA Maicon Santos COD Nsumbu Mazuwa GHA Kweku Essien LIT Robertas Poškus Bnei Yehuda ARG Pedro Galván CRO Hrvoje Kovačević NGA Dele Aiyenugba SER Milan Martinović ESP Iván Garrido F.C. Ironi Ashdod BIH Dragan Stojkić BUL Dimitar Makriev CZE Lubomír Kubica PAR Silvio Borjas URY Cristian González BRA Rogélio COL Carlos Ceballos POL Grzegorz Szamotulski Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan CMR Joslain Mayebi NGA Abdulkarim Lukman NGA Joseph Nwafor NGA Michael Tukura ARG Alan Bender2 CMR Yves Djidda COL Carlos Ceballos GMB Ken Jammeh GMB Robert Badjie Hapoel Petah Tikva BFA Djakaridja Koné COD M'peti Nimba GHA Stephen Offei PER Jair Céspedes PER Junior Viza KAZ Mark Gurman2 GHA Emmanuel Banahene Hapoel Tel Aviv BRA Douglas da Silva BUL Dimitar Telkiyski BUL Elin Topuzakov GHA Samuel Yeboah NGA Vincent Enyeama Ironi Kiryat Shmona BOL Luis Gutiérrez BUL Todor Kolev GAB Paul Kessany NGA Yero Bello PER Miguel Cevasco BRA Maicon Santos GHA Abubakari Yahuza GHA Kwabena Agouda PER Jair Céspedes Maccabi Haifa COL Jhon Culma GHA Ransford Osei NGA Anderson West RSA Thembinkosi Fanteni RSA Tsepo Masilela BRA Gustavo Boccoli1 USA Leonid Krupnik2 Maccabi Netanya CRI Luis Marín PAN Alberto Blanco PAN Alberto Zapata RSA Bevan Fransman RSA Siyabonga Nkosi BRA Humberto Foguinho CMR Francis Kioyo GNQ Thierry Fidjeu GHA Awudu Okocha CIV Georges Ba Maccabi Petah Tikva ARG Pablo Bastianini FRA Siramana Dembélé GEO Irakli Geperidze MKD Boban Grnčarov RUS Murad Magomedov1 SLO Dalibor Stevanović Maccabi Tel Aviv BUL Igor Tomašić LBR Dulee Johnson SER Dragoslav Jevrić TTO Scott Sealy ZIM Emmanuel Mayuka ARG Guillermo Israilevich2 ARM Yeghia Yavruyan1 FRA Jonathan Assous2 USA Erik Hort2 FRA Rudy Haddad2 FRA Yannick Kamanan In bold: Players that join the club mid-season In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season The following do not fill a Visa position: 1Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status; 2Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry; 3Israeli citizens who have chosen to represent another national team; League table main WDL 5 QR MHA Maccabi Haifa HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv BEI Beitar Jerusalem MNE Maccabi Netanya BnY Bnei Yehuda MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva ASH F.C. Ironi Ashdod BnS Bnei Sakhnin HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva HAR Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan IKS Ironi Kiryat Shmona 19 10 4 49 24 C 17 10 6 49 28 16 12 5 47 28 14 12 7 40 32 14 7 12 38 31 11 11 11 36 35 8 15 10 26 33 10 8 15 41 48 7 12 14 26 41 8 7 18 30 42 6 11 16 26 46 R 6 9 18 24 44 R -3 Beitar Jerusalem were deducted two points due to Beitar fans pitch invasion the previous year against Maccabi HerzliyaBeitar punished for pitch invasion https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=745340.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080803110549/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=745340.html dead August 3, 2008 FIFA 18 April 2008 18 April 2008 and one point due to racist calls from Beitar fans.Beitar punished for racist abuse https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1053674.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090504151257/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1053674.html dead May 4, 2009 FIFA 1 May 2009 1 May 2009 R1 green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round R2 blue1 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round R4 blue2 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round Qualified because Beitar Jerusalem did not obtain the license for competing in next year's European competitions. R5 blue3 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round R4 R11 red2 Qualification for the relegation play-offs R12 red1 Relegation to Liga Leumit Beitar Jerusalem did not obtain the license for competing in next year's European competitions because they failed to meet their commitments to UEFA.Betar Jerusalem will not be eligible to play in European competition next season https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1083363.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090603054432/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1083363.html dead June 3, 2009 Haaretz 7 May 2009 7 May 2009 Since Beitar won the cup and the cup runners-up are league champions Maccabi Haifa, all Europa League spots were awarded to teams according to their league positions. Since Beitar also finished third in the league, Europa League spots were given to league runners-up Hapoel Tel Aviv, fourth-placed Maccabi Netanya and fifth-placed Bnei Yehuda. 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match complete Israel Football Association Positions by round table y br Maccabi Haifa 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4/ 7/ 7/ 5/ 7/ 7/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2 Beitar Jerusalem 12/12/ 6/ 7/ 9/ 9/ 6/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3 Maccabi Netanya 6/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4 Bnei Yehuda 10/ 8/11/11/12/11/12/10/11/12/10/ 9/ 8/ 9/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 7/ 6/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 5/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 7 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 11/ 5/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 5/ 7/ 5/ 7/ 7/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 8 Bnei Sakhnin 8/ 9/12/12/11/12/10/11/12/10/11/11/11/11/10/11/11/10/10/10/11/11/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/ 9/10/10/ 9 Hapoel Petah Tikva 7/10/ 5/ 8/ 6/ 5/ 7/ 5/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 5/ 4/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/10/ 9/ 9/10 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 3/ 6/ 9/10/10/10/11/12/10/11/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/11/11/11/11/11/12/12/11 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 9/11/10/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 8/ 6/ 9/ 9/ 9/10/10/10/11/10/10/11/11/11/10/10/11/11/11/12/12/12/12/12/11/11/12 1st 2nd 3rd Israel Football Association April 2013 Results The schedule consisted of three rounds. During first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team. First and second round main FBR BEI BnS BnY ASH HAR HPT HTA IKS MHA MNE MPT MTA Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 Bnei Sakhnin 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 Bnei Yehuda 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 1–2 4–2 0–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–1 1–0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 2–4 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 Maccabi Haifa 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–2 Maccabi Netanya 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 complete Israel Football Association Third round Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games): Rounds 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd3 – 124 – 25 – 16 – 117 – 108 – 912 – 910 – 811 – 71 – 62 – 53 – 44 – 125 – 36 – 27 – 18 – 119 – 1012 – 1011 – 91 – 82 – 73 – 64 – 55 – 126 – 47 – 38 – 29 – 110 – 1112 – 111 – 102 – 93 – 84 – 75 – 66 – 127 – 58 – 49 – 310 – 211 – 11 – 122 – 113 – 104 – 95 – 86 – 712 – 78 – 69 – 510 – 411 – 31 – 22 – 123 – 14 – 115 – 106 – 97 – 812 – 89 – 710 – 611 – 51 – 42 – 3 main FBR BEI BnS BnY ASH HAR HPT HTA IKS MHA MNE MPT MTA Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 null 2–1 null null null null 2–0 Bnei Sakhnin null 3–1 3–2 null null null null 0–0 0–0 null 0–3 Bnei Yehuda null null null 1–0 2–1 null 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 null F.C. Ironi Ashdod null null 0–3 null 1–0 null 2–0 0–3 0–0 null null Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan null 1–1 null 0–0 1–0 null 1–0 null null null 1–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–0 2–2 null null null 0–1 null null null 2–0 1–2 Hapoel Tel Aviv null 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 null null null 1–2 null 1–1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 0–2 null null null 1–1 1–3 null null 1–2 null Maccabi Haifa 1–1 null null null 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 null 0–0 null Maccabi Netanya 1–0 null null null 0–0 1–0 null 1–3 0–2 1–2 null Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–2 0–0 null 0–0 0–2 null 1–2 null null null 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv null null 2–1 1–0 null null null 3–2 1–1 0–1 null complete Israel Football Association Relegation playoff Hakoah Ramat Gan, as the 11th-placed team, faced the 6th-placed Liga Leumit team Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in a two-legged playoff. Hakoah Ramat Gan lost both games and were relegated to Liga Leumit. 2 June 2009 20:30 UTC+2 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 2 – 1 Report Hakoah Ramat Gan Ayeli 41Silvas 48 For 42 Ilut Stadium, Ilut Alon Yefet 6 June 2009 19:00 UTC+2 Hakoah Ramat Gan 1 – 2 Report Maccabi Ahi Nazareth For 23 Jida 46Ayeli 76 Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan Eitan Tabrizi Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Yossi Shivhon for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Bnei Yehuda, 5th minute (30 August 2008)Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=168871#GameEvents The Israel Football Association 30 August 2008 30 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20120223061233/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=168871#GameEvents 23 February 2012 dead Last goal of the season: Lior Rafaelov for Maccabi Haifa against Beitar Jerusalem, 58th minute (1 June 2009)Maccabi Haifa 1-1 Beitar Jerusalem http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169023#GameEvents The Israel Football Association 1 July 2009 1 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090625205308/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169023#GameEvents 25 June 2009 dead First own goal of the season: Nir Davidovich (Maccabi Haifa) for F.C. Ashdod, 57th minute (30 August 2008)Maccabi Haifa 3:1 Ashdod http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match36757_Maccabi_Haifa-Ashdod_live/?tab=showmatch Live Result 30 August 2008 30 August 2008 Fastest goal in a match: 39 seconds – Thembinkosi Fanteni for Maccabi Haifa against Maccabi Tel Aviv (27 October 2008)Maccabi Haifa 3:2 Maccabi Tel Aviv http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match48564_Maccabi_Haifa-Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_live/?do=showmatch Live Result 27 October 2008 27 October 2008 Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+5 minutes – Barak Badash for Hakoah Ramat Gan against Bnei Yehuda (13 September 2008)Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 2:2 Hakoach Amidar http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match39036_Bnei_Yehuda_Tel_Aviv-Hakoach_Amidar_live/?do=showmatch Live Result 13 September 2008 13 September 2008 Widest winning margin: 4 goals: Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–0 Beitar Jerusalem (9 February 2009)Hapoel Tel Aviv 4:0 Beitar Jerusalem http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match63086_Hapoel_Tel_Aviv-Beitar_Jerusalem_live/?do=showmatch Live Result 9 February 2009 9 February 2009 Beitar Jerusalem 4–0 Hakoah Ramat Gan (4 April 2009)Beitar Jerusalem 4:0 Hakoah Ramat Gan http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match80043_Beitar_Jerusalem-Hakoach_Amidar_live/?do=showmatch Live Result 4 April 2009 4 April 2009 Most goals in a match: 6 goals: Hakoah Ramat Gan 2–4 Beitar Jerusalem (20 September 2008)Hakoach Amidar 2:4 Beitar Jerusalem http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match40620_Hakoach_Amidar-Beitar_Jerusalem_live/?do=showmatch Live Result 20 September 2008 20 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006193847/http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match40620_Hakoach_Amidar-Beitar_Jerusalem_live/?do=showmatch October 6, 2011 live F.C. Ashdod 4–2 Bnei Sakhnin (8 November 2008)Ashdod 4:2 Bnei Sakhnin http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match50916_Ashdod-Bnei_Sakhnin_live/?do=showmatch Live Result 8 November 2008 8 November 2008 F.C. Ashdod 3–3 Maccabi Netanya (20 December 2008)Ashdod 3:3 Maccabi Netanya http://www.liveresult.ru/en/football/matches/match57549_Ashdod-Maccabi_Netanya_live/?do=showmatch Live Result 20 December 2008 20 December 2008 Discipline First yellow card of the season: Tamir Kahlon for Bnei Yehuda against Maccabi Tel Aviv, 6th minute (30 August 2008) First red card of the season: Ronnie Gafney for Maccabi Haifa against F.C. Ashdod, 59th minute (30 August 2008) Most yellow cards in a match: 12 yellow cards – Beitar Jerusalem against Maccabi Haifa (28 September 2008)Beitar Jerusalem 0:2 Maccabi Haifa http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=168890#GameEvents The Israel Football Association 28 September 2008 28 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004042454/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=168890#GameEvents 4 October 2011 dead Most red cards in a match: 4 red cards – F.C. Ashdod against Ironi Kiryat Shmona (13 September 2008)Ashdod 2:0 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=168876#GameEvents The Israel Football Association 13 September 2008 13 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004042536/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=168876#GameEvents 4 October 2011 dead Most cards in a match: 15 cards (12 yellow and 3 red) – Beitar Jerusalem against Maccabi Haifa (28 September 2008) Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoalshttp://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10040 Israeli Premier League Top Scorers 30 August 2008 30 August 2008 The Israel Football Association https://web.archive.org/web/20081007164125/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10040 7 October 2008 dead 1ISR Barak YitzhakiBeitar Jerusalem14ISR Shimon AbuhatziraHapoel Petah Tikva14ISR Eliran AtarBnei Yehuda144GHA Samuel YeboahHapoel Tel Aviv135BUL Dimitar MakrievF.C. Ashdod11RSA Thembinkosi FanteniMaccabi Haifa117ISR David RevivoF.C. Ashdod10ARG Pedro GalvánBnei Yehuda109ISR Maor BuzagloMaccabi Tel Aviv9ISR Lior RafaelovMaccabi Haifa9Total432Average per game2.18 See also 2008–09 Israel State Cup 2008–09 Toto Cup Al List of 2008–09 Israeli football transfers Notes A. ABiggest away win Bnei Sakhnin 0–3 Hapoel Petah Tikva (1 November 2008) Hakoah Ramat Gan 0–3 Maccabi Haifa (1 November 2008) Bnei Yehuda 0–3 Beitar Jerusalem (8 November 2008) Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–4 Maccabi Haifa (22 November 2008) Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–3 Maccabi Netanya (22 November 2008) F.C. Ashdod 0–3 Maccabi Haifa (6 April 2009) Bnei Sakhnin 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv (11 April 2009) F.C. Ashdod 0–3 Bnei Yehuda (2 May 2009) Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–3 Maccabi Tel Aviv (23 May 2009) References Category:Israeli Premier League seasons Israel 1