2008–09 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit 2008–09 Hapoel Haifa Hapoel HaifaHapoel AcreHapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel Ramat GanAmutat Hapoel Ra'ananaMaccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata 198 457 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Liga Leumit season began on 29 August 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009. Two teams from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata along with two teams relegated from Israeli Premier League: Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Kfar Saba.The two teams relegated to Liga Artzit were Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Hapoel Rishon LeZion. Due to an expected league expansion,June 24th IFA meeting summary https://web.archive.org/web/20080701113902/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/LeagueIFAJune24_2008.aspx 2008-07-01 he at the end of the season five clubs were automatically promoted to the Israeli Premier League, whilst the sixth-placed club in Liga Leumit played in a play-off match against the 11th-placed team in the Premier League. Only one team relegated automatically, and one team played in a play-off match against a team from Liga Artzit (which ceased to exist, with the regionalised Liga Alef becoming the third tier). Stadia Israel 300 Israel 32.783111 34.965167 Hapoel Haifa left Israel 32.294333 34.864575 Hapoel Ra'anana right Israel 32.130248 34.858986 0.2em Ironi Ramat HaSharon Israel 31.273150 34.779361 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 32.720903 35.265769 M. Ahi Nazareth right Israel 32 54 28.43 N 35 5 9.84 E Hapoel Acre top Israel 31.939250 34.893167 0.2em Hapoel Bnei Lod Israel 32.045300 34.815478 0.2em Hapoel Ramat Gan Israel 32.809081 35.119908 Maccabi Kiryat Ata Israel 32.167839 34.824793 Maccabi Herzliya left Israel 31.751167 35.190617 Hapoel Jerusalem Israel 32.181115 34.927071 0.2em Hapoel Kfar Saba Location of teams in the 2008–09 Liga Leumit Club Stadium Capacity Hapoel Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600 Hapoel Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000 Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100 Hapoel Ramat Gan HaMakhtesh Stadium 5,500 Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800 Hapoel Acre Napoleon Stadium 5,0001 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Ilut Stadium 4,932 Hapoel Ra'anana Karnei Oren Memorial Field 2,500 Hapoel Bnei Lod Lod Municipal Stadium 2,000 Ironi Ramat HaSharon Yankela Grundman Stadium 2,200 Maccabi Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata Municipal Stadium 0,0726 1Currently undergoing construction work to convert it to a 5,000-seat stadium. In the meanwhile they play at the Nahariya Municipal Stadium. League table main WDL PR HHA Hapoel Haifa HAC Hapoel Acre HBS Hapoel Be'er Sheva HRG Hapoel Ramat Gan HRA Hapoel Ra'anana MAN Maccabi Ahi Nazareth MHE Maccabi Herzliya HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba HBL Hapoel Bnei Lod HJE Hapoel Jerusalem IRH Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon IKA Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata 17 11 5 44 29 C,P 17 10 6 50 23 P 16 11 6 53 35 P 14 11 8 37 31 P 15 6 12 36 38 P 12 9 12 41 33 O,P 10 8 15 34 46 8 12 13 34 41 8 13 12 35 38 9 10 14 32 40 8 12 13 37 50 O 4 7 22 24 53 R Hapoel Haifa received a technical loss of 3-0 to Hapoel Bnei Lod for fielding an ineligible player. HHA #ACE1AF Promotion to Israeli Premier League P P P P P #D0F0C0 Qualification for promotion play-offs PP #FFCCCC Qualification for relegation play-offs RP #FFAAAA Relegation to Liga Alef R 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match complete The Israel Football Association Positions by round table y br Hapoel Haifa 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Hapoel Acre 12/12/ 9/ 6/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6/ 9/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3 Hapoel Ramat Gan 4/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4 Hapoel Ra'anana 5/ 7/ 6/ 8/ 9/ 7/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6 Maccabi Herzliya 9/ 6/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 8/ 8/ 8/10/11/11/11/11/10/10/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/10/11/10/10/ 9/ 9/10/10/ 8/ 7 Hapoel Bnei Lod 11/11/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/10/10/10/10/11/11/10/10/ 8/ 8/ 8/10/10/11/10/11/11/10/10/ 9/ 8/ 9/ 8 Hapoel Jerusalem 8/ 4/ 7/ 9/ 7/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 9/10/ 9 Hapoel Kfar Saba 3/ 5/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 7/10 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 7/ 8/11/10/10/10/10/10/10/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/10/10/10/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/11/11/11/11/11/11 Maccabi Kiryat Ata 10/10/10/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12 1st 2nd 3rd The Israel Football Association December 2012 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 grey HAC HBS HBL HHA HJE HKS HRA HRG IRH MAN MHE IKA Hapoel Acre 0–2 3–0 0–4 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 3–0 Hapoel Bnei Lod 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 Hapoel Haifa 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 Hapoel Jerusalem 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 Hapoel Ra'anana 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 Maccabi Herzliya 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 Maccabi Kiryat Ata 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 complete The 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 grey HAC HBS HBL HHA HJE HKS HRA HRG IRH MAN MHE IKA Hapoel Acre null 0–0 7–1 1–1 null null 0–0 null 1–0 null 5–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–2 null null null 2–2 3–1 null 3–3 null 3–2 3–2 Hapoel Bnei Lod null 1–1 null 0–1 null null 2–1 null 4–2 0–0 null Hapoel Haifa null 2–1 0–3 3–0 null null 0–0 null 3–1 null 3–1 Hapoel Jerusalem null 1–2 null null null null 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 null Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–1 null 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 null null null null null Hapoel Ra'anana 1–3 null 1–0 1–0 2–0 null null null 1–2 null 2–1 Hapoel Ramat Gan null 1–1 null null null 3–1 0–2 3–1 null 0–4 2–1 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 3–3 null 1–1 1–2 null 2–0 1–1 null null null null Maccabi Ahi Nazareth null 0–3 null null null 1–0 null 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 Maccabi Herzliya 0–0 null null 0–0 null 2–0 2–1 null 1–1 null null Maccabi Kiryat Ata null null 2–0 null 2–3 1–2 null null 3–0 null 3–4 Hapoel Haifa received a technical loss of 3–0 to Hapoel Bnei Lod for fielding an ineligible player. complete The Israel Football Association Promotion/relegation playoff Promotion playoff Maccabi Ahi Nazareth as the 6th-placed team faced the 11th-placed Israeli Premier League team Hakoah Ramat Gan for a two-legged playoff. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth won both games and were promoted to the Israeli Premier League. 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 Relegation playoff Ironi Ramat HaSharon as the 11th-placed team faced the 8th-placed Liga Artzit team Maccabi Kafr Kanna for a two-legged playoff, Ironi Ramat HaSharon won both games and will continue playing in Liga Leumit next season. 2 June 2009 16:30 UTC+2 Ironi Ramat HaSharon 2 – 1 Report Maccabi Kafr Kanna Banahene 73, 85Shabo 88 Zilka 45 Grundman Stadium, Ramat HaSharon Meir Levi 5 June 2009 15:30 UTC+2 Maccabi Kafr Kanna 0 – 1 Report Ironi Ramat HaSharon Banahene 19 Azmi Nassar Stadium, Kafr Kanna Assaf Keinan Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Eran Levy for Hapoel Haifa against Hapoel Acre, 26th minute (29 August 2008)Hapoel Acco 0:4 Hapoel Haifa http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169620#GameEvents The Israel Football Association 29 August 2008 29 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090625221718/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169620#GameEvents 25 June 2009 dead Widest winning margin: 6 goals – Hapoel Acre 7–1 Hapoel Haifa (22 May 2009)Hapoel Acre 7:1 Hapoel Haifa http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169806 The Israel Football Association 22 May 2009 22 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090627015942/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169806 27 June 2009 dead Most goals in a match: 8 goals – Hapoel Acre 7–1 Hapoel Haifa (22 May 2009) Discipline First yellow card of the season: Muhamad Brik for Hapoel Acre against Hapoel Haifa, 3rd minute (29 August 2008) First red card of the season: Bryan Gerzicich for Hapoel Acre against Hapoel Haifa, 36th minute (29 August 2008) Most red cards in a single match: 3 – Hapoel Acre 2–1 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth - 3 for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (Amjad Suliman, Yakir Shina & Serge Ayeli) (6 December 2008)Hapoel Akko 2-1 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169696#GameEvents The Israel Football Association 6 December 2008 6 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090625062014/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=169696#GameEvents 25 June 2009 dead Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoalshttp://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10045 Liga Leumit Top Scorers 29 August 2008 29 August 2008 The Israel Football Association https://web.archive.org/web/20090201111057/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=10045 1 February 2009 dead 1ISR Ohad KadousiHapoel Be'er Sheva182ISR Eran LevyHapoel Haifa13ISR Achmad Saba'aHapoel Bnei Lod13CIV Serge AyeliMaccabi Ahi Nazareth135ISR Shay AharonHapoel Jerusalem126GEO Irakliy GeperidzeHapoel Haifa117ISR Dovev GabayMaccabi Herzliya10GHA Emmanuel BanaheneIroni Nir Ramat HaSharon109ISR Ronen ShwartzmanHapoel Acre8ISR Dudu BitonHapoel Ra'anana8ISR Mor GolanHapoel Ramat Gan8COD Alain MasudiMaccabi Herzliya8Total457Average per game2.3 See also 2008–09 Toto Cup Leumit References Category:Liga Leumit seasons Israel Category:2008–09 in Israeli football leagues