1998–99 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit 1998-99 Hapoel Haifa 1st title Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Hapoel Beit She'an Maccabi Jaffa Andrzej Kubica (21) 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 Liga Leumit season began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 29 May 1999, with Hapoel Haifa winning their first championship title ever. That season had two rounds, each team played the other teams twice. The three teams that were relegated to Liga ArtzitChanged to Liga Leumit in the start of next season due to a new league system. were: Hapoel Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Beit She'an and Maccabi Jaffa. Two team from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Tzafririm Holon and Maccabi Jaffa. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Final table main WDL QR HHA Hapoel Haifa MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv MHA Maccabi Haifa BEI Beitar Jerusalem HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva HIR Ironi Rishon LeZion HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba HJE Hapoel Jerusalem MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva BnY Bnei Yehuda MIA Maccabi Ironi Ashdod MHE Maccabi Herzliya HTH Hapoel Tzafririm Holon HBS Hapoel Beit She'an MJA Maccabi Jaffa 22 5 3 66 23 C 20 3 7 77 32 19 3 8 62 24 17 6 7 67 33 15 7 8 45 26 13 7 10 54 47 12 6 12 58 61 11 6 13 47 66 11 5 14 35 52 10 7 13 45 45 10 6 14 43 51 9 9 12 40 49 10 5 15 31 42 8 10 12 35 38 R 5 3 22 25 83 R 2 4 24 15 73 R green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round UC #ccccff Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round IC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round Hapoel Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup and was awarded with entry to the UEFA Cup. UCb red1 Relegation to Liga Artzit R R R complete Results main FBR BEI BnY BTS HHA HJE HKS HPT HTA IRZ MHA MHE MIA MJA MPT MTA TZH Hapoel Haifa 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 6–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 0–3 2–1 4–0 3–2 4–0 3–1 4–0 Maccabi Haifa 0–1 1–2 2–4 1–0 4–0 3–1 4–1 6–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 Beitar Jerusalem 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–2 6–0 7–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 6–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–2 3–2 1–3 3–2 2–0 2–3 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 7–0 3–0 Ironi Rishon LeZion 0–4 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–7 0–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 6–0 3–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba 7–3 0–5 1–4 2–3 0–0 2–2 5–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–1 Hapoel Jerusalem 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 4–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–3 0–3 0–4 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 Bnei Yehuda 0–3 0–6 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 5–1 3–2 6–1 Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 3–2 3–3 0–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–7 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 Maccabi Herzliya 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 Tzafririm Holon 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 Hapoel Beit She'an 0–1 0–5 2–1 1–4 1–3 2–3 4–2 0–2 0–5 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 Maccabi Jaffa 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–4 1–4 0–1 0–4 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1POL Andrzej KubicaMaccabi Tel Aviv212ISR Motti KakounHapoel Petah Tikva203ISR Amir TurgemanMaccabi Ironi Ashdod194ISR Yaniv AbargilHapoel Kfar Saba17ISR Avi NimniMaccabi Tel Aviv17ISR Kobi RefuaBnei Yehuda17ISR Nir SeviliaBeitar Jerusalem178ISR Yossi BenayounMaccabi Haifa16ISR Ofer ShitritBeitar Jerusalem1610ISR Nissan KapetaIroni Rishon Lezion14ISR Alon MizrahiMaccabi Haifa14 Notes External links RSSSF - Israel 1998-99 Season Category:Liga Leumit seasons Israel Category:1998–99 in Israeli football leagues