1997–98 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit 1997–98 Beitar Jerusalem4th title Champions League Beitar Jerusalem UEFA Cup Hapoel Tel Aviv Intertoto Cup Hapoel Haifa Cup Winners' Cup Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel Ashkelon Alon Mizrahi (18) 240 650 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Liga Leumit season began on 2 August 1997 and ended on 9 May 1998, with Beitar Jerusalem win their second consecutive title. That season had two rounds, each team played the other teams twice. The two teams that were relegated to Liga Artzit were: Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Two team from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Ashkelon and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod. The two teams relegated were: Hapoel Tayibe and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. Final table main WDL QR BEI Beitar Jerusalem HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv HHA Hapoel Haifa MHA Maccabi Haifa HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba MHE Maccabi Herzliya MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva RLZ Ironi Rishon LeZion HJE Hapoel Jerusalem MIA Maccabi Ironi Ashdod BTS Hapoel Beit She'an BnY Bnei Yehuda BRS Hapoel Be'er Sheva HAS Hapoel Ashkelon 20 9 1 71 33 C 21 5 4 44 16 17 9 4 59 27 15 7 8 49 34 12 6 12 41 41 10 9 11 42 35 10 8 12 39 39 9 9 12 37 40 8 12 10 27 31 10 6 14 42 52 8 10 12 35 45 8 9 13 39 57 8 7 15 35 51 8 7 15 26 42 7 9 14 38 57 R 5 6 19 26 50 R -2 Deducted 2 points. green1 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 #ccccff Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round IC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round Maccabi Haifa won the Israeli State Cup and was awarded with entry to the Cup Winner's Cup. UCWC red1 Relegation to Liga Artzit R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Results main FBR BEI BnY HAS HBS BTS HHA HJE HKS HPT HTA IRZ MHA MHE MIA MPT MTA Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 4–3 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 5–2 3–1 7–2 5–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 6–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 Hapoel Haifa 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 5–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 Maccabi Haifa 0–0 0–1 2–4 2–1 2–0 0–4 2–2 3–1 5–3 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 4–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–3 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 7–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–0 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 Maccabi Herzliya 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–3 2–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 Ironi Rishon LeZion 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–3 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 Hapoel Jerusalem 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 0–4 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–0 2–3 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 Hapoel Beit She'an 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 Bnei Yehuda 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–4 3–1 1–1 0–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–5 1–4 4–5 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 Hapoel Ashkelon 1–2 2–3 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1ISR Alon MizrahiMaccabi Haifa182ISR Ofer ShitritHapoel Tel Aviv173HUN István SallóiBeitar Jerusalem164ISR Yossi BenayounHapoel Be'er Sheva 15HUN István PisontBeitar Jerusalem156ISR Eli DriksMaccabi Tel Aviv147ISR Assi TubiHapoel Jerusalem138ISR Motti KakounHapoel Petah Tikva12ISR Nir SeviliaBeitar Jerusalem1210ISR Liron BasisHapoel Haifa11 References Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF RSSSF - Israel 1997-98 Season Category:Liga Leumit seasons Israel Category:1997–98 in Israeli football leagues