Israel 1988/89

Liga Leumit 1988/89 (First Level)

Table after Regular Stage:

 1. Maccabi Nethanya          26  14   7   5    35-25   +10    49
 2. Maccabi Haifa             26  12  13   1    41-16   +25    47  [-2]
 3. Hapoel Petah-Tikva        26  12   9   5    28-19   + 9    43  [-2]
 4. Beitar Tel-Aviv           26  10   9   7    24-22   + 2    39
 5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva         26  10   9   7    19-18   + 1    39
 6. Shimshon Tel-Aviv         26   8  12   6    26-30   - 4    36 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 7. Hapoel Jerusalem          26   9   9   8    20-19   + 1    35  [-1]
 8. Beitar Jerusalem          26   9   5  12    28-31   - 3    32
 9. Maccabi Tel-Aviv          26   7  10   9    30-34   - 4    29  [-2]
10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba          26   6  10  10    21-29   - 8    28
11. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon    26   6   9  11    27-28   - 1    25  [-2]
12. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv      26   4  13   9    21-23   - 2    25
13. Hapoel Tel-Aviv           26   6   8  12    24-37   -13    22  [-4]
14. Hapoel Tiberias           26   5   5  16    20-42   -22    20

NB: total goal difference -9; Shimshon Tel-Aviv's goal difference certainly
    incorrect in view of final table.

Top-6 qualify for championship play-off, bottom-8 play off against relegation. 

Final Tables: 

Championship Playoff

 1. Maccabi Haifa             31  15  14   2    49-19   +30    57 [**]  champions
 2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva        31  15  11   5    36-20   +16    54 [**]  Intertoto
 3. Maccabi Netanya           31  14  10   7    36-33   + 3    52
 4. Beitar Tel-Aviv           31  13   9   9    34-27   + 7    48
 5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva         31  11  10  10    22-29   - 7    43
 6. Shimshon Tel-Aviv         31   9  13   9    28-25   + 3    40

Relegation Playoff

 7. Hapoel Jerusalem          33  12  11  10    28-27   + 1    46*
 8. Maccabi Tel-Aviv          33  11  11  11    44-44     0    42**
 9. Beitar Jerusalem          33  12   6  15    42-44   - 2    42  Intertoto
10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba          33  10  11  12    33-38   - 5    41
11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv      33   8  14  11    31-29   + 2    38
12. Hapoel Tiberias           33   9   5  19    31-52   -21    32  relegated
13. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon    33   7   9  17    30-39   - 9    28  [**]   relegated
14. Hapoel Tel-Aviv           33   8   8  17    33-51   -18    28  [***]  relegated

[*]   1 point deducted because of violation of budget rules.
[**]  2 points deducted because of violation of budget rules.
[***] 4 points deducted because of violation of budget rules.

Promoted: Hapoel Ramat-Gan
Top Scorer: Beni Tabak (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 18 goals

Number of Goals: 477
Number of Games: 225
Goals per Game: 2.12


Israel State Cup 1988/89 

1/8 Finals 
Shimshon Tel Aviv       0-0 1-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Beitar Jerusalem        0-2 5-0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Petah Tikva      1-1 2-2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 
Hapoel Be'er Sheva      4-0 1-0 Hapoel Ramat Gan
Hapoel Tiberias         3-1 2-2 Maccabi Netanya 
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon  0-0 1-0 Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Haifa           0-1 3-1 Hapoel Beit She'an 
Beitar Tel Aviv         0-0 5-1 Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah 

Quarterfinals 
Shimshon Tel Aviv       0-0 0-0 Hapoel Tiberias             [4-1 pen] 
Maccabi Haifa           1-1 2-0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Beitar Tel Aviv         0-0 1-1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 
Beitar Jerusalem        1-0 5-0 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 

Semifinals
Beitar Jerusalem            1-0 Beitar Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa               1-1 Shimshon Tel Aviv           

Semifinal Replay
Shimshon Tel Aviv           1-3 Maccabi Haifa 

Final [Jun 14]
Maccabi Haifa               3-3 Beitar Jerusalem            [aet, 3-4 pen] 
 

1987/88.

1989/90.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of cup finals.

list of super cup finals.

list of league/toto cup winners.

partial all-time table.

list of topscorers.

list of all-time topscorers.


About this document

Source (for regular stage): [sss 14]

Thanks to Ian King and Hans Schöggl

Prepared and maintained by Yaniv Bleicher for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Yaniv Bleicher
Last updated: 14 Jan 2021

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