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2006–07 Israeli Premier League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Israeli Premier League |
| season | 2006–07 |
| winners | Beitar Jerusalem |
| 5th title | |
| relegated | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | |
| league topscorer | Yaniv Azran (15) |
| prevseason | 2005–06 |
| nextseason | 2007–08 |
5th title Hapoel Petah Tikva
The 2006–07 Israeli Premier League season began on 26 August 2006. It was scheduled to begin a week before, but was then postponed due to the 2006 Lebanon War. Beitar Jerusalem, under businessman Arcadi Gaydamak, became the league champions.
Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin.
Teams and Locations
Twelve teams took part in the 2006-07 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2005-06 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2005-06 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Herzliya were promoted as champions of the 2005-06 Liga Leumit. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were promoted as runners up. Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan returned to the top flight after an absence of six and twenty seven seasons respectively.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2005-06 season.
| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Beitar Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 21,600 |
| Bnei Yehuda | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | 14,002 |
| Maccabi Herzliya | Herzliya Municipal Stadium | 8,100 |
| Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan | Winter Stadium | 8,000 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,800 |
| Maccabi Netanya | Sar-Tov Stadium | 7,500 |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium | 6,800 |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | Levita Stadium | 5,800 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | Bnei Yehuda | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||||||||||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Maccabi Netanya | Maccabi Haifa | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |||||||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | F.C. Ashdod | Maccabi Herzliya | Hakoah Ramat Gan | ||||||||
| Teddy Stadium | |||||||||||
| Bloomfield Stadium | |||||||||||
| Levita Stadium | |||||||||||
| [[File:Teddy stadium, Jerusalem.JPG | 200px]] | [[File:Bloomfield_stadium.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Levita Stadium9.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||
| Sar-Tov Stadium | |||||||||||
| Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | |||||||||||
| Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium | |||||||||||
| [[File:Sar-Tov Stadium (21).jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Haifa-WM01 - Kiryat Eliezer Stadium during a local derby.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium04.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||
| Yud-Alef Stadium | Herzliya Municipal Stadium | Winter Stadium | |||||||||
| [[File:Yod alef1.JPG | 200px]] | [[File:Herzliya-Stadium.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Winter Stadium, May 2011 04.jpg | 200px]] |
Final table
Results
First and second round
Third round
Goals
Top goal scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ISR Yaniv Azran | F.C. Ashdod | 15 |
| 2 | ISR Lior Asulin | Bnei Yehuda | 13 |
| 3 | ISR Shay Holtzman | F.C. Ashdod | 12 |
| ISR Omer Buchsenbaum | Maccabi Herzliya | 12 | |
| 5 | GHA Samuel Yeboah | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 11 |
| ISR Idan Shriki | F.C. Ashdod | 11 | |
| 7 | ISR Toto Tamuz | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 |
| NGR Ibezito Ogbonna | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 | |
| ISR Avi Nimni | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 | |
| ISR Elyaniv Barda | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 | |
| GHA Isaac Awudu | Maccabi Netanya | 10 |
Goals in a Game
;Individual: 4, joint record:
- Elyaniv Barda, Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-3 over Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
- Shlomi Arbeitman, Maccabi Haifa 6-1 over Hapoel Petah Tikva
;Game: 8, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 4-4 F.C. Ashdod
Other Statistics
Attendance
;Seasons highest: ~20,000, 3 times:
- Maccabi Tel Aviv versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
- Hapoel Tel Aviv versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
- Maccabi Haifa versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
Source:
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 12,971 |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 8,094 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 7,794 |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 7,794 |
| 5 | Maccabi Netanya | 4,176 |
| 6 | Hapoel Kfar-Saba | 3,438 |
| 7 | Ashdod | 2,829 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | 2,619 |
| 9 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2,376 |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2,256 |
| 11 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 1,530 |
| 12 | Maccabi Herzliya | 1,350 |
Streaks
;Longest unbeaten run, Maccabi Tel Aviv, 20 matches ;Longest losing run, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan, 13 matches
References
- 2006–07 Israeli Premier League, The Israel Football Association
- Israel 2006/07 RSSSF
References
- [http://www.nrg.co.il/online/3/ART1/835/151.html Memories from Lebanon: Impact of the war on sports in the country] Yair Ronen, NRG, 4.1.2009 {{in lang. he
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/isr/aveisr07.htm
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