1988–89 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season	1988–89
Champions	Maccabi Haifa ; 3rd title
Relegated	Hapoel Tiberias ; Tzafririm Holon ; Hapoel Tel Aviv
Top goalscorer	Benny Tabak (18)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Liga Leumit season began in September 1988 and ended in June 1989. After the first two rounds of matches (26 matches) the league split into two groups; a Championship group of six clubs and a Relegation group of eight clubs, who played the other clubs in their group once more.

Maccabi Haifa won their third title, whilst Hapoel Tiberias, Tzafririm Holon and Hapoel Tel Aviv (a year after winning the title) were all relegated. Benny Tabak of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Netanya	26	14	7	5	35	25	+10	49	Qualification for the championship round
2	Maccabi Haifa^[a]	26	12	13	1	41	16	+25	47
3	Hapoel Petah Tikva^[a]	26	12	9	5	28	19	+9	43
4	Beitar Tel Aviv	26	10	9	7	24	22	+2	39
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	26	10	9	7	19	18	+1	39
6	Shimshon Tel Aviv	26	8	12	6	25	20	+5	36
7	Hapoel Jerusalem^[b]	26	9	9	8	20	19	+1	35	Qualification for the relegation round
8	Beitar Jerusalem	26	9	5	12	28	31	−3	32
9	Maccabi Tel Aviv^[a]	26	7	10	9	30	34	−4	29
10	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	6	10	10	21	29	−8	28
11	Tzafririm Holon^[a]	26	6	9	11	27	28	−1	25
12	Bnei Yehuda	26	4	13	9	21	23	−2	25
13	Hapoel Tel Aviv^[c]	26	6	8	12	24	37	−13	22
14	Hapoel Tiberias	26	5	5	16	20	42	−22	20

Source: EU-Football.info
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Two points deducted for violating budget rules.
^ One point deducted for violating budget rules.
^ Four points deducted for violating budget rules.

Results

Home \ Away	BEI	BTA	BnY	HBS	HJE	HKS	HPT	HTA	HTI	MHA	MNE	MTA	STA	TZH
Beitar Jerusalem	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	0–1	1–1
Beitar Tel Aviv	1–3	—	2–4	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–0
Bnei Yehuda	0–3	1–2	—	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	0–1	1–0	—	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Hapoel Jerusalem	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	—	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	—	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	—	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	—	3–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1
Hapoel Tiberias	1–0	0–0	1–4	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	—	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0
Maccabi Haifa	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	—	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–0
Maccabi Netanya	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	—	1–1	2–3	3–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–2
Shimshon Tel Aviv	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	5–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	—	1–0
Tzafririm Holon	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Top playoff

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Haifa^[a] (C)	31	15	14	2	49	19	+30	57
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva^[a]	31	15	11	5	36	20	+16	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
3	Maccabi Netanya	31	14	10	7	36	33	+3	52
4	Beitar Tel Aviv	31	13	9	9	34	27	+7	48	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	31	11	10	10	22	29	−7	43
6	Shimshon Tel Aviv	31	9	13	9	28	25	+3	40

Source: EU-Football.info
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Two points deducted for violating budget rules.

Results

Home \ Away	BTA	HBS	HPT	MHA	MNE	STA
Beitar Tel Aviv	—	4–1	—	1–0	—	—
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	—	—	0–3	—	1–1	—
Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–0	—	—	—	0–0	2–0
Maccabi Haifa	—	3–0	1–1	—	—	2–1
Maccabi Netanya	0–5	—	—	0–2	—	0–0
Shimshon Tel Aviv	2–0	0–1	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom playoff

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Hapoel Jerusalem^[a]	33	12	11	10	28	27	+1	46
8	Maccabi Tel Aviv^[b]	33	11	11	11	44	44	0	42
9	Beitar Jerusalem	33	12	6	15	42	44	−2	42
10	Hapoel Kfar Saba	33	10	11	12	33	38	−5	41
11	Bnei Yehuda	33	8	14	11	31	29	+2	38
12	Hapoel Tiberias (R)	33	9	5	19	31	52	−21	32	Relegated to Liga Artzit
13	Tzafririm Holon^[b] (R)	33	7	9	17	30	39	−9	28
14	Hapoel Tel Aviv^[c] (R)	33	8	8	17	33	51	−18	28

Source: EU-Football.info
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ One point deducted for violating budget rules.
^ ^a ^b Two points deducted for violating budget rules.
^ Four points deducted for violating budget rules.

Results

Home \ Away	BEI	BnY	HJE	HKS	HTA	HTI	MTA	TZH
Beitar Jerusalem	—	—	—	—	3–1	1–2	3–0	4–1
Bnei Yehuda	4–2	—	—	4–0	1–0	—	—	—
Hapoel Jerusalem	1–1	0–0	—	2–1	—	2–1	—	—
Hapoel Kfar Saba	4–0	—	—	—	2–0	1–0	—	1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	—	—	1–2	—	—	—	3–2	3–0
Hapoel Tiberias	—	3–0	—	—	4–1	—	—	1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	—	1–0	2–1	3–3	—	5–0	—	—
Tzafririm Holon	—	0–1	2–0	—	—	—	0–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF

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v t e 1988–89 in Israeli football
Domestic leagues	Liga Leumit Liga Artzit Liga Alef Liga Bet Liga Gimel
Domestic cups	State Cup Super Cup Toto Cup Leumit Artzit Lilian Cup
Related to national team	Results 1990 World Cup qualification 1989 U-16 Euro qualifying
Club seasons
Liga Leumit	Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tiberias Hapoel Tzafririm Holon Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv

v t e 1988–89 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '87–'88 '88–'89