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]
list of league/toto cup winners.
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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