Israel 1997/98

Israel First Level (Liga Leumit) 1997/98

Final Table:

 1. Beitar Jerusalem          30  20   9   1    71-33    +38    69  Champions League
 2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv           30  21   5   4    44-16    +28    68  UEFA Cup
 3. Hapoel Haifa              30  17   9   4    59-27    +32    60  Intertoto
 4. Maccabi Haifa             30  15   7   8    49-34    +15    52  Cup Winners Cup
 5. Hapoel Petah-Tikva        30  12   6  12    41-41      0    42
 6. Maccabi Tel-Aviv          30  10   9  11    42-35    + 7    39
 7. Hapoel Kfar-Saba          30  10   8  12    39-39      0    38
 8. Maccabi Herzliya          30   9   9  12    37-40    - 3    36
 9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva       30   8  12  10    27-31    - 4    36
10. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion30  10   6  14    42-52    -10    36
11. Hapoel Jerusalem          30   8  10  12    35-45    -10    34
12. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod      30   8   9  13    39-57    -18    33
13. Hapoel Beit Shean         30   8   7  15    35-51    -16    31
14. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv      30   8   7  15    26-42    -16    31
15. Hapoel Beer-Sheva         30   7   9  14    38-57    -19    30  relegated
16. Hapoel Ashkelon           30   5   6  19    26-50    -24    19  [*]  relegated

[*] 2 points deducted

Round 1 - 2/8/97

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           1-2
Avi Nimni (21 pen)                     Yaniv Abarjil (5)
                                       Itay Koren (41)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       1-1
Istvan Hamar (11)                      Naor Galili (1)

Hapoel Haifa               - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        0-0

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Beit-Shean          2-0
Sharon Marziano (35)
Nisan Kapeta (82)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       2-0
Oren Sagron (17)
Yosi Benayun (81)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Haifa              1-4
Moti Kakun (41)                        Alon Mizrahi (62, 88)
                                       Sergei Kandaurov (65)
                                       Avishay Jano (83)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Hapoel Jerusalem           1-2
Nir Levi (58)                          John de Wolf (51 og)
                                       Salman Amar (51)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            0-1
                                       Georgi Darasilia (90)


Round 2 - 9/8/97

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            0-1
                                       Georgi Darasilia (46)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Maccabi Herzliya           3-2
Mishel Dayan (40)                      Santos Sairo (12)
Moti Ohayon (50)                       Guy Gat (65)
Viki Bokovza (54)

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Ashkelon            4-2
Alon Mizrahi (6)                       Arik Benado (66 og)
Hezi Shirazi (29)                      Dudu Dahan (83)
Sergei Kandaurov (47, 65)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         2-1
Eli Tsoref (53, 84)                    Moti Kakun (45 pen)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          2-0
Moris Uzan (49)
Eitan Taib (54 pen)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 1-4
Amiran Mujiri (35 pen)                 Rafi Cohen (48, 54)
                                       Yevgeni Kashentsev (71, 77)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Haifa               1-0
Asif Ben-Ishay (84)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Beitar Jerusalem           3-3
Eli Driks (33, 41)                     Alon Harazi (62)
Rodrigo Goldberg (88)                  Istvan Pisont (72)
                                       Istvan Salloi (82 pen)


Round 3 - 30/8/97

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           4-3
Nir Sevilia (1, 12, 16)                Selsao Sausa (4)
Istvan Pisont (34)                     Avi Sandor (68)
                                       Moti Yeberbaum (88)

Hapoel Haifa               - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           2-1
Sergen Culakovic (44)                  Eli Driks (40)
Miroslav Bicinic (73)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       1-1
Yevgeni Kashentsev (4)                 Alon Hazan (40 pen)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-1  [2/9/97]
Dudu Hefer (42)                        Tal Bnaya (64)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Beit-Shean          3-2
Gabor Marton (14)                      Shimon Danan (8)
Moti Kakun (45 pen)                    Igor Acmagic (40)
Manor Hasan (50)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       0-0

Maccabi Herzliya           - Maccabi Haifa              2-2
Ilan Bahar (57, 85)                    Alon Mizrahi (17)
                                       Arik Benado (81)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Jerusalem           0-0


Round 4 - 6/9/97

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Jerusalem           1-2
Paulo Corvinel (79)                    Asi Tubi (26 pen)
                                       Laszlo Ceh (52)

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            0-1
                                       Asi Domb (43)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Maccabi Herzliya           2-3
Shuki Nagar (37)                       Yaniv Cohen (9, 35)
Nisim Avitan (58)                      Santos Sairo (87)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Hapoel Ashkelon            1-3
Udi Shnorman (23)                      Sagi Eini (38)
                                       Georgi Anchavadze (55)
                                       Samir Zampir (70)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         0-1
                                       Moti Kakun (18 pen)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          3-1
Naor Galili (32)                       Alon Rif (64)
Yosi Madar (40)
Igal Zrihan (85)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-1
Moshe Sabag (56)                       Avi Nimni (44 pen)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Haifa               0-0


Round 5 - 13/9/97

Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           2-0
Ran Ben-Shimon (8)
Reuven Atar (55 pen)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Beitar Jerusalem           0-3
                                       Istvan Pisont (37, 80, 85)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-1
Dudu Hefer (62)                        Nir Klinger (21)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       4-0
Manor Hasan (26)
Moti Kakun (31)
Eli Abarbanel (59, 67)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        0-2
                                       Carlos Pero (56)
                                       Ofer Cohen (78)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Beit-Shean          0-1
                                       Moris Uzan (23)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       1-1
Georgi Darasilia (85)                  Sahar Mizrahi (22)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Maccabi Haifa              1-1
Asi Tubi (42)                          Alon Mizrahi (61)


Round 6 - 20/9/97

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Maccabi Haifa              0-2
                                       Sergei Kandaurov (45)
                                       Ibrahim Duro (51)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Jerusalem           1-1
Sahar Mizrahi (7)                      Laszlo Ceh (88)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            0-2
                                       Ofer Shitrit (24, 78 pen)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Maccabi Herzliya           1-1
Raz Rabinovich (18)                    Roman Filipchuk (5)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Ashkelon            2-2
Igal Zrihan (19)                       Boaz Meir (4)
Naor Galili (89)                       Davi Kazelashvili (48)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         1-2
Eli Driks (7)                          Daniel Abas (13)
                                       Eli Abarbanel (32)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          7-2  [24/9/97]
Istvan Salloi (46, 53, 60, 80)         Sergei Gusev (83)
Yosi Abuksis (56)                      Yosi Benayun (85)
Nir Sevilia (87)
Eli Ohana (90)

Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 2-0
Liron Basis (58)
Giovanni Rosso (81 pen)


Round 7 - 27/9/97

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           1-3
Meir Azran (90 pen)                    Yaniv Abarjil (45 pen)
                                       Washington de Santos (70, 73)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Haifa               4-5
Yosi Benayun (22 pen, 69)              Liron Basis (41)
Yair Simhon (25)                       Reuven Atar (43 pen, 53)
Sharon Avitan (89)                     Sergen Culakovic (68)
                                       Dimitri Ulianov (76)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Beitar Jerusalem           1-1
Moti Kakun (42 pen)                    Eli Ohana (18)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-0
Samir Zampir (69)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       0-1
                                       Yosi Madar (50)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        0-0

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Hapoel Beit-Shean          1-0
Laszlo Ceh (4)

Maccabi Haifa              - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       1-0
Hezi Shirazi (44)


Round 8 - 25/10/97

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       2-1
Eliezer Spayer (6)                     Timur Tugashi (33)
Itay Koren (9)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Maccabi Haifa              1-1
Moris Uzan (28)                        Golan Deri (90)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Jerusalem           2-1
Roman Filipchuk (67)                   Viki Bokovza (88)
Ofer Cohen (73)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            1-2
Amir Turjeman (83)                     Ofer Shitrit (28)
                                       Pini Balili (82)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Maccabi Herzliya           2-1
Rodrigo Goldberg (64, 73)              Oleg Neduda (89)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Ashkelon            5-1
Nir Sevilia (1)                        Georgi Anchavadze (8)
Istvan Pisont (48, 87)
Istvan Hamar (55)
Alon Harazi (85)

Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         1-1
Giovanni Rosso (50)                    Walid Badir (44)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          1-1
Moshe Sabag (89)                       Dudu Hefer (42)


Round 9 - 1/11/97

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           1-2
Tomer Vaaknin (90)                     Washington de Santos (14)
                                       Sharon Mimer (87)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 2-2
Manor Hasan (7)                        Yevgeni Kashentsev (18)
Aran Prizant (83)                      Rafi Cohen (81)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Hapoel Haifa               1-3
Georgi Anchavadze (21)                 Dimitri Ulianov (7)
                                       Liron Basis (56)
                                       Miroslav Bicinic (74)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Beitar Jerusalem           1-1
Igal Antebi (8)                        Alon Cohen (59)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-0
Georgi Darasilia (61)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       2-2
Asi Tubi (38)                          Amir Turjeman (40)
Moti Ohayon (68)                       Yosi Madar (50)

Maccabi Haifa              - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        3-1
Sergei Balanchuk (35)                  Roman Filipchuk (31 pen)
Alon Mizrahi (80)
Ibrahim Duro (90)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Beit-Shean          3-1
Nisim Avitan (65, 67, 90)              Moris Uzan (80)


Round 10 - 8/11/97

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Beit-Shean          1-1
Yaniv Abarjil (72 pen)                 Zadko Adic (26)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       0-0

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Maccabi Haifa              2-1
Igal Zrihan (22)                       Adoram Keisy (75)
Amir Turjeman (51)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Jerusalem           2-0
Eli Driks (2)
Domagoi Kosic (6)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            2-1
Nir Sevilia (43)                       Asi Domb (68)
Istvan Pisont (54)

Hapoel Haifa               - Maccabi Herzliya           1-1
Reuven Atar (54 pen)                   Ilan Bahar (32)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Ashkelon            1-0
Avi Fitusi (41)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         0-2
                                       Aran Prizant (44)
                                       Yaniv Ofri (90)


Round 11 - 15/11/97

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           1-0
Walid Badir (43)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          2-0
Yosi Shoshani (27)
Shaya Geneva (89)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 3-1
Guy Gat (28)                           Rafi Cohen (90)
Yair Asayag (66)
Oleg Neduda (78)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Haifa               2-1
Kfir Udi (5)                           Giovanni Rosso (39)
Ofer Shitrit (22)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Beitar Jerusalem           1-1
Asi Tubi (31)                          Alon Harazi (74)

Maccabi Haifa              - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           2-0
Haim Silvas (13)
Alon Mizrahi (35 pen)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       1-4
Cobi Refua (87)                        Alon Hazan (16 pen, 46)
                                       Igal Zrihan (52, 67)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-1
Eitan Taib (34)                        Amiran Mujiri (55)


Round 12 - 22/12/97

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-0
Niv Tal (69)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Beit-Shean          0-0

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       1-1
Eli Driks (86)                         Cobi Refua (43)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Maccabi Haifa              1-0
Istvan Hamar (84)

Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Jerusalem           3-1
Liron Basis (2, 76)                    Viki Bokovza (43)
Miroslav Bicinic (86)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            1-1
Sharon Marziano (42)                   Shalom Tikva (90)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Maccabi Herzliya           1-2
Tomer Vaaknin (47)                     Vasili Ivanov (13)
                                       Santos Sairo (19)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Ashkelon            2-0
Uzi Ohayon (61 og)
Moti Kakun (90)


Round 13 - 6/12/97

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           0-1
                                       Tamir Netser (58)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         3-1
Vasili Ivanov (46)                     Yaniv Ofri (72)
Oleg Neduda (53)
Tsahi Zaneti (82)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          0-0

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 2-1
Laszlo Ceh (6)                         Yevgeni Kashentsev (47)
Asi Tubi (35)

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Haifa               2-4
Alon Mizrahi (75)                      Giovanni Rosso (5 pen)
Hezi Shirazi (82)                      Sergen Culakovic (18)
                                       Liron Basis (35, 66)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Beitar Jerusalem           0-1
                                       Shay Holtzman (35)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           0-1
                                       Eli Driks (40)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       0-0


Round 14 - 13/12/97

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       2-2
Niv Tal (70)                           Alon Hazan (35)
Laslo Comodi (90)                      Victor Genish (88)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        0-1
                                       Idan Tal (80)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Beit-Shean          5-2
Istvan Pisont (3)                      Zadko Adic (28, 63)
Yosi Abuksis (44, 78)
Istvan Hamar (46)
Tomer Azulay (80)

Hapoel Haifa               - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       1-0
Ran Ben-Shimon (82)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Maccabi Haifa              1-2
Dani Albert (44)                       Haim Silvas (7)
                                       Alon Mizrahi (90)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Jerusalem           1-1
Amir Avigdor (26)                      Laszlo Ceh (65)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            0-1
                                       Kfir Udi (80)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Maccabi Herzliya           0-0


Round 15 - 20/12/97

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           1-1
Alex Barmeher (70)                     Yaniv Abarjil (54)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Ashkelon            1-0
Kazimish Moskal (58)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         0-1
                                       Moti Kakun (22)

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          2-0
Alon Mizrahi (59)
Sergei Kandaurov (74)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 0-1
                                       Rafi Cohen (72)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Hapoel Haifa               1-1
Zadko Adic (32)                        Najuan Grayeb (52)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Beitar Jerusalem           0-1
                                       Guy Mishal (54 og)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-2
Igal Zrihan (27)                       Eli Driks (58, 73)


Round 16 - 24/1/98

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-1  [23/1/98]
Bakhva Ambidze (22)                    Eli Driks (57)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Beitar Jerusalem           0-4
                                       Istvan Salloi (22, 45, 71)
                                       Nir sevilia (74)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Haifa               0-0

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 3-1  [23/1/98]
Eitan Taib (36 pen)                    Nir Shikva (90)
Shimon Danan (47)
Sergen Culakovic (64)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          1-1
Yaniv Ofri (49)                        Dudu Hefer (13)

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         2-1
Itzik Zohar (52)                       Idan Shum (77)
Walid Badir (89 og)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Hapoel Ashkelon            3-3  [23/1/98]
Asi Tubi (48)                          Georgi Anchavadze (26)
Eyal Avrahami (55)                     Eyal Avrahami (54 og)
Dudu Dahan (64 og)                     Dudu Dahan (87)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Herzliya           1-0
Shimon Gershon (40)


Round 17 - 31/1/98

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           2-1
Shalom Tikva (22)                      Laslo Comodi (74)
Ofer Shitrit (72)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Jerusalem           1-0
Guy Gat (80)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Maccabi Haifa              0-1
                                       Itzik Zohar (11)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       1-2
Idan Hilel (83)                        Cobi Refua (37, 48)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Beit-Shean          3-0
Yosi Benayun (41, 85 pen)
Aris Eliacic (61)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        2-3
Nisan Kapeta (18, 50)                  Idan Tal (20)
                                       Haim Shabo (70)
                                       Haim Silvas (88 pen)

Hapoel Haifa               - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       4-0
Ronen Harazi (4)
Ofer Talker (11)
Liron Basis (17)
Oren Zeituni (37)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-1
Alon Harazi (90)                       Eli Driks (71)


Round 18 - 7/2/98

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Beitar Jerusalem           1-0
Bakhva Ambidze (7)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Haifa               1-1
Dedi Ben-Dayan (71)                    Ran Ben-Shimon (89)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 2-1
Yosi Madar (47 pen)                    Meir Azran (67 pen)
Eyal Almoshnino (87)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          1-1
Guy Itzhak (64)                        Christian Okapela (76)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         0-0

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Ashkelon            0-0

Maccabi Haifa              - Maccabi Herzliya           2-2
Hezi Shirazi (52)                      Oleg Neduda (27)
Vladimir Nidergaus (70)                Moris Uzan (75)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            1-0
Chaba Horvat (72)


Round 19 - 14/2/98

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           0-0  [13/2/98]

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Haifa              1-0
Ofer Shitrit (84)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       0-2
                                       Stav Elimeleh (82)
                                       Ron Nahman (90)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Hapoel Beit-Shean          0-0  [13/2/98]

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        2-0
Guy Shamir (65)
Idan Hilel (89)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       2-1
Salbisa Cula (45)                      Igal Zrihan (59)
Bahajat Uda (90)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 0-1
                                       Nir Shikva (83)

Hapoel Haifa               - Beitar Jerusalem           2-2
Liron Basis (44)                       Istvan Salloi (63)
Ofer Talker (61)                       Nir Sevilia (71)


Round 20 - 21/2/98

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Haifa               1-4  [20/2/98]
Itay Koren (74)                        Ronen Harazi (43)
                                       Ofer Talker (49, 88)
                                       Liron Basis (58)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 4-2
Istvan Salloi (44, 55)                 Nisan Kapeta (10, 82)
Shmulik Levi (65)
Nir Reichman (90)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          3-0
Moshe Glam (34, 71)
Alon Ofir (75)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         2-2
Tibor Balog (26)                       Victor Genish (10 og)
Yosi Madar (69)                        Moti Kakun (61)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Ashkelon            1-0
Tsahi Shmaryahu (45)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Maccabi Herzliya           3-0  [20/2/98]
Sergen Culakovic (12)
Eitan Taib (41)
Yehuda Amar (72)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            0-1
                                       Ofer Shitrit (35 pen)

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Jerusalem           2-1
Ibrahim Duro (65)                      Moti Ohayon (69)
Alon Mizrahi (74 pen)


Round 21 - 28/2/98

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           0-4
                                       Niv Tal (18)
                                       Washington de Santos (31, 75)
                                       Yaniv Abarjil  (45)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       1-0
Asi Tubi (84)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Beit-Shean          2-0
Ofer Shitrit (40)
Sebastian Simerotic (55)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-0
Santos Sairo (54)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       1-0
Nisim Avitan (8)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-1
Moti Kakun (76 pen)                    Eli Driks (50)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Beitar Jerusalem           2-5
Marko Diconstanzo (1)                  Nir Sevilia (46, 83)
Dudu Hefer (45)                        Istvan Salloi (60)
                                       Istvan Hamar (69)
                                       Istvan Pisont (89)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Haifa               2-1
Moshe Sabag (35)                       Liron Basis (62)
Avi Fitusi (50)


Round 22 - 14/3/98

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 0-0

Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          2-0
Ronen Harazi (32)
Alon Halfon (69)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         4-2
Nir Sevilia (10, 77)                   Ilan Boaron (2)
Istvan Salloi (33 pen, 58)             Andrei Kristofik (80)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Ashkelon            2-0
Alon Ofir (36, 53)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Maccabi Herzliya           1-0
Yosi Madar (27)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            0-2
                                       Asi Domb (25)
                                       Sebastian Simerotic (68)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Hapoel Jerusalem           3-2
Primoz Gliha (18)                      Asi Tubi (12, 80)
Cobi Ganon (22)
Sergen Culakovic (29)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Maccabi Haifa              0-3
                                       Alon Mizrahi (38, 67)
                                       Rajid Baransi (90 pen)


Round 23 - 21/3/98

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           1-0
Cobi Refua (88)

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Beit-Shean          4-1
Alon Mizrahi (25 pen ,27)              Eitan Taib (43 pen)
Ibrahim Duro (51, 57)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-1
Asi Tubi (6)                           Idan Tal (36)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       3-2
Ofer Shitrit (3)                       Amir Turjeman (88)
Georgi Darasilia (22)                  Naor Galili (90)
Sebastian Simerotic (34)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           2-1
Santos Sairo (60)                      Moshe Glam (4)
Vasili Ivanov (88 pen)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Beitar Jerusalem           1-2
Kakhi Gogoashvili (41)                 Shay Holtzman (57, 85)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Haifa               0-2
                                       Ofer Talker (71)
                                       Ronen Harazi (79)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 2-1
Yosi Benayun (59, 90)                  Yevgeni Kashentsev (89)


Round 24 - 28/3/98

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          2-2
Bahkva Ambidze (25, 29)                Yosi Benayun (8)
                                       Salbisa Cula (80)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         2-1
Nisan Kapeta (62)                      Moti Kakun (90 pen)
Rafi Cohen (72)

Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Ashkelon            4-1
Giovanni Rosso (28)                    Dudu Dahan (50)
Najuan Grayeb (57)
Dimitri Ulianov (84)
Ran Ben-Shimon (90)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Maccabi Herzliya           3-2
Istvan Hamar (26)                      Itzik Korenfein (29 og)
Elad Koren (38 og)                     Igal Antebi (50)
Istvan Pisont (45)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            0-3
                                       Ofer Shitrit (48, 57 pen)
                                       Sebastian Simerotic (87)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Jerusalem           4-2
Yosi Madar (19 pen, 45)                Asi Tubi (50 pen)
Chaba Horvat (53 og)                   Laszlo Ceh (56)
Amir Turjeman (76)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Maccabi Haifa              1-1
Ismail Amar (88)                       Hezi Shirazi (40)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       2-0
Primoz Gliha (31)
Sergen Culakovic (39)


Round 25 - 4/4/98

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           2-1  [3/4/98]
Alon Kaplan (20)                       Laslo Comodi (76)
Sergen Culakovic (62)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        0-4
                                       Noam Keisy (24)
                                       Idan Tal (61, 71)
                                       Tsahi Shmaryahu (84)

Maccabi Haifa              - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       0-0

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           1-1
Chaba Horvat (30)                      Guy Tsarfati (62)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Beitar Jerusalem           0-1
                                       Istvan Pisont (21)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Haifa               1-1  [3/4/98]
Ilan Bahar (47)                        Alex Barmeher (36 og)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 0-2  [3/4/98]
                                       Dani Albert (17)
                                       Nir Shikva (28)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          1-2
Idan Hilel (15)                        Yosi Benayun (5 pen, 67)


Round 26 - 11/4/98

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         0-1  [10/4/98]
                                       Michael Zandberg (65)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Ashkelon            3-1
Marko Diconstanzo (42)                 Georgi Anchavadze (18)
Yosi Benayun (65)
Alon Elbaz (90 og)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Maccabi Herzliya           1-0  [10/4/98]
Alon Maya (82)

Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            2-0
Ronen Harazi (32, 88)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Jerusalem           2-1
Istvan Hamar (27)                      Laszlo Ceh (45)
Alon Harazi (44)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Maccabi Haifa              2-1  [10/4/98]
Haim Hajaj (7)                         Itzik Zohar (17)
Dedi Ben-Dayan (70)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       1-2
Igal Zrihan (72)                       Cobi Refua (22)
                                       Aharon Siton (65)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Beit-Shean          1-0  [10/4/98]
Morad Magamadov (64)


Round 27 - 18/4/98

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           2-2
Tsahi Shmaryahu (51)                   Sharon Mimer (14)
Sharon Tsofin (53)                     Laslo Comodi (65)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       3-1  [17/4/98]
Zadko Adic (43)                        Almog Hazan (90 og)
Eitan Taib (48, 88 pen)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           2-0
Vasili Mukan (21)
Moti Sason (44)

Maccabi Haifa              - Beitar Jerusalem           0-0

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Hapoel Haifa               0-1  [17/4/98]
                                       Ronen Harazi (90)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 6-0
Shalom Tikva (8)
Ofer Shitrit (29, 31 pen, 53, 89 pen)
Sebastian Simerotic (75)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          3-3
Ilan Bahar (1)                         Yosi Benayun (31, 71 pen)
Tsahi Zaneti (14)                      Marko Diconstanzo (41)
Vasili Ivanov (84 pen)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         3-1  [17/4/98]
Sagi Eini (34, 49, 55)                 Ilan Boaron (79)


Round 28 - 25/4/98

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Ashkelon            2-1  [24/4/98]
Laslo Comodi (63)                      Sagi Eini (29)
Eliezer Spayer (65)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Herzliya           2-1  [24/4/98]
Eli Abarbanel (77 pen)                 Santos Sairo (38)
Aran Prizant (90)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            1-4
Alon Rif (84)                          Georgi Darasilia (55)
                                       Ofer Shitrit (64, 90 pen)
                                       Amir Avigdor (78 og)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Jerusalem           5-1
Rafi Cohen (5, 90)                     Moti Ohayon (17)
Tomer Eliyahu (15)
Dani Albert (18)
Nisan Kapeta (79)

Hapoel Haifa               - Maccabi Haifa              0-1
                                       Alon Mizrahi (45 pen)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       3-1
Istvan Salloi (45)                     Yuval Naim (56 pen)
Istvan Hamar (51)
Istvan Pisont (86)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Beit-Shean          4-1
Eli Driks (17, 79)                     Eitan Taib (67 pen)
Alon Brumer (27)
Elek Nyilas (40)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        2-3
Igal Zrihan (59)                       Tsahi Shmaryahu (5)
Avi Pinto (89)                         Idan Tal (40)
                                       Oren Gabay (45)


Round 29 - 2/5/98

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           1-4
Igal Zrihan (27)                       Yaniv Abarjil (7, 58)
                                       Laslo Comodi (63)
                                       Tamir Ben-Haim (65)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           0-2
                                       Guy Tsarfati (76)
                                       Dedi Ben-Dayan (90)

Hapoel Beit-Shean          - Beitar Jerusalem           2-3
Zadko Adic (4)                         Istvan Salloi (45)
Almog Hazan (86)                       Yosi Abuksis (63)
                                       Istvan Pisont (90)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Haifa               1-4
Sahar Mizrahi (49)                     Sharon Avitan (8)
                                       Miroslav Bicinic (17, 24)
                                       Cobi Danino (37)

Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 5-3
Vladimir Nidergaus (20, 66)            Alon Maya (9)
Alon Mizrahi (39, 48)                  Avi Fitusi (51)
Itzik Zohar (69)                       Rafi Cohen (90)

Hapoel Jerusalem           - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          1-0
Arik Sason (37)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         1-0
Kfir Udi (76)

Maccabi Herzliya           - Hapoel Ashkelon            2-0
Vasili Ivanov (16 pen)
Oleg Neduda (73)


Round 30 - 9/5/98

Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Maccabi Herzliya           1-2
Niv Tal (4)                            Vasili Ivanov (36 pen)
                                       Igal Antebi (82)

Hapoel Ashkelon            - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            2-3
Boaz Meir (71)                         Shalom Tikva (4, 64)
Cobi Hadadi (87 pen)                   Mario Mestrovic (45)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Jerusalem           3-2
Eli Abarbanel (47)                     Asi Tubi (6, 13)
Moti Kakun (53 pen)
Aran Prizant (72)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Maccabi Haifa              1-0
Yosi Benayun (90)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       1-2
Moshe Sabag (45)                       Ron Nahman (59)
                                       Cobi Refua (90)

Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Beit-Shean          5-2
Ronen Harazi (21, 52, 69)              Alon Halfon (43 og)
Alon Halfon (71)                       Sergen Culakovic (51)
Miroslav Bicinic (74)

Beitar Jerusalem           - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-0
Istvan Pisont (28)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       7-1
Nir Klinger (31)                       Tibor Balog (33)
Eli Tsafrir (41)
Haim Hajaj (55)
Guy Tsarfati (63)
Ben Luz (79, 88)
Elek Nyilas (82)


Final Table:

 1. Beitar Jerusalem          30  20   9   1    71-33    +38    69  Champions League
 2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv           30  21   5   4    44-16    +28    68  UEFA Cup
 3. Hapoel Haifa              30  17   9   4    59-27    +32    60  Intertoto
 4. Maccabi Haifa             30  15   7   8    49-34    +15    52  Cup Winners Cup
 5. Hapoel Petah-Tikva        30  12   6  12    41-41      0    42
 6. Maccabi Tel-Aviv          30  10   9  11    42-35    + 7    39
 7. Hapoel Kfar-Saba          30  10   8  12    39-39      0    38
 8. Maccabi Herzliya          30   9   9  12    37-40    - 3    36
 9. Maccabi Petah-Tikva       30   8  12  10    27-31    - 4    36
10. Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion30  10   6  14    42-52    -10    36
11. Hapoel Jerusalem          30   8  10  12    35-45    -10    34
12. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod      30   8   9  13    39-57    -18    33
13. Hapoel Beit Shean         30   8   7  15    35-51    -16    31
14. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv      30   8   7  15    26-42    -16    31
15. Hapoel Beer-Sheva         30   7   9  14    38-57    -19    30  relegated
16. Hapoel Ashkelon           30   5   6  19    26-50    -24    19  [*]  relegated

[*] 2 points deducted

Promoted: Maccabi Jaffa, Hapoel Tsafririm Holon

Scorers:

Alon Mizrahi (Maccabi Haifa)            18
Ofer Shitrit (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)          17
Istvan Salloi (Beitar Jerusalem)        16
Yosi Benayun (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)        15
Istvan Pisont (Beitar Jerusalem)        15
Eli Driks (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)            14
Asi Tubi (Hapoel Jerusalem)             13
Moti Kakun (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)         12
Nir Sevilia  (Beitar Jerusalem)         12
Liron Basis (Hapoel Haifa)              11
Ronen Harazi (Hapoel Haifa)             10
Igal Zrihan (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)      10
Rafi Cohen (Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion)  9
Sergen Culakovic (Hapoel Beit-Shean)     9 (3 in Hapoel Haifa)
Istvan Hamar (Beitar Jerusalem)          8
Yosi Madar (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)        8
Eitan Taib (Hapoel Beit-Shean)           8
Yaniv Abarjil (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)         7
Nisan Kapeta (Ironi Rishon-Lezion)       7
Cobi Refua (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)        7
Laszlo Ceh (Hapoel Jerusalem)            7
Zadko Adic (Hapoel Beit-Shean)           6
Miroslav Bicinic (Hapoel Haifa)          6
Laslo Comodi (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)          6
Georgi Darasilia (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)       6
Vasili Ivanov (Maccabi Herzliya)         6
Yevgeni Kashentsev (Ironi Rishon-Lezion) 6
Santos Sairo (Maccabi Herzliya)          6
Idan Tal (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)           6
Eli Abarbanel (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)       5
Georgi Anchavadze (Hapoel Ashkelon)      5
Nisim Avitan (Hapoel Ashkelon)           5 (4 in Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)
Ilan Bahar (Maccabi Herzliya)            5
Washington de Santos (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)  5
Ibrahim Duro (Maccabi Haifa)             5
Sagi Eini (Hapoel Ashkelon)              5
Alon Harazi (Beitar Jerusalem)           5
Dudu Hefer (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)           5
Sergei Kandaurov (Maccabi Haifa)         5
Oleg Neduda (Maccabi Herzliya)           5
Giovanni Rosso (Hapoel Haifa)            5
Hezi Shirazi (Maccabi Haifa)             5
Sebastian Simerotic (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)    5
Ofer Talker (Hapoel Haifa)               5
Shalom Tikva (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)           5
Amir Turjeman (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)     5
Moris Uzan (Maccabi Herzliya)            5 (4 in Hapoel Beit-Shean)
Yosi Abuksis (Beitar Jerusalem)          4
Bakhva Ambidze (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)        4
Reuven Atar (Hapoel Haifa)               4
Ran Ben-Shimon (Hapoel Haifa)            4
Naor Galili (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)       4
Alon Hazan (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)        4
Moti Ohayon (Hapoel Jerusalem)           4
Aran Prizant (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)        4
Moshe Sabag (Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion) 4
Tsahi Shmaryahu (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)    4
Niv Tal (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)               4
Itzik Zohar (Maccabi Haifa)              4
Dani Albert (Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion) 3
Igal Antebi (Maccabi Herzliya)           3
Dedi Ben-Dayan (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)        3
Viki Bokovza (Hapoel Jerusalem)          3
Dudu Dahan (Hapoel Ashkelon)             3
Marko Diconstanzo (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)    3
Asi Domb (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)               3
Roman Filipchuk (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)    3 (1 in Maccabi Herzliya)
Avi Fitusi (Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion)  3
Guy Gat (Maccabi Herzliya)               3
Moshe Glam (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)            3
Rodrigo Goldberg (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)      3
Manor Hasan (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)         3
Idan Hilel (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)          3
Shay Holtzman (Beitar Jerusalem)         3
Itay Koren (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)            3
Sahar Mizrahi (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)     3
Vladimir Nidergaus (Maccabi Haifa)       3
Alon Ofir (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)             3
Yaniv Ofri (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)        3 (2 in Hapoel Petah-Tikva)
Haim Silvas (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)        3 (2 in Maccabi Haifa)
Nir Shikva (Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion)  3
Kfir Udi (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)               3
Dimitri Ulianov (Hapoel Haifa)           3
Guy Tsarfati (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)          3
Sharon Avitan (Hapoel Haifa)             2 (1 in Hapoel Beer-Sheva)
Meir Azran (Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion)  2
Walid Badir (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)         2
Tibor Balog (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)       2
Ilan Boaron (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)         2
Ofer Cohen (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)         2
Yaniv Cohen (Maccabi Herzliya)           2
Salbisa Cula (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)         2
Shimon Danan (Hapoel Beit-Shean)         2
Najuan Grayeb (Hapoel Haifa)             2
Haim Hajaj (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)            2
Alon Halfon (Hapoel Haifa)               2
Chaba Horvat (Hapoel Jerusalem)          2
Nir Klinger (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)           2
Ben Luz (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)               2
Sharon Marziano (Ironi Rishon-Lezion)    2
Alon Maya (Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion)   2
Boaz Meir (Hapoel Ashkelon)              2
Sharon Mimer (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)          2
Amiran Mujiri (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)      2
Ron Nahman (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)        2
Elek Nyilas (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)           2
Avi Nimni (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)             2
Eli Ohana (Beitar Jerusalem)             2
Primoz Gliha (Hapoel Beit-Shean)         2
Alon Rif (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)             2
Eliezer Spayer (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)        2
Eli Tsoref (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)        2
Tomer Vaaknin (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)        2
Samir Zampir (Hapoel Ashkelon)           2
Tsahi Zaneti (Maccabi Herzliya)          2
Daniel Abas (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)         1
Igor Acmagic (Hapoel Beit-Shean)         1
Eyal Almoshnino (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)   1
Ismail Amar (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)        1
Salman Amar (Hapoel Jerusalem)           1
Yehuda Amar (Hapoel Beit-Shean)          1
Yair Asayag (Maccabi Herzliya)           1
Amir Avigdor (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)         1
Eyal Avrahami (Hapoel Jerusalem)         1
Tomer Azulay (Beitar Jerusalem)          1
Pini Balili (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)            1
Sergei Balanchuk (Maccabi Haifa)         1
Rajid Baransi (Maccabi Haifa)            1
Alex Barmeher (Maccabi Herzliya)         1
Tamir Ben-Haim (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)        1
Asif Ben-Ishay (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)    1
Arik Benado (Maccabi Haifa)              1
Tal Bnaya (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)          1
Alon Brumer (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)           1
Alon Cohen (Beitar Jerusalem)            1
Paulo Corvinel (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)        1
Cobi Danino (Hapoel Haifa)               1
Mishel Dayan (Hapoel Jerusalem)          1
Golan Deri (Maccabi Haifa)               1
Aris Eliacic (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)         1
Stav Elimeleh (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)     1
Tomer Eliyahu (Ironi Rishon-Lezion)      1
Oren Gabay (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)         1
Cobi Ganon (Hapoel Beit-Shean)           1
Shaya Geneva (Hapoel Ashkelon)           1
Victor Genish (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)     1
Shimon Gershon (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)         1
Kakhi Gogoashvili (Hapoel Ashkelon)      1
Sergei Gusev (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)         1
Cobi Hadadi (Hapoel Ashkelon)            1
Almog Hazan (Hapoel Beit-Shean)          1
Guy Itzhak (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)         1
Avishay Jano (Maccabi Haifa)             1
Alon Kaplan (Hapoel Beit-Shean)          1
Davi Kazelashvili (Hapoel Ashkelon)      1
Adoram Keisy (Maccabi Haifa)             1
Noam Keisy (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)         1
Domagoi Kosic (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)         1
Andrei Kristofik (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)    1
Nir Levi (Hapoel Ashkelon)               1
Shmulik Levi (Beitar Jerusalem)          1
Morad Magamadov (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)    1
Gabor Marton (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)        1
Mario Mestrovic (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)        1
Kazimish Moskal (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)        1
Vasili Mukan (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)      1
Shuki Nagar (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)       1
Yuval Naim (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)        1
Tamir Netser (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)          1
Christian Okapela (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)    1
Carlos Pero (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)        1
Avi Pinto (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)         1
Raz Rabinovich (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)     1
Nir Reichman (Beitar Jerusalem)          1
Oren Sagron (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)          1
Avi Sandor (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)            1
Arik Sason (Hapoel Jerusalem)            1
Moti Sason (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)        1
Selsao Sausa (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)          1
Haim Shabo (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)         1
Guy Shamir (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)          1
Udi Shnorman (Hapoel Beit-Shean)         1
Yosi Shoshani (Hapoel Ashkelon)          1
Idan Shum (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)           1
Yair Simhon (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)          1
Aharon Siton (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)      1
Eli Tsafrir (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)           1
Sharon Tsofin (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)      1
Timur Tugashi (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)     1
Bahajat Uda (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)          1
Moti Yeberbaum (Hapoel Kfar-Saba)        1
Michael Zandberg (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)    1
Oren Zeituni (Hapoel Haifa)              1

Own Goals
Amir Avigdor (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)         1
Eyal Avrahami (Hapoel Jerusalem)         1
Walid Badir (Hapoel Petah-Tikva)         1
Alex Barmeher (Maccabi Herzliya)         1
Arik Benado (Maccabi Haifa)              1
Dudu Dahan (Hapoel Ashkelon)             1
John de Wolf (Hapoel Ashkelon)           1
Alon Elbaz (Hapoel Beer-Sheva)           1
Victor Genish (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod)     1
Alon Halfon (Hapoel Haifa)               1
Almog Hazan (Hapoel Beit-Shean)          1
Chaba Horvat (Hapoel Jerusalem)          1
Elad Koren (Maccabi Herzliya)            1
Itzik Korenfein (Beitar Jerusalem)       1
Guy Mishal (Maccabi Petah-Tikva)         1
Uzi Ohayon (Hapoel Ashkelon)             1

Number of Goals: 650
Number of Games: 240
Goals per Game: 2.71

Israel Cup 1997/98

Round 8 - 17/1/98

Hapoel Bnei-Sahnin (Artzit)  - Hapoel Beer-Sheva            0-5
                                         Yair Simhon (10, 45)
                                         Marko diconstanzo (17)
                                         David Peretz (65)
                                         Eliezer Lavi (85)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv             - Hapoel Ramat-Gan (Artzit)    5-0
Dedi Ben-Dayan (27, 65)
Elek Nyilas (36, 59)
Ben Luz (49)

Beitar Jerusalem             - Hapoel Kiryat-Ono (A)        3-1
Eitan Mizrahi (20)                       Avi Ben-Ezra (86 pen)
Nir Reichman (30)
Shay Holtzman (59)

Hapoel Mahane-Yehuda (C)     - Hapoel Haifa                 0-7 [16/1/98]
                                         Sharon Avitan (43, 58)
                                         Ronen Harazi (64)
                                         Kfir Leibovich (68)
                                         Ran Ben-Shimon (76)
                                         Ofer Talker (78)
                                         Idan Tal (81)

Maccabi Haifa                - Maccabi Nethanya (Artzit)    5-0
Itzik Zohar (3, 37)
Vladimir Nidergaus (12)
Alon Mizrahi (45)
Hezi Shirazi (82)

Beitar Tel-Aviv (Artzit)     - Hapoel Petah-Tikva           0-1 [16/1/98]
                                         Aran Prizant (36)

Maccabi Petah-Tikva          - Maccabi Kfar-Kana (Artzit)   1-0 aet
Shay Aharon (102)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv              - Maccabi Jaffa (Artzit)       4-1
Shalom Tikva (60)                        Oren Cohavi (59)
Sebastian Simerotic (62, 73)
Ofer Shitrit (79)

Hap. Tsafririm Holon (Artzit)- Maccabi Herzliya             3-0 [16/1/98]
Oren Nisim (6, 13)
Ziv Kabeda (84)

Hapoel Lod (Artzit)          - Hapoel Kfar-Saba             0-3 [16/1/98]
                                         Laslo Comodi (17)
                                         Yaniv Abarjil (30 pen)
                                         Tamir Ben-Haim (36)

Beitar Kfar-Saba (B)         - Hapoel Beit-Shean            0-2
                                         Zadko Adic (39 pen)
                                         Meir Melika (88)

Maccabi Yavne (Artzit)       - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion   0-5
                                         Meir Azran (1 pen)
                                         Moshe Sabag (28)
                                         Nisan Kapeta (32)
                                         Rafi Cohen (85)
                                         Shadi Abu-Dib (88)

Hapoel Jerusalem             - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat(Artzit)   4-1 [16/1/98]
Mishel Dayan (6)                         Udi Shitrit (23)
Asi Tubi (27)
Laszlo Ceh (34)
Dudi Stolper (44)

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv         - Hapoel Hadera (A)            4-2
Cobi Refua (24, 45, 54, 83)              Gilad Tuval (55)
                                         Shimi Jan (73)

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod         - Hapoel Bat-Yam (Artzit)      5-2
Yosi Ofir (43)                           Tal Schwartzenbaum (60)
Lior Sudmi (53)                          Dani Niron (63)
Amir Turjeman (75, 89)

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (A)     - Hapoel Ashkelon              2-1
Asraf Suliman (25)                       Georgi Anchavadze (12)
Moshe Vaanunu (80)

1/8 Finals - 7/3/98

Hapoel Jerusalem             - Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (A)     5-3 [6/3/98]
Ahmed Abed (14 og)                       Moshe Vaanunu (29, 32)
Shlomi Danino (50)                       Yosi Alfia (80)
Asi Tubi (55)
Salman Amar (70)
Chaba Horvath (73)

Hapoel Beit-Shean            - Beitar Jerusalem             1-2
Eitan Taib (31)                          Eitan Taib (11 og)
                                         Alon Harazi (81)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv              - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv         2-1
Ofer Shitrit (65)                        Yaniv Cohen (45)
Shalom Tikva (76)

Hapoel Haifa                 - Hapoel Beer-Sheva            3-4 aet (2-2)
Ronen Harazi (16, 45, 105)               Yosi Benayun (50, 94 pen)
                                         Yair Simhon (82)
                                         Alon Rif (115)

Maccabi Haifa                - Hap. Tsafririm Holon(Artzit) 2-0 aet
Alon Mizrahi (97)
Ibrahim Duro (119)

Maccabi Ironi-Ashdod         - Maccabi Tel-Aviv             4-3
Yosi Madar (20)                          Eli Driks (5 pen, 90 pen)
Naor Galili (23)                         Alexei Gerasimov (81)
Igal Zrihan (44)
Tibor Balog (75)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva           - Hapoel Kfar-Saba             3-0
Idan Hilel (66, 89)
Eli Abarbanel (90)

Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion   - Maccabi Petah-Tikva          1-0
Nisan Kapeta (30)

Quarter Finals - 31/3/98

Hapoel Tel-Aviv              - Hapoel Jerusalem             3-3 aet (2-2), 6-7 pen
Ofer Shitrit (40, 75, 120)               Dudi Stolper (17)
                                         Moti Menahem (80)
                                         Laszlo Ceh (95)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva            - Beitar Jerusalem             2-1 aet (1-1)
Oren Sagron (60)                         Istvan Hamar (32)
Christian Okapela (98)

Hapoel Petah-Tikva           - Maccabi Ironi-Ashdod         0-2
                                         Naor Galili (9)
                                         Kazimish Moskal (74)

Maccabi Haifa                - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion   4-2 aet (2-2)
Alon Mizrahi (44 pen, 54, 94)            Sharon Marziano (36)
Arik Benado (120 pen)                    Yevgeni Kashentsev (45)

Semi Finals - 21/4/98 (Ramat-Gan Stadium)

Hapoel Jerusalem             - Hapoel Beer-Sheva            2-1
Moti Menahem (30)                        Dudu Hefer (16)
Asi Tubi (37 pen)

Maccabi Haifa                - Maccabi Ironi-Ashdod         5-0
Adoram Keisy (8)
Arik Benado (11)
Alon Mizrahi (51)
Ibrahim Duro (59, 68)

Final - 12/5/98 (Ramat-Gan Stadium)

Maccabi Haifa                - Hapoel Jerusalem             2-0 aet
Sergei Balanchuk (110)
Alon Mizrahi (112)

Maccabi Haifa qualified for the 1998/99 Cup Winners Cup.

Liga Artzit 1997/98

Final Table:

 1. Maccabi Jaffa             30  20   9   1    64-24   +40    69  promoted
 2. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon    30  20   8   2    58-20   +38    68  promoted
 3. Hapoel Ashdod             30  15  10   5    59-37   +22    55
 4. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan  30  12   8  10    38-31   + 7    44
 5. Maccabi Nethanya          30  11  11   8    43-43     0    44
 6. Beitar Tel-Aviv           30  11   7  12    33-36   - 3    40
 7. Hapoel Bat-Yam            30  11   7  12    40-44   - 4    40
 8. Hapoel Taibe              30  10  10  10    36-36     0    39  [*]
 9. Hapoel Bnei Sahnin        30  10   9  11    43-41   + 2    38  [*]
10. SK Nes-Ziona              30   9  10  11    49-40   + 9    37
11. Maccabi Acre              30   9   9  12    33-47   -14    36
12. Maccabi Kiryat-Gat        30  10   7  13    47-41   + 6    34  [***]
13. Maccabi Kfar-Kana         30   8  10  12    29-39   -10    34
14. Hapoel Lod                30   8  10  12    45-53   - 8    32  [**]
15. Hapoel Ramat-Gan          30   6   8  16    31-52   -21    26  relegated
16. Maccabi Yavne             30   1   5  24    24-88   -64     8  relegated

[*]   The match between Hapoel Bnei Sahnin and Hapoel Taibe was abondoned
      due to crowd riot, and later awarded 0-0 without points.
[**]  2 points deducted
[***] 3 points deducted

Round 1 - 30/8/97

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Hapoel Lod                 1-1
Tomer Barzilay (9)                     Yosi Gordana (48 pen)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Hapoel Bat-Yam             4-0
Haim Sirotkin (34 pen)
Meir Cohen (41)
Miro Cohen (79)
Yevgeni Stolovetski (90)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Beitar Tel-Aviv            1-1
Nati Azarya (34)                       Udi Cabudi (66)

Maccabi Acre               - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         2-0
Sagi Gonen (64)
Yosi Janah (75)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         2-0
Oren Nisim (13)
Victor Moroz (65)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Maccabi Yavne              3-0
Dedi Liberman (41)
Nisim Cohen (60)
Avivi Zohar (83 pen)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - SK Nes-Ziona               2-1
Haitem Awada (15)                      Nisim Malka (34)
Hisham Zuabi (75)

Hapoel Taibe               - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   0-0


Round 2 - 6/9/97

Hapoel Lod                 - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   1-1
Ronen Schweig (18)                     Yuval Naim (44 pen)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Hapoel Taibe               0-2
                                       Vitali Tsigankov (14 pen)
                                       Eyal Amar (35)

Maccabi Yavne              - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          0-0

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Maccabi Jaffa              2-3
Hana Farhud (85)                       Ofir Haim (29)
Alexander Polukarov (88)               Oren Cohavi (63)
                                       Avivi Zohar (77)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     2-3
Moshe Sabag (31)                       Ofer Digmi (42, 74)
Eyal Roisman (86)                      Victor Moroz (84 pen)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Acre               2-0
Itay Buktus (7)
Lior Siluk (17)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Maccabi Nethanya           2-3
Ofir Gavish (74)                       Alexander Gaiduk (47)
Avi Dabah (90)                         Nati Azarya (72, 88)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Hapoel Ashdod              0-3
                                       Yosi Eizenberg (5)
                                       Haim Sirotkin (56)
                                       Sharon Amar (88)


Round 3 - 13/9/97

Hapoel Ashdod              - Hapoel Lod                 3-1
Valeri Corlenchuk (49)                 Yosi Gordanda (16)
Nir Arbiv (52)
Yevgeni Stolovetski (77)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           2-2
Rami Glam (23)                         Shimi Lavi (36)
Liron Vilner (70)                      Tomer Barzilay (60)

Maccabi Acre               - Hapoel Bat-Yam             0-0

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Beitar Tel-Aviv            2-1
Victor Moroz (18)                      Shmuel Kozi (87)
Itay Mordehay (59)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         1-0
Misim Cohen (69)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         2-1
Mahmud Jaber (18)                      Hana Farhud (41)
Dani Malkin (78)

Hapoel Taibe               - Maccabi Yavne              4-1
Marius Karija (20)                     Ronen Itah (15)
Itzik Ventura (60)
Vitali Tsigankov (74 pen)
Ahmed Aref (90)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - SK Nes-Ziona               1-0
Meir Goldfinger (81)


Round 4 - 20/9/97

Hapoel Lod                 - SK Nes-Ziona               5-2
Yosi Gordana (3, 63)                   Nisim Malka (44)
Alon Elbahri (15, 25, 73)              Dani Moshe (45)

Maccabi Yavne              - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   0-4
                                       Meir Goldfinger (36)
                                       Liran Ziegel (55)
                                       Gocha Takavachawa (68)
                                       Michael Maman (82)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Hapoel Taibe               abandoned*

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          2-4
Oren Hazan (45)                        Wasim Abas (17)
Eyal Roisman (89)                      Jacky Surjun (42)
                                       Nati Tahauho (72)
                                       Hisham Zuabi (87)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Jaffa              0-5
                                       Shaul Maimon (31)
                                       Ofir Haim (48, 60)
                                       Oren Cohavi (53)
                                       Avivi Zohar (65)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     1-1
Jacky Duz (69)                         Ofer Digmi (81)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Maccabi Acre               3-1
Tomer Barzilay (23, 70)                Sagi Gonen (73 pen)
Arik Hangali (56)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Maccabi Nethanya           6-1
Yosi Eizenberg (17)                    Liron Vilner (74)
Valeri Corlenchuk (21, 26, 38, 43)
Yaniv Lavi (66 og)

* The match between Hapoel Bnei Sahnin and Hapoel Taibe was abondoned
  at 1-0 due to crowd riot, and later awarded 0-0 without points.

Round 5 - 27/9/97

Maccabi Nethanya           - Hapoel Lod                 0-0

Maccabi Acre               - Hapoel Ashdod              1-1
Sami Ayash (17)                        Itzhak Swisa (77)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           2-2
Rami For (5)                           Tomer Barzilay (55, 68)
Itay Mordehay (88)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Hapoel Bat-Yam             4-2
Ofir Haim (48, 58)                     Zvi Portal (70)
Oren Cohavi (62)                       David Ben-Ami (80)
Avivi Zohar (88)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Beitar Tel-Aviv            2-2
Haitem Awada (43)                      Udi Cabudi (68 pen)
Sami Muslem (88)                       Andrei Lazovski (73)

Hapoel Taibe               - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         0-4
                                       Charlie Peretz (23)
                                       Mishel Dadon (57)
                                       Kfir Yosef (85)
                                       Eli Cohen (88)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         1-2
Michael Maman (85)                     Yaacov Asayag (35)
                                       Hana Farhud (79)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Maccabi Yavne              0-0


Round 6 - 25/10/97

Hapoel Lod                 - Maccabi Yavne              4-1
Itzik Ventura (46)                     Dedi Bar-Halifa (84 pen)
Yaacov Schwartz (49)
Uzi Azulay (81)
Ronen Scweig (88)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - SK Nes-Ziona               3-2
Ion Doran (8)                          Dani Moshe (6)
Yaacov Asayag (80 pen)                 Nisim Malka (18)
Hana Farhud (86)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   0-1
                                       Yaish Swisa (25)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Taibe               1-0
Lior Siluk (72)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          0-2
                                       Mahmud Jaber (27)
                                       Sami Muslem (74)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Maccabi Jaffa              0-2
                                       Avivi Zohar (21)
                                       Oren Cohavi (77)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     0-1
                                       Ran Hafif (45 pen)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Maccabi Acre               3-1
Shlomi Dahan (19, 85)                  Yosi Janah (28)
Yaniv Lavi (57)


Round 7 - 1/11/97

Maccabi Acre               - Hapoel Lod                 1-1
Moti Koltuv (16)                       Uzi Azulay (7)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Maccabi Nethanya           1-1
Ran Hafif (32 pen)                     Liron Vilner (41)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Hapoel Ashdod              1-1
Avivi Zohar (35)                       Valeri Corlenchuk (29)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           3-0
Israel Mutsafi (13 og)
Sami Muslem (19)
Haitem Awada (63)

Hapoel Taibe               - Hapoel Bat-Yam             2-0
Ala Rabia (2)
Marius Karija (44 pen)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Beitar Tel-Aviv            1-0
Roi Hadad (63)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         0-0

Maccabi Yavne              - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         0-3
                                       Yuval Aflalo (20 og)
                                       Amos Vazana (65 og)
                                       Faiz Said-Ahmed (84)


Round 8 - 8/11/97

Hapoel Lod                 - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         2-1
Itzik Ventura (71, 80)                 Hana Farhud (55)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Maccabi Yavne              0-0

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - SK Nes-Ziona               0-1
                                       Yuval Filus (56)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   0-0

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Hapoel Taibe               2-0
Tomer Barzilay (21)
Tomer Eini (51)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          2-0
Valeri Corlenchuk (18 pen)
Miro Cohen (39)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Maccabi Jaffa              1-1
Jacky Cohen (87)                       Igor Shkvirin (65)

Maccabi Acre               - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     0-4
                                       Ran Hafif (45, 53 pen)
                                       Itay Mordehay (64)
                                       Moshe Dvir (85)


Round 9 - 15/11/97

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Hapoel Lod                 5-0
Victor Moroz (8)
Oren Nisim (34)
Ofer Digmi (70 pen, 81)
Marko Ben-Baruh (86)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Maccabi Acre               1-1
Avivi Zohar (35)                       Eran Benezri (29)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Maccabi Nethanya           0-1
                                       Avi Skabini (70)

Hapoel Taibe               - Hapoel Ashdod              0-1
                                       Itzhak Levi (51)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           2-0
Itzhak Asor (32)
Gocha Takavachawa (87)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Hapoel Bat-Yam             1-1
Dani Moshe (48)                        Jacky Duz (75)

Maccabi Yavne              - Beitar Tel-Aviv            0-3
                                       Yosi Elkharar (75)
                                       Udi Cabudi (76)
                                       Sharon Katav (90)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         1-1
Hana Farhud (20)                       Haim Bahar (44)


Round 10 - 22/11/97

Hapoel Lod                 - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         1-2
Ofir Regev (89)                        Oren Hazan (46)
                                       Rotem Asraf (90)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         1-0
Avi Shemesh (57)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Maccabi Yavne              2-0
Jacky Duz (6)
Tsahi Barkol (88)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - SK Nes-Ziona               0-0

Hapoel Ashdod              - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   2-0
Yosi Eizenberg (71)
Valeri Corlenchuk (76)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Hapoel Taibe               3-1
Alexander Gaiduk (34, 68, 73)          Marius Karija (81)

Maccabi Acre               - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          1-0
Barak Yehuda (30)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Maccabi Jaffa              1-1
Marko Ben-Baruh (70)                   Shaul Maimon (29)


Round 11 - 6/12/97

Maccabi Jaffa              - Hapoel Lod                 1-0
Ofir Haim (53)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     0-1
                                       Ran Hafif (9)

Hapoel Taibe               - Maccabi Acre               1-1
Nasim Agbariya (22)                    Yosi Janah (60)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Maccabi Nethanya           1-1
Yehiel Hiawi (25)                      Eran Avnaim (38)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Hapoel Ashdod              0-3
                                       Yosi Eizenberg (44, 51)
                                       Valeri Corlenchuk (45)

Maccabi Yavne              - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           1-2
Yevgeni Shahov (40 pen)                Tomer Barzilay (57 pen)
                                       Michael Mazalshvili (62)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Hapoel Bat-Yam             1-1
Aiman Halahla (17 pen)                 Dani Niron (14)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Beitar Tel-Aviv            3-1
Oren Dayan (47, 65)                    Andrei Lazovski (63)
Kfir Yosef (85)


Round 12 - 13/12/97

Hapoel Lod                 - Beitar Tel-Aviv            0-1
                                       Yosi Elkharar (57)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         2-3
Yair Elmakayes (60)                    Udi Shitrit (12, 49)
Dani Niron (90)                        Mishel Dadon (89)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         1-1
Noam Sayag (43)                        Aiman Halahla (36)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Maccabi Yavne              2-1
Meir Cohen (32)                        Hai Begola (47)
Valeri Corlenchuk (55)

Maccabi Nethanya           - SK Nes-Ziona               3-2
Avi Skabini (2)                        Itzhak Tayar (51)
Liron Vilner (28)                      Yuval Filus (89)
Shlomi Dahan (86)

Maccabi Acre               - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   1-3
Sami Ayash (20 pen)                    Rami Yosef (8)
                                       Roi Hadad (28)
                                       Eyal Levi (89)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Hapoel Taibe               0-1
                                       Nasim Agbariya (85)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          3-1
Oren Cohavi (20)                       Haitem Awada (12)
Avivi Zohar (29)
Ofir Haim (70)


Round 13 - 20/12/97

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Hapoel Lod                 1-1
Mahmud Jaber (67)                      Yosi Gordana (34)

Hapoel Taibe               - Maccabi Jaffa              1-1
Marius Karija (7)                      Ofir Haim (53)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     0-2
                                       Oren Nisim (47)
                                       Ofer Digmi (78 pen)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Maccabi Acre               0-0

Maccabi Yavne              - Maccabi Nethanya           0-1
                                       Yaacov Hasan (76)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Hapoel Ashdod              2-2
Aiman Halahla (56)                     Haim Sirotkin (35)
Abas Suan (71)                         Valeri Corlenchuk (36)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           1-0
Moshe Ben-Saadon (35)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Bat-Yam             0-3
                                       Shimon Vaaknin (52)
                                       Fares Mashal (55)
                                       Shlomi Elbaz (74)


Round 14 - 3/1/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Hapoel Bat-Yam             2-2
Meir Gilber (13)                       Tsahi Barkol (42)
Yosi Gordanda (34)                     Dani Niron (62)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Beitar Tel-Aviv            1-2
Noam Sayag (10)                        Avi Shemesh (43)
                                       Yosi Elkharar (56)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         3-1
Valeri Corlenchuk (15, 82)             Oren Dayan (40)
Itzhak Swisa (78)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         1-1
Liron Vilner (77)                      Aiman Halahla (12)

Maccabi Acre               - Maccabi Yavne              3-1
Yosi Janah (42, 82)                    Amos Vazana (58)
Yoram Ayash (58)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - SK Nes-Ziona               2-1
Oren Nisim (77)                        Avi Edri (73)
Moti Fliter (90)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   1-0
Ofir Haim (47)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Hapoel Taibe               1-0
Patricio Sayag (28)


Round 15 - 10/1/98

Hapoel Taibe               - Hapoel Lod                 2-1
Moshe Goldberg (23)                    Ronen Schweig (45)
Marius Karija (40)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          2-0
Gocha Takavachawa (67 pen)
Oren Danziger (87)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Maccabi Jaffa              1-1
Israel Haim (69)                       Oren Cohavi (25)

Maccabi Yavne              - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     1-3
Shlomi Knafo (40)                      Oren Nisim (4)
                                       Victor Moroz (34)
                                       Beni Hadad (42)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Maccabi Acre               1-0
Aiman Halahla (44)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Maccabi Nethanya           1-0
Moshe Sabag (28)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Ashdod              3-0
Lior Siluk (6)
Udi Cabudi (34)
Gal Adir (67)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           5-1
Israel Maya (11)                       Tomer Barzilay (34 pen)
Rafi Kazalcopi (38)
Fares Mashal (42)
Dani Niron (64)
Jacky Duz (80)


Round 16 - 24/1/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           0-4
                                       Tomer Barzilay (52, 76 pen)
                                       Israel Mutsafi (63)
                                       Roi Fink (89)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Hapoel Ashdod              3-1
Dani Niron (12, 72)                    Haim Sirotkin (90 pen)
Moshe Senderovich (69)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Nethanya           0-3
                                       Ronen Gabay (20)
                                       Yaniv Lavi (49)
                                       Liron Vilner (63 pen)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Maccabi Acre               1-2
Ofer Alkobi (65 pen)                   Eran Benezri (38)
                                       Carlos Pero (50 pen)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     0-1
                                       Beni Hadad (24)

Maccabi Yavne              - Maccabi Jaffa              1-7
Sahar Saado (39)                       Igor Shkvirin (12)
                                       Oren Cohavi (26)
                                       Ofir Haim (27, 80)
                                       Avivi Zohar (38, 76, 81 pen)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          0-0

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Hapoel Taibe               1-0
Itay Mordehay (70)


Round 17 - 7/2/98

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Hapoel Lod                 1-2
Itzhak Asor (89)                       Yosi Gordana (61, 75)

Hapoel Taibe               - SK Nes-Ziona               1-1
Ofir Halwani (64)                      Yuval Filus (88)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Maccabi Yavne              1-0
Patricio Sayag (90)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         1-1
Ofir Haim (87)                         Alexander Polukarov (89)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         1-0
Beni Hadad (23)

Maccabi Acre               - Beitar Tel-Aviv            1-0
Yoram Ayash (78 pen)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Hapoel Bat-Yam             2-0
Alexander Gaiduk (67)
Liron Vilner (73)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           4-1
Itzhak Levi (15)                       Nir Arbiv (20 og)
Yevgeni Stolovetski (41)
Valeri Corlenchuk (71, 76)


Round 18 - 14/2/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Hapoel Ashdod              0-2
                                       Meir Cohen (10)
                                       Yosi Eizenberg (30)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Maccabi Nethanya           1-1
Tomer Barzilay (85 pen)                Alexander Gaiduk (90)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Maccabi Acre               3-1
Israel Maya (43 pen)                   Ami Asulin (77 pen)
Shlomi Elbaz (51)
Uri David (74)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     0-0

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Maccabi Jaffa              2-0
Mishel Dadon (57)
Oren Dayan (60)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          2-0
Abas Suan (41)
Nader Hamam (62)

Maccabi Yavne              - Hapoel Taibe               2-5
Yuval Aflalo (32)                      Ofir Halwani (20)
Nir Levi (50)                          Nasim Agbariya (28, 44, 85)
                                       Abed Titi (75)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   3-2
Arik Shriki (41)                       Gocha Takavachawa (10)
Moshe Eizenberg (53)                   Oren Danziger (90)
Sharon Amar (90)


Round 19 - 21/2/98

SK Nes-Ziona               - Hapoel Lod                 1-1
Dani Moshe (55)                        Yosi Gordana (63)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Maccabi Yavne              5-1
Yehiel Hiawi (5, 60)                   Nir Levi (73)
Oren Danziger (33)
Tomer Eini (37)
Rami Yosef (87)

Hapoel Taibe               - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         1-1
Abed Titi (38)                         Hana Farhud (1)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         2-2
Haitem Awada (5)                       Cobi Tubul (9)
Mario Judenic (72)                     Oren Dayan (56)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Beitar Tel-Aviv            2-0
Yaron Avihail (45)
Ofir Haim (55)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Hapoel Bat-Yam             1-0
Hisham Zuabi (78)

Maccabi Acre               - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           1-1
Carlos Pero (18)                       Roi Fink (83)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Hapoel Ashdod              0-1
                                       Yosi Eizenberg (5)


Round 20 - 28/2/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Maccabi Nethanya           1-1
Oren Shlomo (34)                       Liron Vilner (69)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Maccabi Acre               1-4
Valeri Corlenchuk (56)                 Sami Ayash (24)
                                       Yoram Ayash (53, 62)
                                       Yosi Janah (86)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     1-2
Alexander Zhidkov (31 og)              Hisham Zuabi (42)
                                       Victor Moroz (85)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Maccabi Jaffa              1-2
Uri David (90)                         Avivi Zohar (15)
                                       Itzik Rozolio (48)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          0-0

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Hapoel Taibe               0-1
                                       Nasim Agbariya (40)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   0-2
                                       Oren Danziger (6)
                                       Samir Zampir (89)

Maccabi Yavne              - SK Nes-Ziona               1-8
Nir Levi (40)                          Dani Moshe (3, 16, 32)
                                       Arik Shriki (24, 80)
                                       Moshe Eizenberg (51)
                                       Yuval Filus (60, 72)


Round 21 - 14/3/98

Maccabi Yavne              - Hapoel Lod                 2-5
Nir Levi (22)                          Yosi Gordana (5, 7, 14, 20, 65)
Sahar Saado (68)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         3-0
Yuval Filus (13, 65 pen)
Israel Haim (45)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         1-1
Itzhak Asor (82)                       Mishel Dadon (90)

Hapoel Taibe               - Beitar Tel-Aviv            0-0

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Hapoel Bat-Yam             0-1
                                       Dudi Bitran (90)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           2-1
Ofir Haim (75)                         Israel Mutsafi (86)
Avivi Zohar (90)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Hapoel Ashdod              0-1
                                       Valeri Corlenchuk (53)

Maccabi Acre               - Maccabi Nethanya           2-1
Alon Ziv (57)                          Liron Vilner (51)
Yosi Janah (82)


Round 22 - 21/3/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Maccabi Acre               2-2
Yosi Gordana (28 pen)                  Alon Ziv (66)
Ronen Schweig (55)                     Carlos Pero (67)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     1-2
Ahmed Aref (8)                         Hisham Zuabi (25)
                                       Oren Nisim (51)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Maccabi Jaffa              1-3
Yosi Eizenberg (5)                     Ofir Haim (45, 69)
                                       Avivi Zohar (65 pen)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          1-1
Roi Fink (18)                          Mario Judenic (58)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Hapoel Taibe               0-0

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   2-1
Gili Regev (79 og)                     Gocha Takavachawa (38 pen)
Lior Siluk (84)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - SK Nes-Ziona               1-2
Moshe Sabag (38)                       Yuval Filus (36 pen)
                                       Eyal Haim (73)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Maccabi Yavne              5-1
Abas Suan (11)                         Nir Levi (68)
Hana Farhud (23 pen, 73)
Nader Hamam (40)
Basem Hamuli (53)


Round 23 - 28/3/98

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Hapoel Lod                 0-1
                                       Yosi Gordana (70 pen)

Maccabi Yavne              - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         0-4
                                       Oren Hazan (40)
                                       Moshe Sabag (60)
                                       Haim Bahar (71)
                                       Kfir Yosef (90)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Beitar Tel-Aviv            2-3
Arik Shriki (1)                        Andrei Lazovski (20)
Yuval Filus (88)                       Lior Siluk (51)
                                       Udi Cabudi (83)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Hapoel Bat-Yam             1-2
Gocha Takavachawa (46 pen)             Cobi Abramov (49, 77)

Hapoel Taibe               - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           3-2
Nasim Agbariya (4)                     Shahar Kaduri (9 pen)
Saleh Hasarma (57)                     Meir Goldfinger (45 pen)
Moshe Goldberg (80)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Hapoel Ashdod              1-1
Wasim Abas (86)                        Valeri Corlenchuk (15)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Maccabi Nethanya           2-1
Ofir Haim (50)                         Alexander Solov (75 pen)
Igor Shkvirin (59)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Maccabi Acre               4-1
Beni Hadad (15, 46)                    Gabi Peker (33 og)
Ran Hafif (38 pen)
Moti Fliter (53)


Round 24 - 4/4/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     1-2
Ronen Schweig (35)                     Oren Nisim (15, 22)

Maccabi Acre               - Maccabi Jaffa              0-0

Maccabi Nethanya           - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          1-1
Liron Vilner (87)                      Mahmud Jaber (84)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Hapoel Taibe               2-2
Itzhak Swisa (4)                       Marius Karija (7 pen)
Valeri Corlenchuk (64)                 Abed Titi (75)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   0-1
                                       Alon Itzhaki (83)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - SK Nes-Ziona               0-2
                                       Dani Moshe (3, 42)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Yavne              0-0

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         5-0
Oren Dayan (11, 60, 61)
Moshe Sabag (81)
Cobi Tubul (89)


Round 25 - 11/4/98

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Hapoel Lod                 4-4
Udi Shitrit (7)                        Alon Elbahri (2, 21, 57)
Rotem Asraf (66)                       Ronen Schweig (86)
Kfir Yosef (80)
Mishel Dadon (85)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Beitar Tel-Aviv            2-1
Nader Hamam (20)                       Yosi Elkharar (80 pen)
Hana Farhud (78 pen)

Maccabi Yavne              - Hapoel Bat-Yam             2-3
Nir Levi (55, 76)                      Moshe Senderovich (27)
                                       Israel Maya (31, 47 pen)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           4-0
Shay Banay (15 og)
Yuval Filus (20, 66)
Israel Haim (71)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Hapoel Ashdod              1-1
Yosi Abulafia (20)                     Meir Cohen (30)

Hapoel Taibe               - Maccabi Nethanya           1-2
Eyal Amar (56)                         Dudu Elkaslasi (10)
                                       Alexander Solov (79 pen)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Maccabi Acre               1-0
Mahmud Jaber (79)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     0-0


Round 26 - 18/4/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Maccabi Jaffa              0-4
                                       Ofir Haim (5, 51, 58)
                                       Avivi Zohar (55)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          5-1
Hisham Zuabi (3)                       Mahmud Jaber (25)
Oren Nisim (24, 57)
Moti Fliter (54)
Ofer Digmi (81)

Maccabi Acre               - Hapoel Taibe               3-1
Yosi Janah (30, 44)                    Abed Titi (60)
Carlos Pero (76)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   0-0

Hapoel Ashdod              - SK Nes-Ziona               2-1
Valeri Corlenchuk (18)                 Yuval Filus (13)
Meir Cohen (53)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Maccabi Yavne              2-0
Meir Goldfinger (4)
Shahar Kaduri (67)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         0-4
                                       Hana Farhud (17, 62)
                                       Muamar Ganaim (21)
                                       Tsabar Daniel (70)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         1-0
Lior Siluk (89)


Round 27 - 25/4/98

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Lod                 1-2
Ofir Regev (44 og)                     Yosi Gordana (51)
                                       Arik Regev (52)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Hapoel Bat-Yam             1-0
Kfir Yosef (4)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           1-0
Itzhak Dadon (81)

Maccabi Yavne              - Hapoel Ashdod              3-3
Nir Levi (52, 73)                      Itzhak Levi (35)
Shlomi Knafo (70)                      Meir Cohen (40)
                                       Valeri Corlenchuk (40 pen)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Maccabi Nethanya           3-0
Dani Moshe (3)
Arik Shriki (56)
Moshe Eizenberg (90)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Maccabi Acre               3-1
Oren Danziger (58)                     Carlos Pero (81)
Tsahi Iluz (60)
Itzhak Asor (86)

Hapoel Taibe               - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     0-0

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Maccabi Jaffa              0-2
                                       Avivi Zohar (4)
                                       Ofir Haim (88)


Round 28 - 2/5/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          3-0
Yaacov Schwartz (17)
Yosi Gordana (27)
Uzi Azulay (69)

Maccabi Jaffa              - Hapoel Taibe               3-2
Avivi Zohar (30)                       Nasim Agbariya (50, 85)
Ofir Haim (63, 64)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   4-0
Beni Hadad (15)
Hisham Zuabi (19)
Victor Moroz (79)
Ofer Digmi (90 pen)

Maccabi Acre               - SK Nes-Ziona               0-4
                                       Arik Shriki (36, 61)
                                       Avi Edri (77)
                                       Israel Haim (83)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Maccabi Yavne              2-1
Dudu Elkaslasi (56)                    Sahar Saado (63)
Uri Uzan (71)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         1-1
Itzhak Swisa (48)                      Aiman Halahla (75 pen)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         2-1
Israel Mutsafi (41, 55)                Oren Dayan (87)

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Beitar Tel-Aviv            2-1
Yair Elmakayes (11)                    Yosi Elkharar (68)
Fares Mashal (88)


Round 29 - 9/5/98

Hapoel Bat-Yam             - Hapoel Lod                 3-2
Dani Niron (12)                        Ronen Schweig (48, 79 pen)
Fares Mashal (41)
Ofir Gavish (74)

Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           4-0
Lior Siluk (14, 26, 71)
Yosi Elkharar (70)

Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         - Hapoel Ashdod              3-3
Haim Bahar (80, 86)                    Valeri Corlenchuk (44, 47)
Oren Hazan (89)                        Yosi Eizenberg (46)

Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         - Maccabi Nethanya           6-3
Basem Hamuli (25)                      Ahmed Aref (13)
Hana Farhud (27 pen, 39, 82)           Shlomi Dahan (20)
Uri Uzan (52 og)                       Uri Uzan (35 pen)
Nader Hamam (65)

Maccabi Yavne              - Maccabi Acre               3-0
Kfir Dahan (20)
Sahar Saado (55)
Shlomi Knafo (81)

SK Nes-Ziona               - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     2-2
Dani Moshe (53)                        Ofer Digmi (65, 90 pen)
Yuval Filus (88 pen)

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Maccabi Jaffa              1-3
Yehiel Hiawi (45)                      Dedi Liberman (57)
                                       Ofir Haim (75 pen, 85)

Hapoel Taibe               - Maccabi Kfar-Kana          3-2
Nasim Agbariya (36)                    Rami Aziz (13)
Marius Karija (68 pen)                 Wasim Abas (89)
Abed Titi (71)


Round 30 - 16/5/98

Hapoel Lod                 - Hapoel Taibe               1-2
Arik Regev (38)                        Nasim Agbariya (58)
                                       Marius Karija (81 pen)

Maccabi Kfar-Kana          - Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   1-1
Wasim Abas (28)                        Itzhak Asor (74)

Maccabi Jaffa              - SK Nes-Ziona               4-2
Yaacov Bar-Shalom (18 og)              Yuval Filus (26)
Ofir Haim (64)                         Dani Moshe (43)
Imad Buhri (67)
Avivi Zohar (87)

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Maccabi Yavne              4-1
Beni Hadad (40, 80)                    Yaacov Kibert (72)
Hisham Zuabi (53)
Oren Nisim (65)

Maccabi Acre               - Hapoel Bnei Sahnin         2-1
Yosi Janah (61)                        Hana Farhud (90)
Ami Asulin (89)

Maccabi Nethanya           - Maccabi Kiryat-Gat         3-2
Liron Vilner (17, 70 pen)              Kfir Yosef (36)
Dudu Elkaslasi (82)                    Mishel Dadon (41)

Hapoel Ashdod              - Beitar Tel-Aviv            2-2
Valeri Corlenchuk (18, 56)             Lior Siluk (10 pen)
                                       Andrei Lazovski (58)

Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Hapoel Bat-Yam             0-1
                                       Moshe Senderovich (45)


Final Table:

 1. Maccabi Jaffa             30  20   9   1    64-24   +40    69  promoted
 2. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon    30  20   8   2    58-20   +38    68  promoted
 3. Hapoel Ashdod             30  15  10   5    59-37   +22    55
 4. Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan  30  12   8  10    38-31   + 7    44
 5. Maccabi Nethanya          30  11  11   8    43-43     0    44
 6. Beitar Tel-Aviv           30  11   7  12    33-36   - 3    40
 7. Hapoel Bat-Yam            30  11   7  12    40-44   - 4    40
 8. Hapoel Taibe              30  10   9  11    36-36     0    39  [*]
 9. Hapoel Bnei Sahnin        30  10   8  12    43-41   + 2    38  [*]
10. SK Nes-Ziona              30   9  10  11    49-40   + 9    37
11. Maccabi Acre              30   9   9  12    33-47   -14    36
12. Maccabi Kiryat-Gat        30  10   7  13    47-41   + 6    34  [***]
13. Maccabi Kfar-Kana         30   8  10  12    29-39   -10    34
14. Hapoel Lod                30   8  10  12    45-53   - 8    32  [**]
15. Hapoel Ramat-Gan          30   6   8  16    31-52   -21    26  relegated
16. Maccabi Yavne             30   1   5  24    24-88   -64     8  relegated

[*]   The match between Hapoel Bnei Sahnin and Hapoel Taibe was abondoned
      due to crowd riot, and later awarded 0-0 without points.
[**]  2 points deducted
[***] 3 points deducted

Relegated from Leumit: Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Hapoel Ashkelon
Promoted from League A: Beitar Beer-Sheva, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

Scorers:

Ofir Haim (Maccabi Jaffa)           26
Valeri Corlenchuk (Hapoel Ashdod)   25
Yosi Gordana (Hapoel Lod)           18
Avivi Zohar (Maccabi Jaffa)         18
Hana Farhud (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)    16
Yuval Filus (SK Nes-Ziona)          14
Tomer Barzilay (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)   12
Dani Moshe (SK Nes-Ziona)           12
Liron Vilner (Maccabi Nethanya)     12
Nasim Agbariya (Hapoel Taibe)       11
Oren Nisim (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon) 11
Ofer Digmi (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon) 10
Yosi Janah (Maccabi Acre)           10
Lior Siluk (Beitar Tel-Aviv)        10
Oren Dayan (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)      9
Nir Levi (Maccabi Yavne)             9
Yosi Eizenberg (Hapoel Ashdod)       9
Beni Hadad (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon)  8
Marius Karija (Hapoel Taibe)         8
Ronen Schweig (Hapoel Lod)           8
Hisham Zuabi (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon)8 (2 in Maccabi Kfar-Kana)
Oren Cohavi (Maccabi Jaffa)          7
Mishel Dadon (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)    7
Victor Moroz (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon)7
Dani Niron (Hapoel Bat-Yam)          7
Meir Cohen (Hapoel Ashdod)           6
Alon Elbahri (Hapoel Lod)            6
Yosi Elkharar (Beitar Tel-Aviv)      6
Alexander Gaiduk (Maccabi Nethanya)  6
Ran Hafif (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon)   6
Aiman Halahla (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)   6
Mahmud Jaber (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)     6
Arik Shriki (SK Nes-Ziona)           6
Gocha Takavachawa (Hakoah Ramat-Gan) 6
Kfir Yosef (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)      6
Itzhak Asor (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)       5
Haitem Awada (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)     5
Udi Cabudi (Beitar Tel-Aviv)         5
Oren Danziger (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)     5
Carlos Pero (Maccabi Acre)           5
Moshe Sabag (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)     5
Abed Titi (Hapoel Taibe)             5
Wasim Abas (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)       4
Yoram Ayash (Maccabi Acre)           4
Haim Bahar (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)      4
Shlomi Dahan (Maccabi Nethanya)      4
Jacky Duz (Hapoel Bat-Yam)           4
Meir Goldfinger (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)   4 (2 in Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan)
Israel Haim (SK Nes-Ziona)           4
Yehiel Hiawi (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)      4
Nader Hamam (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)     4
Oren Hazan (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)      4
Andrei Lazovski (Beitar Tel-Aviv)    4
Fares Mashal (Hapoel Bat-Yam)        4
Israel Maya (Hapoel Bat-Yam)         4
Itay Mordehay (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)     4 (3 in Hapoel Tsafririm Holon)
Israel Mutsafi (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)    4
Sahar Saado (Maccabi Yavne)          4
Haim Sirotkin (Hapoel Ashdod)        4
Itzhak Swisa (Hapoel Ashdod)         4
Itzik Ventura (Hapoel Lod)           4 (1 in Hapoel Taibe)
Sami Ayash (Maccabi Acre)            3
Nati Azarya (Maccabi Nethanya)       3
Uzi Azulay (Hapoel Lod)              3
Moshe Eizenberg (SK Nes-Ziona)       3
Dudu Elkaslasi (Maccabi Nethanya)    3
Roi Fink (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)          3
Moti Fliter (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon) 3
Shlomi Knafo (Maccabi Yavne)         3
Itzhak Levi (Hapoel Ashdod)          3
Nisim Malka (SK Nes-Ziona)           3
Sami Muslem (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)      3
Moshe Senderovich (Hapoel Bat-Yam)   3
Udi Shitrit (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)     3
Igor Shkvirin (Maccabi Jaffa)        3
Abas Suan (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)       3
Yevgeni Stolovetski (Hapoel Ashdod)  3
Cobi Abramov (Hapoel Bat-Yam)        2
Eyal Amar (Hapoel Taibe)             2
Sharon Amar (SK Nes-Ziona)           2 (1 in Hapoel Ashdod)
Ahmed Aref (Maccabi Nethanya)        2
Yaacov Asayag (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)   2
Rotem Asraf (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)     2
Ami Asulin (Maccabi Acre)            2
Tsahi Barkol (Hapoel Bat-Yam)        2
Marko Ben-Baruh (Tsafririm Holon)    2
Eran Benezri (Maccabi Acre)          2
Miro Cohen (Hapoel Ashdod)           2
Nisim Cohen (Maccabi Jaffa)          2
Uri David (Hapoel Bat-Yam)           2
Avi Edri (SK Nes-Ziona)              2
Tomer Eini (Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan)2 (1 in Hapoel Ramat-Gan)
Shlomi Elbaz (Hapoel Bat-Yam)        2
Yair Elmakayes (Hapoel Bat-Yam)      2
Ofir Gavish (Hapoel Bat-Yam)         2
Moshe Goldberg (Hapoel Taibe)        2
Sagi Gonen (Maccabi Acre)            2
Roi Hadad (Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan) 2
Basem Hamuli (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)    2
Ofir Halwani (Hapoel Taibe)          2
Mario Judenic (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)    2
Shahar Kaduri (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)     2
Yaniv Lavi (Maccabi Nethanya)        2
Dedi Liberman (Maccabi Jaffa)        2
Shaul Maimon (Maccabi Jaffa)         2
Michael Maman (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)     2
Alexander Polukarov (Bnei Sahnin)    2
Arik Regev (Hapoel Lod)              2
Eyal Roisman (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)    2
Noam Sayag (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)        2
Patricio Sayag (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)   2
Yaacov Schwartz (Hapoel Lod)         2
Avi Shemesh (Beitar Tel-Aviv)        2
Avi Skabini (Maccabi Nethanya)       2
Alexander Solov (Maccabi Nethanya)   2
Vitali Tsigankov (Hapoel Taibe)      2
Cobi Tubul (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)      2
Uri Uzan (Maccabi Nethanya)          2
Rami Yosef (Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan)2
Alon Ziv (Maccabi Acre)              2
Yosi Abulafia (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)     1
Gal Adir (Beitar Tel-Aviv)           1
Yuval Aflalo (Maccabi Yavne)         1
Ofer Alkobi (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)     1
Nir Arbiv (Hapoel Ashdod)            1
Ahmed Aref (Hapoel Taibe)            1
Yaron Avihail (Maccabi Jaffa)        1
Eran Avnaim (Maccabi Nethanya)       1
Rami Aziz (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)        1
Dedi Bar-Halifa (Maccabi Yavne)      1
David Ben-Ami (Hapoel Bat-Yam)       1
Moshe Ben-Saadon (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)1
Hai Begola (Maccabi Yavne)           1
Dudi Bitran (Hapoel Bat-Yam)         1
Imad Buhri (Maccabi Jaffa)           1
Itay Buktus (Beitar Tel-Aviv)        1
Eli Cohen (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)       1
Jacky Cohen (Maccabi Nethanya)       1
Avi Dabah (Hapoel Bat-Yam)           1
Itzhak Dadon (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)    1
Kfir Dahan (Maccabi Yavne)           1
Tsabar Daniel (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)   1
Ion Doran (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)       1
Moshe Dvir (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon)  1
Rami For (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon)    1
Ronen Gabay (Maccabi Nethanya)       1
Muamar Ganaim (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin)   1
Meir Gilber (Hapoel Lod)             1
Rami Glam (Maccabi Nethanya)         1
Eyal Haim (SK Nes-Ziona)             1
Arik Hangali (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)      1
Yaacov Hasan (Maccabi Nethanya)      1
Saleh Hasarma (Hapoel Taibe)         1
Tsahi Iluz (Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan)1
Ronen Itah (Maccabi Yavne)           1
Alon Itzhaki (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)      1
Sharon Katav (Beitar Tel-Aviv)       1
Rafi Kazalcopi (Hapoel Bat-Yam)      1
Yaacov Kibert (Maccabi Yavne)        1
Moti Koltuv (Maccabi Acre)           1
Shmuel Kozi (Beitar Tel-Aviv)        1
Shimi Lavi (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)        1
Eyal Levi (Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan) 1
Dani Malkin (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)      1
Michael Mazalshvili (Hap. Ramat-Gan) 1
Yuval Naim (Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan)1
Charlie Peretz (Maccabi Kiryat-Gat)  1
Zvi Portal (Hapoel Bat-Yam)          1
Ala Rabia (Hapoel Taibe)             1
Ofir Regev (Hapoel Lod)              1
Itzik Rozolio (Maccabi Jaffa)        1
Faiz Said-Ahmed (Hapoel Bnei Sahnin) 1
Yevgeni Shahov (Maccabi Yavne)       1
Oren Shlomo (Hapoel Lod)             1
Jacky Surjun (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)     1
Yaish Swisa (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)       1
Nati Tahauho (Maccabi Kfar-Kana)     1
Itzhak Tayar (SK Nes-Ziona)          1
Shimon Vaaknin (Hapoel Bat-Yam)      1
Amos Vazana (Maccabi Yavne)          1
Barak Yehuda (Maccabi Acre)          1
Samir Zampir (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)      1
Liran Ziegel (Hakoah Ramat-Gan)      1

Own Goals
Yuval Aflalo (Maccabi Yavne)         1
Nir Arbiv (Hapoel Ashdod)            1
Shay Banay (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)        1
Yaacov Bar-Shalom (SK Nes-Ziona)     1
Yaniv Lavi (Maccabi Nethanya)        1
Israel Mutsafi (Hapoel Ramat-Gan)    1
Gabi Peker (Hapoel Tsafririm Holon)  1
Gili Regev (Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan)1
Ofir Regev (Hapoel Lod)              1
Uri Uzan (Maccabi Nethanya)          1
Amos Vazana (Maccabi Yavne)          1
Alexander Zhidkov (Tsafririm Holon)  1

Number of Goals: 672
Number of Games: 239 (without Hapoel Bnei Sahnin - Hapoel Taibe)
Goals per Game: 2.81


1996/97.

1998/99.

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.


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Last updated: 11 Aug 2000

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