1996–97 Liga Leumit
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Football league season
| Season | 1996–97 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Beitar Jerusalem 3rd title |
| Relegated | Hapoel Tayibe Tzafririm Holon |
| Top goalscorer | Motti Kakoun (20) |
← 1995–96 1997–98 → | |
The 1996–97 Liga Leumit season saw Beitar Jerusalem win their third title. Hapoel Tayibe (the first Arab club to play in the top flight since the establishment of Israel) and Tzafririm Holon were relegated to Liga Artzit. Motti Kakoun of Hapoel Petah Tikva was the league's top scorer with 20 goals.
Final table
[edit ]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 62 | 20 | +42 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 60 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 52 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 48 | |
| 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 46 | |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 40 | |
| 9 | Ironi Rishon LeZion | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 40 | |
| 10 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 38 | |
| 11 | Hapoel Beit She'an | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 34 | |
| 12 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 34 | |
| 13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 33 | |
| 14 | Maccabi Herzliya | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 32 | |
| 15 | Tzafririm Holon (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 21 | Relegation to Liga Artzit |
| 16 | Hapoel Tayibe (R) | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 66 | −47 | 15 |
Results
[edit ]| Home \ Away | BEI | BnY | HBS | BTS | HHA | HJE | HKS | HPT | HTY | HTA | IRZ | MHA | MHE | MPT | MTA | TZH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| Bnei Yehuda | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | |
| Hapoel Beit She'an | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
| Hapoel Tayibe | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Ironi Rishon LeZion | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Maccabi Herzliya | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 6–0 | |
| Tzafririm Holon | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
Source: [citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
[edit ]| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel Moti Kakoun | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 20 |
| 2 | Israel Alon Mizrahi | Bnei Yehuda | 18 |
| 3 | Israel Ofer Shitrit | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 15 |
| 4 | Israel Eli Ohana | Beitar Jerusalem | 14 |
| Israel Itzik Zohar | Beitar Jerusalem | 14 | |
| 6 | Israel Hezi Shirazi | Maccabi Haifa | 13 |
| 7 | Israel Avi Nimni | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 12 |
| Israel Yaniv Ofri | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 12 | |
| 9 | Israel Shay Holtzman | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 11 |
| 10 | Israel Yaniv Abargil | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 10 |
| Hungary István Sallói | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 |
References
[edit ]- Israel - List of Final Tables RSSSF
- Liga Leumit IFA (in Hebrew)
