Liga Leumit 1988/89 (First Level)
Table after Regular Stage:
1. Maccabi Nethanya 26 14 7 5 35-25 +10 49
2. Maccabi Haifa 26 12 13 1 41-16 +25 47 [-2]
3. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 26 12 9 5 28-19 + 9 43 [-2]
4. Beitar Tel-Aviv 26 10 9 7 24-22 + 2 39
5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 26 10 9 7 19-18 + 1 39
6. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 26 8 12 6 26-30 - 4 36
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7. Hapoel Jerusalem 26 9 9 8 20-19 + 1 35 [-1]
8. Beitar Jerusalem 26 9 5 12 28-31 - 3 32
9. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 26 7 10 9 30-34 - 4 29 [-2]
10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 26 6 10 10 21-29 - 8 28
11. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 26 6 9 11 27-28 - 1 25 [-2]
12. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 26 4 13 9 21-23 - 2 25
13. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 26 6 8 12 24-37 -13 22 [-4]
14. Hapoel Tiberias 26 5 5 16 20-42 -22 20
NB: total goal difference -9; Shimshon Tel-Aviv's goal difference certainly
incorrect in view of final table.
Top-6 qualify for championship play-off, bottom-8 play off against relegation.
Final Tables:
Championship Playoff
1. Maccabi Haifa 31 15 14 2 49-19 +30 57 [**] champions
2. Hapoel Petah-Tikva 31 15 11 5 36-20 +16 54 [**] Intertoto
3. Maccabi Netanya 31 14 10 7 36-33 + 3 52
4. Beitar Tel-Aviv 31 13 9 9 34-27 + 7 48
5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva 31 11 10 10 22-29 - 7 43
6. Shimshon Tel-Aviv 31 9 13 9 28-25 + 3 40
Relegation Playoff
7. Hapoel Jerusalem 33 12 11 10 28-27 + 1 46*
8. Maccabi Tel-Aviv 33 11 11 11 44-44 0 42**
9. Beitar Jerusalem 33 12 6 15 42-44 - 2 42 Intertoto
10. Hapoel Kfar-Saba 33 10 11 12 33-38 - 5 41
11. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 33 8 14 11 31-29 + 2 38
12. Hapoel Tiberias 33 9 5 19 31-52 -21 32 relegated
13. Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 33 7 9 17 30-39 - 9 28 [**] relegated
14. Hapoel Tel-Aviv 33 8 8 17 33-51 -18 28 [***] relegated
[*] 1 point deducted because of violation of budget rules.
[**] 2 points deducted because of violation of budget rules.
[***] 4 points deducted because of violation of budget rules.
Promoted: Hapoel Ramat-Gan
Top Scorer: Beni Tabak (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) - 18 goals
Number of Goals: 477
Number of Games: 225
Goals per Game: 2.12
Source (for regular stage): [sss 14]
Thanks to Ian King (worldsoccer@btinternet.com)
Prepared and maintained by Yaniv Bleicher for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Yaniv Bleicher
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Last updated: 6 Jan 2003
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