1998–99 Liga Leumit

The 1998–99 Liga Leumit season began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 29 May 1999, with Hapoel Haifa winning their first championship title ever.

Liga Leumit
Season1998-99
ChampionsHapoel Haifa
1st title
RelegatedHapoel Tzafririm Holon
Hapoel Beit She'an
Maccabi Jaffa
Top goalscorerAndrzej Kubica (21)

That season had two rounds, each team played the other teams twice. The three teams that were relegated to Liga Artzit[1] were: Hapoel Tzafririm Holon, Hapoel Beit She'an and Maccabi Jaffa.

Two team from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Tzafririm Holon and Maccabi Jaffa. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

Final table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Hapoel Haifa (C)3022536623+4371Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Maccabi Tel Aviv3020377732+4563Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3Maccabi Haifa3019386224+3860Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4Beitar Jerusalem3017676733+3457
5Hapoel Tel Aviv3015784526+1952Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
6Hapoel Petah Tikva30137105447+746
7Ironi Rishon LeZion30126125861−342
8Hapoel Kfar Saba30116134766−1939
9Hapoel Jerusalem30115143552−1738
10Maccabi Petah Tikva30107134545037
11Bnei Yehuda30106144351−836
12Maccabi Ironi Ashdod3099124049−936
13Maccabi Herzliya30105153142−1135
14Hapoel Tzafririm Holon (R)30810123538−334Relegation to Liga Artzit
15Hapoel Beit She'an (R)3053222583−5818
16Maccabi Jaffa (R)3024241573−5810
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hapoel Tel Aviv won the Israeli State Cup and was awarded with entry to the UEFA Cup.

Results edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnYBTSHHAHJEHKSHPTHTAIRZMHAMHEMIAMJAMPTMTATZH
Beitar Jerusalem1–16–01–13–14–12–00–12–21–11–04–27–12–01–01–2
Bnei Yehuda0–33–20–32–03–01–21–01–12–00–11–06–10–20–65–1
Hapoel Beit She'an1–42–10–10–50–22–31–34–22–10–11–12–10–30–51–1
Hapoel Haifa2–13–14–01–06–01–01–04–00–02–02–23–04–03–23–1
Hapoel Jerusalem0–31–33–20–11–22–11–12–11–01–04–23–11–13–21–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba2–31–12–07–32–02–20–05–21–41–01–01–13–20–50–4
Hapoel Petah Tikva3–21–17–01–22–04–22–02–31–32–01–13–01–13–21–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv1–01–11–00–03–03–13–16–11–22–01–01–03–12–00–0
Ironi Rishon LeZion1–13–16–00–45–12–10–13–71–22–20–03–12–13–22–1
Maccabi Haifa2–44–04–00–16–14–14–01–03–13–02–12–04–01–21–0
Maccabi Herzliya1–43–23–12–10–00–12–21–13–20–13–13–00–20–10–0
Maccabi Ironi Ashdod2–13–02–13–20–11–14–13–10–30–02–12–02–73–32–2
Maccabi Jaffa0–00–31–11–20–11–40–30–11–41–01–21–00–40–10–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–21–14–00–30–03–12–23–10–00–40–10–13–10–31–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv4–22–13–11–14–05–03–01–12–12–13–24–04–00–34–0
Tzafririm Holon0–13–10–10–23–12–21–21–01–20–23–00–01–12–00–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Andrzej KubicaMaccabi Tel Aviv21
2 Motti KakounHapoel Petah Tikva20
3 Amir TurgemanMaccabi Ironi Ashdod19
4 Yaniv AbargilHapoel Kfar Saba17
Avi NimniMaccabi Tel Aviv17
Kobi RefuaBnei Yehuda17
Nir SeviliaBeitar Jerusalem17
8 Yossi BenayounMaccabi Haifa16
Ofer ShitritBeitar Jerusalem16
10 Nissan KapetaIroni Rishon Lezion14
Alon MizrahiMaccabi Haifa14


Notes edit

  1. ^ Changed to Liga Leumit in the start of next season due to a new league system.

External links edit