2007–08 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2007–08 season is Beitar Jerusalem's 39th season in the Israeli Premier League.

Beitar Jerusalem
2007-08 season
ChairmanRussia Arcadi Gaydamak
ManagerIsrael Itzhak Shum
Ligat Ha'Al1st
State CupWinners
Toto CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Rômulo(12)

All:
Rômulo(16)
Highest home attendance21,000 Vs. Copenhagen (CL Q2 , 7 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance7,000 Vs. Bnei Yehuda F.C. (10 May 2008)
Average home league attendance13,500

It won the Championship[1] and State Cup, making that season the most successful in all Beitar history at the time.[citation needed]

First team

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CRO Tvrtko Kale
2 DF   CHI Cristián Álvarez
3 DF   ISR David Amsalem (captain)
4 DF   ISR Arik Benado (vice captain)
5 DF   ISR Shimon Gershon
6 DF   ISR Tomer Ben Yosef
7 FW   ISR Amit Ben Shushan
8 MF   ISR Aviram Baruchyan
9 FW   ISR Barak Itzhaki
10 FW   ISR Toto Tamuz
11 MF   ISR Idan Tal
12 DF   ISR Shmuel Kozokin
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   ISR Yoav Ziv
15 MF   ISR Michael Zandberg
19 MF   ISR Gal Alberman
20 MF   GHA Derek Boateng
22 GK   ISR Sagi Strauss
23 MF   PER Junior Viza
24 MF   ISR Shai Haddad
25 DF   ISR Matan Barashi
26 FW   ISR Hen Azriel
28 FW   BRA Rômulo
30 GK   ISR Ariel Harush

Ligat Ha'Al (Premier League)

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19 August 2007 1 Beitar Jerusalem 3 – 0 Bnei Yehuda Jerusalem, Israel
20:50 Tamuz   12'
Zandberg   62'
Álvarez   87'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
26 August 2007 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 – 2 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Júnior   39' Rômulo   75'
Itzhaki   79'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
15 September 2007 3 Beitar Jerusalem 4 – 2 Maccabi Herzliya Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Rômulo   45,62'
Baruchyan   55,67'
Malka   3'
Buksenbaum   27'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
30 September 2007 4 Bnei Sakhnin 2 – 2 Beitar Jerusalem Sakhnin, Israel
20:50 Yavourian   15'
Buzaglo   43'
Rômulo   2'
Itzhaki   85'
Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
7 October 2007 5 Beitar Jerusalem 5 – 0 FC Ashdod Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Rômulo   35,64'
Baruchyan   52'
Zandberg   75'
Tal   89'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
28 October 2007 7 Beitar Jerusalem 2 – 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem, Israel
20:50 Itzhaki   16'
Boateng   90+2'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
4 November 2007 8 Maccabi Haifa 0 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa, Israel
20:50 Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
10 November 2007 9 Beitar Jerusalem 0 – 0 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
25 November 2007 10 Maccabi Netanya 0 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Netanya, Israel
20:50 Rômulo   63' Stadium: Kufsa
Attendance: 5,500
1 December 2007 11 Beitar Jerusalem 4 – 0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Tal   33'
Rômulo   55'
Tamuz   84'
Alberman   88'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
9 December 2007 12 Bnei Yehuda 0 – 3 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Tal   45'
Alberman   73,82'
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 7,500
16 December 2007 13 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Jerusalem, Israel
20:50 Álvarez   44' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
5 January 2008 14 Maccabi Herzliya 1 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Herzliya, Israel
19:30 Menashe   41' Tal   52' Stadium: Herzliya Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
12 January 2008 15 Beitar Jerusalem 0 – 1 Bnei Sakhnin Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Buzaglo   89' Stadium: Teddy Stadium*Redius Game
20 January 2008 16 FC Ashdod 1 – 2 Beitar Jerusalem Ashdod, Israel
20:50 Revivo   41' Rômulo   32'
Baruchyan   63'
Stadium: Yud Alef Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
26 January 2008 17 Beitar Jerusalem 2 – 1 Maccabi Petah Tikva Jerusalem, Israel
19:00 Ben Shushan   13'
Baruchyan   60'
Damari   85' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
3 February 2008 18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
19 February 2008 19 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 0 Maccabi Haifa Jerusalem, Israel
20:00 Ben Shushan   16' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
24 February 2008 21 Beitar Jerusalem 2 – 0 Maccabi Netanya Jerusalem, Israel
20:00 Tal   43'
Alberman   89'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
2 March 2008 22 Hapoel Kfar Saba 1 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Kfar Saba, Israel
19:30 Dayan   90' Rômulo   1' Stadium: Levita Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
8 March 2008 23 Maccabi Haifa 0 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Haifa, Israel
19:30 Boateng   1' Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
15 March 2008 24 Beitar Jerusalem 4 – 0 Maccabi Petah Tikva Jerusalem, Israel
19:15 Ben Shushan   17'
Baruchyan   63'
Tal   73'
Rômulo   90'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
22 March 2008 25 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0 – 4 Beitar Jerusalem Kfar Saba, Israel
19:30 Boateng   12'
Ziv   43'
Alberman   65'
Tal   86'
Stadium: Levita Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
30 March 2008 26 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Jerusalem, Israel
20:50 Boateng   53' Shivhon   28' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
6 April 2008 27 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Dego   29'
Junior   40'
Telkisky   71'
Zandberg   8' Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
5 May 2008 29 FC Ashdod 1 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Ashdod, Israel
20:50 Tzokol   71' Stadium: Yud Alef Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
10 May 2008 30 Beitar Jerusalem 0 – 1 Bnei Yehuda Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Biton   39' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
17 May 2008 31 Beitar Jerusalem 3 – 0 Maccabi Netanya Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Baruchyan   33'
Zandberg   56'
Tamuz   61'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
20 May 2008 28 Beitar Jerusalem 3 – 1 Maccabi Herzliya Jerusalem, Israel
19:30 Álvarez   11'
Baruchyan   14'
Alberman   89'
Reikan   52' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
24 May 2008 32 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3 – 2 Beitar Jerusalem Kiryat Shmona, Israel
19:00 Oforoi   30'
Kojok   51'
Avidor   88'
Tamuz   29,32' Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
30 May 2008 33 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 2 Bnei Sakhnin Jerusalem, Israel
16:00 Tamuz   66' Buzaglo   7'
Bugdan   79'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 11,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beitar Jerusalem (C) 33 20 7 6 61 23 +38 67 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Netanya 33 16 10 7 40 24 +16 58 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 33 15 11 7 43 34 +9 56 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Bnei Sakhnin 33 15 10 8 35 29 +6 55 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
5 Maccabi Haifa 33 13 8 12 38 27 +11 47
Source: The Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

State Cup

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27 February 2008 Round of 32 Bnei Sakhnin 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 3 p)
Beitar Jerusalem Sakhnin, Israel
20:15 Yavruyan   52' Zandberg   26' Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Penalties
Culma  
Yavruyan  
Ganayem  
Buzaglo  
  Alberman
  Tal
  Gershon
  Rômulo
11 March 2008 Round of 16 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0 – 3 Beitar Jerusalem Nazareth, Israel
20:15 Zandberg   47'
Baruchyan   75'
Alberman   90'
Stadium: Ilut Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
2 April 2008 Quarter-final Beitar Jerusalem 3 – 2 Hapoel Kfar Saba Jerusalem, Israel
19:00 Ben Shushan   1,27'
Ziv   85'
Gonzales   73'
Talker   75'
Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
16 April 2008 Semi-final Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Maccabi Netanya Ramat Gan, Israel
21:00 Ziv   102' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
13 May 2008 Final Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)
Beitar Jerusalem Ramat Gan, Israel
20:30 Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Penalties
Antebi  
Badir  
Júnior  
Abutbul  
Dego  
Oved  
  Alberman
  Zandberg
  Tal
  Boateng
  Tamuz
  Gershon

UEFA Champions League

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Second qualifying round

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31 July 2007 First leg FC Copenhagen   1 – 0   Beitar Jerusalem Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00 Allbäck   5' Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
7 August 2007 Second leg Beitar Jerusalem   1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 2 agg.)
  FC Copenhagen Jerusalem, Israel
21:00 Itzhaki   61' Allbäck   103' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 21,000

References

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  1. ^ Conn, David (23 September 2008). "New doubt cast on who owns Portsmouth". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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