# 2006–07 in Israeli football

The 2006–07 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 80th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.

## IFA Competitions
### League Competitions

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Israeli Premier League | Israeli Premier League | Beitar Jerusalem | Maccabi Netanya |
| Liga Leumit | Liga Leumit | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Liga Artzit | Liga Artzit | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Ironi Rishon LeZion |
| Liga Alef | North | Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm |
| Liga Alef | South | Hapoel Maxim Lod | Hapoel Kfar Shalem |
| Liga Bet | North A | Beitar Ihud Mashhad | Ahva Arraba |
| Liga Bet | North B | Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm | Ironi Tiberias |
| Liga Bet | South A | Maccabi Kfar Yona | Beitar Kfar Saba |
| Liga Bet | South B | Maccabi Netivot | Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom |
| Liga Gimel | Upper Galilee | Ahi Acre | F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda |
| Liga Gimel | Jezreel | Maccabi Beit She'an | Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot |
| Liga Gimel | Shomron | Maccabi Barta'a | Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa |
| Liga Gimel | Sharon | Hapoel Pardesiya | F.C. Tira |
| Liga Gimel | Tel Aviv | F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda | Ortodixim Jaffa |
| Liga Gimel | Center-South | Bnei Eilat | F.C. Be'er Sheva |
| Ligat Nashim (Women's League) | Ligat Nashim Rishona | Maccabi Holon | ASA Tel Aviv University |
| Ligat Nashim (Women's League) | Ligat Nashim Shniya | Ironi Bat Yam | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Noar Leumit (U-20) | Noar Leumit (U-20) | Beitar Jerusalem | Maccabi Petah Tikva |

### Cup Competitions

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| 2006–07 Israel State Cup | 2006–07 Israel State Cup | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Hapoel Ashkelon |
| Toto Cup | Al | Maccabi Herzliya | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| Toto Cup | Leumit | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Toto Cup | Artzit | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Sektzia Nes Tziona |
| Israeli Women's Cup | Israeli Women's Cup | Maccabi Holon | ASA Tel Aviv University |
| Israel Noar State Cup | Israel Noar State Cup | Beitar Jerusalem | F.C. Ashdod |

## International Club Competitions
### Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liverpool | 3–2 | Maccabi Haifa | 1–1 | 2–1 |

### Uefa Cup
#### Second qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4–2 | Domžale | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Bucharest | 2–1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0–6 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–2 | 0–4 |

#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 1–4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 4–2 | Litex Lovech | 1–1 | 3–1 |

#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAN | MHA | LIV | AUX | PTZ |
| 1 | Rangers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Livorno | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Auxerre | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Partizan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | | — | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | — |

##### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAN | PSG | HTA | RAP | MLA |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 4–0 | — | 2–4 | — | — |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Rapid București | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–1 |
| 5 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — |

#### Round of 32

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–5 | Rangers | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | Maccabi Haifa | 0–0 | 0–1 |

#### Last 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Maccabi Haifa | 0–4 | Espanyol | 0–0 | 0–4 |

### Intertoto Cup
#### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4–2 | NK Zrinjski | 1–1 | 3–1 |

#### Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3–4 | Ethnikos Achna FC | 0–2 | 3–2 |

## National Teams
### National team
#### Euro 2008 Qualifying (Group E)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 29 | Qualify for final tournament |
| 2 | Russia | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 24 | Qualify for final tournament |
| 3 | England | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 23 | |
| 4 | Israel | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 23 | |
| 5 | Macedonia | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 14 | |
| 6 | Estonia | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 7 | |
| 7 | Andorra | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 42 | −40 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: England 4, Israel 1.

#### Friendlies

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Israel scorers |
| 15 August 2006 | Celje, Slovenia | Slovenia | 1–1 | Yossi Benayoun |
| 7 February 2007 | Ramat-Gan, Israel | Ukraine | 1–1 | Walid Badir |

### Women's National Team
#### 2009 UEFA Women's Championship Qualifying
##### Preliminary round – Group 2

Played in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
| Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

##### Qualifying Stage – Group 6

| Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Norway | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 22 |
| Russia | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 19 |
| Austria | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 9 |
| Poland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 7 |
| Israel | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 1 |

### U-21 National team
#### 2007 European U-21 Championship
##### Qualifying Groups

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wales | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |

##### Play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| France U-21 | 1–2 | Israel U-21 | 1–1 | 0–1 |

##### 2007 European U-21 Championship (Group A)

| Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

### U-19 National team
#### 2007 European U-19 Championship
##### 2007 European U-19 qualifying round (Group 2)

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| Liechtenstein | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |

##### 2007 European U-19 elite round (Group 6)

| Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |

### U-17 National team

| Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| Albania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |

### U-19 Women's National team

2007 European Women's U-19 Championship Qualifying :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Scotland U-19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 | Russia U-19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Slovenia U-19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| 4 | Israel U-19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |