# 1988–89 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

The 1988–89 season was Maccabi Haifa's 31st season in the Liga Leumit, and their 8th consecutive season in the top division of Israeli football.
The season was a great success for the club winning the league and coming extremely close to winning the State Cup to go with it.

## First Division

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 17 September 1988 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | H | 2 – 2 | Mordechai, Merili | 6,000 |
| 24 September 1988 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | H | 3 – 0 | Givol, Mordechai, Armeli | 4,000 |
| 1 October 1988 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | A | 2 – 1 | Merili, Armeli | 1,500 |
| 8 October 1988 | Beitar Jerusalem | H | 0 – 0 | | 12,000 |
| 15 October 1988 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | A | 0 – 0 | | 7,000 |
| 22 October 1988 | Hapoel Tiberias | H | 2 – 1 | Mizrahi, Atar | 7,000 |
| 29 October 1988 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | A | 1 – 1 | Armeli | 8,000 |
| 5 November 1988 | Beitar Tel Aviv | H | 0 – 0 | | 8,000 |
| 30 October 1988 | Maccabi Netanya | A | 3 – 1 | Malka, Atar, Armeli | 5,000 |
| 19 November 1988 | Hapoel Jerusalem | H | 1 – 1 | Sayegh | 6,500 |
| 26 November 1988 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | A | 4 – 1 | Givol, Klinger, Atar, Armeli | 2,000 |
| 3 December 1988 | Bnei Yehuda | H | 3 – 1 | Atar, own goal, Klinger | 8,000 |
| 9 December 1988 | Zafririm Holon | A | 1 – 1 | Klinger | 4,000 |
| 17 December 1988 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | A | 1 – 1 | Givol | 3,000 |
| 24 December 1988 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | A | 0 – 2 | | 2,000 |
| 31 December 1988 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | H | 1 – 1 | Armeli | 6,000 |
| 7 January 1989 | Beitar Jerusalem | A | 2 – 2 | Atar, Armeli | 2,000 |
| 14 January 1989 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | H | 0 – 0 | | 6,000 |
| 21 January 1989 | Hapoel Tiberias | A | 3 – 0 | Armeli, Mizrahi, Merili | 2,000 |
| 28 January 1989 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | H | 5 – 0 | Klinger (3), Mizrahi, Atar | 6,000 |
| 4 February 1989 | Beitar Tel Aviv | A | 2 – 0 | Merili, Klinger | 10,000 |
| 11 February 1989 | Maccabi Netanya | H | 2 – 0 | Givol, Armeli | 12,000 |
| 18 February 1989 | Hapoel Jerusalem | A | 0 – 0 | | 4,000 |
| 25 February 1989 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | A | 2 – 0 | Technical Win | 3,000 |
| 11 March 1989 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | A | 0 – 0 | | 3,000 |
| 25 March 1989 | Zafririm Holon | H | 1 – 0 | Armeli | 5,000 |
| 22 April 1989 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | H | 3 – 0 | Klinger, Atar, Armeli | 5,000 |
| 29 April 1989 | Maccabi Netanya | A | 2 – 0 | Merili, Armeli | 8,000 |
| 6 May 1989 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | H | 2 – 1 | Mizrahi, Reuven Atar | 8,000 |
| 13 May 1989 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | H | 1 – 1 | Mizrahi | 15,000 |
| 20 May 1989 | Beitar Tel Aviv | A | 0 – 1 | | 3,000 |

## Squad statistics

| Pos. | Name | League | League | State Cup | State Cup | Toto Cup | Toto Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Giora Antman | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Eitan Aharoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Marco Balbul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Fabian Grimberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | David Levy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Zion Merili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Yossi Tsarfati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Avraham Abukarat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Reuven Atar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Yaron Givol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Nir Klinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Yossi Kramer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Fabian Lagman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Zahi Armeli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Avi Golder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Zadok Malka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Offer Mizrahi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Itai Mordechai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Raffi Osmo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Patricio Sayegh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |