2007–08 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

The 2007–08 season is Beitar Jerusalem's 39th season in Israeli Premier League.
2007-08 season was the successful season in all Beitar history with double (Championship and State Cup).

Beitar Jerusalem
2007-08 season
Chairman Arcadi Gaydamak
Manager 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

First team

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)
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
20 October 2007 6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 1 – 2 Beitar Jerusalem Petah Tikva, Israel
19:35 Golan  15' Ben Shushan  44,63' Stadium: Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
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
16 February 2008 20 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0 – 3 Beitar Jerusalem Kiryat Shmona, Israel
19:30 Rômulo  15'
Alberman  45'
Ben Shushan  69'		 Stadium: Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
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
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) Champion.

State Cup
27 February 2008 Round of 32 Bnei Sakhnin 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 3 p)		 Beitar Jerusalem Sakhnin, Israel
20:15 Yevourian  52' Zandberg  26' Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Penalties
Colma
Yevourian
Ganaim
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

Second qualifying round
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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.