2007–08 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. season

Beitar Jerusalem
2007-08 season
Chairman	Arcadi Gaydamak
Manager	Itzhak Shum
Ligat Ha'Al	1st
State Cup	Winners
Toto Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rômulo(12); All: ; Rômulo(16)
Highest home attendance	21,000 Vs. Copenhagen (CL Q2 , 7 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance	7,000 Vs. Bnei Yehuda F.C. (10 May 2008)
Average home league attendance	13,500
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

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

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 v t e	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

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

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