The 2006–07 Israeli Premier League season began on 26 August 2006. It was scheduled to begin a week before, but was then postponed due to the 2006 Lebanon War.Memories from Lebanon: Impact of the war on sports in the country Yair Ronen, NRG, 4.1.2009 Beitar Jerusalem, under businessman Arcadi Gaydamak, became the league champions.
Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin.
Teams and Locations
Twelve teams took part in the 2006–07 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2005-06 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2005-06 Liga Leumit.
Maccabi Herzliya were promoted as champions of the 2005-06 Liga Leumit. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were promoted as runners up. Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan returned to the top flight after an absence of six and twenty seven seasons respectively.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2005-06 season.
Club Stadium Capacity Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600 Bnei Yehuda Bloomfield Stadium 15,700Hapoel Tel AvivMaccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002 Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 8,000 F.C. Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800 Maccabi Netanya Sar-Tov Stadium 7,500 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium 6,800Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800
Beitar JerusalemBnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel AvivHapoel Kfar SabaTeddy Stadium Bloomfield StadiumLevita StadiumMaccabi NetanyaMaccabi HaifaMaccabi Petah TikvaHapoel Petah TikvaSar-Tov Stadium Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Petah Tikva Municipal StadiumF.C. AshdodMaccabi HerzliyaHakoah Ramat GanYud-Alef StadiumHerzliya Municipal StadiumWinter Stadium
Final table
Results First and second round
Third round
Goals
Top goal scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Yaniv AzranF.C. Ashdod152 Lior AsulinBnei Yehuda133 Shay HoltzmanF.C. Ashdod12 Omer BuchsenbaumMaccabi Herzliya125 Samuel YeboahHapoel Kfar Saba11 Idan ShrikiF.C. Ashdod117 Toto TamuzBeitar Jerusalem10 Ibezito OgbonnaHapoel Tel Aviv10 Avi NimniMaccabi Tel Aviv10 Elyaniv BardaHapoel Tel Aviv10 Isaac AwuduMaccabi Netanya10
Goals in a Game Individual 4, joint record: Elyaniv Barda, Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–3 over Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan Shlomi Arbeitman, Maccabi Haifa 6–1 over Hapoel Petah Tikva
Game 8, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 4-4 F.C. Ashdod
Other Statistics
Attendance Seasons highest ~20,000, 3 times: Maccabi Tel Aviv versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa versus Beitar Jerusalem, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/isr/aveisr07.htm
No. Club Average 1 Beitar Jerusalem 12,971 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 8,094 3 Maccabi Haifa 7,794 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 7,794 5 Maccabi Netanya 4,176 6 Hapoel Kfar-Saba 3,438 7 Ashdod 2,829 8 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 2,619 9 Maccabi Petah Tikva 2,376 10 Hapoel Petah Tikva 2,256 11 Hakoah Ramat Gan 1,530 12 Maccabi Herzliya 1,350
Streaks Longest unbeaten run, Maccabi Tel Aviv, 20 matches Longest losing run, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan, 13 matches
See also 2006–07 Toto Cup Al
References , The Israel Football Association Israel 2006/07 RSSSF