2008–09 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

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Maccabi Haifa 2008–09 football season

The 2008–09 season was Maccabi Haifa’s 51st season in Israeli Premier League, and their 27th 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.

Liga Al[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
30 August 2008 F.C. Ashdod H 3 – 1 Keinan, Katan (2) 11,000
13 September 2008 Hapoel Tel Aviv A 0 – 0 0 (closed doors)
21 September 2008 Bnei Yehuda H 1 – 0 Rafaelov 7,500
28 September 2008 Beitar Jerusalem A 1 – 1 Keinan 18,000
4 October 2008 Maccabi Petah Tikva H 3 – 1 own goal, Fanteni (2) 8,000
18 October 2008 Bnei Sakhnin A 1 – 0 Rafaelov 2,500
27 October 2008 Maccabi Tel Aviv H 3 – 2 Fanteni (2), Lior Rafaelov 14,000
1 November 2008 Hakoah Amidar/Ramat Gan A 3 – 0 Rafaelov, Boccoli, Kayal 2,500
10 November 2008 Maccabi Netanya H 2 – 3 Keinan, Fanteni 14,000
15 November 2008 Ironi Kiryat Shmona H 1 – 1 Rafaelov 10,000
22 November 2008 Hapoel Petah Tikva A 4 – 1 Ghadir, Rafaelov, Kayal, Arbeitman 4,000
29 November 2008 F.C. Ashdod A 3 – 1 Fanteni, Golasa, Kayal 5,000
8 December 2008 Hapoel Tel Aviv H 2 – 2 Arbeitman, Maimon 14,500
15 December 2008 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv A 1 – 0 Katan 8,000
22 December 2008 Beitar Jerusalem H 0 – 0 14,000
17 January 2009 Maccabi Petah Tikva A 0 – 2 4,000
24 January 2009 Bnei Sakhnin H 2 – 1 Fanteni, Katan 7,000
2 February 2009 Maccabi Tel Aviv A 1 – 1 Boccoli 13,000
2 February 2009 Hakoah Amidar/Ramat Gan H 2 – 0 Katan, Boccoli 8,000
23 February 2009 Maccabi Netanya A 0 – 2 5,000
4 March 2009 Ironi Kiryat Shmona A 0 – 1 1,000
7 March 2009 Hapoel Petah Tikva H 1 – 0 Osei 9,000
15 March 2009 Bnei Yehuda A 1 – 0 Masilela 6,000
21 March 2009 Maccabi Petah Tikva H 0 – 0 9,000
6 April 2009 F.C. Ashdod A 3 – 0 Arbeitman, Rafaelov, Boccoli 2,500
11 April 2009 Hapoel Petah Tikva H 2 – 1 Arbeitman, Meshumar 10,000
19 April 2009 Maccabi Tel Aviv A 1 – 1 Fanteni 12,000
25 April 2009 Hapoel Petah Tikva H 2 – 1 Fanteni (2) 8,000
4 May 2009 Bnei Sakhnin A 0 – 0 3,000
9 May 2009 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan H 2 – 0 Arbeitman, Rafaelov 8,000
18 May 2009 Hapoel Tel Aviv H 1 – 0 Katan 14,500
23 May 2009 Maccabi Netanya A 2 – 0 Fanteni, Kayal 6,000
1 June 2009 Beitar Jerusalem H 1 – 1 Rafaelov 14,000
Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ Beitar Jerusalem did not obtain the license for competing in next year’s European competitions because they failed to meet their commitments to UEFA.[1] Since Beitar won the cup and the cup runners-up are league champions Maccabi Haifa, all Europa League spots were awarded to teams according to their league positions. Since Beitar also finished third in the league, Europa League spots were given to league runners-up Hapoel Tel Aviv, fourth-placed Maccabi Netanya and fifth-placed Bnei Yehuda.
  2. ^ Beitar Jerusalem were deducted two points due to Beitar fans pitch invasion the previous year against Maccabi Herzliya[2] and one point due to racist calls from Beitar fans.[3]
  3. ^ a b Qualified because Beitar Jerusalem did not obtain the license for competing in next year’s European competitions.

State Cup[edit]

Toto Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals

Knockout stage[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

References[edit]