Trivia on the Israeli League 1949/50-2004/05


Contents

Most Seasons in the First Division
Consecutive Seasons in the First Division
Consecutive Championships Winning
Different Champions Series
Winning the Double
Relegation after Winning the Championship
Winning the Championship after Promotion
Winning the Championship by Tie Breaker
Most Number of Promotions and Relegations
Most Number of Consecutive Promotions and Relegations
Relegation after Promotion
Promotion after Relegation
Double Digit Results
Most Number of Sending Off in a Game
Unbeaten Teams during a Season
Teams without Win during a Season
Teams without Draw during a Season
Balanced Teams during a Season
The Best Balance
The Best Attacks
The Worst Attacks
The Best Defences
The Worst Defences
The Best Goal Difference
The Worst Goal Difference
The Most Fertile Rounds
The Most Fertile Seasons
The Driest Seasons

Most Seasons in the First Division

   Team                      Number of Seasons    Seasons not in the First Division
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv                  53           -
2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv                   52           1989/90
3. Hapoel Petah-Tikva                48           1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1982/83, 1983/84
4. Maccabi Haifa                     47           1965/66, 1974/75, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81
5. Maccabi Netanya                   46           1962/63, 1963/64, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2004/05
-. Maccabi Petah-Tikva               46           1967-68, 1968/69, 1971/72, 1977/78, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91
7. Hapoel Haifa                      42           1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 2002/03, 2003/04
8. Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv              40           1949/50, 1951/52, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1972/73, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1984/85, 2001/02

Consecutive Seasons in the First Division

   Team                      Number of Seasons    Seasons
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv                  53           1949/50 - 2004/05
2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv                   37           1949/50 - 1988/89
3. Maccabi Netanya                   30           1964/65 - 1994/95
4. Hapoel Haifa                      29           1949/50 - 1980/81
5. Hapoel Beer-Sheva                 27           1971/72 - 1997/98
6. Hapoel Petah-Tikva                24           1949/50 - 1975/76
-. Maccabi Haifa                     24           1981/82 - 2004/05
8. Hapoel Jerusalem                  21           1957/58 - 1978/79
-. Hapoel Petah-Tikva                21           1984/85 - 2004/05

Consecutive Championships Winning

   Team                      Number    Seasons
1. Hapoel Petah-Tikva          5       1958/59 - 1962/63
2. Maccabi Tel-Aviv            3       1949/50 - 1953/54
3. Hapoel Beer-Sheva           2       1974/75 - 1975/76
-. Maccabi Haifa               2       1983/84 - 1984/85
-. Maccabi Tel-Aviv            2       1994/95 - 1995/96
-. Beitar Jerusalem            2       1996/97 - 1997/98
-. Maccabi Haifa               2       2000/01 - 2001/02
-. Maccabi Haifa               2       2003/04 - 2004/05

Different Champions Series

5 years serie:
   1962/63  Hapoel Petah-Tikva
   1963/64  Hapoel Ramat-Gan
   1964/65  Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan
   1965/66  Hapoel Tel-Aviv
   1967-68  Maccabi Tel-Aviv

4 years series:
1. 1971/72  Maccabi Tel-Aviv
   1972/73  Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan
   1973/74  Maccabi Netanya
   1974/75  Hapoel Beer-Sheva

2. 1978/79  Maccabi Tel-Aviv
   1979/80  Maccabi Netanya
   1980/81  Hapoel Tel-Aviv
   1981/82  Hapoel Kfar-Saba

3. 1980/81  Hapoel Tel-Aviv
   1981/82  Hapoel Kfar-Saba
   1982/83  Maccabi Netanya
   1983/84  Maccabi Haifa

4. 1986/87  Beitar Jerusalem
   1987/88  Hapoel Tel-Aviv
   1988/89  Maccabi Haifa
   1989/90  Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv

5. 1989/90  Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv
   1990/91  Maccabi Haifa
   1991/92  Maccabi Tel-Aviv
   1992/93  Beitar Jerusalem

6. 1997/98  Beitar Jerusalem
   1998/99  Hapoel Haifa
   1999/00  Hapoel Tel-Aviv
   2000/01  Maccabi Haifa

Winning the Double

   Team                      Times     Seasons
1. Maccabi Tel-Aviv            5       1953/54, 1957/58, 1969/70, 1976/77, 1995/96
2. Hapoel Tel-Aviv             1       1999/00
-. Maccabi Haifa               1       1990/91
-. Maccabi Netanya             1       1977/78

Relegation after Winning the Championship

Team                     Championship Year    Relegation Year
Hapoel Kfar-Saba             1981/82             1982/83
Hapoel Tel-Aviv              1988/89             1989/90

Winning the Championship after Promotion

Team                     Promotion Year     Championship Year
Hapoel Ramat-Gan             1962/63             1963/64
Beitar Jerusalem             1991/92             1992/93

Winning the Championship by Tie Breaker

By Goal Ratio:
Season   Team                       G   W   D   L    GF-GA    GR   PTS
1964/65  Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan  30  13  11   6    42-24   1.75   37
         Hapoel Petah-Tikva        30  15   7   8    54-42   1.29   37

By Goal Deference:
Season   Team                       G   W   D   L    GF-GA    GD   PTS
1969/70  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          30  15   9   6    51-21   +30    39
         Hapoel Tel-Aviv           30  13  13   4    48-24   +24    39

2002/03  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          33  22   3   8    66-31   +35    69
         Maccabi Haifa             33  21   6   6    75-42   +33    69

Most Number of Promotions and Relegations

Note: Being the foundation year of the Israeli league, 1949/50 season is not counted.

17 moves:
Hapoel Kfar-Saba
    Years with promotion:   9 - 1951/52, 1956/57, 1967-68, 1977/78, 1983/84, 1992/93, 1994/95, 2001/02, 2004/05
    Years with relegations: 8 - 1955/56, 1958/59, 1976/77, 1982/83, 1990/91, 1993/94, 1999/00, 2002/03

13 moves:
Beitar Tel-Aviv
    Years with promotion:   6 - (1949/50), 1963/64, 1968/69, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1985/86, 1993/94
    Years with relegations: 7 - 1960/61, 1965/66, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1984/85, 1992/93, 1995/96

10 moves:
Hapoel Jerusalem
    Years with promotion:   5 - 1956/57, 1979/80, 1984/85, 1987/88, 1995/96
    Years with relegations: 5 - 1978/79, 1982/83, 1985/86, 1991/92, 1999/00

Hapoel Tsafririm Holon
    Years with promotion:   5 - 1969/70, 1986/87, 1989/90, 1997/98, 1999/00
    Years with relegations: 5 - 1970/71, 1988/89, 1996/97, 1998/99, 2000/01

9 moves:
Beitar Jerusalem
    Years with promotion:   5 - 1953/54, 1958/59, 1967-68, 1980/81, 1991/92
    Years with relegations: 4 - 1954/55, 1959/60, 1979/80, 1990/91

Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv
    Years with promotion:   5 - 1958/59, 1972/73, 1977/78, 1984/85, 2001/02
    Years with relegations: 4 - 1971/72, 1975/76, 1983/84, 2000/01

Hapoel Ramat-Gan
    Years with promotion:   4 - (1949/50), 1962/63, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1988/89
    Years with relegations: 5 - 1959/60, 1968/69, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1989/90

8 moves:
Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan
    Years with promotion:   4 - 1958/59, 1961/62, 1978/79, 1982/83
    Years with relegations: 4 - 1959/60, 1977/78, 1979/80, 1984/85

Hapoel Hadera
    Years with promotion:   4 - 1953/54, 1969/70, 1972/73, 1976/77
    Years with relegations: 4 - 1954/55, 1971/72, 1975/76, 1978/79

Maccabi Jaffa
    Years with promotion:   4 - 1954/55, 1970/71, 1994/95, 1997/98
    Years with relegations: 4 - 1969/70, 1986/87, 1995/96, 1998/99

Maccabi Petah-Tikva
    Years with promotion:   4 - (1949/50), 1968/69, 1971/72, 1977/78, 1990/91
    Years with relegations: 4 - 1965/66, 1970/71, 1976/77, 1987/88

Most Number of Consecutive Promotions and Relegations

5 moves:
Hapoel Tsafririm Holon
    1996/97 relegation
    1997/98 promotion
    1998/99 relegation
    1999/00 promotion
    2000/01 relegation

4 moves:
Beitar Tel-Aviv
    1979/80 relegation
    1980/81 promotion
    1981/82 relegation
    1982/83 promotion

Hapoel Ramat-Gan
    1979/80 promotion
    1980/81 relegation
    1981/82 promotion
    1982/83 relegation

3 moves:
Hapoel Kfar-Saba
    1992/93 promotion
    1993/94 relegation
    1994/95 promotion

Hapoel Ramat-Gan
    1980/81 relegation
    1981/82 promotion
    1982/83 relegation

Hapoel Rishon-Lezion
    1977/78 promotion
    1978/99 relegation
    1979/80 promotion

Relegation after Promotion

Team                     Promotion Year      Relegation Year
Hapoel Lod                   1962/63             1963/64
SK Nes-Ziona                 1965/66             1967-68
Hapoel Holon                 1969/70             1970/71
Hapoel Marmorek              1971/72             1972/73
Maccabi Ramat-Amidar         1974/75             1975/76
Hapoel Rishon-Lezion         1977/78             1978/79
Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan     1978/79             1979/80
Hapoel Ramat-Gan             1979/80             1980/81
Beitar Tel-Aviv              1980/81             1981/82
Hapoel Ramat-Gan             1981/82             1982/83
Maccabi Ramat-Amidar         1982/83             1983/84
Hapoel Jerusalem             1984/85             1985/86
Maccabi Shearaim             1984/85             1985/86
Beitar Netanya               1985/86             1986/87
Hapoel Tiberias              1987/88             1988/89
Hapoel Ramat-Gan             1988/89             1989/90
Maccabi Yavne                1990/91             1991/92
Hapoel Kfar-Saba             1992/93             1993/94
Maccabi Jaffa                1994/95             1995/96
Hapoel Taibe                 1995/96             1996/97
Hapoel Ashkelon              1996/97             1997/98
Hapoel Tsafririm Holon       1997/98             1998/99
Maccabi Jaffa                1997/98             1998/99
Hapoel Tsafririm Holon       1999/00             2000/01
Maccabi Kiryat-Gat           2000/01             2001/02
Hapoel Kfar-Saba             2001/02             2002/03
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth         2002/03             2003/04
Hapoel Haifa                 2003/04             2004/05

Promotion after Relegation

Team                     Relegation Year     Promotion Year
Hapoel Kfar-Saba             1955/56             1956/57
Maccabi Haifa                1964/65             1965/66
Maccabi Jaffa                1969/70             1970/71
Maccabi Petah-Tikva          1970/71             1971/72
Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv         1971/72             1972/73
Hapoel Hadera                1971/72             1972/73
Shimshon Tel-Aviv            1972/73             1973/74
Maccabi Haifa                1973/74             1974/75
Hapoel Hadera                1975/76             1976/77
Hapoel Kfar-Saba             1976/77             1977/78
Maccabi Petah-Tikva          1976/77             1977/78
Hapoel Jerusalem             1978/79             1979/80
Hapoel Rishon-Lezion         1978/79             1979/80
Beitar Jerusalem             1979/80             1980/81
Beitar Tel-Aviv              1979/80             1980/81
Hapoel Ramat-Gan             1980/81             1981/82
Beitat Tel-Aviv              1981/82             1982/83
Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv         1983/84             1984/85
Beitar Tel-Aviv              1984/85             1985/86
Hapoel Lod                   1984/85             1985/86
Hapoel Tel-Aviv              1988/89             1989/90
Hapoel Tsafririm Holon       1988/89             1989/90
Beitar Jerusalem             1990/91             1991/92
Beitar Tel-Aviv              1992/93             1993/94
Hapoel Kfar-Saba             1993/94             1994/95
Hapoel Tsafririm Holon       1996/97             1997/98
Hapoel Tsafririm Holon       1998/99             1999/00
Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv         2000/01             2001/02
Maccabi Netanya              2003/04             2004/05

Double Digit Results

Season   Home                         Away                      Result
1949/50  Maccabi Rishon-Lezion      - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           0-13
1949/50  Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Maccabi Rishon-Lezion      10-1
1949/50  Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Nes-Ziona          10-1
1949/50  Maccabi Haifa              - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           2-10
1951/52  Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Maccabi Rishon-Lezion      12-1
1954/55  Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Balfuria            12-0
1954/55  Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Balfuria            13-2
1987/88  Maccabi Haifa              - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           10-0
2000/01  Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 10-1

Most Number of Sending Off in a Game

11/6/1949 Hapoel Haifa - Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Referee:  Avraham Sher
Sent Off: Joe Sidi (Goalkeeper, Maccabi Tel-Aviv)
          Avraham Turika (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)
          Yona Fuchs (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)
          Israel Halivner (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)
          Zvi Studinski (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)
          Ben-Zeev (Hapoel Haifa)

Unbeaten Teams during a Season

Season   Team                       G   W   D   L    GF-GA    GD   PTS
1953/54  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          22  16   6   0    59-11   +48    38  champions
1957/58  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          22  13   9   0    50-12   +38    35  champions
1993/94  Maccabi Haifa*            39  28  11   0    97-27   +70    95  champions

* together with 3 games from 1992/93 and 4 games from 1994/95, Maccabi Haifa
  holds a record of 46 games without loss.

Teams without Win during a Season

Season   Team                       G   W   D   L    GF-GA    GD   PTS
1949/50  Maccabi Nes-Ziona         24   0   0  24     7-98   -91     0  relegated

Teams without Draw during a Season

Season   Team                       G   W   D   L    GF-GA    GD   PTS
1949/50  Maccabi Nes-Ziona         24   0   0  24     7-98   -91     0  relegated
1949/50  Hapoel Ramat-Gan          24   8   0  16    47-64   -17    16
1955/56  Beitar Tel-Aviv           22  10   0  12    42-44   - 2    20
1955/56  Hapoel Ramat-Gan          22   9   0  13    28-42   -14    18
1956/57  Hapoel Haifa              18   7   0  11    22-38   -16    14

Balanced Teams during a Season (incomplete)

Season   Team                       G   W   D   L    GF-GA    GD   PTS
1964/65  Hapoel Ramat-Gan          30  12   6  12    34-34     0    30
1969/70  Beitar Jerusalem          30  10  10  10    29-29     0    30
1975/76  Hapoel Jerusalem          34  12  10  12    39-39     0    34
1981/82  Maccabi Haifa             30   9  12   9    32-32     0    30
1982/83  Maccabi Haifa             30   8  14   8    31-31     0    38
1988/89  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          33  11  11  11    44-44     0    42 (2 points deducted)
1997/98  Hapoel Petah-Tikva        30  12   6  12    41-41     0    42

The Best Balance

    Season   Team                       G   W   D   L    %
 1. 1949/50  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          24               89.58  champions
 2. 1951/52  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          22               86.36  champions
 -. 1953/54  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          22  16   6   0   86.36  champions
 3. 1993/94  Maccabi Haifa             39  28  11   0   85.90  champions
 4. 1995/96  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          30  23   5   2   85.00  champions
 5. 1960/61  Hapoel Petah-Tikva        22  16   4   2   81.82  champions
 6. 1997/98  Beitar Jerusalem          30  20   9   1   81.67  champions
 -. 1998/99  Hapoel Haifa              30  22   5   3   81.67  champions
 8. 1991/92  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          32  23   6   3   81.25  champions
 9. 2001/02  Maccabi Haifa             33  22   9   2   80.30  champions
10. 1996/97  Beitar Jerusalem          30  21   6   3   80.00  champions

The Best Attacks

    Season   Team                    Goals   Games   Average
 1. 1949/50  Maccabi Tel-Aviv         103      24      4.29  champions
 2. 1951/52  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          89      22      4.05  champions
 3. 1949/50  Maccabi Petah-Tikva       91      24      3.79
 4. 1954/55  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          84      26      3.23
 5. 1959/60  Hapoel Petah-Tikva        66      22      3.00  champions 
 6. 1951/52  Maccabi Petah-Tikva       65      22      2.95
 7. 1953/54  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          59      22      2.68  champions
 8. 1954/55  Hapoel Petah-Tikva        68      26      2.62  champions
 9. 1949/50  Hapoel Petah-Tikva        62      24      2.58
10. 1998/99  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          77      30      2.57

The Worst Attacks

    Season   Team                    Goals   Games   Average
 1. 1949/50  Maccabi Nes-Ziona          7      24      0.29  relegated
 2. 1968/69  Hapoel Ramat-Gan          11      30      0.37  relegated 
 3. 1974/75  Maccabi Petah-Tikva       12      30      0.40  relegated
 4. 1971/72  Hapoel Hadera             13      30      0.43  relegated
 -. 1981/82  Hapoel Petah-Tikva        13      30      0.43  relegated 
 6. 1982/83  Hapoel Ramat-Gan          15      30      0.50  relegated
 -. 1979/80  Beitar Jerusalem          15      30      0.50  relegated
 -. 1980/81  Hapoel Ramat-Gan          15      30      0.50  relegated
 -. 1984/85  Hapoel Lod                15      30      0.50  relegated
 -. 1998/99  Maccabi Jaffa             15      30      0.50  relegated

The Best Defences

    Season   Team                    Goals   Games   Average
 1. 1953/54  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          11      22      0.50  champions
 -. 1949/50  Hapoel Tel-Aviv           12      24      0.50
 -. 1971/72  Beitar Jerusalem          15      30      0.50
 4. 1968/69  Hapoel Haifa              16      30      0.53
 -. 1978/79  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          16      30      0.53  champions
 -. 1995/96  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          16      30      0.53  champions
 -. 1997/98  Hapoel Tel-Aviv           16      30      0.53
 8. 1977/78  Beitar Jerusalem          14      26      0.54
 9. 1957/58  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          12      22      0.55  champions
10. 1970/71  Hapoel Petah-Tikva        17      30      0.57
 -. 1976/77  Maccabi Jaffa             17      30      0.57

The Worst Defences

    Season   Team                    Goals   Games   Average
 1. 1954/55  Hapoel Balfuria          129      26      4.96  relegated
 2. 1949/50  Maccabi Rishon-Lezion    117      24      4.88
 3. 1951/52  Maccabi Rishon-Lezion    100      22      4.55  relegated
 4. 1949/50  Maccabi Nes-Ziona         98      24      4.08  relegated
 5. 1986/87  Beitar Netanya            92      30      3.07  relegated
 6. 1949/50  Maccabi Netanya           73      24      3.04
 7. 1955/56  Maccabi Rehovot           64      22      2.91  relegated
 8. 1998/99  Hapoel Beit-Shean         83      30      2.77  relegated
 9. 1949/50  Hapoel Ramat-Gan          64      24      2.67
10. 1949/50  Hapoel Rishon-Lezion      63      24      2.63

The Best Goal Difference

    Season   Team                       G    GF-GA    GD    GD/G
 1. 1949/50  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          24   103-18   +85   +3.54  champions
 2. 1951/52  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          22    89-18   +71   +3.23  champions
 3. 1953/54  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          22    59-11   +48   +2.18  champions
 4. 1954/55  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          26    84-28   +56   +2.15
 5. 1949/50  Hapoel Tel-Aviv           24    59-12   +47   +1.96
 6. 1951/52  Maccabi Petah-Tikva       22    65-23   +42   +1.91
 7. 1949/50  Maccabi Petah-Tikva       24    91-46   +45   +1.88
 8. 1993/94  Maccabi Haifa             39    97-27   +70   +1.79  champions 
 9. 1954/55  Hapoel Petah-Tikva        26    68-23   +45   +1.73  champions
10. 1957/58  Maccabi Tel-Aviv          22    50-12   +38   +1.73  champions

The Worst Goal Difference

    Season   Team                       G    GF-GA    GD    GD/G
 1. 1949/50  Maccabi Rishon-Lezion     24    21-117  -96   -4.00
 2. 1951/52  Maccabi Rishon-Lezion     22    13-100  -87   -3.95  relegated
 3. 1949/50  Maccabi Nes-Ziona         24     7-98   -91   -3.79  relegated
 4. 1954/55  Hapoel Balfuria           26    32-129  -97   -3.73  relegated
 5. 1986/87  Beitar Netanya            30    22-92   -70   -2.33  relegated
 6. 1998/99  Maccabi Jaffa             30    15-73   -58   -1.93  relegated
 -. 1998/99  Hapoel Beit-Shean         30    25-83   -58   -1.93  relegated
 8. 1955/56  Maccabi Rehovot           22    25-64   -39   -1.77  relegated
 9. 1991/92  Hapoel Jerusalem          32    27-81   -54   -1.69  relegated
10. 1987/88  Hapoel Lod                31    17-69   -52   -1.68  relagated

The Most Fertile Rounds

1. 1954/55 season - Round 23: 45 goals in 7 games, 6.43 goals per game
   Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            2-2
   Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Hapoel Balfuria           13-2
   Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Hadera              4-2
   Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           4-3
   Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Haifa               4-1
   Maccabi Netanya            - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-0
   Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Maccabi Rehovot            5-2

2. 1992/93 season - Round 3: 35 goals in 6 games, 5.83 goals per game
   Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Beitar Jerusalem           3-4
   Maccabi Netanya            - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            4-3
   Maccabi Haifa              - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       3-4
   Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     - Hapoel Haifa               2-3
   Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-1
   Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          5-2

3. 2004/05 season - Round 32: 32 goals in 6 games, 5.33 goals per game
   Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          6-1
   Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            3-2
   Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin        4-2
   Ashdod SC                  - Beitar Jerusalem           1-2
   Hapoel Nazrat-Ilit         - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       3-0
   Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           4-4

4. 1954/55 season - Round 21: 35 goals in 7 games, 5 goals per game
   Hapoel Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Ramat-Gan           2-0
   Maccabi Netanya            - Maccabi Rehovot            1-0
   Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         2-1
   Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Hadera              3-2
   Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Kfar-Saba           5-4
   Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Maccabi Haifa              6-0
   Beitar Tel-Aviv            - Hapoel Balfuria            8-1

-. 1963/64 season - Round 15: 35 goals in 7 games, 5 goals per game
   Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         0-0
   Maccabi Jaffa              - Hapoel Jerusalem           5-3
   Hapoel Haifa               - Maccabi Shearaim           7-3
   Hapoel Ramat-Gan           - Maccabi Haifa              3-2
   Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan   - Hapoel Lod                 3-1
   Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Tiberias            4-1
   Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Shimshon Tel-Aviv          2-1

6. 1993/94 season - Round 16: 33 goals in 7 games, 4.71 goals per game
   Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       6-0
   Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Beitar Jerusalem           2-3
   Maccabi Netanya            - Maccabi Herzliya           4-3
   Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Haifa               4-0
   Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     1-4
   Hapoel Beer-Sheva          - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            3-1
   Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-1

7. 2000/01 season - Round 38: 23 goals in 5 games, 4.6 goals per game
   Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Beitar Jerusalem           4-4
   Hapoel Haifa               - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            2-0
   Maccabi Haifa              - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           abandoned*
   Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     2-0
   Ashdod SC                  - Maccabi Netanya            3-5
   Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Maccabi Petah-Tikva        1-2

   * abandoned at 3-2 after 82 minutes because the crowd burst into the field.

8. 1998/99 season - Round 10: 36 goals in 8 games, 4.5 goals per game
   Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Haifa               0-3
   Beitar Jerusalem           - Hapoel Beit-Shean          6-0
   Maccabi Tel-Aviv           - Hapoel Petah-Tikva         3-0
   Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Maccabi Jaffa              1-1
   Maccabi Ironi Ashdod       - Maccabi Herzliya           2-1
   Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon     1-1
   Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            3-7
   Maccabi Haifa              - Hapoel Jerusalem           6-1

-. 2002/03 season - Round 31: 27 goals in 6 games, 4.5 goals per game
   Maccabi Netanya            - Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion 2-0
   Maccabi Petah-Tikva        - Hapoel Beer-Sheva          1-3
   Beitar Jerusalem           - Maccabi Tel-Aviv           2-3
   Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv       - Hapoel Tel-Aviv            1-3
   Hapoel Petah-Tikva         - Maccabi Haifa              0-5
   Hapoel Kfar-Saba           - Ashdod SC                  2-5

The Most Fertile Seasons

    Season    Goals   Games   Average
 1. 1949/50    683     156     4.38
 2. 1954/55    678     182     3.73
 3. 1951/52    484     132     3.67
 4. 1955/56    466     132     3.53
 5. 1956/57    293      90     3.26
 6. 1959/60    419     132     3.15
 7. 1998/99    745     240     3.10
 8. 1953/54    402     131     3.09
 9. 1992/93    601     198     3.04
10. 1994/95    706     240     2.94

The Driest Seasons

    Season    Goals   Games   Average
 1. 1974/75    461     240     1.92
 2. 1979/80    462     240     1.93
 3. 1970/71    467     240     1.95
 4. 1973/74    467     240     1.95
 5. 1969/70    472     240     1.97
 6. 1982/83    473     240     1.97
 7. 1975/76    608     306     1.99
 8. 1971/72    483     240     2.01
 9. 1976/77    492     240     2.05
10. 1989/90    395     192     2.06

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Yaniv Bleicher for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Yaniv Bleicher (yanivbl@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 2 Aug 2005

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