1988–89 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season explained

Club:Maccabi Haifa
Season:1988–89
Manager: Amazzia Levkovic
League:1988–89 Liga Leumit
League Result:1st
Cup1:State Cup
Cup1 Result:Runners-up
Cup2:Toto Cup
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Highest Attendance:15,000 vs Hapoel Petah Tikva
(13 May 1989)
Lowest Attendance:4,000 vs Hapoel Petah Tikva
(24 September 1988)
Average Attendance:7,633
Prevseason:1987–88
Nextseason:1989–90

The 1988–89 season was Maccabi Haifa's 31st season in the Liga Leumit, and their 8th 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.

First Division

See main article: 1988–89 Liga Leumit.

Date OpponentsH / AResult
F  - A
ScorersAttendance
17 September 1988Hapoel Kfar SabaH2  - 2Mordechai, Merili6,000
24 September 1988Hapoel Petah TikvaH3  - 0Givol, Mordechai, Armeli4,000
1 October 1988Shimshon Tel AvivA2  - 1Merili, Armeli1,500
8 October 1988Beitar JerusalemH0  - 012,000
15 October 1988Hapoel Be'er ShevaA0  - 07,000
22 October 1988Hapoel TiberiasH2  - 1Mizrahi, Atar7,000
29 October 1988Maccabi Tel AvivA1  - 1Armeli8,000
5 November 1988Beitar Tel AvivH0  - 08,000
30 October 1988Maccabi NetanyaA3  - 1Malka, Atar, Armeli5,000
19 November 1988Hapoel JerusalemH1  - 1Sayegh6,500
26 November 1988Hapoel Tel AvivA4  - 1Givol, Klinger, Atar, Armeli2,000
3 December 1988Bnei YehudaH3  - 1Atar, own goal, Klinger8,000
9 December 1988Zafririm HolonA1  - 1Klinger4,000
17 December 1988Hapoel Kfar SabaA1  - 1Givol3,000
24 December 1988Hapoel Petah TikvaA0  - 22,000
31 December 1988Shimshon Tel AvivH1  - 1Armeli6,000
7 January 1989Beitar JerusalemA2  - 2Atar, Armeli2,000
14 January 1989Hapoel Be'er ShevaH0  - 06,000
21 January 1989Hapoel TiberiasA3  - 0Armeli, Mizrahi, Merili2,000
28 January 1989Maccabi Tel AvivH5  - 0Klinger (3), Mizrahi, Atar6,000
4 February 1989Beitar Tel AvivA2  - 0Merili, Klinger10,000
11 February 1989Maccabi NetanyaH2  - 0Givol, Armeli12,000
18 February 1989Hapoel JerusalemA0  - 04,000
25 February 1989Hapoel Tel AvivA2  - 0Technical Win3,000
11 March 1989Bnei Yehuda Tel AvivA0  - 03,000
25 March 1989Zafririm HolonH1  - 0Armeli5,000
22 April 1989Hapoel Be'er ShevaH3  - 0Klinger, Atar, Armeli5,000
29 April 1989Maccabi NetanyaA2  - 0Merili, Armeli8,000
6 May 1989Shimshon Tel AvivH2  - 1Mizrahi, Reuven Atar8,000
13 May 1989Hapoel Petah TikvaH1  - 1Mizrahi15,000
20 May 1989Beitar Tel AvivA0  - 13,000

Squad statistics

Pos.NameLeagueState CupToto CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Giora Antman310000000
DF Eitan Aharoni00000000
DF Marco Balbul00000000
DF Fabian Grimberg00000000
DF David Levy00000000
DF Zion Merili00000000
DF Yossi Tsarfati00000000
MF Avraham Abukarat00000000
MF Reuven Atar00000000
MF Yaron Givol00000000
MF Nir Klinger00000000
MF Yossi Kramer00000000
MF Fabian Lagman00000000
FW Zahi Armeli00000000
FW Avi Golder00000000
FW Zadok Malka00000000
FW Offer Mizrahi00000000
FW Itai Mordechai00000000
FW Raffi Osmo00000000
FW Patricio Sayegh00000000