Beitar Jerusalem
2007-08 season
ChairmanRussia Arcadi Gaydamak
ManagerIsrael Itzhak Shum
Ligat Ha'Al1st
State CupWinners
Toto CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Rômulo(12)
All:
Rômulo(16)
Highest home attendance21,000 Vs. Copenhagen (CL Q2 , 7 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance7,000 Vs. Bnei Yehuda F.C. (10 May 2008)
Average home league attendance13,500

The 2007–08 season is Beitar Jerusalem's 39th season in the Israeli Premier League.
The 2007–08 season was the most successful in all Beitar history, with a double (Championship and State Cup).

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 Croatia CRO Tvrtko Kale
2 DF Chile CHI Cristián Álvarez
3 DF Israel ISR David Amsalem (captain)
4 DF Israel ISR Arik Benado (vice captain)
5 DF Israel ISR Shimon Gershon
6 DF Israel ISR Tomer Ben Yosef
7 FW Israel ISR Amit Ben Shushan
8 MF Israel ISR Aviram Baruchyan
9 FW Israel ISR Barak Itzhaki
10 FW Israel ISR Toto Tamuz
11 MF Israel ISR Idan Tal
12 DF Israel ISR Shmuel Kozokin
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Israel ISR Yoav Ziv
15 MF Israel ISR Michael Zandberg
19 MF Israel ISR Gal Alberman
20 MF Ghana GHA Derek Boateng
22 GK Israel ISR Sagi Strauss
23 MF Peru PER Junior Viza
24 MF Israel ISR Shai Haddad
25 DF Israel ISR Matan Barashi
26 FW Israel ISR Hen Azriel
28 FW Brazil BRA Rômulo
30 GK Israel 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
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
3 February 2008 18 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 0 Beitar Jerusalem Tel Aviv, Israel
20:50 Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
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 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 Yevourian 52' Zandberg 26' Stadium: Doha Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Penalties
Colma soccer ball with check mark
Yevourian soccer ball with red X
Ganaim soccer ball with red X
Buzaglo soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Alberman
soccer ball with check mark Tal
soccer ball with red X Gershon
soccer ball with check mark 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

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

31 July 2007 First leg FC Copenhagen Denmark 1 – 0 Israel Beitar Jerusalem Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00 Allbäck 5' Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
7 August 2007 Second leg Beitar Jerusalem Israel 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 2 agg.)		 Denmark FC Copenhagen Jerusalem, Israel
21:00 Itzhaki 61' Allbäck 103' Stadium: Teddy Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
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