ISRAELI NATIONAL LEAGUE, 1995-96 -
THE STATISTICS


Many summaries have been made about the wonderful Israeli League of 1995-96, both official and unofficial. One of the ways to sum up the season, though undoubtedly not complete and perfect, is to look upon the bare facts - who was the best, who played well both home and away, who scored most, etc. I tried to make these summaries as short and interesting as possible, to touch every relevant and interesting point that can explain the relegation or the great success. So, don't judge me too severely, would you??



Maccabee Tel-Aviv
Maccabee Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa
Maccabee Herzliya
Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa
Hapoel Rishon le-Zion
Hapoel Beer-Sheva
Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv
Hapoel Kefar-Saba
Hapoel Tsafririm Holon
Hapoel Beit-Shean
Beitar Tel-Aviv
Maccabee Yaffa




MACCABEE TEL-AVIV


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     The Champions League.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - +23= 5- 2, 59-16, 74 pts, Place  1.
  home  - +11= 4- 0, 27- 4, 37 pts, Place  2.
  away  - +12= 1- 2, 32-12, 37 pts, Place  1.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:   +16= 3- 2.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  20.    HOW ENDED:  +20= 0- 0, 46- 4, 60 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:   7.    HOW ENDED:  + 3= 2- 2, 11-10, 11 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         24.    HOW ENDED:  +23= 1- 0, 58-10, 67 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:         7.    HOW ENDED:  + 3= 2- 2, 11-10, 11 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 5 times - 1:0 H.
* 3 times - 2:0 A, 0:0 H.
* 2 times - 3:0 A, 2:1 A, 3:0 H, 3:1 A. 
* 1 time  - 4:1 H, 0:3 A, 3:1 H, 2:2 H, 5:0 A, 0:2 A, 2:0 H, 3:2 A, 5:0 H,
             1:1 A, 1:0 A.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +6-1.

COMEBACKS:                                   +3-0.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): +13= 0- 2.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Hapoel Beer-Sheva. 3:1 A, 5:0 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Hapoel Haifa. 0:3 A, 1:0 H.


THE COACH:
  Dror Kashtan.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Shimon Cork.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  NONE.

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Eliezer Spire, Yaacov Abramov.

FOREIGNERS:
  Alexander Uvarov  , keeper    ,  Russia.
  Victor Moroz      , midfielder,  Ukraine.
  Evgeniy Kashentsev, forward   ,  Belarus.

KEEPERS:
  Alex. Uvarov (Russia), 30 games, 16 goals (1 pen ) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  (The Best League keeper)
  Alen Mashraki        , didn't play.

Alexander Uvarov set a new Israeli record, conceding just 16 goals in 30
games. The previous record was registered by Avi Ran of blessed memory,
with Maccabee Haifa in 1985-86, 18 goals conceded in 30 games.


SCORERS:
  Eli Driks                   - 15 (1 pen ).
  Nir Klinger                 - 10.
  Avi Nimni                   - 10 (2 pens), 1 pen  missed.
  Itzhak Zohar                -  9.
  Evgeniy Kashentsev          -  8.
  Victor Moroz                -  2.
  Noam Shoham, Amir Shelakh,
  Meir Melika, Yaacov Hillel,
  OWN GOALS                    -  1.


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Eli Driks              FRW        6      2    4    6
* Avi Nimni              MID        6      1    3    5
* Amir Shelakh           DEF        6      0    2    6
* Gadi Brumer            DEF        4      0    2    3
* Haim Hageage           MID        4      0    1    4
* Itzhak Zohar           MID        3      1    3    3
* Evgeniy Kashentsev     FRW        2      1    1    2
* Noam Shoham            MID        2      0    2    2
* Nir Klinger            MID        2      0    1    2
* Yaacov Hillel          DEF        2      0    1    2
* Ron Nakhman            DEF        2      0    0    2
* Alexander Uvarov       GK         2      0    0    2
* Alon Brumer            DEF        1      0    1    1
* Victor Moroz           MID        1      0    1    0
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  14 players                       43      5   23   40


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 3):
  Gadi Brumer, Avi Nimni, Itzhak Zohar.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Avi Nimni, Amir Shelakh, Nir Klinger,
  Gadi Brumer, Itzhak Zohar, Eli Driks   - Israel , National.
* Alon Brumer, Nir Sevilla,
  Guy Nakhman, Ron Nakhman               - Israel , Olympic.
* Evgeniy Kashentsev                     - Belarus, National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Hapoel Jerusalem      - 1:0 (Driks).
  1/ 8.  Hapoel Haifa          - 1:0 (Klinger).
  1/ 4.  Beitar Jerusalem      - 1:0 (Nimni).
  1/ 2.  Maccabee Haifa        - 2:1 (Klinger, Zohar).
  FINAL. Hapoel Rishon le-Zion - 4:1 (Nimni, Driks, Alon Brumer, Melika).
      Maccabee Tel-Aviv is the 1995-96 Israeli Double holder.

THE BIGGEST VICTORY:   5:0 over H. Tsafririm Holon, A, Week 12 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:      0:3 to Hapoel Haifa, A, Week 4 (Round 1).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Amir Shelakh, 2:0 vs Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa (3:0), Week 6 (Round 2).
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  A fantastic volley of the young defender, being his only goal this
  season. 17 meters from the net, and Shelakh inclined his body well
  and sent a right-foot bomb under the left crossbar.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Alexander Uvarov (Russia), keeper.
                      Also - "The Best Israeli Player Of 1995-96".

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MACCABEE HAIFA


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     The UEFA Cup.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - +19= 9- 2, 74-31, 66 pts, Place  2.
  home  - +11= 3- 1, 38-17, 36 pts, Place  4.
  away  - + 8= 6- 1, 36-14, 30 pts, Place  2.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:   + 11= 0- 0.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  26.    HOW ENDED:  +18= 7- 1, 67-25, 61 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:   4.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 2- 1,  7- 6,  5 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         28.    HOW ENDED:  +19= 8- 1, 72-28, 65 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:         6.    HOW ENDED:  + 2= 3- 1, 13-11,  9 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 4 times - 2:0 H.
* 3 times - 1:1 A.
* 2 times - 3:1 H, 2:2 A, 3:0 A, 2:0 A, 1:1 H.
* 1 time  - 3:1 A, 2:1 H, 3:3 A, 2:2 H, 1:2 A, 1:3 H, 6:0 A, 6:3 H, 5:1 A,
             3:0 H, 4:3 H, 4:1 H, 1:0 A.

BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +7-0.

COMEBACKS:                                   +2-1.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): +14= 0- 1.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Maccabee Yaffa. 3:1 H, 5:1 A.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Tel-Aviv. 2:2 A, 1:3 H.


THE COACH:
  Giora Spiegel.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Andrei Bal, Avraham Abukarat.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Jaroslav Kintus (Slovakia).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Roman Pets (Ukraine), Alon Mizrahi.

FOREIGNERS:
  Jaroslav Kintus , defender  , Slovakia.
  Sergei Kandaurov, midfielder, Russia.
  Edgardo Adinolfi, midfielder, Uruguay.

KEEPERS:
  Rafi Cohen    , 23 games, 24 goals (4 pens) conceded, 2 pens saved.
  Nir Davidovich,  7 games,  7 goals (0 pens) conceded, 1 pen  saved.

SCORERS:
  Haim Revivo                    - 26
      (The Best Israeli scorer).
  Offer Shitrit                  - 15.
  Sergei Kandaurov               - 11 (4 pens).
  Alon Hazan                     -  6.
  Ronnie Levi, Eyal Berkovich,
  Alon Mizrahi, Moshe Glam       -  3.
  Haim Silbas, Jaroslav Kintus,
  Edgardo Adinolfi, Alon Harazi  -  1.
  Alon Harazi                    - -1 (own goal).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):  
* Haim Revivo            MID        8      3    8    8
* Eyal Berkovich         MID        8      1    5    5
* Avishai Zhano          DEF        4      0    1    4
* Ronnie Levi            MID        3      0    1    3
* Moshe Glam             DEF        3      0    1    3
* Offer Shitrit          FRW        2      0    1    2
* Alon Harazi            DEF        2      0    1    2
* Alon Hazan             MID        1      1    1    1
* Haim Silbas            MID        1      0    1    1
* Alon Mizrahi           FRW        1      0    1    1
* Nir Davidovich         GK         1      0    1    0
* Sergei Kandaurov       MID        1      0    0    1
* Jaroslav Kintus        DEF        1      0    0    1
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  13 players                       36      5   22   32


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 5):
  Sergei Kandaurov (Russia), Alon Harazi, Moshe Glam (2), Ronnie Levi.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Rafi Cohen, Moshe Glam, Alon Harazi, Avishai Zhano,
  Eyal Berkovich, Ronnie Levi, Alon Hazan, Haim Revivo  - Israel , National.
* Haim Silbas, Cobi Ganon                               - Israel , Olympic.
* Edgardo Adinolfi                                      - Uruguay, National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Nes-Tsiona         - 6:4 (Shitrit 4, Berkovich, Revivo).
  1/ 8.  Maccabee Acco      - 2:0 (Kandaurov, Shitrit).
  1/ 4.  Maccabee Shaarayim - 4:1 (Kandaurov 2 (1 pen), Glam, Revivo).
  1/ 2.  Maccabee Tel-Aviv  - 1:2 (Revivo).


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:   6:0 over Hapoel Beit-Shean, A, Week 9 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:      1:3 to Maccabee Tel-Aviv, H, Week 26 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Haim Revivo, 1:0 vs Hapoel Beer-Sheva (3:0), Week 17 (Round 2).
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  A wonderful left-foot volley of Haifa's star diagonally from 15 meters
  to the right low corner of Shaul Smadja, after a great preparation pass
  of Moshe Glam from the left wing.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Haim Revivo, midfielder.

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BEITAR JERUSALEM


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     The UEFA Cup.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - +19= 7- 4, 65-31, 64 pts, Place  3.
  home  - +12= 1- 2, 35-13, 37 pts, Place  3.
  away  - + 7= 6- 2, 30-18, 27 pts, Place  3.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:   + 9= 2- 4.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  19.    HOW ENDED:  +15= 4- 0, 52-16, 49 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:   9.    HOW ENDED:  + 4= 1- 4, 13-15, 13 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         23.    HOW ENDED:  +19= 4- 0, 62-20, 61 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        11.    HOW ENDED:  + 4= 3- 4, 18-20, 15 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 3 times - 2:1 H, 2:2 A.
* 2 times - 3:1 H, 3:0 A, 0:0 A, 3:2 H.
* 1 time  - 2:1 A, 1:1 H, 3:2 A, 1:0 H, 0:1 H, 0:1 A, 4:0 H, 4:0 A, 2:0 H,
             4:1 A, 3:3 A, 3:0 H, 0:4 A, 0:2 H, 6:0 H, 2:0 A.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +7-1.

COMEBACKS:                                   +5-0.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): +13= 0- 2.

THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Beitar Tel-Aviv. 4:0 A, 3:1 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Haifa. 2:2 A, 0:2 H.


THE COACH:
  Eli Cohen.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Avraham Levi, Moshe Dadash.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Istvan Pisont (Hungary).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Yaron Drori, Laszlo Czeh (Hungary).

FOREIGNERS:
  Sergei Tretyak, defender, Ukraine.
  Istvan Pisont , midfielder, Hungary.
  Istvan Salloi , midfielder, Hungary.

KEEPERS:
  Itzhak Korenfein, 30 games, 31 goals (2 pens) conceded, 4 pens saved.
  Shlomi Maman    , didn't play.

SCORERS:
  Istvan Salloi               - 14 (1 pen ), 1 pen  missed.
  Eli Ohana                   - 13,          1 pen  missed.
  Ronen Harazi                - 13 (3 pens).
  Istvan Pisont               -  6.
  OWN GOALS                   -  4.
  David Amsalem               -  3,          1 pen  missed.
  Shmuel Levi, Ehud Kahila,
  Laszlo Czeh, Arik Benado,
  Sahar Saado, Yossi Abuksis  -  2.
  Arik Benado                 - -1 (own goal).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Eli Ohana              FRW       11      0    3   11
* Istvan Salloi          MID        6      1    5    6
* David Amsalem          DEF        5      1    1    5
* Arik Benado            DEF        5      0    2    5
* Yossi Abuksis          MID        4      1    2    4
* Itzhak Korenfein       GK         4      0    2    4
* Shmuel Levi            DEF        4      0    0    4
* Ronen Harazi           FRW        3      0    2    3
* Laszlo Czeh            MID        2      1    2    2
* Istvan Pisont          MID        1      1    1    1
* Ehud Kahila            DEF        1      0    1    1
* Sergei Tretyak         DEF        1      0    0    1
* Eitan Mizrahi          MID        1      0    0    1
* Ilan Elharar           DEF        1      0    0    1
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  14 players                       49      5   21   49


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 6):
  Shmuel Levi, David Amsalem, Ilan Elharar,
  Ehud Kahila, Raanan Deri, Eli Ohana.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Ronen Harazi, Arik Benado, David Amsalem  - Israel , National.
* Raanan Deri, Sahar Saado                  - Israel , Olympic.
* Istvan Salloi, Istvan Pisont              - Hungary, National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Tsairei Yaffa     - 6:1 (Pisont 4 (1 pen), Ohana 2).
  1/ 8.  Maccabee Herzliya - 2:1 AET (Salloi (pen), Pisont).
  1/ 4.  Maccabee Tel-Aviv - 0:1.


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  6:0 over Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa, H, Week 25 (Round 2).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:4 to Hapoel Tel-Aviv, A, Week 22 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOALS:
  Ronen Harazi, 3:1 vs Beitar Tel-Aviv (3:1), Week 28 (Round 2).
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  The fabulous forward registered a great move, rushing to the ball of Noam
  Elbaum, rising up in the air, throwing both of his legs up, and shooting a
  both powerful and clever right-foot volley under the bar of Sagi Strauss.

  David Amsalem, 1:0 vs Maccabee Tel-Aviv (2:0), Week 14 (Round 1).
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  A combination of Pisont - Ohana - Amsalem found the latter in the box,
  and he shot a great flat volley diagonally to the left corner of Uvarov.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Eli Ohana, forward.

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HAPOEL HAIFA


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     The Intertoto Cup.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - +19= 7- 4, 66-33, 64 pts, Place  4.
  home  - +12= 3- 0, 37-14, 39 pts, Place  1.
  away  - + 7= 4- 4, 29-19, 25 pts, Place  5.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:     +10= 0- 2.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  24.    HOW ENDED:  +17= 5- 2, 54-22, 56 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:   6.    HOW ENDED:  + 2= 2- 2, 11-11,  8 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         26.    HOW ENDED:  +19= 5- 2, 62-26, 62 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:         7.    HOW ENDED:  + 2= 3- 2, 13-13,  9 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 3 times - 2:1 H.
* 2 times - 1:2 A, 3:0 A, 3:3 A, 2:0 H, 1:0 A, 1:1 H.
* 1 time  - 3:1 H, 3:0 H, 2:0 A, 4:0 H, 1:0 H, 4:1 A, 3:3 H, 1:1 A, 0:1 A,
             4:2 H, 3:2 H, 2:2 A, 0:2 A, 4:1 H, 4:2 A.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +6-0.

COMEBACKS:                                   +2-2.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): +13= 0- 2.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:     Hapoel Kefar-Saba. 2:0 H, 3:0 A.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:   Beitar Jerusalem. 1:2 A, 3:3 H.


THE COACH:
  Avraham Grant.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Avi Kaufman, Ephraim Gabai.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Nir Sokher, Marian Paneh (Romania), Assif Ben-Ishai.

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Oren Flash, Hisham Zoabi, George Weber (Hungary).

FOREIGNERS:
  Zoltan Veg          , keeper    , Hungary.
  Vyacheslav Sukristov, defender  , Lithuania.  [More than 5 years in Israel]
  Demir Lajec         , defender  , Croatia.
  Marian Paneh        , midfielder, Romania.

KEEPERS:
  Zoltan Veg (Hungary), 30 games, 33 goals (1 pen ) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  Rami Maimon         , didn't play.

SCORERS:
  Reuven Attar                - 21 (6 pens), 1 pen  missed.
  Amir Turgeman               - 13.
  Tal Banin                   -  7.
  Ran Ben-Shimon              -  6.
  Offer Talker, Demir Lajec   -  4.
  Dani Niron, Alon Halfon,
  Vyacheslav Sukristov        -  2.
  Felix Halfon                -  2,          1 pen  missed.
  Liron Basis, Nir Sokher,
  Eyal Amar                   -  1.
  Ran Ben-Shimon              - -1 (own goal).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Reuven Attar           MID        8      3    7    8
* Tal Banin              DEF        8      1    5    7
* Felix Halfon           DEF        7      0    3    7
* Demir Lajec            DEF        6      0    2    6
* Zoltan Veg             GK         2      0    1    2
* Amir Turgeman          FRW        2      0    1    1
* Alon Halfon            DEF        2      0    0    2
* George Weber           MID        1      0    1    1
* Offer Talker           DEF        1      0    1    1
* Marian Paneh           MID        1      0    1    1
* Assif Ben-Ishai        MID        1      0    0    1
* Ran Ben-Shimon         MID        1      0    0    1
* Nimrod Rozales         MID        1      0    0    1
* Vyacheslav Sukristov   MID        1      0    0    1
* Liron Basis            FRW        1      0    0    1
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  15 players                       43      4   22   41


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 6):
  Nir Sokher (2), Vyacheslav Sukristov (Lithuania),
  Ran Ben-Shimon, Alon Halfon, Demir Lajec (Croatia).

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Reuven Attar, Tal Banin,
  Felix Halfon, Amir Turgeman  - Israel   , National.
* Liron Basis, Alon Halfon,
  Offer Talker                 - Israel   , Olympic.
* Zoltan Veg                   - Hungary  , National.
* Vyacheslav Sukristov         - Lithuania, National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Hapoel Bat-Yam    - 2:1 (Attar (pen), Turgeman).
  1/ 8.  Maccabee Tel-Aviv - 0:1.


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  4:0 over Maccabee Yaffa, H, Week 9 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:2 to Maccabee Haifa, A, Week 28 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOALS:
  Tal Banin, 4:2 vs Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv (4:2), Week 20 (Round 2).
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  A fantastic shot without stopping, from 35 meters with his left under
  the right crossbar. "The Goal Of The Season".

  Reuven Attar, 1:0 vs Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv (3:3), Week 5 (Round 1).
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  Just 4 touches - one to throw the ball over Moti Sason, one to reach
  it before Nir Shitrit, one to put it on the knee and the last to shoot
  a scissors kick to the net. And the ball didn't touch the ground in
  between. A fantastic effort.

  Offer Talker, 2:2 vs Mcb. Herzliya (2:2), Week 26 (Round 2).
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  A fantastic header after performing a corner kick, from 12 meters,
  from the height of virtually zero (!) to the right high corner (!)
  of Shuli Gilardi.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Reuven Attar, midfielder.

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HAPOEL TEL-AVIV


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:   The Intertoto Cup.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - +16= 6- 8, 47-28, 54 pts, Place  5.
  home  - + 9= 3- 3, 26-14, 30 pts, Place  5.
  away  - + 7= 3- 5, 21-14, 24 pts, Place  6.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:   + 12= 4- 3.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  17.    HOW ENDED:  +15= 2- 0, 37- 7, 47 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:   9.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 0- 8, 10-21,  3 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         19.    HOW ENDED:  +16= 2- 1, 42-12, 50 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        10.    HOW ENDED:  + 2= 0- 8, 13-23,  6 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 3 times - 1:0 A, 1:0 H, 0:0 H.
* 2 times - 2:0 A, 1:1 A, 0:1 A.
* 1 time  - 3:2 H, 2:1 H, 1:3 H, 2:3 A, 3:4 A, 1:2 A, 0:2 H, 2:1 A, 1:4 H,
             4:0 H, 4:0 A, 5:0 H, 0:0 A, 3:0 H, 4:2 H.

BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +4-1.

COMEBACKS:                                   +2-1.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): +11= 0- 4.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv. 2:1 A, 3:0 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Hapoel Haifa. 1:4 H, 1:2 A.


THE COACH:
  Moshe Sinai.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Yaacov Cohen-Tsedek.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Moti Fleeter, Shalom Tikwa, Sergei Pogodin (Russia).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Ronen Gabai, Yaacov Schwartz, Demian Lukashik (Poland).

FOREIGNERS:
  Jaroslav Baku    , keeper    , Poland.
  Sergei Pogodin   , midfielder, Russia.
  Krasimierz Muskal, midfielder, Poland.

KEEPERS:
  Jar. Baku (Poland), 29.5 games, 28 goals (2 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  Liron Lichterman  ,  0.5 games,  0 goals (0 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Nissim Avitan                     - 12.
  Yossi Madar                       -  8 (1 pen ), 1 pen  missed.
  Krasimierz Muskal, Sagiv Eliyahu  -  6.
  Alon Offir                        -  4.
  Shalom Tikwa                      -  3.
  Sergei Pogodin                    -  3 (1 pen ).
  Tomer Eliyahu, Eyal Ben-Ami,
  Cobi Hadadi, Sharon Mimer,
  OWN GOALS                         -  1.
  Sharon Mimer, Moti Fleeter        - -1 (own goals).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Yossi Madar            MID        4      1    3    2
* Sergei Pogodin         MID        4      0    3    2
* Guy Sharabi            DEF        4      0    2    2
* Jaroslav Baku          GK         3      0    3    2
* Shalom Tikwa           MID        3      0    2    3
* Nissim Avitan          FRW        2      0    2    2
* Avi Azulai             DEF        2      0    1    1
* Krasimierz Muskal      MID        1      1    1    1
* Alon Offir             MID        1      0    1    1
* Sagiv Eliyahu          FRW        1      0    1    1
* Yossi Ballas           DEF        1      0    1    1
* Moti Fleeter           DEF        1      0    1    0
* Tomer Eliyahu          DEF        1      0    0    1
* Sharon Mimer           DEF        1      0    0    1
* Cobi Hadadi            DEF        1      0    0    1
* Eyal Cohen             DEF        1      0    0    1
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  16 players                       31      2   21   22
 

SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 5):
  Ronen Gabai, Krasimierz Muskal (Poland),
  Alon Offir, Sagiv Eliyahu, Moti Fleeter.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Eyal Ben-Ami, Alon Offir  - Israel, Olympic.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Maccabee Acco - 3:4 AET (Mimer, Madar, Offir).


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  5:0 over Hapoel Kefar-Saba, H, Week 28 (Round 2).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     1:4 to Hapoel Haifa, H, Week 12 (Round 1).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Alon Offir, 1:1 vs Hapoel Rishon le-Zion (2:1), Week 3 (Round 1).
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  A mighty curved volley shot to the right low corner of Shavit Elimelekh,
  from 18 meters. A great effort.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Jaroslav Baku (Poland), keeper.

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MACCABEE PETAKH-TIKWA


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - +13=10- 7, 43-37, 49 pts, Place  6.
  home  - + 6= 5- 4, 19-19, 23 pts, Place  7.
  away  - + 7= 5- 3, 24-18, 26 pts, Place  4.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:     + 5= 5- 5.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  11.    HOW ENDED:  + 8= 2- 1, 26-11, 26 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  14.    HOW ENDED:  + 5= 3- 6, 17-26, 18 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         16.    HOW ENDED:  +13= 2- 1, 38-16, 41 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        15.    HOW ENDED:  + 5= 3- 7, 18-28, 18 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 3 times - 0:0 H, 2:1 H.
* 2 times - 3:1 H, 4:1 A, 1:0 A, 0:0 A, 1:1 A.
* 1 time  - 4:4 A, 1:3 A, 0:4 A, 0:3 H, 3:0 A, 2:0 A, 1:2 H, 2:2 H, 1:1 H,
             3:0 H, 0:2 A, 0:2 H, 2:1 A, 0:4 H.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +4-3.

COMEBACKS:                                   +5-1.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 9= 0- 6.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv. 4:1 A, 3:1 H. 

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Hapoel Tel-Aviv. 0:0 A, 0:4 H.


THE COACH:
  Avraham Marchinsky.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Offer Fabian.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Roman Filipchuk (Ukraine), Ohad Cohen, Uzi Ohayon, Nissim Ben-David,
  Leo Liberman (Argentina), Avraham Marchinsky (coach).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Shlomi Maman, David Perets, Alexander Gaiduk (Ukraine),
  Menashe Nuriel (coach).

FOREIGNERS:
  Morad Magamedov, defender  , Azerbaijan.
  Leo Liberman   , midfielder, Argentina.
  Roman Filipchuk, forward   , Ukraine.              

KEEPERS:
  Golan Malul, 28 games, 34 goals (5 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  Ohad Cohen ,  2 games,  2 goals (0 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Roman Filipchuk                     - 15 (3 pens).
  Najouan Grayib                      - 10 (1 pen ), 1 pen  missed.
  Guy Itzhak                          -  4.
  Tal Bnaya                           -  3.
  Alexander Gaiduk, Nissim Ben-David  -  2.
  Eyal Beglyabter                     -  2,         1 pen  missed.
  Yossi Shoshani, Leo Liberman,
  Moshe Suramelo, Sharon Tsofin       -  1.
  Noam Keisi                          -  1,         1 pen  missed.
  Sharon Tsofin                       - -1 (own goal).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Najouan Grayib         FRW        5      0    4    3
* Roman Filipchuk        FRW        4      1    3    4
* Eyal Beglyabter        MID        3      0    3    3
* Morad Abu-Kishak       DEF        3      0    1    3
* Golan Malul            GK         2      0    2    1
* Raz Rabinovich         DEF        2      0    0    2
* Yossi Shoshani         MID        1      0    1    1
* Tal Bnaya              MID        1      0    1    0
* Guy Itzhak             MID        1      0    1    0
* Sharon Tsofin          DEF        1      0    0    1
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  10 players                       23      1   16   18


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 5):
  Morad Magamedov (Azerbaijan) (2), Uzi Ohayon, Tal Bnaya, Raz Rabinovich.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS: 
* Golan Malul     - Israel, National.
* Najouan Grayib  - Israel, Olympic.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Hapoel Ashdod        - 3:2 (Bnaya, Shoshani).
  1/ 8.  Hapoel Kiryat-Shmona - 1:0 (Filipchuk).
  1/ 4.  Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv - 1:3 (Filipchuk (pen)).


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  4:1 over Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv, A, Week  7 (Round 1).
                               Maccabee Herzliya   , A, Week 28 (Round 2).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:4 to Hapoel Tel-Aviv, H, Week 29 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOALS:
  Eyal Beglyabter, 1:0 vs Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv (4:1), Week 7 (Round 1).
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  A clever bounce over Bonnie Ginzburg from 44 meters (!).

  Najouan Grayib, 1:0 vs Hapoel Beer-Sheva (1:0), Week 12 (Round 1).
  ------------------------------------------------------------------
  A fantastic right-foot side scissors kick from 7 meters from inside the
  crowd, leaving no chance to the keeper.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Roman Filipchuk (Ukraine), forward.

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MACCABEE HERZLIYA


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - +10= 6-14, 33-37, 36 pts, Place  7.
  home  - + 7= 4- 4, 22-17, 25 pts, Place  6.
  away  - + 3= 2-10, 11-20, 11 pts, Place 11.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:     + 6= 1- 8.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  13.    HOW ENDED:  + 8= 3- 2, 22-10, 27 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  16.    HOW ENDED:  + 2= 2-12, 11-27,  8 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         17.    HOW ENDED:  +10= 4- 3, 30-17, 34 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        18.    HOW ENDED:  + 2= 2-14, 14-32,  8 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 5 times - 0:1 A.
* 3 times - 1:0 H, 1:1 H.
* 2 times - 2:1 A, 3:0 H, 1:2 A.
* 1 time  - 0:2 H, 0:2 A, 0:1 H, 0:0 A, 2:3 H, 3:2 H, 1:1 A, 2:0 A, 2:0 H,
             0:3 A, 2:3 A, 2:2 H, 1:4 H.

BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +2-2.

COMEBACKS:                                   +2-3.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 6= 2- 7.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:     Hapoel Beit-Shean. 2:1 A, 3:0 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:   Beitar Jerusalem. 2:3 H, 0:3 A.


THE COACH:
  Gili Landau.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Ronnie Gaon, Lior Rosenthal.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Oleg Naduda (Russia), Tomer Azulai, Gili Landau (coach).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Alon Elmakeis, Moshe Amsalem, Beni Itzhakov, Claudio Kahimi (Argentina),
  Yuval Ohana, Roman Filipchuk (Ukraine), Elisha Levi (coach).

FOREIGNERS:
  Alexander Taikov, defender  , Russia.
  Vassili Ivanov  , midfielder, Russia.
  Oleg Naduda     , midfielder, Russia.

KEEPERS:
  Shuli Gilardi, 29 games, 36 goals (2 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  Yehuda Boaron,  1 game ,  1 goal  (0 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Offer Mizrahi                  - 10 (3 pens).
  Oleg Naduda                    -  5.
  Yaniv Cohen, Yair Simhon       -  3.
  Ilan Bakhar, Alex Barmecher,
  Nissim Cohen                   -  2.
  Shlomi Ben-Hemo, Guy Gat,
  Israel Cohen, Vassili Ivanov,
  Alexander Taikov, OWN GOALS    -  1.
  Claudio Kahimi                 -  0,          1 pen  missed.


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Nissim Cohen           MID        5      0    3    4
* Vassili Ivanov         MID        3      0    2    2
* Tomer Azulai           DEF        3      0    2    1
* Alexander Taikov       DEF        3      0    1    2
* Shuli Gilardi          GK         2      1    1    2
* Offer Mizrahi          FRW        2      0    2    1
* Yaniv Cohen            MID        1      0    1    0
* Oleg Naduda            MID        1      0    1    0
* Israel Cohen           DEF        1      0    1    0
* Guy Gat                DEF        1      0    0    1
* Eran Cohen             DEF        1      0    0    1
* Yair Simhon            MID        1      0    0    1
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  12 players                       24      1   14   15


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 6):
  Guy Gat (2), Offer Mizrahi, Tomer Azulai,
  Oleg Naduda (Russia), Vassili Ivanov (Russia).

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Offer Mizrahi  - Israel, National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Maccabee Netanya - 3:1 (Simhon, N. Cohen, Bakhar).
  1/ 8.  Beitar Jerusalem - 1:2 AET (Naduda).


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  3:0 over Beitar Tel-Aviv  , H, Week  8 (Round 1).
                               Hapoel Beit-Shean, H, Week 22 (Round 2).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:3 to Beitar Jerusalem, A, Week 21 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Oleg Naduda, 2:1 vs Hapoel Haifa (2:2), Week 26 (Round 2).
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  A bright shot while running, from 15 meters straight under the right
  crossbar of Zoltan Veg.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Nissim Cohen, midfielder.

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HAPOEL PETAKH-TIKWA


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 7=15- 8, 31-40, 36 pts, Place  8.
  home  - + 4= 8- 3, 21-19, 20 pts, Place  8.
  away  - + 3= 7- 5, 10-21, 16 pts, Place  7.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:   + 5= 7- 3.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:   8.    HOW ENDED:  + 6= 2- 0, 13- 3, 20 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  15.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 6- 8, 18-37,  9 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:          9.    HOW ENDED:  + 7= 2- 0, 16- 4, 23 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        15.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 6- 8, 18-37,  9 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 4 times - 0:0 A.
* 3 times - 0:0 H, 1:1 A, 1:1 H.
* 2 times - 3:1 H, 2:0 A.
* 1 time  - 1:3 A, 3:3 H, 2:0 H, 2:2 H, 0:3 A, 2:3 H, 1:0 A, 0:2 A, 1:4 A,
             0:6 A, 1:0 A, 0:2 H, 2:4 H.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +0-3.

COMEBACKS:                                   +1-0.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 6= 1- 8.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Hapoel Tsafririm Holon. 2:0 A, 1:0 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Tel-Aviv. 0:3 A, 0:2 H.


THE COACH:
  Guy Levi.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Eli Mahpoud.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Israel Cohen, Mark Adousi (Ghana).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Jaroslav Jaroskevic (Poland), Nir Arbiv, Yossi Levi.

FOREIGNERS:
  Mark Adousi   , midfielder, Ghana.
  Tomacz Czibola, midfielder, Poland.

KEEPERS:
  Shai Hess , 29 games, 39 goals (2 pens) conceded, 3 pens saved.
  Eddie Fuks,  1 game ,  1 goal  (0 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Moti Kakun                   - 10 (2 pens), 1 pen  missed.
  Manor Hassan                 -  4.
  Avi Fletcher, Adoram Keisi,
  Alon Maya, Eli Abrabanel,
  Tomacz Czibola               -  3.
  Oren Gabai, OWN GOALS        -  1.
  Offir Koppel                 -  0,          1 pen  missed.


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Tomacz Czibola         MID        3      0    2    1
* Moti Kakun             FRW        2      0    2    1
* Shai Hess              GK         2      0    2    1
* Walid Badir            DEF        2      0    1    1
* Adoram Keisi           DEF        2      0    1    1
* Ilan Boaron            DEF        2      0    0    2
* Offir Koppel           MID        1      1    1    1
* Manor Hassan           MID        1      0    1    1
* Beni Kozoshvili        DEF        1      0    1    0
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   9 players                       16      1   11    9


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 5):
  Israel Cohen, Yoav Hershko, Eli Abrabanel, Manor Hassan, Adoram Keisi.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Offir Koppel, Shai Hess, Alon Maya,
  Eli Abrabanel, Manor Hassan          - Israel, Olympic.


THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Maccabee Shaarayim  - 0:0 AET, 4:5 pens. 


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  2:0 over Hap. Tsafririm Holon, A, Week  8 (Round 1).
                      2:0 over Hap. Beit-Shean     , A, Week 11 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:6 to Beitar Jerusalem, A, Week 25 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Avi Fletcher, 1:1 vs Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv (2:3), Week 14 (Round 1).
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  A wonderful free kick from 25 meters, a bomb to the right low corner of a
  helpless Bonnie Ginzburg.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Tomacz Czibola (Poland), midfielder.

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HAPOEL RISHON LE-ZION


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     The Cup Winners' Cup.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 8= 7-15, 25-40, 31 pts, Place  9.
  home  - + 4= 4- 7, 13-19, 16 pts, Place 13.
  away  - + 4= 3- 8, 12-21, 15 pts, Place  8.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:     + 4= 1-11.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  11.    HOW ENDED:  + 8= 2- 1, 17- 8, 26 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  18.    HOW ENDED:  + 0= 4-14,  8-32,  4 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         11.    HOW ENDED:  + 8= 2- 1, 17- 8, 26 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        19.    HOW ENDED:  + 0= 4-15,  9-34,  4 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 3 times - 0:2 A, 0:2 H, 2:1 A, 1:1 A.
* 2 times - 0:1 A, 1:2 H, 1:2 A, 1:1 H, 2:0 H.
* 1 time  - 2:2 H, 1:0 A, 1:0 H, 2:1 H, 0:1 H, 0:3 H, 0:3 A, 0:0 A.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +0-2.

COMEBACKS:                                   +0-1.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 3= 2-10.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Maccabee Yaffa. 1:0 H, 2:1 A.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Haifa. 0:2 A, 0:3 H.


THE COACH:
  Viko Hadad.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Ezer Cohen, Ronnie Levi.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Viko Hadad (coach), Dudu Elkaslassi, Vladimir Greshnev (Russia).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Vitaliy Shevchenko (Ukraine, coach), Victor Genish, Dudu Heffer,
  Meni Bason, Yossi Gordana, Vyacheslav Melnikov (Russia).

FOREIGNERS:
  Oleg Molokov     , defender  , Russia.
  Vladimir Greshnev, midfielder, Russia. 
  Oleg Koshlyuk    , midfielder, Ukraine.

KEEPERS:
  Shavit Elimelekh, 28 games, 36 goals (2 pens) conceded, 2 pens saved.
  Rubi Avissar    ,  2 games,  4 goals (0 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Nir Shikwa                              -  5.
  Meir Azran                              -  4 (2 pens).
  Oleg Koshlyuk                           -  3.
  Yossi Gordana                           -  3,          1 pen  missed.
  Vladimir Greshnev                       -  2 (1 pen ).
  Moshe Sebeg, Assaf Dagai, Dani Albert,
  Dudu Elkaslassi, Nissan Capeta,
  Dudu Heffer, Vyacheslav Melnikov        -  1.
  Shavit Elimelekh                        -  1 (1 pen ).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Oleg Molokov           DEF        3      0    2    1
* Shavit Elimelekh       GK         2      1    2    2
* Assaf Dagai            DEF        2      0    2    1
* Moshe Sebeg            DEF        2      0    2    1
* Dani Albert            DEF        2      0    2    1
* Dudu Heffer            MID        2      0    1    1
* Meir Azran             MID        1      0    1    0
* Vladimir Greshnev      MID        1      0    1    0
* Sharon Martsiano       DEF        1      0    1    0
* Yaron Ben-Dov          DEF        1      0    0    1
* Dudu Elkaslassi        FRW        1      0    0    1
* Assaf Shemesh          DEF        1      0    0    1
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  12 players                       19      1   14   10


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 3):
  Moshe Sebeg, Nir Shikwa, Yaron Ben-Dov.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
  None.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Maccabee Yavne       - 1:0 (Albert).
  1/ 8.  Hapoel Beit-Shean    - 3:0 (Sebeg, Shikwa, Elkaslassi).
  1/ 4.  Beitar Tel-Aviv      - 2:1 AET (Shikwa 2).
  1/ 2.  Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv - 4:1 (Sebeg, Shikwa, Greshnev, Martsiano).
  FINAL. Maccabee Tel-Aviv    - 1:4 (Capeta).


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  2:0 over Bnei-Yehuda T.-A., H, Week  4 (Round 1).
                               Beitar Tel-Aviv  , H, Week 30 (Round 2).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:3 to Maccabee Haifa, H, Week 20 (Round 2). 

THE BEST GOAL:
  Vyacheslav Melnikov, 1:1 vs Maccabee Tel-Aviv (1:2), Week 2 (Round 1).
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  A wonderful personal effort of a talented striker, who passed 3 defenders
  on a tiny square 3 defenders and beat Alexander Uvarov from 10 meters.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Shavit Elimelekh, keeper.

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HAPOEL BEER-SHEVA


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 6=11-13, 32-36, 29 pts, Place 10.
  home  - + 3= 6- 6, 15-13, 15 pts, Place 14.
  away  - + 3= 5- 7, 17-23, 14 pts, Place  9.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:   + 3= 5- 8.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  12.    HOW ENDED:  + 6= 3- 3, 26-13, 21 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  13.    HOW ENDED:  + 0= 3-10,  6-23,  3 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         13.    HOW ENDED:  + 6= 3- 4, 28-16, 21 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        18.    HOW ENDED:  + 0= 5-13, 12-32, 12 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 4 times - 0:1 H, 1:1 A.
* 3 times - 0:0 A.
* 2 times - 2:3 A, 1:1 H, 0:1 A, 0:0 A.
* 1 time  - 2:1 A, 3:1 H, 6:1 A, 1:3 H, 1:0 A, 0:3 A, 1:2 A, 1:2 H, 0:5 A, 4:0 H, 3:0 H.

BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +2-2.

COMEBACKS:                                   +0-4.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 7= 2- 6.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Hapoel Rishon le-Zion. 1:1 A, 3:0 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Tel-Aviv. 1:3 H, 0:5 A.


THE COACH:
  Eli Gutman.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Shalom Shrir, Ephraim Tsvi.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Hisham Zoabi, Sharon Sagron, Zlatko Leikovic (Yugoslavia),
  Vitaliy Shevchenko (Ukraine, coach), Eli Gutman (coach).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Armand Zeiberlinsh (Latvia), Viko Hadad (coach),
  Vitaliy Shevchenko (Ukraine, coach).

FOREIGNERS:
  Andrei Talesnenko, defender  , Ukraine.
  Zlatko Leikovic  , midfielder, Yugoslavia.
  Sergei Gusev     , forward   , Ukraine.

KEEPERS:
  Shaul Smadja, 28.5 games, 35 goals (4 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  Avi Perets  ,  1.5 games,  1 goal  (0 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Sergei Gusev                      -  6.
  Hisham Zoabi                      -  5.
  OWN GOALS                         -  3.
  Barukh David, Stav Elimelekh,
  Zlatko Leikovic, Sharon Avitan,
  Armand Zeiberlinsh, Oren Sagron,
  Amir Avigdor                      -  2.
  Rami Eliyahu, Gadi Hazut,
  Sharon Sagron, Alon Riff          -  1.


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Shaul Smadja           GK         5      0    5    4
* Alon Riff              MID        2      0    1    2
* Armand Zeiberlinsh     MID        2      0    1    1
* Shimon Biton           DEF        2      0    1    1
* Stav Elimelekh         MID        2      0    0    2
* Gadi Hazut             MID        1      1    1    1
* Sergei Gusev           FRW        1      0    1    1
* Hisham Zoabi           FRW        1      0    1    1
* Shlomo Iluz            DEF        1      0    1    0
* Zlatco Leikovic        MID        1      0    1    0
* Ido Admon              MID        1      0    0    1
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  11 players                       19      1   13   14


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 3):
  Armand Zeiberlinsh (Latvia), Oren Sagron, Zlatko Leikovic (Yugoslavia).

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Armand Zeiberinsh  - Latvia, National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Hapoel Kiryat-Shmona - 1:2 (Elimelekh).


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  6:1 over Beitar Tel-Aviv, A, Week 7 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:5 to Maccabee Tel-Aviv, A, Week 23 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Gadi Hazut, 2:0 vs Beitar Tel-Aviv (6:1), Week 7 (Round 1).
  -----------------------------------------------------------
  A bright shot from 27 meters under the left crossbar of Sagi Strauss
  was simply unstoppable and very spectacular.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Shaul Smadja, keeper.

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BNEI-YEHUDA TEL-AVIV


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 7= 7-16, 46-65, 28 pts, Place 11.
  home  - + 4= 6- 5, 26-31, 18 pts, Place 10.
  away  - + 3= 1-11, 20-34, 10 pts, Place 12.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:     + 2= 0- 6.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  15.    HOW ENDED:  + 6= 3- 6, 31-34, 21 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  15.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 4-10, 15-31,  7 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         16.    HOW ENDED:  + 7= 3- 6, 34-36, 24 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        22.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 5-16, 26-57,  8 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 3 times - 1:1 H.
* 2 times - 2:2 H, 0:2 A, 1:4 H, 0:1 A, 3:2 H.
* 1 time  - 1:2 A, 1:4 A, 3:3 H, 1:0 A, 1:0 H, 1:2 H, 6:1 A, 2:3 H, 1:1 A,
             1:3 A, 4:1 H, 2:4 A, 0:3 A, 0:3 H, 2:5 A, 3:2 A, 2:3 A.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +2-6.

COMEBACKS:                                   +1-6.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 4= 0-11.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Hapoel Kefar-Saba. 1:0 A, 4:1 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Haifa. 0:2 A, 0:3 H.


THE COACH:
  Yaacov Grondman.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Rami Levi.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Moshe Amsalem, Joseph Doro (Hungary), Alon Mizrahi,
  Igor Shkvyrin (Uzbekistan).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Netsakh Masoubi, Igor Zhabchenko (Ukraine), Roi Hadad,
  Sergei Gerasimets (Belarus).

FOREIGNERS:
  Joseph Doro   , midfielder, Hungary.
  Vassili Moukan, midfielder, Ukraine.
  Igor Shkvyrin , forward   , Uzbekistan.

KEEPERS:
  Bonnie Ginzburg, 25.5 games, 55 goals (7 pens) conceded, 3 pens saved.
  Guy Nakhshon   ,  4.5 games, 10 goals (1 pen ) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Alon Mizrahi                 - 13 (2 pens).
  Nir Sevilla                  -  8.
  Sahar Mizrahi                -  6 (1 pen ).
  Igor Shkvyrin                -  5.
  Vassili Moukan, Offer Levi,
  OWN GOALS                    -  3.
  Bentsi Rosenfeld             -  2.
  Hanokh Mararo, Nir Shitrit,
  Itzhak Levi                  -  1.
  Itzhak Levi, Nir Sevilla     - -1 (own goals).
  Moshe Amsalem                - -2 (own goals).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Nir Sevilla            FRW        4      0    4    2
* Alon Mizrahi           FRW        3      2    2    3
* Igor Shkvyrin          FRW        3      0    1    2
* Bonnie Ginzburg        GK         2      0    2    2
* Offer Levi             DEF        2      0    0    2
* Nir Shitrit            DEF        2      0    0    2
* Vassili Moukan         MID        1      0    1    1
* Ronen Adlen            DEF        1      0    0    1
* Moti Sason             DEF        1      0    0    1
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   9 players                       19      2   10   16


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 7):
  Aharon Siton, Itzhak Levi, Offer Levi, Alon Mizrahi, Nir Shitrit,
  Sahar Mizrahi, Sergei Gerasimets (Belarus).

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Bonnie Ginzburg                - Israel    , National.
* Bentsi Rosenfeld, Nir Sevilla  - Israel    , Olympic.
* Igor Shkvyrin                  - Uzbekistan, National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Hapoel Bir-Mahsour    - 5:0 (Sevilla 2, Shitrit,
                                       A. Mizrahi 2 (1 pen)).
  1/ 8.  Hapoel Ramat-Gan      - 2:1 (Mararo, Offer Levi).
  1/ 4.  Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa - 3:1 (OG, A. Mizrahi, Moukan).
  1/ 2.  Hapoel Rishon le-Zion - 1:4 (Doro).


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  6:1 over Beitar Tel-Aviv, A, Week 17 (Round 2).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:3 to Maccabee Haifa, H, Week 27 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Alon Mizrahi, 2:0 vs Hapoel Kefar-Saba (4:1), Week 21 (Round 2).
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  A wonderful combination of 6 one-touch passes, and at the end, a
  mighty shot from 15 meters under the bar.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Alon Mizrahi, forward.

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HAPOEL KEFAR-SABA


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 8= 4-18, 29-53, 28 pts, Place 12.
  home  - + 6= 0- 9, 16-21, 18 pts, Place 11.
  away  - + 2= 4- 9, 13-32, 10 pts, Place 13.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:     + 5= 1- 9.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  11.    HOW ENDED:  + 8= 1- 2, 20- 9, 25 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  18.    HOW ENDED:  + 0= 2-16,  9-44,  2 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         11.    HOW ENDED:  + 8= 1- 2, 20- 9, 25 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        20.    HOW ENDED:  + 0= 2-18, 11-48,  2 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 3 times - 1:2 H, 0:1 H, 1:0 H, 1:3 A.
* 2 times - 0:3 H, 1:1 A.
* 1 time  - 1:4 H, 0:2 A, 2:2 A, 2:1 A, 0:1 A, 3:0 H, 2:1 H, 1:4 A, 2:0 A,
             4:1 H, 0:4 A, 0:5 A, 1:2 A, 0:0 A.

BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +2-6.

COMEBACKS:                                   +0-2.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 3= 1-11.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:     Maccabee Yaffa. 2:1 A, 4:1 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:   Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv. 0:1 H, 1:4 A.


THE COACH:
  Avi Cohen.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Noah Einstein.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Andrei Lazovskiy (Ukraine), Cobi Refua, Eran Prizant,
  Gabor Marton (Hungary), Oren Flash, Avi Cohen (coach).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Valeriy Kurlianchuk (Ukraine), Idan Shum, Eli Yaani (coach).

FOREIGNERS:
  Andrei Lazovskiy, defender, Ukraine.
  Gabor Marton    , defender, Hungary.

KEEPERS:
  Eran Scheinsinger, 25 games, 42 goals (3 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  Ishai Sason      ,  5 games, 11 goals (1 pen ) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Cobi Refua                - 11 (4 pens).
  Moti Eberbaum             -  6,          1 pen  missed.
  Gabor Marton              -  3.
  Guy Messika, Oren Flash,
  Eli Tsuref                -  2.
  Andrei Lazovskiy,
  Nir Yonai, Eran Prizant   -  1.
  Eran Prizant              -  1.
  Eran Prizant              - -1 (own goal).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Andrei Lazovskiy       DEF        4      0    3    4
* Gabor Marton           DEF        3      1    3    3
* Cobi Refua             FRW        2      0    1    2
* Eran Scheinsinger      GK         2      0    1    2
* Tomer Shem-Tov         DEF        2      0    1    1
* Nir Yonai              MID        1      0    1    1
* Eli Tsuref             FRW        1      0    0    1
* Eran Prizant           MID        1      0    0    1
* Guy Messika            DEF        1      0    0    1
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   9 players                       17      1   10   16


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 4):
  Cobi Refua, Eli Tsuref, Idan Shum, Guy Messika.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Eran Scheinsinger, Avi Tikwa  - Israel, Olympic.
* Gabor Marton                  - Hungary, National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Maccabee Ironi Ashdod - 0:1.


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  4:1 over Maccabee Yaffa, H, Week 25 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:5 to Hapoel Tel-Aviv, A, Week 28 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Cobi Refua, 1:0 vs Maccabee Yaffa (4:1), Week 25 (Round 2).
  -----------------------------------------------------------
  A flat volley shot from 15 meters, after a great pass from Gabor
  Marton, to the right low corner of Boris Beloshapka.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Gabor Marton (Hungary), defender.

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HAPOEL TSAFRIRIM HOLON


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 7= 6-17, 32-52, 27 pts, Place 13.
  home  - + 3= 4- 8, 19-29, 13 pts, Place 16.
  away  - + 4= 2- 9, 13-23, 14 pts, Place 10.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:   + 3= 2-11.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:   9.    HOW ENDED:  + 6= 2- 1, 16-11, 20 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  19.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 2-16, 16-41,  5 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         10.    HOW ENDED:  + 7= 2- 1, 21-13, 23 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        20.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 2-17, 18-45,  5 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 4 times - 0:1 A.
* 2 times - 1:2 H, 1:0 A, 0:1 H, 0:2 A, 2:1 A.
* 1 time  - 4:4 H, 2:4 A, 1:2 A, 2:1 H, 0:5 H, 2:3 A, 3:3 H, 0:3 A, 0:0 A,
             1:1 H, 0:3 H, 1:1 A, 2:0 H, 5:2 H, 1:4 A, 0:0 H.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +1-3.

COMEBACKS:                                   +1-1.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 3= 1-11.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Beitar Tel-Aviv. 2:1 A, 2:0 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Tel-Aviv. 0:5 H, 0:1 A.


THE COACH:
  Elisha Levi.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Tubi Malakh, Eli Cohen.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Denecz Eszenyi (Hungary), Roman Pets (Ukraine),
  Elisha Levi (coach), Ran Hafif, Eliezer Spire.

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Mordechai Spiegler (coach), Assaf Tubi, Moti Ivanir, Fabrice Mege (France).

FOREIGNERS:
  Alexander Zhidkov, keeper    , Azerbaijan.
  Roman Pets       , defender  , Ukraine.
  Denecz Eszenyi   , midfielder, Hungary.

KEEPERS:
  Alex. Zhidkov (Azerb.), 28 games, 45 goals (1 pen ) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  Shimon Israel         ,  2 games,  7 goals (1 pen ) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Denecz Eszenyi           -  8 (1 pen ).
  Hezi Shirazi             -  7 (1 pen ), 1 pen  missed.
  Shai Holtzman            -  6 (1 pen ), 1 pen  missed.
  Ran Hafif                -  4 (3 pens).
  Avi Pass                 -  3 (2 pens).
  Assaf Tubi, Dudu Shaar,
  Fabrice Mege, OWN GOALS  -  1.


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Oren Zeituni           DEF        3      0    2    2
* Roman Pets             DEF        2      0    2    2
* Alexander Zhidkov      GK         2      0    2    1
* Haim Goldberg          DEF        2      0    1    2
* Hezi Shirazi           FRW        2      0    0    2
* Assaf Tubi             MID        1      0    1    1
* Denecz Eszenyi         MID        1      0    1    1
* Shai Holtzman          FRW        1      0    1    1
* Ran Hafif              MID        1      0    1    0
* David Pizanti          DEF        1      0    0    1
* Guy Mishal             DEF        1      0    0    1
* Eliezer Spire          DEF        1      0    0    1
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  12 players                       18      0   11   15


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 6):
  Shimon Israel, Yaacov Postacci, Oren Zeituni, Guy Mishal (2), Hezi Shirazi.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Shai Holtzman, Hezi Shirazi                 - Israel    , National.
* Dudu Shaar, Oren Zeituni, Ronen Feigenbaum  - Israel    , Olympic.
* Alexander Zhidkov                           - Azerbaijan, National.
* Denecz Eszenyi                              - Hungary   , National.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16. Shimshon Tel-Aviv - 3:0 AET (Holtzman, Tubi, Shirazi).
  1/ 8. Beitar Tel-Aviv   - 0:0 AET, 4:5 pens.


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  5:2 over Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv, H, Week 28 (Round 2).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:5 to Maccabee Tel-Aviv, H, Week 12 (Round 1).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Ran Hafif, 1:0 vs Beitar Tel-Aviv (2:0), Week 26 (Round 2).
  -----------------------------------------------------------
  A wonderful Brazilian slalom of Hafif after a double pass with
  Hezi Shirazi, the keeper and two defenders left on the ground.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Denecz Eszenyi (Hungary), midfielder.

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HAPOEL BEIT-SHEAN


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 5=11-14, 28-49, 26 pts, Place 14.
  home  - + 5= 5- 5, 16-21, 20 pts, Place  9.
  away  - + 0= 6- 9, 12-28,  6 pts, Place 15.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:     + 2= 2- 7.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:   9.    HOW ENDED:  + 4= 3- 2, 12- 9, 15 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  19.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 6-12, 16-40,  9 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         11.    HOW ENDED:  + 5= 4- 2, 16-12, 19 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        21.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 6-14, 18-44,  9 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 4 times - 1:1 H.
* 3 times - 2:1 H, 1:2 A, 1:1 A.
* 2 times - 0:0 A, 1:3 A, 0:1 H.
* 1 time  - 2:2 H, 2:0 H, 1:2 H, 0:6 H, 0:2 H, 0:4 A, 2:2 A, 2:3 H, 0:1 A,
             0:3 A, 1:0 H, 1:1 A.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +0-3.

COMEBACKS:                                   +1-2.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 4= 0-11.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Hapoel Tel-Aviv. 0:0 A, 1:0 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Herzliya. 1:2 H, 0:3 A.


THE COACH:
  Michael (Lupa) Kadosh.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Elias Levi, Moshe Hazan, Avi Levi.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  David Perets, Michael (Lupa) Kadosh (coach), Yossi Alpiya,
  Vyacheslav Melnikov (Russia), Armand Zeiberlinsh (Latvia).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Danuth Czebonkai (Hungary), Facundo Gareca (Argentina), Eli Gutman (coach).

FOREIGNERS:
  Boris Krimus       , defender  , Moldova.
  Tibor Shallai      , midfielder, Hungary.
  Armand Zeiberlinsh , midfielder, Latvia.
  Vyacheslav Melnikov, forward   , Russia.

KEEPERS:
  Meir Cohen    , 29.5 games, 49 goals (5 pens) conceded, 3 pens saved.
  Sahar Rakhamim,  0.5 games,  0 goals (0 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Nassim Agbariya                        -  7.
  Vyacheslav Melnikov, Hannah Farhoud    -  5.
  Tibor Shallai                          -  3 (3 pens), 2 pens missed.
  David Perets                           -  2.
  Shimon Danan                           -  2,          1 pen  missed.
  Facundo Gareca, Yossi Alpiya,
  Moris Uzan, Eitan Taib                 -  1.
  Dani Malkin, Boris Krimus, Nini Assor  - -1 (own goals).


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Yehuda Amar            DEF        5      0    3    3
* Eitan Taib             DEF        4      1    2    4
* Meir Cohen             GK         4      0    4    2
* Tibor Shallai          MID        3      0    2    2
* Jamil Hader            DEF        3      0    0    3
* Dani Malkin            DEF        2      0    1    2
* Shimon Danan           MID        2      0    1    2
* Nassim Agbariya        FRW        1      0    1    1
* David Perets           DEF        1      0    0    1
* Nini Assor             DEF        1      0    0    1
* Jackie Sourjoun        DEF        1      0    0    1
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  11 players                       27      1   14   22


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 7):
  Boris Krimus (Moldova), Eitan Taib, Dani Malkin (2),
  Shimon Danan, Jamil Hader, Nini Assor.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS: 
  None.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Beitar Beer-Sheva     - 2:1 (Farhoud, Sh. Danan). 
  1/ 8.  Hapoel Rishon le-Zion - 0:3.


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  2:0 over Maccabee Yaffa, H, Week 5 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:6 to Maccabee Haifa, H, Week 9 (Round 1).

THE BEST GOALS:
  Vyacheslav Melnikov, 1:1 vs Maccabee Haifa (1:1), Week 24 (Round 2).
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  A fantastic effort of a real virtuoso, who met the well-performed pass of
  Shimon Danan with a stretched left foot, with his back to the net (!),
  and falling down, bounced the ball over the rushing keeper.

  Eitan Taib, 2:2 vs Beitar Jerusalem (2:2), Week 27 (Round 2).
  -------------------------------------------------------------
  A fantastic shot from 35 meters under the right crossbar of Korenfein,
  bringing Beit-Shean an important point in an injury time.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Yehuda Amar, defender.

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BEITAR TEL-AVIV (relegated)


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:      Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 6= 6-18, 30-63, 24 pts, Place 15. 
  home  - + 4= 3- 8, 16-33, 15 pts, Place 15.
  away  - + 2= 3-10, 14-30,  9 pts, Place 14.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:      + 2= 2-12.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:   6.    HOW ENDED:  + 4= 2- 0, 16- 6, 14 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  22.    HOW ENDED:  + 2= 2-18, 14-57,  8 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:          8.    HOW ENDED:  + 6= 2- 0, 20- 8, 20 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        21.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 2-18, 12-56,  5 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 3 times - 0:2 A.
* 2 times - 0:3 H, 0:1 A, 1:6 H, 0:3 A, 0:2 H, 1:1 H.
* 1 time  - 2:2 A, 4:1 A, 4:0 H, 3:6 A, 1:2 H, 0:0 A, 0:4 H, 1:1 A, 2:0 H,
             1:2 A, 2:1 A, 2:1 H, 1:3 A, 3:2 H, 0:0 H.
 
BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +2-8.

COMEBACKS:                                   +2-0.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 3= 1-11.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Hapoel Kefar-Saba. 4:1 A, 1:1 H.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Tel-Aviv. 0:3 H, 0:2 A.


THE COACH:
  Dov Remler.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Miora Ihiezkel, Yaacov Ben-Nissan.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Victor Mondi (Hungary), Yaron Melika, Czehba Jacob (Hungary),
  Dov Remler (coach).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Michael (Lupa) Kadosh (coach), Shahin Danayev (Azerbaijan).

FOREIGNERS:
  Lubomir Pawek, defender  , Slovakia.
  Victor Mondi , midfielder, Hungary.
  Czehba Jacob , midfielder, Hungary.

KEEPERS:
  Sagi Strauss     , 24   games, 48 goals (4 pens) conceded, 1 pen  saved.
  Menakhem Koretski,  5.5 games, 14 goals (1 pen ) conceded, 0 pens saved.
  Yaron Melika     ,  0.5 games,  1 goal  (1 pen ) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Yaniv Avvargeal                  -  8,          1 pen  missed.
  Ronen Schweig                    -  5.
  Moshe Eisenberg                  -  5 (1 pen ).
  Shlomi Amar, Arik Shriki         -  3.
  OWN GOALS                        -  2.
  Sharon Kattav, Victor Mondi,
  Czehba Jacob, Gonen Botel        -  1.
  Doron Amar, David Hershlikovich  - -1 (own goals). 


THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Yaniv Avvargeal        FRW        4      0    4    4
* Sagi Strauss           GK         3      0    2    3
* Ronen Schweig          MID        3      0    0    3
* Arik Shriki            MID        1      0    1    0
* Moshe Eisenberg        FRW        1      0    0    1
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   5 players                       12      0    7   11


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 2):
  Menakhem Koretski, Moshe Eisenberg.

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
* Sagi Strauss, Yaniv Avvargeal  - Israel, Olympic.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Hapoel Kefar-Shalem    - 2:1 (Amar, Eisenberg)
  1/ 8.  Hapoel Tsafririm Holon - 0:0 AET, 5:4 pens.
  1/ 4.  Hapoel Rishon le-Zion  - 1:2 AET (Shriki).


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  4:0 over Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa, H, Week 5 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     1:6 to Hapoel Beer-Sheva   , H, Week  7 (Round 1).
                             Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv, H, Week 17 (Round 2).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Yaniv Avvargeal, 4:0 vs Hapoel Kefar-Saba (4:1), Week 5 (Round 1).
  ------------------------------------------------------------------
  The forward passed two defenders and bombed it under the bar.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Yaniv Avvargeal, forward.

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MACCABEE YAFFA (relegated)


PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN CUPS IN 1996-97:     Not a participant.

LEAGUE GAMES OF THE LAST YEAR:
  total - + 6= 5-19, 24-53, 23 pts, Place 16.
  home  - + 5= 2- 8, 13-21, 17 pts, Place 12.
  away  - + 1= 3-11, 11-32,  6 pts, Place 16.

DRY (no scoring -, no conceding +, nil draws =) GAMES:     + 5= 3- 8.

GAMES TO SCORE FIRST:  10.    HOW ENDED:  + 5= 1- 4, 10-11, 16 pts.
GAMES TO  LET  FIRST:  17.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 1-15, 14-42,  4 pts.
GAMES TO LEAD:         11.    HOW ENDED:  + 6= 1- 4, 14-13, 19 pts.
GAMES TO TRAIL:        21.    HOW ENDED:  + 1= 1-19, 18-52,  4 pts.

THE RESULTS ACHIEVED (H home, A away):
* 4 times - 1:0 H.
* 3 times - 1:2 H.
* 2 times - 1:3 A, 1:2 A, 0:1 H, 0:0 A.
* 1 time  - 4:2 H, 0:3 H, 0:2 A, 0:3 A, 0:4 A, 0:1 A, 2:3 H, 1:1 H, 1:5 A,
             1:0 A, 0:0 H, 0:2 H, 1:1 A, 1:4 A, 2:4 A.


BIG WINS (3 goals and more of difference):   +0-4.

COMEBACKS:                                   +1-4.

"PRIVATE" BALANCE (according to the laws of ECs,
                   by home and away games, etc.): + 4= 0-11.


THE MOST COMFORTABLE TEAM:    Hapoel Tsafririm Holon. 4:2 H, 1:0 A.

THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE TEAM:  Maccabee Haifa. 1:3 A, 1:5 H.


THE COACH:
  Shlomo Elcolumbara.

THE TRAINERS' STAFF:
  Itzhak Danieloff.

JOINED DURING THE SEASON:
  Avi Pitusi, Yuriy Moroz (Ukraine), Yaron Drori, Roman Hmel (Ukraine),
  Yuval Ohana, Nissim Bakhar (coach), David Schweizer (2nd coach).

LEFT DURING THE SEASON:
  Nissim Bakhar (coach), Marius Koras (Poland).
 
FOREIGNERS:
  Boris Beloshapka, keeper  , Belarus.
  Yuriy Moroz     , defender, Ukraine.
  Roman Hmel      , forward , Ukraine.

KEEPERS:
  B. Beloshapka (Ukr.), 29 games, 51 goals (5 pens) conceded, 2 pens saved.
  David Parhi         ,  1 game ,  2 goals (0 pens) conceded, 0 pens saved.

SCORERS:
  Avivi Zohar               -  5 (3 pens).
  Itzhak Swissa             -  3.
  Yaron Drori               -  3 (2 pens).
  Yuriy Moroz, Roman Hmel,
  Offer Reuven, OWN GOALS   -  2.
  Yuval Ohana, Avi Pitusi,
  Mahamid Nidal, Dan Levi,
  Tamir Netser              -  1.
  Yuriy Moroz               - -1 (own goal).



THE BEST PLAYERS (4 numbers are - "The Best Weeks", "The Best Of The 
                  Week", "The Best On The Pitch", in "The 11 Of The Week"):
* Offer Reuven           FRW        2      1    2    1
* Avi Pitusi             DEF        2      0    2    1
* Yuriy Moroz            DEF        1      0    1    1
* Marius Koras           DEF        1      0    1    1
* Tamir Netser           DEF        1      0    0    1
* Boris Beloshapka       GK         1      0    0    1
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   6 players                        8      1    6    6


SENT OFF THIS YEAR ( 7):
  Ilan Madar, Yossi Bilu, Tamir Netser, Itzhak Swissa,
  Gal Hershlikovich, Avi Pitusi, Yuriy Moroz (Ukraine).

ACTIVE PLAYERS IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
  None.

THE CUP ROAD:
  1/16.  Hapoel Ramat-Gan  - 0:1.


THE BIGGEST VICTORY:  4:2 over Hap. Tsafririm Holon, H, Week 2 (Round 1).

THE BIGGEST LOSS:     0:4 to Hapoel Haifa, A, Week 9 (Round 1).

THE BEST GOAL:
  Offer Reuven, 1:0 vs Beitar Tel-Aviv (1:0), Week 6 (Round 1).
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  A wonderful move, in which the forward passed one defender, ran between
  the two others, passed Sagi Strauss and shot from a pretty hard angle to
  an empty net.

THE BEST PLAYER:      Avi Pitusi, defender.

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