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Hapoel Beersheba captures Israeli soccer league championship over Beitar Jerusalem

Next up for Beersheba is its final game of the league season on Saturday night, when it hosts Maccabi Haifa, followed by a State Cup final clash against the same Maccabi Tel Aviv.

MAY 20, 2026|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

Hapoel Beersheba celebrating the championship.

NO MATTER if Hapoel Beersheba or Beitar Jerusalem emerge as the Israeli soccer champion, the final two matches of the season promise to provide plenty of thrills.

Hapoel Tel Aviv loses to Beersheba, Maccabi falls to Beitar in soccer Premier League weekend

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi fell to Beersheba and Beitar over the weekend, leaving the league title race favoring Beersheba as the season nears its final matches.

MAY 18, 2026|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

TIMOTI MUZIE (11) celebrates with his Beitar Jerusalem teammates after scoring the game-winning goal in the crucial 2-1 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Beitar, Beersheba in fierce fight to the finish

Both top teams win, Jerusalem still trails by 2 points in the championship race with just 2 games left.

MAY 17, 2026|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

THE 1-1 draw this week between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba at Teddy Stadium kept the Southern Reds in first place by two points with three matches left.

Despite draw with Hapoel Beersheba, Beitar Jerusalem still in title race

Elsewhere around the league, Hapoel Tel Aviv edged Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-0 thanks to Mor Buskila’s 74th-minute winner, clinching European qualification for next season.

MAY 14, 2026|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

Maccabi Haifa: Israel's beacon of hope amid political, social strife

Why is Maccabi Haifa a beacon of light and civility? The contrast with some other teams is stark – especially Beitar Jerusalem.

OCTOBER 3, 2023BySHLOMO MAITAL

FOR THE second straight season, Maccabi Haifa is eying the Champions League group stage after getting past Sheriff Tiraspol in the second round of qualifying.

This week in Jerusalem: Money time

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

JULY 14, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR

THE 2023 overall municipal budget: A record-breaking NIS 14.4 billion.

Beitar Jerusalem wins Israel State Cup amid raucous fan behavior

President Herzog escorted from Sammy Ofer Stadium amid flare-throwing, on-pitch invasion during Jerusalem’s final victory over Maccabi Netanya

MAY 24, 2023ByJOSH HALICKMAN

The final of the Israeli state cup between Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, May 23, 2023.

Terrorist infiltration alert lifted for Israel's Beitar Illit

Terrorist infiltration warnings were given to the town of Beitar Illit late Thursday while a shooting occurred on Tel Aviv's Dizengoff street for the second time in less than a year.

MARCH 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank April 7, 2019

Fire at Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer headquarters being investigated

Last week, Hapoel Tel Aviv was sold to an American group of investors after a subpar decade or so of on-field results.

MARCH 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF

A view of the training ground of the Hapoel Tel Aviv team that was vandalized and set on fire during the night, in Tel Aviv, March 5, 2023.

Entertaining week across the local pitches

Beitar, Mac TA thrill in 2-2 draw • Mac Haifa holds off Hap Jerusalem • K8, Hadera split points

JANUARY 19, 2023ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

Burglars arrested while trying to rob Beitar Jerusalem owner at gunpoint

Three burglars broke into the apartment of Beitar Jerusalem soccer team owner Barak Abramov in Tel Aviv but were arrested in the process.

JANUARY 13, 2023ByALON HACHMON

Moshe Hogeg (right) signs over the sale of Beitar Jerusalem to Barak Abramov.

Greens head into WCup break atop table

Beersheba, Maccabi TA close behind after victories • Beitar rallies to edge Sakhnin • Hapoel Jerusalem wins.

NOVEMBER 16, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

BEITAR JERUSALEM teammates celebrate after Danilo Asprilla (70) scored his second goal of the match to give the club a 2-1 victory over Bnei Sakhnin in the capital

Leader Maccabi Haifa bowls over Beitar

Ness Ziona holds Mac TA to Bloomfield draw • Lam out at Netanya after defeat to Hadera

NOVEMBER 8, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

Maccabi Haifa (in white) dominated the second half on the road in the capital on Sunday night, beating Beitar Jerusalem 4-1 in Israel Premier League action.

Maccabi Haifa goes from Ness Ziona to PSG

Messi & Co. visit Greens in Champions League • Hapoel beats Beitar for Jerusalem bragging rights.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN