- signed for Hapoel Haifa Nsumbu Mazuwa - signed for Bnei Sakhnin Shlomi Arbeitman - end of loan, destination still unclear Tal Hen - signed for Bnei Sakhnin Ümit Gonzalez - back to Fenerbahçe S.K. Maccabi Haifa In John Culma - signed from Bnei Sakhnin Leonard Krupnik - signed from Bnei Sakhnin Eyal Golsa - signed from Beitar Nes Tubruk Shlomi Arbeitman - back from Hapoel Tel Aviv Eden Ben Basat - back from Hapoel Haifa Out Diego Crosa - signed for Colón de Santa Fe Eliran Danin - back to Beitar Jerusalem Giovanni Rosso - signed for Hajduk Split Renato - free agent René Lima - free agent Out on loan Oshri Gita - on loan to Bnei Sakhnin Tomer Hemed - on loan to Bnei Yehuda Tom Almadon - on loan to Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Netanya In Alain Masudi - signed from Maccabi Tel Aviv Baruch Dego - signed from Hapoel Tel Aviv Gary Assous - signed from AS Cannes Ravid Gazal - signed from Maccabi Tel Aviv Shalev Menashe - signed from Maccabi Herzliya Ze'ev Haimovich - signed from Bnei Yehuda Out Avi Strool - signed for K.S.C. Lokeren Jorge López Caballero - free agent Maccabi Petah Tikva In Didi Ongar - signed from Hakoah Ramat Gan Idan Malichi - signed from Bnei Yehuda Omer Buchsenbaum - signed from Maccabi Herzliya Pablo Bastianini - Signed from Caracas FC Rotem Shemul - signed from Hapoel Nazareth Illit Yahav Yulezri - Signed from Maccabi Haifa Roberto Sanchez - signed from Out Blessing Kaku - free agent Irakli Geperidze - signed for Hapoel Haifa Nenad Savić - free agent Ohad Kadousi - signed for Hapoel Be'er Sheva Xavier Dirceu - free agent Dovev Gabay - free agent Maccabi Tel Aviv In Maor Buzaglo - signed from Bnei Sakhnin Guillermo Israilevich - signed from Hapoel Kfar Saba Igor Tomašić - signed from Levski Sofia Ilya Yavruyan - signed from Bnei Sakhnin Karlen Abramov - signed from Navbahor Namangan Dulee Johnson - signed from AIK Fotboll Out Alain Masudi - signed for Maccabi Netanya Amiran Shkalim - signed for Hapoel Kfar Saba Erez Mesika - signed for AEK Larnaca Joe Bizera - back to Cagliari Kobi Mussa - free agent Omer Peretz - signed for Ironi Kiryat Shmona Ravid Gazal - signed for Maccabi Netanya See also 2008–09 Israel State Cup 2008–09 Toto Cup Al Israeli Transfers Israeli 2008-09