2009–10 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit
Season 2009–10
Champions Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Promoted Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Ashkelon
Relegated Hapoel Marmorek
Hapoel Jerusalem
Matches played 276
Goals scored 651 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer Akaki Mikuchadze (18)

The 2009–10 Liga Leumit was the 11th season since it became the second-tier in 1999 and the 68th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010.

Contents

Changes from 2008–09 season

Structure changes

League size has been increased from twelve to sixteen teams for this season, teams will thus play a home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches.

After the conclusion of this "regular season", teams will be split up into three playoff groups according to their league position. Points earned during the season will be halved and taken over to the respective playoff group. The best six teams will compete for the promotion spots. Clubs ranked 7th through 10th will engage in a placement round, while the bottom six teams will play out two relegation spots.

Team changes

Location of teams in the 2009–10 Liga Leumit

Maccabi Kiryat Ata were directly relegated to the 2009–10 Liga Alef after finishing the 2008–09 season in last place.

Due to the increase in the number of teams, seven teams were directly promoted from the 2008–09 Liga Artzit. These were champions Sektzia Nes Tziona, runners-up Hapoel Ashkelon, third-placed Hapoel Marmorek, fourth-placed Ironi Rishon LeZion, fifth-placed Ironi Bat Yam, sixth-placed Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv and seventh-placed Hapoel Nazareth Illit.

In addition, five teams were directly promoted from the 2008–09 Liga Leumit to the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League. These were champions Hapoel Haifa, runners-up Hapoel Acre, third-placed Hapoel Be'er Sheva, fourth-placed Hapoel Ramat Gan and fifth-placed Hapoel Ra'anana.

Overview

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium Capacity
Ahva Arraba Doha Stadium 08,500
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium 06,500
Hakoah Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 08,000
Hapoel Ashkelon Sala Stadium 10,000
Hapoel Bnei Lod Lod Municipal Stadium 02,000
Hapoel Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600
Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 05,500
Hapoel Marmorek Haberfeld Stadium 06,000
Hapoel Nazareth Illit Green Stadium 04,000
Ironi Bat Yam Bat Yam Municipal Stadium 03,100
Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium 05,200
Ironi Ramat HaSharon Yankela Grundman Stadium 02,000
Ironi Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 06,000
Maccabi Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000
Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 08,100
Sektzia Nes Tziona Ness Ziona Stadium 06,000

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 30 18 8 4 43 20 +23 62 Top Playoff
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 14 9 7 47 37 +10 0511
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 30 11 14 5 33 21 +12 47
4 Ironi Ramat HaSharon 30 12 10 8 44 27 +17 0462
5 Ironi Bat Yam 30 13 6 11 35 29 +6 45
6 Hapoel Ashkelon 30 11 11 8 41 35 +6 0442
7 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 30 10 13 7 34 23 +11 43 Middle Playoff
8 Ahva Arraba 30 12 8 10 35 32 +3 0433,4
9 Ironi Rishon LeZion 30 11 7 12 35 28 +7 0401
10 Maccabi Herzliya 30 10 10 10 28 24 +4 40
11 Hapoel Bnei Lod 30 9 12 9 31 30 +1 39 Bottom Playoff
12 Hakoah Ramat Gan 30 9 11 10 36 39 −3 38
13 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 30 11 3 16 37 49 −12 0363
14 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 30 7 12 11 27 42 −15 33
15 Hapoel Jerusalem 30 5 8 17 35 61 −26 23
16 Hapoel Marmorek 30 2 8 20 19 63 −44 14

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
1Hapoel Kfar Saba received a technical loss of 3–0 to Ironi Rishon LeZion for fielding an ineligible player. The original game was finished in a 0–0 draw.
2Hapoel Ashkelon received a technical loss of 3–0 to Ironi Ramat HaSharon for fielding an ineligible player. The original game was finished in a 0–2 win for Hapoel Ashkelon.
3Maccabi Be'er Sheva received a technical loss of 3–0 to Ahva Arraba for fielding an ineligible player. The original game was finished in a 1–1 draw.
4Ahva Arraba were deducted one point for editing double contracts with several players.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Regular season results

Home \ Away1 AHV BTA HRG HAS HBL HJE HKS HMK HNI IBY IKS IRH IRL MBS MHE SNT
Ahva Arraba 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–02 1–0 2–2
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
Hakoah Ramat Gan 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1
Hapoel Ashkelon 3–1 5–0 0–1 1–1 6–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1
Hapoel Bnei Lod 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 0–1
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–4 2–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 5–1 3–2 2–0
Hapoel Marmorek 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–2 2–2
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Ironi Bat Yam 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 0–3 0–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0
Ironi Ramat HaSharon 0–1 3–2 4–1 3–03 1–1 3–3 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 0–1 3–1
Ironi Rishon LeZion 3–0 2–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–04 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0
Maccabi Be'er Sheva 2–1 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 5–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Maccabi Herzliya 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Sektzia Nes Tziona 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1

Source: Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Maccabi Be'er Sheva received a technical loss of 3–0 to Ahva Arraba for fielding an ineligible player. The original game was finished in a 1–1 draw.
3Hapoel Ashkelon received a technical loss of 3–0 to Ironi Ramat HaSharon for fielding an ineligible player. The original game was finished in a 0–2 win for Hapoel Ashkelon.
4Hapoel Kfar Saba received a technical loss of 3–0 to Ironi Rishon LeZion for fielding an ineligible player. The original game was finished in a 0–0 draw.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Rounds
31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th
1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4
07 – 10
8 – 9
11 – 16
12 – 15
13 – 14		 1 – 2
5 – 3
6 – 4
7 – 8
10 – 90
11 – 12
15 – 13
16 – 14		 2 – 6
3 – 1
4 – 5
08 – 10
9 – 7
12 – 16
13 – 11
14 – 15		 1 – 4
2 – 3
6 – 5
0
0
11 – 14
12 – 13
16 – 15		 3 – 6
4 – 2
5 – 1
0
0
13 – 16
14 – 12
15 – 11

Top Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Ironi Kiryat Shmona started with 31 points, Hapoel Kfar Saba with 26, Sektzia Nes Tziona with 24, Ironi Ramat HaSharon with 23, Ironi Bat Yam with 23 and Hapoel Ashkelon started with 22.

Top Playoff table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (C) (P) 35 21 9 5 51 22 +29 41 Promotion to the Israeli Premier League
2 Hapoel Ashkelon (P) 35 15 11 9 47 42 +5 34
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 35 16 9 10 56 47 +9 32 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
4 Sektzia Nes Tziona 35 13 15 7 45 29 +16 31
5 Ironi Ramat HaSharon 35 13 11 11 50 37 +13 27
6 Ironi Bat Yam 35 14 7 14 43 41 +2 27

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top Playoff results

Home \ Away1 HAS HKS IBY IKS IRH SNT
Hapoel Ashkelon 1–0 1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–2 5–2 1–2
Ironi Bat Yam 0–0 4–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–2 3–0 3–0
Ironi Ramat HaSharon 1–2 3–2
Sektzia Nes Tziona 5–0 0–1 2–2

Source: Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Middle Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Nazareth Illit started with 22 points, Ahva Arraba with 22, Ironi Rishon LeZion with 20 and Maccabi Herzliya started with 20.

Middle Playoff table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 33 12 14 7 38 24 +14 29
8 Ironi Rishon LeZion 33 13 7 13 39 31 +8 26
9 Ahva Arraba 33 12 9 12 37 37 0 23
10 Maccabi Herzliya 33 10 12 11 31 28 +3 22

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Middle Playoff results

Home \ Away1 AHV HNI IRL MHE
Ahva Arraba 0–1 2–2
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2–0 0–0
Ironi Rishon LeZion 1–2
Maccabi Herzliya 1–2

Source: Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Bnei Lod started with 20 points, Hakoah Ramat Gan with 19, Maccabi Be'er Sheva with 18, Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv with 17, Hapoel Jerusalem with 12 and Hapoel Marmorek started with 7.

Bottom Playoff table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
11 Hakoah Ramat Gan 35 11 14 10 44 42 +2 28
12 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 35 10 13 12 31 47 −16 27
13 Hapoel Bnei Lod 35 10 15 10 37 34 +3 26
14 Maccabi Be'er Sheva (O) 35 12 6 17 42 53 −11 24 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
15 Hapoel Jerusalem (R) 35 6 11 18 40 66 −26 18 Relegation to the Liga Alef
16 Hapoel Marmorek (R) 35 2 9 24 21 72 −51 8

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Bottom Playoff results

Home \ Away1 BTA HRG HBL HJE HMK MBS
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–4 1–0
Hakoah Ramat Gan 0–0 1–0 1–1
Hapoel Bnei Lod 0–0 2–2 3–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 2–1 1–1
Hapoel Marmorek 0–1 2–2
Maccabi Be'er Sheva 1–2 0–0 2–0

Source: Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/Relegation playoff

Promotion playoff

The 3rd-placed team Hapoel Kfar Saba faced the 3rd-placed Israeli Premier League team Hapoel Ramat Gan. The winner Hapoel Ramat Gan earned a spot in the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League. The match took place on 22 May 2010.

22 May 2010
18:45 UTC+3
 Hapoel Ramat Gan 1–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Eitan Tabrizi
Hermon  84' Report (Hebrew)

Relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team Maccabi Be'er Sheva faced the Liga Alef promotion playoff winner Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen.[1] The winner Maccabi Be'er Sheva earned a spot in the 2010–11 Liga Leumit. The match took place on 31 May 2010.

31 May 2010
15:30 UTC+3
 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 2–0 Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 350
Referee: Shay Sheetrit
Barda  74', 90+5' Report (Hebrew)

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

Miscellaneous

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[12]
1 Akaki Mikuchadze Ironi Bat Yam 18
2 Shay Aharon Hapoel Jerusalem 17
3 Shlomi Azulay Hapoel Kfar Saba 15
Tomer Swisa Ironi Kiryat Shmona 15
5 Gaga Chkhetiani Ironi Ramat HaSharon / Sektzia Nes Tziona 14
6 Yehiel Tzagai Hapoel Ashkelon 13
7 Liron Diamant Hakoah Ramat Gan 12
8 Ido Exbard Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 11
Wiyam Amashe Ironi Kiryat Shmona 11
10 Ronen Schwartzman Ahva Arraba 09
Mohamad Kial Hapoel Bnei Lod 09
Meir Asor Ironi Bat Yam 09
Eran Zeger Maccabi Be'er Sheva 09
Total 651
Average per game 2.36

See also

References

  1. ^ "Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen will face Maccabi Be'er Sheva for the Liga Leumit ticket.". (Hebrew). Israel Football Association. 28 May 2010. http://www.football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/LeaguesMayh26th_2010.aspx. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
  2. ^ "Hapoel Kfar Saba 5–1 Maccabi Be'er Sheva". Israel Football Association. 21 August 2009. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211842#GameEvents. Retrieved 21 August 2009. 
  3. ^ "Ironi Ramat HaSharon 5–0 Hapoel Marmorek". Israel Football Association. 31 August 2009. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211846#GameEvents. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 
  4. ^ "Maccabi Be'er Sheva 5–0 Hapoel Jerusalem". Israel Football Association. 25 September 2009. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211862#GameEvents. Retrieved 25 September 2009. 
  5. ^ a b "Hapoel Ashkelon 6–1 Hapoel Jerusalem". Israel Football Association. 29 January 2010. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211995#GameEvents. Retrieved 29 January 2010. 
  6. ^ "Hapoel Ashkelon 5–0 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv". Israel Football Association. 3 April 2010. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=212064#GameEvents. Retrieved 3 April 2010. 
  7. ^ "Sektzia Nes Tziona 5–0 Hapoel Ashkelon". Israel Football Association. 14 May 2010. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237978#GameEvents. Retrieved 14 May 2010. 
  8. ^ "Hapoel Kfar Saba 5–2 Ironi Bat Yam". Israel Football Association. 16 April 2010. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237967#GameEvents. Retrieved 16 April 2010. 
  9. ^ "Ironi Bat Yam 4–3 Sektzia Nes Tziona". Israel Football Association. 23 April 2010. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237970#GameEvents. Retrieved 23 April 2010. 
  10. ^ a b "Hakoah Ramat Gan 0–1 Ironi Ramat HaSharon". Israel Football Association. 21 August 2009. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211843#GameEvents. Retrieved 21 August 2009. 
  11. ^ a b "Maccabi Herzliya 0–0 Sektzia Nes Tziona". Israel Football Association. 22 August 2009. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211838#GameEvents. Retrieved 22 August 2009. 
  12. ^ "Liga Leumit Top Scorers". Israel Football Association. http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=45&SEASON_ID=11. Retrieved 15 May 2009. 
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