Season | 2009–10 |
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Champions | Hapoel Tel Aviv 2nd Premier League title 13th Israeli title overall |
Relegated | Hapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Ahi Nazareth |
Champions League | Hapoel Tel Aviv (second qualifying round) |
Europa League | Maccabi Haifa (third qualifying round) Maccabi Tel Aviv (second qualifying round) Bnei Yehuda (first qualifying round) |
Matches played | 276 |
Goals scored | 718 (2.6 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Shlomi Arbeitman (28) |
Biggest home win | Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva |
Biggest away win | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan |
Highest scoring | Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre |
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The 2009–10 Israeli Premier League was the 11th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 68th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round.
On 15 May 2010, Hapoel Tel Aviv won the title in the last play-off round after Maccabi Haifa failed to win against Bnei Yehuda and they won their game against Beitar Jerusalem in a late goal at the 90+2' minute of extra time.
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The league size has been increased from twelve to sixteen teams. Further, the competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.
The participating clubs were first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches.
The top six teams were first had to play in the Top playoff. Points earned during the regular season were halved with an odd number of points being rounded up. The round was played on a round-robin schedule. The winner after this round would win the Israeli championship and would participate in the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up would play in the third qualifying round round of the UEFA Europa League, and the third-placed team would play in the second qualifying round round of the UEFA Europa League.
If the Israel State Cup winner finishes in the top three places than the fourth-placed would play in the first qualifying round round of the UEFA Europa League.
In addition, clubs ranked seventh through tenth in the regular season would engage in a placement round, while the bottom six teams played out two relegation spots and one relegation play-off.
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona were directly relegated to the 2009–10 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2008–09 season in last place.
Due to the increase in the number of teams, five teams were directly promoted from the 2008–09 Liga Leumit. 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.
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan as 11th-placed team of the Premier League and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth as sixth-placed team of Liga Leumit competed in a two-legged playoff for another spot. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth won both matches by an aggregated score of 4–2 and were promoted to the Premier League. In turn, Hakoah Ramat Gan were relegated to Liga Leumit.
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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Beitar Jerusalem | Teddy Stadium | 21,600 |
Bnei Sakhnin | Doha Stadium | 8,500 |
Bnei Yehuda | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
F.C. Ashdod | Yud-Alef Stadium | 7,420 |
Hapoel Acre | Green Stadium | [A] | 4,000
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Vasermil Stadium | 13,000 |
Hapoel Haifa | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | 14,002 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium | 6,768 |
Hapoel Ra'anana | Levita Stadium | [A] | 5,500
Hapoel Ramat Gan | Winter Stadium | [A] | 8,000
Hapoel Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Ilut Stadium | 4,932 |
Maccabi Haifa | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | 14,002 |
Maccabi Netanya | Sar-Tov Stadium | 7,500 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium | 6,768 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Bloomfield Stadium | 15,700 |
^ ^ ^ The club is playing their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground does not meet Premier League requirements.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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Beitar Jerusalem | Reuven Atar | Sacked | 21 July 2009[1] | 3rd (08–09) | Itzhak Shum | 21 July 2009[1] | Pre-Season |
Maccabi Netanya | Nati Azaria | Stepped down to assistant position |
29 September 2009[2] | 16th | Reuven Atar | 29 September 2009[2] | 16th |
Bnei Sakhnin | Eran Kulik | Sacked | 19 October 2009[3] | 14th | Marco Balbul | 21 October 2009[4] | 14th |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | Marco Balbul | Resigned | 21 October 2009[4] | 3rd | Nir Levine | 21 October 2009 | 3rd |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | Ronny Levy | Resigned | 21 November 2009[5] | 9th | Freddy David | 22 November 2009[6] | 9th |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Danny Nir'on | Resigned | 21 November 2009[7] | 14th | Shavit Elimelech | 22 November 2009[8] | 15th |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | Eli Mahpud | Sacked | 8 December 2009[9] | 16th | John Gregory | 8 December 2009[9] | 16th |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | Shavit Elimelech | Stepped down to assistant position |
16 December 2009[10] | 15th | Eli Mahpud | 16 December 2009[10] | 15th |
Beitar Jerusalem | Itzhak Shum | Sacked | 20 February 2010[11] | 7th | David Amsalem | 20 February 2010[11] | 7th |
Hapoel Ra'anana | Eli Cohen | Sacked | 28 February 2010[12] | 16th | Ami Vazana | 28 February 2010[12] | 16th |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Guy Azouri | Resigned | 28 February 2010[13] | 8th | Viko Hadad | 3 March 2010[14] | 8th |
Beitar Jerusalem | David Amsalem | Stepped down to assistant position |
18 March 2010[15] | 5th | Shimon Hadari | 18 March 2010[15] | 5th |
Hapoel Ra'anana | Ami Vazana | End of contract | 28 March 2010[16] | 16th | Tzvika Tzemah | 31 March 2010[17] | 16th |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | John Gregory | End of contract | 20 May 2010[18] | 16th | Shimon Edri | 30 June 2010[19] | Post-Season |
F.C. Ashdod | Yossi Mizrahi | Resigned | 20 May 2010[18] | 6th | John Gregory | 20 May 2010[18] | Post-Season |
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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1 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 12 | +52 | 77 | Top Playoff |
2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 79 | 25 | +54 | 71 | |
3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 52 | |
4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 46 | |
5 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 451 | |
6 | F.C. Ashdod | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 431 | |
7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 41 | Middle Playoff |
8 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 40 | |
9 | Maccabi Netanya | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 36 | |
10 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 35 | |
11 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 33 | Bottom Playoff |
12 | Hapoel Haifa | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 32 | |
13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 31 | |
14 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 25 | |
15 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 67 | −40 | 24 | |
16 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 20 |
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.
1F.C. Ashdod received a technical loss of 3–0 to Bnei Yehuda for fielding an ineligible player. The original game finished in a 1–1 draw.
(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.
Home \ Away1 | BEI | BnY | BnS | FCA | HAC | HBS | HHA | HPT | HRG | HRA | HTA | MAN | MHA | MNE | MPT | MTA |
Beitar Jerusalem | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
Bnei Yehuda | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | |
F.C. Ashdod | 2–0 | 0–32 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
Hapoel Acre | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
Hapoel Haifa | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | |
Hapoel Ra'anana | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | |
Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
Maccabi Netanya | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Source: Israel Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2F.C. Ashdod received a technical lose of 3–0 to Bnei Yehuda for fielding an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 1–1 draw.[20]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):
Rounds | ||||
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31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th |
1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 7 – 10 8 – 9 11 – 16 12 – 15 13 – 14 |
1 – 2 5 – 3 6 – 4 7 – 8 10 – 9 11 – 12 15 – 13 16 – 14 |
2 – 6 3 – 1 4 – 5 8 – 10 9 – 7 12 – 16 13 – 11 14 – 15 |
1 – 4 2 – 3 6 – 5 11 – 14 12 – 13 16 – 15 |
3 – 6 4 – 2 5 – 1 13 – 16 14 – 12 15 – 11 |
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Haifa started with 39 points, Hapoel Tel Aviv with 36, Maccabi Tel Aviv with 26, Beitar Jerusalem with 23, Bnei Yehuda with 23 and F.C. Ashdod started with 22.
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (C) | 35 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 87 | 26 | +61 | 49 | 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 35 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 16 | +56 | 49 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round |
3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 34 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
4 | Bnei Yehuda | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 31 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1 |
5 | Beitar Jerusalem | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 26 | |
6 | F.C. Ashdod | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 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.
1As Hapoel Tel Aviv won both League and 2009–10 Israel State Cup, the State Cup finalists Bnei Yehuda received the final Europa League spot.
(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.
Home \ Away1 | BEI | BnY | FCA | HTA | MHA | MTA |
Beitar Jerusalem | 0–2 | 1–2 | ||||
Bnei Yehuda | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||||
F.C. Ashdod | 1–2 | 2–3 | ||||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |||
Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
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.
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Bnei Sakhnin started with 21 points, Hapoel Be'er Sheva with 20, Maccabi Netanya with 18 and Maccabi Petah Tikva started with 18.
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 27 | |
8 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 24 | |
9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 23 | |
10 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 21 |
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.
Home \ Away1 | BnS | HBS | MNE | MPT |
Bnei Sakhnin | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 4–0 | 1–4 | ||
Maccabi Netanya | 2–0 | |||
Maccabi Petah Tikva | 3–1 |
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.
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Ramat Gan started with 17 points, Hapoel Haifa with 16, Hapoel Petah Tikva with 16, Hapoel Acre with 13, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth with 12 and Hapoel Ra'anana started with 10.
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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11 | Hapoel Haifa | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 23 | |
12 | Hapoel Acre | 35 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 23 | |
13 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 35 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 23 | |
14 | Hapoel Ramat Gan (O) | 35 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 22 | Qualification to the relegation play-offs |
15 | Hapoel Ra'anana (R) | 35 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 18 | Relegation to the Liga Leumit |
16 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (R) | 35 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 81 | −48 | 16 |
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.
Home \ Away1 | HAC | HHA | HRA | HRG | MAN | HPT |
Hapoel Acre | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||||
Hapoel Haifa | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |||
Hapoel Ra'anana | 4–0 | 2–0 | ||||
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 0–7 | 3–0 | ||||
Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
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.
The 14th-placed team Hapoel Ramat Gan faced the 3rd-placed Liga Leumit team Hapoel Kfar Saba. 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 |
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Hermon 84' | Report (Hebrew) |
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[27] |
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1 | Shlomi Arbeitman | Maccabi Haifa | 28 |
2 | Itay Shechter | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 |
3 | Vladimir Dvalishvili | Maccabi Haifa | 16 |
Barak Yitzhaki | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | |
5 | Dimitar Makriev | F.C. Ashdod | [B] | 13
6 | Pedro Galván | Bnei Yehuda | 12 |
Toto Tamuz | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 | |
8 | Idan Shriki | F.C. Ashdod | 11 |
Dedi Ben Dayan | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 11 | |
Eran Levy | Hapoel Haifa | 11 | |
Eran Zahavi | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 11 | |
Total | 718 | ||
Average per game | 2.6 |
^B The IFA also recognize Dimitar Makrievs goal in favour of F.C. Ashdod against Bnei Yehuda game which was later annulled because F.C. Ashdod fielded an ineligible player, for that F.C. Ashdod received a technical lose of 3–0, The original game was finished in a 1–1 draw.[20]
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