2009–10 Toto Cup Al

Toto Cup Al
Season 2009–10
Champions Beitar Jerusalem (2nd title)

The 2009–10 Toto Cup Al was the twenty-eight season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and sixth under the current format. It was held in two stages. First, sixteen Premier League teams were divided into four groups. The winners and runners-up, were advanced to the Quarterfinals. Quarterfinals and Semifinals was held as two-legged matches, while the Final was a one-legged match at the Ramat Gan Stadium.

The defending champions were Maccabi Tel Aviv, making it their third Toto Cup title overall.

On 26 January 2010, Beitar Jerusalem won the 2009–10 Toto Cup Al making it their second Toto Cup title overall.

Contents

Group stage

The matches were played from August 1 to December 15, 2009.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams progressed to the Quarterfinals
Teams eliminated from the competition

Group A

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
2 Maccabi Haifa 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6 0 4 2 4 7 −3 4

Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
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 HBS HPT MHA MPT
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–1 0–0 2–4
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–1 1–1 3–1
Maccabi Haifa 0–0 3–1 1–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–1 0–1 1–0
Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 4 2 0 14 6 +8 14
2 F.C. Ashdod 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8
3 Bnei Sakhnin 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7
4 Hapoel Ramat Gan 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4

Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
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 FCA HRG MTA
Bnei Sakhnin 2–0 1–0 0–0
F.C. Ashdod 1–0 1–1 4–4
Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–1 1–3 0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 4–0 2–0
Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Hapoel Ra'anana 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11
2 Hapoel Acre 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8
3 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 6 1 4 1 7 8 −1 061
4 Hapoel Haifa 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 041

Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
1Due to the Court's decision, no points were awarded for the game between Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Haifa, after Hapoel Haifa fielded an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 2–0 win for Hapoel Haifa.
(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 MAN
Hapoel Acre 3–2 0–1 3–1
Hapoel Haifa 3–0 1–3 1–1
Hapoel Ra'anana 1–1 2–1 3–4
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 1–1 0–02 0–0
Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Due to the Court's decision, no points were awarded for the game between Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Haifa, after Hapoel Haifa fielded an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 2–0 win for Hapoel Haifa.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Beitar Jerusalem 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 0131
2 Bnei Yehuda 6 3 2 1 4 3 +1 11
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
4 Maccabi Netanya 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 041

Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
1Maccabi Netanya received a technical lose of 0–3 to Beitar Jerusalem for fielding an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 3–3 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 HTA MNE
Beitar Jerusalem 0–0 1–0 3–1
Bnei Yehuda 2–0 1–1 1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 0–1 2–2
Maccabi Netanya 0–32 0–1 3–2
Source: football.org.il (Hebrew)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Maccabi Netanya received a technical lose of 0–3 to Beitar Jerusalem for fielding an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 3–3 draw.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Elimination Rounds

Quarterfinals

December 22, 2009
20:02 UTC+2
 Hapoel Acre 0 – 3 Beitar Jerusalem Green Stadium, Nazareth Illit
Attendance: 300
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
Report  29', 40' Tamuz
 84' Baruchyan
December 23, 2009
18:00 UTC+2
 Maccabi Haifa 2 – 1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ziv Adler
Hanoun  58' (pen.) Report  47' Dvalishvili
 66' Zaguri
December 23, 2009
20:00 UTC+2
 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5 – 0 F.C. Ashdod Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 500
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich
Avidor  29'
Zion  59' (o.g.)
Shivhon  76'
Mayuka  82'
Komac  86'		 Report
December 30, 2009
20:30 UTC+2
 Hapoel Ra'anana 1 – 0 Bnei Yehuda Levita Stadium, Kfar Saba
Attendance: 300
Referee: Halim Zatma
Shooker  49' Report

Semifinals

The draw for the Semifinals took place on 31 December 2009, with matches played two weeks later in 13 January 2010.

January 13, 2010
17:30 UTC+2
 Hapoel Ra'anana 3 – 2 Maccabi Haifa Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Shai Shitrit
Tuef  45' (pen.)
Digmalishvili  60'
R. Cohen  74'		 Report  13' Ghadir
 59' Rafaelov
January 13, 2010
20:00 UTC+2
 Beitar Jerusalem 1 – 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Referee: Liran Liani
Tamuz  48' Report

Final

January 26, 2010
19:45 UTC+2
 Hapoel Ra'anana 0 – 1 Beitar Jerusalem Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 5,646
Referee: Menashe Masiah
Report  51' Vered

See also

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