2009–10 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
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← 2008–09 2010–11 → | |
The 2009–10 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season was the fourth edition of this competition.
Format
Nine teams played in the league. For the first stage, they play each other twice. At the end of the first stage the top four teams advance to a knockout competition, the finalists of which qualify for the 2010–11 OFC Champions League.
First stage
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hekari United (C) | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 14 | +45 | 40 | Qualified for the 2010–11 OFC Champions League Group Stage |
| 2 | Rapatona Tigers | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 26 | Qualified for the Championship Playoff |
| 3 | Gigira Laitepo Morobe | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 25 | |
| 4 | University Inter | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 24 | |
| 5 | Eastern Stars FC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 24 | |
| 6 | Tukoko University Lae FC | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 23 | |
| 7 | Gelle Hills United (R) | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 15 | Relegated to the 2011 PNG Club Championship |
| 8 | Madang Niupetro Fox | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 10 | |
| 9 | Besta United PNG | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 55 | −36 | 7 | |
| 10 | Sepik FC (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team withdrew pre-season |
| 11 | Welgris Highlanders (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
NB One match could not be played.
Championship Playoff
| Semi Finals | Final | ||||||
| Hekari United FC | 7 | ||||||
| University Inter | 1 | ||||||
| Hekari United FC | 5 | ||||||
| Gigira Laitepo Morobe | 0 | ||||||
| Third Place | |||||||
| Rapatona Tigers | 0 | Rapatona Tigers | 3 | ||||
| Gigira Laitepo Morobe | 1 | University Inter | 1 | ||||