2009–10 Israeli Premier League

December 2024 Israeli Premier League 2009–10 22 August 2009 – 22 May 2010 Hapoel Tel Aviv2nd Premier League title13th Israeli title overall Hapoel Ra'ananaMaccabi 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) Shlomi Arbeitman (28) Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah TikvaHapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre 276 718 2008–09 2010–11 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. Changes from 2008–09 season Structural changes 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 of the UEFA Europa League, and the third-placed team would play in the second qualifying 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 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. Team changes Israel Locations of the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League teams right 400 Beitar Jerusalem #fefeea Bnei Sakhnin bottom F.C. Ashdod left Hapoel Acre left Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Haifa left Maccabi Haifa 0.9em left Hapoel Ra'anana #fefeea 1.2em Hapoel Ramat Gan 1.2em #fefeea Maccabi Ahi Nazareth bottom Maccabi Netanya left Maccabi Petah Tikva #fefeea 1.2em right Hapoel Petah Tikva #fefeea right Bnei Yehuda 0.9em left Hapoel Tel Aviv left Maccabi Tel Aviv 0.9em left 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. Overview Stadia and locations Club Stadium Capacity Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600 Bnei Sakhnin Doha Stadium 8,500 Bnei Yehuda Bloomfield Stadium 15,700 F.C. Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800 Hapoel Acre Green Stadium 0004,000A1 [A] Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000 Hapoel Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002 Hapoel Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium 6,800 Hapoel Ra'anana Levita Stadium 0005,800A2 [A] Hapoel Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 0008,000A3 [A] 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 6,800 Maccabi Tel Aviv Bloomfield Stadium 15,700 A1A2A3 The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements. Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Acre Teddy Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Winter Stadium Green Stadium 200px 200px 200px 200px Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Ra'anana Sar-Tov Stadium Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium Levita Stadium 200px 200px 200px 200px F.C. Ashdod Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Yud-Alef Stadium Doha Stadium Vasermil Stadium Ilut Stadium 200px 200px|center 200px Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table Beitar Jerusalem ISR Reuven Atar Sacked 21 July 2009Beitar Jerusalem selected Itzhak Shum as their new manager http://www.one.co.il/Article/141041.html . ONE 21 July 2009 21 July 2009 he 3rd (08–09) ISR Itzhak Shum 21 July 2009 Pre-Season Maccabi Netanya ISR Nati Azaria Stepped down toassistant position 29 September 2009Daniel Jammer meat with Reuven Atar and Nati Azaria http://www.one.co.il/Cat/Articles/Article.aspx?id=144984&categoryId=1&tableid=1&bz=27 . ONE 29 September 2009 29 September 2009 he 16th ISR Reuven Atar 29 September 2009 16th Bnei Sakhnin ISR Eran Kulik Sacked 19 October 2009Eran Kulik sacked from Bnei Sakhnin http://www.one.co.il/Article/09-10/1,1,17,0/146164.html . ONE 19 October 2009 19 October 2009 he 14th ISR Marco Balbul 21 October 2009 14th Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR Marco Balbul Resigned 21 October 2009Marco Balbul left Maccabi Tel Aviv and will coach Bnei Sakhnin http://one.co.il/Article/146245.html . ONE 21 October 2009 21 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091024033525/http://www.one.co.il/Article/146245.html 24 October 2009 live he 3rd ISR Nir Levine 21 October 2009 3rd Maccabi Petah Tikva ISR Ronny Levy Resigned 21 November 2009Ronny Levy resigned from Maccabi Petah Tikva http://one.co.il/Article/09-10/1,1,10,0/148031.html . ONE 21 November 2009 21 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091124032842/http://www.one.co.il/Article/09-10/1%2C1%2C10%2C0/148031.html 24 November 2009 live he 9th ISR Freddy David 22 November 2009Ronny Levy substitute: Freddy David signed at Maccabi Petah Tikva http://www.one.co.il/Article/148049.html . ONE 22 November 2009 22 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091123225443/http://www.one.co.il/Article/148049.html 23 November 2009 live he 9th Hapoel Petah Tikva ISR Danny Nir'on Resigned 21 November 2009Danny Nir'on resigned from Hapoel Petah Tikva http://one.co.il/Article/148039.html . ONE 21 November 2009 21 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091124032932/http://www.one.co.il/Article/148039.html 24 November 2009 live he 14th ISR Shavit Elimelech 22 November 2009Shavit Elimelech will coach Hapoel Petah Tikva until the end of the season http://www.one.co.il/cat/articles/article.aspx?id=148055&bz=76 . ONE 22 November 2009 22 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091124051050/http://www.one.co.il/cat/articles/article.aspx?id=148055&Bz=76 24 November 2009 live he 15th Maccabi Ahi Nazareth ISR Eli Mahpud Sacked 8 December 2009Gregory appointed. Mahpud sacked http://www.one.co.il/Article/148966.html . ONE 8 December 2009 8 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091212014554/http://www.one.co.il/Article/148966.html 12 December 2009 live he 16th ENG John Gregory 8 December 2009 16th Hapoel Petah Tikva ISR Shavit Elimelech Stepped down toassistant position 16 December 2009Mahpud signed for a year and a half, Elimelech will be his assistant http://one.co.il/Article/149470.html . ONE 16 December 2009 16 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091219033535/http://one.co.il/Article/149470.html 19 December 2009 live he 15th ISR Eli Mahpud 16 December 2009 15th Beitar Jerusalem ISR Itzhak Shum Sacked 20 February 2010Itzhak Shum sacked from Beitar Jerusalem, David Amsalem will replace him http://one.co.il/Article/153415.html . ONE 20 February 2010 20 February 2010 he 7th ISR David Amsalem 20 February 2010 7th Hapoel Ra'anana ISR Eli Cohen Sacked 28 February 2010Eli Cohen was sacked from Hapoel Ra'anana, Ami Vazana will replace him http://www.one.co.il/Article/153870.html . ONE 28 February 2010 28 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100302000818/http://www.one.co.il/Article/153870.html 2 March 2010 live he 16th ISR Ami Vazana 28 February 2010 16th Hapoel Be'er Sheva ISR Guy Azouri Resigned 28 February 2010Guy Azouri left Hapoel Be'er Sheva http://one.co.il/Cat/Articles/Article.aspx?id=153898&categoryId=1&tableid=1&bz=19 . ONE 28 February 2010 28 February 2010 he 8th ISR Vico Haddad 3 March 2010Vico Haddad will coach Hapoel Be'er Sheva until the end of the season http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.64.74596.html . Sport 5 3 March 2010 3 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413223325/http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.64.74596.html 13 April 2010 dead he 8th Beitar Jerusalem ISR David Amsalem Stepped down toassistant position 18 March 2010Shimon Edri appointed as Beitar Jerusalem new coach http://one.co.il/Article/154925.html . ONE 18 March 2010 18 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100322191222/http://www.one.co.il/Article/154925.html 22 March 2010 live he 5th ISR Shimon Edri 18 March 2010 5th Hapoel Ra'anana ISR Ami Vazana End of contract 28 March 2010Ami Vazana resigned from Hapoel Ra'anana http://one.co.il/Article/155483.html . ONE 28 March 2010 28 March 2010 he 16th ISR Tzvika Tzemah 31 March 2010Tzvika Tzemah will coach Hapoel Ra'anana until the end of the season http://one.co.il/Article/155617.html . ONE 31 March 2010 31 March 2010 he 16th Maccabi Ahi Nazareth ENG John Gregory End of contract 20 May 2010John Gregory signed a 3-year contract in F.C. Ashdod http://www.one.co.il/Cat/Articles/Article.aspx?id=158531&categoryId=1&tableid=1&bz=22 . ONE 20 May 2010 20 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100525152725/http://www.one.co.il/Cat/Articles/Article.aspx?id=158531&categoryId=1&tableid=1&bz=22 25 May 2010 live he 16th ISR Shimon Edri 30 June 2010Shimon Edri signed in Maccabi Ahi Nazareth http://euro.walla.co.il/?w=/157/1702113 . Walla! 30 June 2010 30 June 2010 he Post-Season F.C. Ashdod ISR Yossi Mizrahi Resigned 20 May 2010 6th ENG John Gregory 20 May 2010 Post-Season Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Non-visa foreign Former players Beitar Jerusalem Peru Junior Viza Peru Paolo de la Haza Uruguay Sebastián Vázquez Brazil David Gomez Cameroon Joslain Mayebi Bnei Sakhnin Brazil Cadu Democratic Republic of the Congo Paty Yeye Lenkebe Montenegro Đorđije Ćetković Slovenia Nastja Čeh Togo Arafat Djako Peru Jair Céspedes Trinidad and Tobago Scott Sealy Bnei Yehuda ARG Pedro Galván COL Iván Garrido CRO Siniša Linić NGA Dele Aiyenugba F.C. Ashdod BIH Dragan Stojkić BUL Dimitar Makriev CMR Stéphane Kingué Mpondo SER Marko Popović URY Cristian González SER Nenad Begović Hapoel Acre CMR Aka Adek Mba CMR Emmanuel Emangoa GHA Awudu Okocha GHA Ibrahim Abdul Razak LBR Ben Martin ARG Jony Tenenboim1 ARG Kevin Rainstein1 GHA Abedi Sarfo GHA Ismail Abdul Razak MKD Ardian Nuhiu Hapoel Be'er Sheva BRA Danilo BRA William Soares GHA Adamu Mohammed GHA James Bissue CRO Tvrtko Kale2 NGA Dandi Okogo1 USA Ryan Adeleye2 ARG Marcos Galarza CZE Pavel Pergl GHA Joseph Tachie-Mensah Hapoel Haifa GEO Levan Khmaladze NGA Yero Bello POR Rui Lima COG Savity Lipenia USA Bryan Gerzicich GHA Emmanuel Pappoe Hapoel Petah Tikva GHA Daniel Addo GHA Ibrahim Basit GHA Osman Bashiru NGA Austin Ejide TOG Emmanuel Mathias FRA Jonathan Assous2 CRO Tomo Barlecaj GEO Revaz Gotsiridze KAZ Mark Gurman2 LBR George Gebro LBR James Koko Lomell Hapoel Ra'anana BRA Cristiano Pinto GEO Davit Dighmelashvili LIT Irmantas Zelmikas LIT Ričardas Beniušis FRA Steven Cohen2 ARG Armando Lezcano BRA Lira USA Erik Hort2 Hapoel Ramat Gan BRA André Caldeira CZE Pavel Pergl CIV Serge Ayeli NGA George Datoru ARG Carlos Chacana12 BRA William Soares CRO Hrvoje Kovačević Hapoel Tel Aviv BRA Douglas da Silva CRO Bojan Vručina GEO Zurab Menteshashvili NGA Vincent Enyeama SER Nemanja Vučićević NED Daniël de Ridder2 GHA Samuel Yeboah Maccabi Akhi Nazareth CMR Joslain Mayebi CMR Yves Djidda COD Tcham N'Toya NGA Anderson West KAZ Mark Gurman2 NGA Michael Tukura PER Jair Céspedes RUS Ruslan Nigmatullin TOG Eric Akoto Maccabi Haifa COL Jhon Culma GEO Vladimir Dvalishvili GHA Sadat Bukari POR Jorge Teixeira RSA Tsepo Masilela BRA Gustavo Boccoli1 ARG Eial Strahman2 BRA Tiago Dutra Maccabi Netanya BRA David Gomez BRA Fabrício CIV Aristide Zogbo RSA Bevan Fransman USA Leonid Krupnik2 GHA Awudu Okocha GHA Stephen Offei Maccabi Petah Tikva CRO Tomislav Bušić FRA Sébastien Sansoni MKD Vančo Trajanov SER Dragoslav Jevrić SER Nebojša Marinković RUS Murad Magomedov1 ARG Reinaldo Alderete Maccabi Tel Aviv BOL Ronald Raldes BUL Igor Tomašić SER Ivica Iliev SLO Andrej Komac ZAM Emmanuel Mayuka ARG Guillermo Israilevich2 ARM Yeghia Yavruyan1 In bold: Players that join the club mid-season In Italic: Players that left the club mid-season The following do not fill a Visa position: 1Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained an Israeli passport or permanent residency, allowing them to play with Israeli status; 2Players who were born and started their professional career abroad but are eligible for Israeli citizenship due to Jewish ancestry; 3Israeli citizens who have chosen to represent another national team; Regular season Table main WDL Regular season 5 Q MHA Maccabi Haifa HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv BEI Beitar Jerusalem BnY Bnei Yehuda ASH F.C. Ironi Ashdod BnS Bnei Sakhnin HBS Hapoel Be'er Sheva MNE Maccabi Netanya MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva HRG Hapoel Ramat Gan HHA Hapoel Haifa HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva HAC Hapoel Acre MAN Maccabi Ahi Nazareth HRA Hapoel Ra'anana 25 2 3 64 12 21 8 1 79 25 15 7 8 47 33 13 7 10 46 34 12 9 9 37 30 11 10 9 32 31 11 8 11 28 29 10 10 10 44 50 9 9 12 41 40 8 11 11 37 43 8 9 13 26 46 8 8 14 39 45 6 13 11 23 41 4 13 13 32 46 6 6 18 27 67 4 8 18 27 57 F.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. BnY green1 Qualification for the championship round CHR CHR CHR CHR CHR CHR inherit Qualification for the middle round MIR MIR MIR MIR red1 Qualification for the relegation round RER RER RER RER RER RER 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match. complete Israel Football Association Results main FBR BEI BnY BnS ASH 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. Ironi Ashdod 2–0 0–3 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 F.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.F.C. Ashdod received a 0–3 technical lose to Bnei Yehuda Israel Football Association http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211602 August 2009 27 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100721020558/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211602 21 July 2010 dead complete Israel Football Association Playoffs section MOS:BOLD & MOS:HEADCAPS December 2024 Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games): Rounds 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 1 – 62 – 53 – 4 1 – 25 – 36 – 4 2 – 63 – 14 – 5 1 – 42 – 36 – 5 3 – 64 – 25 – 1 7 – 108 – 9 7 – 810 – 9 8 – 109 – 7 11 – 1612 – 1513 – 14 11 – 1215 – 1316 – 14 12 – 1613 – 1114 – 15 11 – 1412 – 1316 – 15 13 – 1614 – 1215 – 11 Top Playoff 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. Table main WDL Top playoff Q HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv MHA Maccabi Haifa MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv BnY Bnei Yehuda BEI Beitar Jerusalem ASH F.C. Ironi Ashdod 25 9 1 87 26 -35 C 28 3 4 72 16 -38 17 9 9 52 35 -26 14 11 10 43 34 -22 14 7 14 50 44 -23 11 10 14 36 45 -21 green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round EL3 blue2 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue3 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round As Hapoel Tel Aviv won both League and 2009–10 Israel State Cup, the State Cup finalists Bnei Yehuda received the final Europa League spot. EL1 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match. complete Israel Football Association Results main FBR BEI BnY ASH HTA MHA MTA Beitar Jerusalem 0–2 null 1–2 null null Bnei Yehuda null null null 1–1 0–0 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 1–2 2–3 null null null Hapoel Tel Aviv null 1–0 4–0 null 0–0 Maccabi Haifa 2–1 null 3–1 0–1 null Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 null 2–0 null 0–2 complete Israel Football Association Middle Playoff 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. Table main WDL Middle playoff Q 7 BnS Bnei Sakhnin MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva HBS Hapoel Be'er Sheva MNE Maccabi Netanya 13 8 12 31 31 -20 10 11 12 44 47 -17 11 10 12 49 55 -20 10 9 14 44 47 -18 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match. complete Israel Football Association Results main FBR BnS HBS MNE MPT Bnei Sakhnin 1–0 null 2–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva null 4–0 1–4 Maccabi Netanya 2–0 null null Maccabi Petah Tikva null null 3–1 complete Israel Football Association Bottom Playoff 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. Table main WDL QR Bottom playoff 5 11 HHA Hapoel Haifa HAC Hapoel Acre HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva HRG Hapoel Ramat Gan HRA Hapoel Ra'anana MAN Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 10 9 16 44 50 -16 7 14 14 38 52 -12 8 14 13 28 48 -15 9 11 15 34 49 -16 O 6 10 19 33 58 -10 R 7 7 21 33 81 -12 R red2 Qualification for the relegation play-offs Q red1 Relegation to Liga Leumit R R 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match. complete Israel Football Association Results main FBR HAC HHA HRA HRG MAN HPT Hapoel Acre 1–0 null null 3–1 null Hapoel Haifa null 1–0 null 2–2 1–2 Hapoel Ra'anana 4–0 null null 2–0 null Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–0 0–1 0–0 null null Maccabi Ahi Nazareth null null null 0–7 3–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–2 null 0–0 2–1 null complete Israel Football Association Relegation playoff 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 Report he Hapoel Kfar Saba Hermon 84 Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion 4,000 Eitan Tabrizi Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Shahar Balilti for Hapoel Petah Tikva against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, 61st minute (22 August 2009)Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=212933#GameEvents Israel Football Association 22 August 2009 22 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090831062259/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=212933#GameEvents 31 August 2009 dead Fastest goal in a match: 17 seconds – Maor Buzaglo for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Beitar Jerusalem (17 April 2010)Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Beitar Jerusalem http://one.co.il/Article/156575.html . One 17 April 2010 17 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100418215642/http://www.one.co.il/Article/156575.html 18 April 2010 live he Widest winning margin: 7 goals – Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan (15 May 2010)Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237965#GameEvents Israel Football Association 15 May 2010 15 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404075203/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237965#GameEvents 4 April 2012 dead Most goals in a match: 8 goals – Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva (21 November 2009)Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211672#GameEvents Israel Football Association 21 November 2009 21 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100721021259/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211672#GameEvents 21 July 2010 dead Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre (27 March 2010)Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211819#GameEvents Israel Football Association 27 March 2009 27 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100721015441/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211819#GameEvents 21 July 2010 dead Discipline First yellow card of the season: Gal Cohen for Hapoel Petah Tikva against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, 40th minute (22 August 2009) First red card of the season: Ismail Abdul Razak for Hapoel Acre against Maccabi Haifa, 72nd minute (22 August 2009)Maccabi Haifa 2–1 Hapoel Acre http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211600#GameEvents Israel Football Association 22 August 2009 22 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100721014625/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211600#GameEvents 21 July 2010 dead Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goalshttp://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=40&SEASON_ID=11 Israeli Premier League Top Scorers 15 May 2010 Israel Football Association https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073542/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=40&SEASON_ID=11 4 April 2012 dead 1 Israel Shlomi Arbeitman Maccabi Haifa 28 2 Israel Itay Shechter Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 3 Georgia Vladimir Dvalishvili Maccabi Haifa 16 Israel Barak Yitzhaki Beitar Jerusalem 16 5 Bulgaria Dimitar Makriev F.C. Ashdod 0013B [B] 6 Argentina Pedro Galván Bnei Yehuda 12 Israel Toto Tamuz Beitar Jerusalem 12 8 Israel Idan Shriki F.C. Ashdod 11 Israel Dedi Ben Dayan Hapoel Tel Aviv 11 Israel Eran Levy Hapoel Haifa 11 Israel Eran Zahavi Hapoel Tel Aviv 11 Total 718 Average per game 2.6 B 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 loss of 3–0. The original game finished in a 1–1 draw. See also 2009–10 Israel State Cup 2009–10 Toto Cup Al List of 2009–10 Israeli football summer transfers List of 2009–10 Israeli football winter transfers References Category:Israeli Premier League seasons Israel 1