2009–10 Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit 2009–10 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Ironi Kiryat ShmonaHapoel Ashkelon Hapoel MarmorekHapoel Jerusalem Akaki Mikuchadze (18) 276 652 2008–09 2010–11 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. 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 Israel 300 Israel 32.049986 34.786956 0.4em Beitar Shimshon left Israel 31.915394 34.775203 0.7em Sektzia Nes Tziona left Israel 32.130248 34.858986 0.2em Ironi Ramat HaSharon Israel 31.939250 34.893167 0.5em Hapoel Bnei Lod Israel 33 12 29.0 N 35 34 32.5 E Ironi Kiryat Shmona left Israel 31.974994 34.752839 0.5em Hapoel Marmorek left Israel 31.974994 34.752839 0.5em H. Rishon LeZion left Israel 31.665710 34.569479 Hapoel Ashkelon bottom Israel 32.045300 34.815478 Hakoah Ramat Gan Israel 32.866692 35.310850 Ahva Arraba Israel 32.689800 35.311325 H. Nazareth Illit Israel 31.253794 34.785964 Maccabi Be'er Sheva Israel 31.751167 35.190617 0.2em Hapoel Jerusalem Israel 32.181115 34.927071 0.2em Hapoel Kfar Saba Israel 32.167839 34.824793 Maccabi Herzliya left Israel 32.003045 34.758167 0.2em Ironi Bat Yam right 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 Hapoel 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 8,500 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium 6,500 Hakoah Ramat Gan Winter Stadium 8,000 Hapoel Ashkelon Sala Stadium 5,250 Hapoel Bnei Lod Lod Municipal Stadium 3,000 Hapoel Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600 Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800 Hapoel Marmorek Haberfeld Stadium 6,000 Hapoel Nazareth Illit Green Stadium 4,000 Ironi Bat Yam Bat Yam Municipal Stadium 3,100 Ironi Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium 5,300 Ironi Ramat HaSharon Grundman Stadium 2,200 Hapoel Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000 Maccabi Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000 Maccabi Herzliya Herzliya Municipal Stadium 8,100 Sektzia Nes Tziona Ness Ziona Stadium 6,000 Regular season Regular season table main WDL PR IKS Ironi Kiryat Shmona HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba SNT Sektzia Nes Tziona IRH Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon IBY Ironi Bat Yam HAS Hapoel Ashkelon HNI Hapoel Nazareth Illit AHV Ahva Arraba HRL Hapoel Rishon LeZion MHE Maccabi Herzliya HBL Hapoel Bnei Lod HAR Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan MBS Maccabi Be'er Sheva BTA Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv HJE Hapoel Jerusalem HMK Hapoel Marmorek 18 8 4 43 20 14 9 7 47 37 11 14 5 33 21 12 10 8 44 27 13 6 11 35 29 11 11 8 41 35 10 13 7 34 23 12 8 10 35 32 -1 11 7 12 35 28 10 10 10 28 24 9 12 9 31 30 9 11 10 36 39 11 3 16 37 49 7 12 11 27 42 5 8 17 35 61 2 8 20 19 63 Hapoel 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. HKS Hapoel 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. HAS Maccabi 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. MBS Ahva Arraba were deducted one point for editing double contracts with several players. #D0F0C0 Top Playoff TOP TOP TOP TOP TOP TOP inherit Middle Playoff MID MID MID MID #FFEEEE Bottom Playoff BOT BOT BOT BOT BOT BOT 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match. complete Israel Football Association Regular season results main FBR grey AHV BTA HAR HAS HBL HJE HKS HMK HNI HRL IBY IKS IRH MBS MHE SNT Ahva Arraba 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–4 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 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 1–0 0–0 1–1 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 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 Hapoel Jerusalem 1–4 2–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–0 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 2–1 2–3 3–1 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 0–3 1–2 0–4 0–2 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 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 3–0 2–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 Ironi Bat Yam 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 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 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 0–1 3–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 3–1 Maccabi Be'er Sheva 2–1 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 5–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 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 0–0 1–0 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 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 Maccabi 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. Hapoel Kfar Saba received a technical loss of 3–0 to Hapoel Rishon LeZion for fielding an ineligible player. The original game was finished in a 0–0 draw. Hapoel 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. complete Israel Football Association Playoffs Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games): Rounds 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th1 – 62 – 53 – 41 – 25 – 36 – 42 – 63 – 14 – 51 – 42 – 36 – 53 – 64 – 25 – 17 – 108 – 97 – 810 – 98 – 109 – 711 – 1612 – 1513 – 1411 – 1215 – 1316 – 1412 – 1613 – 1114 – 1511 – 1412 – 1316 – 1513 – 1614 – 1215 – 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 main WDL PR IKS Ironi Kiryat Shmona HAS Hapoel Ashkelon HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba SNT Sektzia Nes Tziona IRH Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon IBY Ironi Bat Yam 21 9 5 51 22 -31 C,P 15 11 9 47 42 -22 P 16 9 10 56 47 -25 13 15 7 45 29 -23 13 11 11 50 37 -23 14 7 14 43 41 -22 #ACE1AF Promotion to Israeli Premier League P P #D0F0C0 Qualification for promotion play-offs Q 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match. complete Israel Football Association Top Playoff results main FBR grey HAS HKS IBY IKS IRH SNT Hapoel Ashkelon null 1–0 null 1–0 null Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–2 5–2 null null 1–2 Ironi Bat Yam null null 0–0 null 4–3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–2 3–0 null 3–0 null Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon null 1–2 3–2 null null Sektzia Nes Tziona 5–0 null null 0–1 2–2 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, Hapoel Nazareth Illit started with 22 points, Ahva Arraba with 22, Hapoel Rishon LeZion with 20 and Maccabi Herzliya started with 20. Middle Playoff table main WDL QR 7 HNI Hapoel Nazareth Illit HRL Hapoel Rishon LeZion AHV Ahva Arraba MHE Maccabi Herzliya 12 14 7 38 24 -21 13 7 13 39 31 -20 12 9 12 37 37 -22 10 12 11 31 28 -20 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match. complete Israel Football Association Middle Playoff results main FBR grey AHV HNI HRL MHE Ahva Arraba null 0–1 2–2 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2–0 null 0–0 Hapoel Rishon LeZion null 1–2 null Maccabi Herzliya null null 1–2 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 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 main WDL QR 11 HAR Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan BTA Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv HBL Hapoel Bnei Lod MBS Maccabi Be'er Sheva HJE Hapoel Jerusalem HMK Hapoel Marmorek 11 14 10 44 42 -19 10 13 12 31 47 -16 10 15 10 37 34 -19 12 6 17 42 53 -18 O 6 11 18 40 66 -11 R 2 9 24 21 72 -7 R #FFE6E6 Qualification for relegation play-offs Q #FFCCCC Relegation to Liga Alef R R 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match. complete Israel Football Association Bottom Playoff results main FBR grey BTA HAR HBL HJE HMK MBS Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–4 null 1–0 null null Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan null null 0–0 1–0 1–1 Hapoel Bnei Lod 0–0 2–2 null 3–0 null Hapoel Jerusalem null null 2–1 null 1–1 Hapoel Marmorek 0–1 null null 2–2 null Maccabi Be'er Sheva 1–2 null 0–0 null 2–0 complete Israel Football Association Promotion/relegation playoff Promotion playoff The 3rd-placed team Hapoel Kfar Saba faced the 14th-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 Report he Hapoel Kfar Saba Hermon 84 Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion 4,000 Eitan Tabrizi Relegation playoff The 14th-placed team Maccabi Be'er Sheva faced the Liga Alef promotion playoff winner Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen.Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen will face Maccabi Be'er Sheva for the Liga Leumit ticket. http://www.football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/LeaguesMayh26th_2010.aspx . Israel Football Association 28 May 2010 28 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100530063745/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/LeaguesMayh26th_2010.aspx 30 May 2010 dead he 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 Report he Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen Barda 74 90+5 Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion 350 Shay Sheetrit Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Ofir Azu for Maccabi Be'er Sheva against Hapoel Kfar Saba, 6th minute (21 August 2009)Hapoel Kfar Saba 5–1 Maccabi Be'er Sheva http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211842#GameEvents Israel Football Association 21 August 2009 21 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090905011102/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211842#GameEvents 5 September 2009 dead Widest winning margin: 5 goals – Ironi Ramat HaSharon 5–0 Hapoel Marmorek (21 August 2009)Ironi Ramat HaSharon 5–0 Hapoel Marmorek http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211846#GameEvents Israel Football Association 31 August 2009 31 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321224702/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211846#GameEvents 21 March 2012 dead Maccabi Be'er Sheva 5–0 Hapoel Jerusalem (25 September 2009)Maccabi Be'er Sheva 5–0 Hapoel Jerusalem http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211862#GameEvents Israel Football Association 25 September 2009 25 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321224729/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211862#GameEvents 21 March 2012 dead Hapoel Ashkelon 6–1 Hapoel Jerusalem (29 January 2010)Hapoel Ashkelon 6–1 Hapoel Jerusalem http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211995#GameEvents Israel Football Association 29 January 2010 29 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404072245/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211995#GameEvents 4 April 2012 dead Hapoel Ashkelon 5–0 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv (3 April 2010)Hapoel Ashkelon 5–0 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=212064#GameEvents Israel Football Association 3 April 2010 3 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074201/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=212064#GameEvents 4 April 2012 dead Sektzia Nes Tziona 5–0 Hapoel Ashkelon (14 May 2010)Sektzia Nes Tziona 5–0 Hapoel Ashkelon http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237978#GameEvents Israel Football Association 14 May 2010 14 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074840/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237978#GameEvents 4 April 2012 dead Most goals in a match: 7 goals – Hapoel Ashkelon 6–1 Hapoel Jerusalem (29 January 2010) Hapoel Kfar Saba 5–2 Ironi Bat Yam (16 April 2010)Hapoel Kfar Saba 5–2 Ironi Bat Yam http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237967#GameEvents Israel Football Association 16 April 2010 16 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074241/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237967#GameEvents 4 April 2012 dead Ironi Bat Yam 4–3 Sektzia Nes Tziona (23 April 2010)Ironi Bat Yam 4–3 Sektzia Nes Tziona http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237970#GameEvents Israel Football Association 23 April 2010 23 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404074329/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=237970#GameEvents 4 April 2012 dead Discipline First yellow card of the season: Oren Nisim for Ironi Ramat HaSharon against Hakoah Ramat Gan, 33rd minute (21 August 2009)Hakoah Ramat Gan 0–1 Ironi Ramat HaSharon http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211843#GameEvents Israel Football Association 21 August 2009 21 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321224136/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211843#GameEvents 21 March 2012 dead First red card of the season: Aimé Lavie for Hakoah Ramat Gan against Ironi Ramat HaSharon, 90th minute (21 August 2009) Miscellaneous First drawn match: Maccabi Herzliya 0–0 Sektzia Nes Tziona (22 August 2009)Maccabi Herzliya 0–0 Sektzia Nes Tziona http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211838#GameEvents Israel Football Association 22 August 2009 22 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321224315/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/LeagueGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=211838#GameEvents 21 March 2012 dead First goalless match: Maccabi Herzliya 0–0 Sektzia Nes Tziona (22 August 2009) Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=45&SEASON_ID=11 Liga Leumit Top Scorers 15 May 2009 Israel Football Association https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073619/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerTopGoals.aspx?LEAGUE_ID=45&SEASON_ID=11 4 April 2012 dead 1Georgia Akaki MikuchadzeIroni Bat Yam182Israel Shay AharonHapoel Jerusalem173Israel Shlomi Azulay Hapoel Kfar Saba15Israel Tomer Swisa Ironi Kiryat Shmona155Georgia Gaga Chkhetiani Ironi Ramat HaSharon / Sektzia Nes Tziona146Israel Yehiel Tzagai Hapoel Ashkelon137Israel Liron Diamant Hakoah Ramat Gan128Israel Ido Exbard Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv11Israel Wiyam Amashe Ironi Kiryat Shmona1110Israel Ronen Schwartzman Ahva Arraba9Israel Mohamad Kial Hapoel Bnei Lod9Israel Meir Asor Ironi Bat Yam9Israel Eran Zeger Maccabi Be'er Sheva9Total652Average per game2.36 See also 2009–10 Israel State Cup 2009–10 Toto Cup Leumit List of 2009–10 Israeli football summer transfers List of 2009–10 Israeli football winter transfers References Category:Liga Leumit seasons Israel Category:2009–10 in Israeli football leagues