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2009–10 Israeli Premier League

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.

Israeli Premier League
Season2009–10
Dates22 August 2009 – 22 May 2010
ChampionsHapoel Tel Aviv
2nd Premier League title
13th Israeli title overall
RelegatedHapoel Ra'anana
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Champions LeagueHapoel Tel Aviv (second qualifying round)
Europa LeagueMaccabi Haifa (third qualifying round)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (second qualifying round)
Bnei Yehuda (first qualifying round)
Matches played276
Goals scored718 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerShlomi Arbeitman (28)
Biggest home winHapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Biggest away winMaccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan
Highest scoringHapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre

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 edit

Structural changes edit

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 edit

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Locations of the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League teams

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 edit

Stadia and locations edit

ClubStadiumCapacity
Beitar JerusalemTeddy Stadium21,600
Bnei SakhninDoha Stadium08,500
Bnei YehudaBloomfield Stadium15,700
F.C. AshdodYud-Alef Stadium07,800
Hapoel AcreGreen Stadium0004,000[A]
Hapoel Be'er ShevaVasermil Stadium13,000
Hapoel HaifaKiryat Eliezer Stadium14,002
Hapoel Petah TikvaPetah Tikva Municipal Stadium06,800
Hapoel Ra'ananaLevita Stadium0005,800[A]
Hapoel Ramat GanWinter Stadium0008,000[A]
Hapoel Tel AvivBloomfield Stadium15,700
Maccabi Ahi NazarethIlut Stadium04,932
Maccabi HaifaKiryat Eliezer Stadium14,002
Maccabi NetanyaSar-Tov Stadium07,500
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah Tikva Municipal Stadium06,800
Maccabi Tel AvivBloomfield Stadium15,700

^ ^ ^ The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

Beitar JerusalemBnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv		Hapoel Ramat GanHapoel Acre
Teddy Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Winter StadiumGreen Stadium
Maccabi NetanyaHapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa		Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Petah Tikva		Hapoel Ra'anana
Sar-Tov Stadium
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Petah Tikva Municipal StadiumLevita Stadium
F.C. AshdodBnei SakhninHapoel Be'er ShevaMaccabi Ahi Nazareth
Yud-Alef StadiumDoha StadiumVasermil StadiumIlut Stadium

Managerial changes edit

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable
Beitar Jerusalem Reuven AtarSacked21 July 2009[1]3rd (08–09) Itzhak Shum21 July 2009[1]Pre-Season
Maccabi Netanya Nati AzariaStepped down to
assistant position		29 September 2009[2]16th Reuven Atar29 September 2009[2]16th
Bnei Sakhnin Eran KulikSacked19 October 2009[3]14th Marco Balbul21 October 2009[4]14th
Maccabi Tel Aviv Marco BalbulResigned21 October 2009[4]3rd Nir Levine21 October 20093rd
Maccabi Petah Tikva Ronny LevyResigned21 November 2009[5]9th Freddy David22 November 2009[6]9th
Hapoel Petah Tikva Danny Nir'onResigned21 November 2009[7]14th Shavit Elimelech22 November 2009[8]15th
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Eli MahpudSacked8 December 2009[9]16th John Gregory8 December 2009[9]16th
Hapoel Petah Tikva Shavit ElimelechStepped down to
assistant position		16 December 2009[10]15th Eli Mahpud16 December 2009[10]15th
Beitar Jerusalem Itzhak ShumSacked20 February 2010[11]7th David Amsalem20 February 2010[11]7th
Hapoel Ra'anana Eli CohenSacked28 February 2010[12]16th Ami Vazana28 February 2010[12]16th
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Guy AzouriResigned28 February 2010[13]8th Vico Haddad3 March 2010[14]8th
Beitar Jerusalem David AmsalemStepped down to
assistant position		18 March 2010[15]5th Shimon Edri18 March 2010[15]5th
Hapoel Ra'anana Ami VazanaEnd of contract28 March 2010[16]16th Tzvika Tzemah31 March 2010[17]16th
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth John GregoryEnd of contract20 May 2010[18]16th Shimon Edri30 June 2010[19]Post-Season
F.C. Ashdod Yossi MizrahiResigned20 May 2010[18]6th John Gregory20 May 2010[18]Post-Season

Regular season edit

Table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Maccabi Haifa3025236412+5277Qualification for the championship round
2Hapoel Tel Aviv3021817925+5471
3Maccabi Tel Aviv3015784733+1452
4Beitar Jerusalem30137104634+1246
5Bnei Yehuda3012993730+745[a]
6F.C. Ironi Ashdod30111093231+143[a]
7Bnei Sakhnin30118112829−141Qualification for the middle round
8Hapoel Be'er Sheva301010104450−640
9Maccabi Netanya3099124140+136
10Maccabi Petah Tikva30811113743−635
11Hapoel Ramat Gan3089132646−2033Qualification for the relegation round
12Hapoel Haifa3088143945−632
13Hapoel Petah Tikva30613112341−1831
14Hapoel Acre30413133246−1425
15Maccabi Ahi Nazareth3066182767−4024
16Hapoel Ra'anana3048182757−3020
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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.

Results edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnYBnSASHHACHBSHHAHPTHRGHRAHTAMANMHAMNEMPTMTA
Beitar Jerusalem—1–01–02–01–11–13–13–01–03–10–05–00–33–11–20–1
Bnei Yehuda0–0—2–12–32–12–22–01–11–22–10–12–00–22–12–00–1
Bnei Sakhnin0–02–0—1–01–01–10–32–03–11–11–21–12–10–33–40–0
F.C. Ironi Ashdod2–00–3[a]0–0—1–05–21–02–10–00–00–42–10–13–01–13–1
Hapoel Acre0–31–10–01–1—1–32–20–01–01–11–10–10–31–12–22–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva3–20–01–01–03–2—2–32–01–02–11–32–21–32–00–11–3
Hapoel Haifa3–20–30–10–12–40–0—1–21–13–11–22–20–10–02–03–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva0–01–10–01–11–11–02–2—0–02–11–13–00–42–11–10–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan0–00–21–01–11–12–23–20–0—1–00–32–30–51–00–31–4
Hapoel Ra'anana1–30–30–11–10–12–22–12–10–1—1–41–11–31–13–10–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv4–34–01–02–25–34–12–07–13–15–0—4–01–23–31–11–0
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth0–12–20–21–01–01–41–31–20–12–10–4—0–51–31–23–3
Maccabi Haifa2–12–01–01–02–14–10–03–03–13–00–04–1—2–02–01–0
Maccabi Netanya3–01–11–20–11–02–21–21–02–31–10–35–01–0—2–21–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva1–30–11–21–12–33–02–20–01–12–30–01–00–10–3—2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv4–30–03–12–01–11–11–01–03–12–02–40–11–02–21–1—
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  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.[20]

Playoffs edit

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Rounds
31st32nd33rd34th35th
1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4		1 – 2
5 – 3
6 – 4		2 – 6
3 – 1
4 – 5		1 – 4
2 – 3
6 – 5		3 – 6
4 – 2
5 – 1
07 – 10
8 – 9		7 – 8
10 – 90		08 – 10
9 – 7		0
0		0
0
11 – 16
12 – 15
13 – 14		11 – 12
15 – 13
16 – 14		12 – 16
13 – 11
14 – 15		11 – 14
12 – 13
16 – 15		13 – 16
14 – 12
15 – 11

Top Playoff edit

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 edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Hapoel Tel Aviv (C)3525918726+6149Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Maccabi Haifa3528347216+5649Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3Maccabi Tel Aviv3517995235+1734Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4Bnei Yehuda351411104334+931Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5Beitar Jerusalem35147145044+626
6F.C. Ironi Ashdod351110143645−922
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) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.

Results edit

Home \ AwayBEIBnYASHHTAMHAMTA
Beitar Jerusalem—0–2—1–2——
Bnei Yehuda————1–10–0
F.C. Ironi Ashdod1–22–3————
Hapoel Tel Aviv—1–04–0——0–0
Maccabi Haifa2–1—3–10–1——
Maccabi Tel Aviv3–0—2–0—0–2—
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Middle Playoff edit

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 edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
7Bnei Sakhnin33138123131027
8Maccabi Petah Tikva331011124447−324
9Hapoel Be'er Sheva331110124955−623
10Maccabi Netanya33109144447−321
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.

Results edit

Home \ AwayBnSHBSMNEMPT
Bnei Sakhnin—1–0—2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva——4–01–4
Maccabi Netanya2–0———
Maccabi Petah Tikva——3–1—
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom Playoff edit

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 edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
11Hapoel Haifa35109164450−623
12Hapoel Acre35714143852−1423
13Hapoel Petah Tikva35814132848−2023
14Hapoel Ramat Gan (O)35911153449−1522Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15Hapoel Ra'anana (R)35610193358−2518Relegation to Liga Leumit
16Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (R)3577213381−4816
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.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ AwayHACHHAHRAHRGMANHPT
Hapoel Acre—1–0——3–1—
Hapoel Haifa——1–0—2–21–2
Hapoel Ra'anana4–0———2–0—
Hapoel Ramat Gan0–00–10–0———
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth———0–7—3–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva1–2—0–02–1——
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff edit

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.

Hapoel Ramat Gan1–0Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hermon 84'Report (in Hebrew)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Eitan Tabrizi

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Discipline edit

Top scorers edit

RankScorerClubGoals[27]
1 Shlomi ArbeitmanMaccabi Haifa28
2 Itay ShechterHapoel Tel Aviv22
3 Vladimir DvalishviliMaccabi Haifa16
Barak YitzhakiBeitar Jerusalem16
5 Dimitar MakrievF.C. Ashdod0013[B]
6 Pedro GalvánBnei Yehuda12
Toto TamuzBeitar Jerusalem12
8 Idan ShrikiF.C. Ashdod11
Dedi Ben DayanHapoel Tel Aviv11
Eran LevyHapoel Haifa11
Eran ZahaviHapoel Tel Aviv11
Total718
Average per game2.6

^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 loss of 3–0. The original game finished in a 1–1 draw.[20]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Beitar Jerusalem selected Itzhak Shum as their new manager" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Daniel Jammer meat with Reuven Atar and Nati Azaria" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Eran Kulik sacked from Bnei Sakhnin" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Marco Balbul left Maccabi Tel Aviv and will coach Bnei Sakhnin" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Ronny Levy resigned from Maccabi Petah Tikva" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Ronny Levy substitute: Freddy David signed at Maccabi Petah Tikva" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  7. ^ "Danny Nir'on resigned from Hapoel Petah Tikva" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Shavit Elimelech will coach Hapoel Petah Tikva until the end of the season" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Gregory appointed. Mahpud sacked" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
  10. ^ a b "Mahpud signed for a year and a half, Elimelech will be his assistant" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Itzhak Shum sacked from Beitar Jerusalem, David Amsalem will replace him" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  12. ^ a b "Eli Cohen was sacked from Hapoel Ra'anana, Ami Vazana will replace him" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 28 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  13. ^ "Guy Azouri left Hapoel Be'er Sheva" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  14. ^ "Vico Haddad will coach Hapoel Be'er Sheva until the end of the season" (in Hebrew). . Sport 5. 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  15. ^ a b "Shimon Edri appointed as Beitar Jerusalem new coach" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  16. ^ "Ami Vazana resigned from Hapoel Ra'anana" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  17. ^ "Tzvika Tzemah will coach Hapoel Ra'anana until the end of the season" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  18. ^ a b c "John Gregory signed a 3-year contract in F.C. Ashdod" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  19. ^ "Shimon Edri signed in Maccabi Ahi Nazareth" (in Hebrew). . Walla!. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  20. ^ a b "F.C. Ashdod received a 0–3 technical lose to Bnei Yehuda". Israel Football Association. August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  21. ^ a b "Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 1–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva". Israel Football Association. 22 August 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  22. ^ "Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 Beitar Jerusalem" (in Hebrew). . One. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  23. ^ "Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan". Israel Football Association. 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  24. ^ "Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva". Israel Football Association. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  25. ^ "Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre". Israel Football Association. 27 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  26. ^ "Maccabi Haifa 2–1 Hapoel Acre". Israel Football Association. 22 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  27. ^ "Israeli Premier League Top Scorers". Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
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