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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

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

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
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
F.C. Ashdod	Bnei Sakhnin	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Yud-Alef Stadium	Doha Stadium	Vasermil Stadium	Ilut Stadium

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
Beitar Jerusalem	Reuven Atar	Sacked	21 July 2009	3rd (08–09)	Itzhak Shum	21 July 2009	Pre-Season
Maccabi Netanya	Nati Azaria	Stepped down to assistant position	29 September 2009	16th	Reuven Atar	29 September 2009	16th
Bnei Sakhnin	Eran Kulik	Sacked	19 October 2009	14th	Marco Balbul	21 October 2009	14th
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Marco Balbul	Resigned	21 October 2009	3rd	Nir Levine	21 October 2009	3rd
Maccabi Petah Tikva	Ronny Levy	Resigned	21 November 2009	9th	Freddy David	22 November 2009	9th
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Danny Nir'on	Resigned	21 November 2009	14th	Shavit Elimelech	22 November 2009	15th
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	Eli Mahpud	Sacked	8 December 2009	16th	John Gregory	8 December 2009	16th
Hapoel Petah Tikva	Shavit Elimelech	Stepped down to assistant position	16 December 2009	15th	Eli Mahpud	16 December 2009	15th
Beitar Jerusalem	Itzhak Shum	Sacked	20 February 2010	7th	David Amsalem	20 February 2010	7th
Hapoel Ra'anana	Eli Cohen	Sacked	28 February 2010	16th	Ami Vazana	28 February 2010	16th
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Guy Azouri	Resigned	28 February 2010	8th	Vico Haddad	3 March 2010	8th
Beitar Jerusalem	David Amsalem	Stepped down to assistant position	18 March 2010	5th	Shimon Edri	18 March 2010	5th
Hapoel Ra'anana	Ami Vazana	End of contract	28 March 2010	16th	Tzvika Tzemah	31 March 2010	16th
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	John Gregory	End of contract	20 May 2010	16th	Shimon Edri	30 June 2010	Post-Season
F.C. Ashdod	Yossi Mizrahi	Resigned	20 May 2010	6th	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	Junior Viza	Paolo de la Haza	Sebastián Vázquez				David Gomez Joslain Mayebi
Bnei Sakhnin	Cadu	Paty Yeye Lenkebe	Đorđije Ćetković	Nastja Čeh	Arafat Djako		Jair Céspedes Scott Sealy

Regular season

Table

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.

Results

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.

Playoffs

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

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

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

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

Results

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

Results

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.

Hapoel Ramat Gan	1–0	Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hermon 84'	Report (in Hebrew)

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Shahar Balilti for Hapoel Petah Tikva against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, 61st minute (22 August 2009)
• Fastest goal in a match: 17 seconds – Maor Buzaglo for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Beitar Jerusalem (17 April 2010)
• Widest winning margin: 7 goals – Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan (15 May 2010)
• Most goals in a match: 8 goals –
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva (21 November 2009)
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre (27 March 2010)

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)

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Shlomi Arbeitman	Maccabi Haifa	28
2	Itay Shechter	Hapoel Tel Aviv	22
3	Vladimir Dvalishvili	Maccabi Haifa	16
	Barak Yitzhaki	Beitar Jerusalem	16
5	Dimitar Makriev	F.C. Ashdod	0013
6	Pedro Galván	Bnei Yehuda	12
	Toto Tamuz	Beitar Jerusalem	12
8	Idan Shriki	F.C. Ashdod	11
	Dedi Ben Dayan	Hapoel Tel Aviv	11
	Eran Levy	Hapoel Haifa	11
	Eran Zahavi	Hapoel Tel Aviv	11
Total			718
Average per game			2.6

^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.

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

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2. ^ "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.
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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.
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