2009–10 Liga Leumit

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.

Liga Leumit
Season2009–10
ChampionsIroni Kiryat Shmona
PromotedIroni Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Ashkelon
RelegatedHapoel Marmorek
Hapoel Jerusalem
Matches played276
Goals scored652 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerAkaki Mikuchadze (18)

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
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 ArrabaDoha Stadium08,500
Beitar Shimshon Tel AvivHatikva Neighborhood Stadium06,500
Hakoah Ramat GanWinter Stadium08,000
Hapoel AshkelonSala Stadium5,250
Hapoel Bnei LodLod Municipal Stadium03,000
Hapoel JerusalemTeddy Stadium21,600
Hapoel Kfar SabaLevita Stadium05,800
Hapoel MarmorekHaberfeld Stadium06,000
Hapoel Nazareth IllitGreen Stadium04,000
Ironi Bat YamBat Yam Municipal Stadium03,100
Ironi Kiryat ShmonaKiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium05,300
Ironi Ramat HaSharonGrundman Stadium02,200
Hapoel Rishon LeZionHaberfeld Stadium06,000
Maccabi Be'er ShevaVasermil Stadium13,000
Maccabi HerzliyaHerzliya Municipal Stadium08,100
Sektzia Nes TzionaNess Ziona Stadium06,000

Regular season

Regular season table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 30 18 8 4 43 20 +23 62 Top Playoff
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba[lower-alpha 1] 30 14 9 7 47 37 +10 51
3 Sektzia Nes Tziona 30 11 14 5 33 21 +12 47
4 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon[lower-alpha 2] 30 12 10 8 44 27 +17 46
5 Ironi Bat Yam 30 13 6 11 35 29 +6 45
6 Hapoel Ashkelon[lower-alpha 2] 30 11 11 8 41 35 +6 44
7 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 30 10 13 7 34 23 +11 43 Middle Playoff
8 Ahva Arraba[lower-alpha 3] 30 12 8 10 35 32 +3 43[lower-alpha 4]
9 Hapoel Rishon LeZion[lower-alpha 1] 30 11 7 12 35 28 +7 40
10 Maccabi Herzliya 30 10 10 10 28 24 +4 40
11 Hapoel Bnei Lod 30 9 12 9 31 30 +1 39 Bottom Playoff
12 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 30 9 11 10 36 39 −3 38
13 Maccabi Be'er Sheva[lower-alpha 3] 30 11 3 16 37 49 −12 36
14 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 30 7 12 11 27 42 −15 33
15 Hapoel Jerusalem 30 5 8 17 35 61 −26 23
16 Hapoel Marmorek 30 2 8 20 19 63 −44 14
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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Ahva Arraba were deducted one point for editing double contracts with several players.

Regular season results
Home \ Away 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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] 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
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Playoffs

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

Rounds
31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th
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

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (C, P) 35 21 9 5 51 22 +29 41 Promotion to Israeli Premier League
2 Hapoel Ashkelon (P) 35 15 11 9 47 42 +5 34
3 Hapoel Kfar Saba 35 16 9 10 56 47 +9 32 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Sektzia Nes Tziona 35 13 15 7 45 29 +16 31
5 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 35 13 11 11 50 37 +13 27
6 Ironi Bat Yam 35 14 7 14 43 41 +2 27
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; (P) Promoted

Top Playoff results
Home \ Away HAS HKS IBY IKS IRH SNT
Hapoel Ashkelon 1–0 1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–2 5–2 1–2
Ironi Bat Yam 0–0 4–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1–2 3–0 3–0
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon 1–2 3–2
Sektzia Nes Tziona 5–0 0–1 2–2
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 33 12 14 7 38 24 +14 29
8 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 33 13 7 13 39 31 +8 26
9 Ahva Arraba 33 12 9 12 37 37 0 23
10 Maccabi Herzliya 33 10 12 11 31 28 +3 22
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.

Middle Playoff results
Home \ Away AHV HNI HRL MHE
Ahva Arraba 0–1 2–2
Hapoel Nazareth Illit 2–0 0–0
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1–2
Maccabi Herzliya 1–2
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 35 11 14 10 44 42 +2 28
12 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 35 10 13 12 31 47 −16 27
13 Hapoel Bnei Lod 35 10 15 10 37 34 +3 26
14 Maccabi Be'er Sheva (O) 35 12 6 17 42 53 −11 24 Qualification for relegation play-offs
15 Hapoel Jerusalem (R) 35 6 11 18 40 66 −26 18 Relegation to Liga Alef
16 Hapoel Marmorek (R) 35 2 9 24 21 72 −51 8
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

Bottom Playoff results
Home \ Away BTA HAR HBL HJE HMK MBS
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–4 1–0
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 0–0 1–0 1–1
Hapoel Bnei Lod 0–0 2–2 3–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 2–1 1–1
Hapoel Marmorek 0–1 2–2
Maccabi Be'er Sheva 1–2 0–0 2–0
Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

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

Relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team Maccabi Be'er Sheva faced the Liga Alef promotion playoff winner Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen.[1] The winner Maccabi Be'er Sheva earned a spot in the 2010–11 Liga Leumit. The match took place on 31 May 2010.

Maccabi Be'er Sheva2–0Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen
Barda 74', 90+5' Report (in Hebrew)
Attendance: 350
Referee: Shay Sheetrit

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

Miscellaneous

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals[12]
1 Georgia (country) Akaki Mikuchadze Ironi Bat Yam 18
2 Israel Shay Aharon Hapoel Jerusalem 17
3 Israel Shlomi Azulay Hapoel Kfar Saba 15
Israel Tomer Swisa Ironi Kiryat Shmona 15
5 Georgia (country) Gaga Chkhetiani Ironi Ramat HaSharon / Sektzia Nes Tziona 14
6 Israel Yehiel Tzagai Hapoel Ashkelon 13
7 Israel Liron Diamant Hakoah Ramat Gan 12
8 Israel Ido Exbard Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 11
Israel Wiyam Amashe Ironi Kiryat Shmona 11
10 Israel Ronen Schwartzman Ahva Arraba 09
Israel Mohamad Kial Hapoel Bnei Lod 09
Israel Meir Asor Ironi Bat Yam 09
Israel Eran Zeger Maccabi Be'er Sheva 09
Total 652
Average per game 2.36

See also

References
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