2009–10 Liga Alef

The 2009–10 Liga Alef season was the first season since the 1998–99 Liga Alef season, in which Liga Alef regained its status as the third tier of Israeli football, due to the closure of Liga Artzit.

Maccabi Ironi Jatt (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Herzliya (champions of the South Division) won the title and promotion to Liga Leumit.

Promotion and relegation play-offs held. however, from the promotion play-offs, no club achieved promotion to Liga Leumit, as Liga Alef second placed play-off winner, Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen went down to Maccabi Be'er Sheva of Liga Leumit in the decisive match.

Changes from last season

Format changes
  • Following the scrapping of Liga Artzit, Liga Alef became the third tier of the Israeli football league system.
  • Both divisions were expanded from 14 clubs to 16 clubs.
  • The runners-up would participate in a promotion play-offs, first playing against each other, then the winner playing the 14th placed Liga Leumit club.
  • The third-from-bottom clubs in each division would participate in a relegation play-offs, playing against the winner of the Liga Bet promotion play-offs.

Team changes

North Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Maccabi Ironi Jatt 30 22 5 3 64 21 +43 71 Promoted to Liga Leumit
2 Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm 30 23 6 1 64 16 +48 69[lower-alpha 1] Promotion play-offs
3 Hapoel Afula 30 17 3 10 59 32 +27 54
4 Hapoel Asi Gilboa 30 14 4 12 42 37 +5 46
5 Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata 30 13 6 11 43 39 +4 45
6 Maccabi Kafr Qara 30 10 9 11 31 33 −2 39
7 Ironi Tiberias 30 10 8 12 48 46 +2 38
8 Maccabi Kafr Kanna 30 10 8 12 40 40 0 38
9 F.C. Karmiel Safed 30 9 10 11 31 31 0 37
10 Hapoel Kafr Kanna 30 11 4 15 33 41 −8 37
11 Maccabi Tzur Shalom 30 10 6 14 33 48 −15 36
12 Maccabi Tamra 30 9 8 13 40 45 −5 35
13 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 30 9 7 14 42 58 −16 34
14 Hapoel Bnei Tamra[lower-alpha 2] 30 8 10 12 30 45 −15 33[lower-alpha 3] Relegated to Liga Bet
15 Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi 30 7 6 17 28 53 −25 25[lower-alpha 4] Relegation play-offs
16 Maccabi Tirat HaCarmel 30 5 6 19 27 70 −43 21 Relegated to Liga Bet
Source:
Notes:
  1. Six points deducted.
  2. After the end of season, the IFA demoted Hapoel Bnei Tamra to Liga Bet due to involvement in match-fixing. as a result, they were replaced in the relegation play-offs by Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi.[1]
  3. One point deducted.
  4. Two points deducted.

South Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hapoel Herzliya 30 20 7 3 63 20 +43 67 Promoted to Liga Leumit
2 Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen 30 16 9 5 44 25 +19 57 Promotion play-offs
3 Hapoel Hadera 30 16 5 9 40 32 +8 53
4 Tzafririm Holon 30 12 9 9 35 28 +7 45
5 Maccabi Ironi Netivot 30 12 6 12 39 32 +7 42
6 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 30 9 14 7 34 34 0 41
7 Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda 30 11 8 11 26 28 −2 41
8 Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona 30 11 7 12 32 36 −4 40
9 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 30 12 4 14 37 42 −5 40
10 Maccabi Yavne 30 9 11 10 29 24 +5 38
11 Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi 30 8 11 11 27 31 −4 35
12 Hapoel Arad 30 8 9 13 35 41 −6 33
13 Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva 30 7 10 13 26 35 −9 31
14 Shimshon Bnei Tayibe 30 7 10 13 28 38 −10 31 Relegation play-offs
15 Beitar Kfar Saba 30 8 6 16 28 53 −25 30 Relegated to Liga Bet
16 Hapoel Mevaseret Zion 30 7 8 15 25 49 −24 29
Source:

Promotion play-offs

The 2nd placed clubs in each division, Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm and Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen faced each other in Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion, and the winner advanced to the decisive play-off match against the 14th placed Liga Leumit club Maccabi Be'er Sheva.

Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
4-2 (pen.)		Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm
Report (in Hebrew)
Referee: Moshe Bohbot

Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen qualified for the decisive play-off match against Maccabi Be'er Sheva.

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

Maccabi Be'er Sheva remained in Liga Leumit.

Relegation play-offs

North play-off

Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi (which replaced the disqualified 14th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Bnei Tamra) faced the Liga Bet play-offs winner, Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo. the winner earned a spot in the 2010–11 Liga Alef.

Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi2 – 3Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megiddo
Sha'aban  30'
Levi  45' (o.g.)		 Report (in Hebrew) Elkanati  75'  90+'
Mizrahi  90'
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi relegated to Liga Bet.

South play-off

The 14th placed club in Liga Alef South, Shimshon Bnei Tayibe, faced the Liga Bet play-offs winner, Ironi Ramla. the winner earned a spot in the 2010–11 Liga Alef.

Ironi Ramla0 – 1Shimshon Bnei Tayibe
Report (in Hebrew) Yassine  20'
Referee: Eli Hacmon

Shimshon Bnei Tayibe remained in Liga Alef.

References
  1. War on corruption goes on: Tamra demoted to Liga Bet One, 24.5.2010 (in Hebrew)
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