The 2009–10 Toto Cup Al was the twenty-eighth season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and sixth under the current format. It was held in two stages. First, sixteen Premier League teams were divided into four groups. The winners and runners-up, were advanced to the knockout phase. Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final was held as one-legged matches, with the Final played at the Ramat Gan Stadium.

2009–10 Toto Cup Al
Tournament details
Country Israel
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsBeitar Jerusalem (2nd title)
Runner-upHapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored137 (2.49 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Israel Elnatan Salami
Nigeria Toto Tamuz (5)

The defending champions were Maccabi Tel Aviv, making it their third Toto Cup title overall.

On 26 January 2010, Beitar Jerusalem won the 2009–10 Toto Cup Al making it their second Toto Cup title overall.

Group stage edit

The matches were played from August 1 to December 15, 2009.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HPT MHA MPT HBS
1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 3–1 1–1
2 Maccabi Haifa 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 3–1 1–0 0–0
3 Maccabi Petah Tikva 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 0–1 1–0 1–1
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6 0 4 2 4 7 −3 4 0–1 0–0 2–4
Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MTA ASH BnS HRG
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 4 2 0 14 6 +8 14 Advance to knockout phase 4–0 3–2 2–0
2 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8 4–4 1–0 1–1
3 Bnei Sakhnin 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 0–0 2–0 1–0
4 Hapoel Ramat Gan 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 0–1 1–3 3–1
Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HRA HAC MAN HHA
1 Hapoel Ra'anana 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 3–4 2–1
2 Hapoel Acre 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8 0–1 3–1 3–2
3 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 6 1 4 1 7 8 −1 6[a] 0–0 1–1 0–0[b]
4 Hapoel Haifa 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 4[a] 1–3 3–0 1–1
Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
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 Due to the Court's decision, no points were awarded for the game between Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Haifa, after Hapoel Haifa fielded an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 2–0 win for Hapoel Haifa.
  2. ^ Due to the Court's decision, no points were awarded for the game between Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Haifa, after Hapoel Haifa fielded an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 2–0 win for Hapoel Haifa.

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEI BnY HTA MNE
1 Beitar Jerusalem 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13[a] Advance to knockout phase 0–0 1–0 3–1
2 Bnei Yehuda 6 3 2 1 4 3 +1 11 0–2 1–1 1–0
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5 2–1 0–1 2–2
4 Maccabi Netanya 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4[a] 0–3[b] 0–1 3–2
Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
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 Maccabi Netanya received a technical loss of 0–3 to Beitar Jerusalem for fielding an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 3–3 draw.
  2. ^ Maccabi Netanya received a technical loss of 0–3 to Beitar Jerusalem for fielding an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 3–3 draw.

Knockout phase edit

Quarter-finals edit

Hapoel Acre0 – 3Beitar Jerusalem
Report   29', 40' Tamuz
  84' Baruchyan

Maccabi Haifa2 – 1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hanoun   58' (pen.) Report   47' Dvalishvili
  66' Zaguri
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ziv Adler

Maccabi Tel Aviv5 – 0F.C. Ashdod
Avidor   29'
Zion   59' (o.g.)
Shivhon   76'
Mayuka   82'
Komac   86'
Report

Hapoel Ra'anana1 – 0Bnei Yehuda
Shooker   49' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Halim Zatma

Semi-finals edit

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 31 December 2009, with matches played two weeks later on 13 January 2010.

Hapoel Ra'anana3 – 2Maccabi Haifa
Tuef   45' (pen.)
Digmalishvili   60'
R. Cohen   74'
Report   13' Ghadir
  59' Rafaelov

Final edit

Hapoel Ra'anana0 – 1Beitar Jerusalem
Report   51' Vered
Attendance: 5,646

See also edit

External links edit