2009–10 Toto Cup Al

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 Quarterfinals. Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final was held as one-legged matches, with the Final played at the Ramat Gan Stadium.

2009–10 Toto Cup Al
Country Israel
Teams16
ChampionsBeitar Jerusalem (2nd title)
Runners-upHapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Matches played55
Goals scored137 (2.49 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Elnatan Salami
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

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HPT MHA MPT HBS
1 Hapoel Petah Tikva (A) 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 1–1 3–1 1–1
2 Maccabi Haifa (A) 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
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MTA ASH BnS HRG
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (A) 6 4 2 0 14 6 +8 14 4–0 3–2 2–0
2 F.C. Ironi Ashdod (A) 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
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HRA HAC MAN HHA
1 Hapoel Ra'anana (A) 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 1–1 3–4 2–1
2 Hapoel Acre (A) 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[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1 0–0[lower-alpha 2]
4 Hapoel Haifa 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 4[lower-alpha 1] 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
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals.
Notes:
  1. 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BEI BnY HTA MNE
1 Beitar Jerusalem (A) 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–0 3–1
2 Bnei Yehuda (A) 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[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 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
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals.
Notes:
  1. Maccabi Netanya received a technical lose 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 lose of 0–3 to Beitar Jerusalem for fielding an ineligible player, The original game was finished in a 3–3 draw.

Elimination rounds

Quarterfinals
Hapoel Acre0 – 3Beitar Jerusalem
Report  29', 40' Tamuz
 84' Baruchyan
Attendance: 300
Referee: Daniel Bar Natan
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
Attendance: 500
Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich
Hapoel Ra'anana1 – 0Bnei Yehuda
Shooker  49' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Halim Zatma

Semifinals

The draw for the Semifinals 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
Referee: Shai Shitrit
Beitar Jerusalem1 – 0Maccabi Tel Aviv
Tamuz  48' Report
Referee: Liran Liani

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

See also
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