2009–10 Israeli Premier League
| Season | 2009–10 |
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| Champions |
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2nd Premier League title 13th Israeli title overall |
| Relegated |
Hapoel Ra'anana Maccabi Ahi Nazareth |
| Champions League | Hapoel Tel Aviv (second qualifying round) |
| Europa League |
Maccabi Haifa (third qualifying round) Maccabi Tel Aviv (second qualifying round) Bnei Yehuda (first qualifying round) |
| Matches played | 276 |
| Goals scored | 718 (2.6 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Shlomi Arbeitman (28) |
| Biggest home win | Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Biggest away win | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan |
| Highest scoring | Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre |
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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.
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.
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