# 2009–10 Maccabi Haifa F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Maccabi Haifa Football Club's 28th consecutive season in the Israeli Premier League and 96th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Maccabi Haifa participated in this season's editions of the Israel State Cup, Toto Cup Al and UEFA Champions League.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ISR | Nir Davidovich |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Alon Harazi |
| 4 | DF | ISR | Shai Maimon |
| 5 | DF | POR | Jorge Teixeira |
| 6 | FW | ARG | Eial Strahman |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Boccoli |
| 8 | MF | COL | Jhon Culma |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Vladimir Dvalishvili |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Yero Bello |
| 13 | DF | ISR | Taleb Tawatha |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Eyal Golasa |
| 16 | FW | ISR | Mohammad Ghadir |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | RSA | Tsepo Masilela |
| 19 | FW | ISR | Shlomi Arbeitman |
| 20 | FW | ISR | Yaniv Katan |
| 21 | DF | ISR | Dekel Keinan |
| 22 | GK | ISR | Amir Edri |
| 23 | MF | ISR | Beram Kayal |
| 24 | MF | ISR | Yisrael Zaguri |
| 25 | MF | ISR | Shlomi Azulay |
| 26 | MF | ISR | Lior Refaelov |
| 27 | DF | ISR | Eyal Meshumar |
| 28 | MF | ISR | Sintayehu Sallalich |
| 44 | GK | ISR | Haim Ziskind |
Source:

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Israeli Premier League | 22 August 2009 | 15 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 35 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 16 | +56 | 080.00 |
| Israel State Cup | 9 February 2010 | 24 March 2010 | Eighth round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Toto Cup Al | 1 August 2009 | 13 January 2010 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 037.50 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 July 2009 | 8 December 2009 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 37 | 7 | 13 | 106 | 37 | +69 | 064.91 |
Source: Competitions

### Israeli Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 12 | +52 | 77 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 79 | 25 | +54 | 71 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 46 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Bnei Yehuda | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 45 | Qualification for the championship round |
* ↑ F.C. Ashdod received a technical loss of 3–0 to Bnei Yehuda for fielding an ineligible player. The original game finished in a 1–1 draw.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (C) | 35 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 87 | 26 | +61 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 35 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 16 | +56 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 31 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Beitar Jerusalem | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 26 | |
| 6 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 22 | |
* ↑ As Hapoel Tel Aviv won both League and 2009–10 Israel State Cup, the State Cup finalists Bnei Yehuda received the final Europa League spot.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitions

#### Top Playoff
### Israel State Cup
### Toto Cup Al
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout phase | 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 | |

#### Knockout phase
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOR | BAY | JUV | MHA |
| 1 | Bordeaux | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |