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2009–10 Toto Cup Al
Tournament details
Country	Israel
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Beitar Jerusalem (2nd title)
Runner-up	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	137 (2.49 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Elnatan Salami ; Toto Tamuz (5)
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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.

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	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

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

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	Advance to knockout phase	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

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	Advance to knockout phase	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:

^ ^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.
^ 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	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	Advance to knockout phase	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:

^ ^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.
^ 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.