2009–10 Liga Bet

Source:
Notes:

South B Division

Pos  Team                   Pld  W   D   L   GF  GA  GD   Pts  Promotion or relegation
1    Bnei Eilat             30   23  4   3   72  16  +56  73   Promoted to Liga Alef
2    Ironi Ramla            30   18  5   7   58  27  +31  59   Promotion play-offs
3    Mo'adon Tzeirei Rahat  30   14  12  4   55  32  +23  54
4    F.C. Dimona            30   16  5   9   45  32  +13  53
5    Ortodoxim Lod          30   15  7   8   56  46  +10  52
6    F.C. Shikun HaMizrach  30   15  5   10  54  40  +14  50
7    Beitar Ma'ale Adumim   30   14  8   8   46  20  +26  50
8    F.C. Kiryat Gat        30   12  4   14  42  51  −9   40
9    Hapoel Merhavim        30   11  5   14  55  57  −2   38
10   F.C. Be'er Sheva       30   10  8   12  33  38  −5   38
11   Maccabi Sha'arayim     30   10  6   14  28  45  −17  36
12   Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev    30   8   10  12  42  46  −4   33   Relegation play-offs
13   Maccabi Sderot         30   9   6   15  37  50  −13  33
14   Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov  30   7   4   19  42  67  −25  25
15   Hapoel Rahat           30   5   4   21  33  66  −33  19
16   Hapoel Tirat Shalom    30   5   3   22  27  92  −65  18   Relegated to Liga Gimel

Source:
Notes:

Promotion play-offs

North divisions

North A division

Semi-finals

4 May 2010  Hapoel Kafr Sumei  3–0     Hapoel Ahva Haifa  Kafr Sumei
            Ali 18' (pen.)                                Attendance: s
16:00       Ziada 21'          Report                     Referee: Lugasi
            Badarne 58'

4 May 2010  Beitar Nahariya  2–0     Hapoel Sakhnin  Nahariya
16:00       Namarni 52'      Report                  Referee: Berger
            Rabinovich 87'

Hapoel Kafr Sumei and Beitar Nahariya advanced to the North A division promotion play-offs final.

Final


2009–10 Liga Bet

Final

7 May 2010  Hapoel Kafr Sumei   1–0     Beitar Nahariya  Kafr Sumei
16:00       Badarne 72' (pen.)  Report                   Referee: Zatme

Hapoel Kafr Sumei advanced to the North regional final.

North B division

Semi-finals

4 May 2010  Hapoel Iksal   2–0 (a.e.t.)  Hapoel Isfiya  Iksal
16:00       Darawshe 114'  Report                       Referee: Z. Levi
            Abdallah 119'

4 May 2010                              Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido  1–1 (a.e.t.)                            Maccabi Ahi Iksal  Ramot Menashe
                                                                     (5–4 p)
16:00                                   Bar-Nir 7'                   Report                                  Zubidat 56'        Referee: Amar
                                        Penalties
Hayat [soccer ball with check mark]                                  [soccer ball with check mark] Darawshe
Elbaz [soccer ball with check mark]                                  [soccer ball with check mark] Kot
Navon [soccer ball with check mark]                                  [soccer ball with check mark] Shalabi
Levi [soccer ball with check mark]                                   [soccer ball with check mark] Ashta
Elkanati [soccer ball with check mark]                               [soccer ball with red X] Assor

Hapoel Iksal and Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido advanced to the North B division promotion play-offs final.

Final

7 May 2010  Hapoel Iksal  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido  Iksal
                          (1–4 p)
16:00       Hajj 90'      Report        Hayat 75'                    Referee: Rakotash
            Habashi 110'                Navon 97'

Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido advanced to the North regional final.

North Regional final


2009–10 Liga Bet

North Regional final

7 May 2010                              Hapoel Kafr Sumei  2–2 (a.e.t.)                            Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido  Ilut Stadium
                                                           (3–5 p)
16:00                                   Badarne 7', 73'    Report                                  Hayat 31'                    Referee: Berger
                                                                                Elkanati 90'
                                        Penalties
M. Falah [soccer ball with check mark]                     [soccer ball with check mark] Hayat
Trudi [soccer ball with check mark]                        [soccer ball with check mark] Elkanati
Z.Falah [soccer ball with red X]                           [soccer ball with check mark] Navon
Ziada [soccer ball with check mark]                        [soccer ball with check mark] Levi
                                                           [soccer ball with check mark] Bensal

Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido advanced to the promotion play-off match against Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi from Liga Alef.

Promotion play-off match

31 May 2010  Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi  2–3     Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido  Grundman Stadium
17:55        Shaaban 30'          Report  Elkanati 75', 90'            Referee: Shmuelevich
             Levi 45' (o.g.)              Mizrahi 90'

Hapoel Ramot Menashe Megido promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi relegated to Liga Bet.

South divisions

South A division

Semi-finals

4 May 2010  Hapoel Azor   1–0 (a.e.t.)  Maccabi HaSharon Netanya  New Holon Municipal Stadium
16:00       Zecharia 99'  Report                                  Referee: Liani

4 May 2010  F.C. Kafr Qasim  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Hapoel Kiryat Ono  Kafr Qasim
                             (8–9 p)
16:00                        Report                           Referee: Papir

Hapoel Azor and Hapoel Kiryat Ono advanced to the South A division promotion play-offs final.

Final

7 May 2010  Hapoel Azor          2–0     Hapoel Kiryat Ono  New Holon Municipal Stadium
15:00       Ben Aderet 44', 64'  Report                     Referee: Vaknin

Hapoel Azor advanced to the South regional final.

South B division

Semi-finals


2009–10 Liga Bet

South B division

Semi-finals

4 May 2010  Ironi Ramla   3–0     Ortodoxim Lod  Ramla
            Abushdid 41'
16:00       Ben Lulu 83'  Report                 Referee: Mor Haim
            Lari 90'

4 May 2010  Moadon Tzeirei Rahat  2–0     F.C. Dimona  Rahat
16:00       Siboni 73'            Report               Referee: Ben Avraham
            Elkashalla 90+3'

Ironi Ramla and Moadon Tzeirei Rahat advanced to the South B division promotion play-offs final.

Final

7 May 2010  Ironi Ramla                   5–4 (a.e.t.)  Moadon Tzeirei Rahat  Ramla
            Aluk 30'                                    Huzayel 58'
15:00       Liani 37' (pen.), 116', 117'  Report        Grandsch 61'          Referee: Bar Natan
            Arev 80'                                    Arev 64' (o.g.)
                                                        Slatikov 101'

Ironi Ramla advanced to the South Regional final.

South Regional final

14 May 2010  Hapoel Azor  0–2     Ironi Ramla        Haberfeld Stadium
15:30                     Report  Abushdid 83', 89'  Referee: Adler

Ironi Ramla advanced to the promotion play-off match against Shimshon Bnei Tayibe from Liga Alef.

Promotion play-off match

18 May 2010  Shimshon Bnei Tayibe  1–0     Ironi Ramla  Levita Stadium
15:30        Yasin 20'             Report               Referee: Hachmon

Shimshon Bnei Tayibe remained in Liga Alef; Ironi Ramla remained in Liga Bet.

Relegation play-offs

North A division

Semi-finals

4 May 2010  Beitar Haifa         4–3     Maccabi Kabul    Avi Ran Stadium, Haifa
            Biton 11', 27', 90'          Hajj Khaled 44'
16:00       Sabag 33'            Report  Hamam 82'        Referee: Dotan
                                         R. Taha 90+2'


2009–10 Liga Bet

5 May 2010  Hapoel Nahariya   5–2     Maccabi Kafr Sumei  Nahariya
            Elkaslasi 23'
16:00       Darwish 37'       Report  Murad 12'           Referee: Z. Levi
            Melamed 49', 56'          Amer 34'
            Acawi 85'

Beitar Haifa and Hapoel Nahariya remained in Liga Bet. Maccabi Kabul and Maccabi Kafr Sumei qualified for the North A division relegation play-off final.

Final

5 May 2010                                 Maccabi Kabul  0–0 (a.e.t.)                         Maccabi Kafr Sumei  Kabul
                                                          (4–5 p)
16:00                                                     Report                                                   Referee: Shitrit
                                           Penalties
R. Taha [soccer ball with check mark]                     [soccer ball with check mark] Murad
Hajj Khaled [soccer ball with check mark]                 [soccer ball with check mark] As'ad
Hibi [soccer ball with check mark]                        [soccer ball with check mark] Kheir
Elmakyes [soccer ball with check mark]                    [soccer ball with check mark] Bader
M. Taha [soccer ball with red X]                          [soccer ball with check mark] Mdah

Maccabi Kafr Sumei remained in Liga Bet. Maccabi Kabul relegated to Liga Gimel.

North B division

Semi-finals

7 May 2010  Hapoel Migdal HaEmek  3–1     Beitar Ihud Mashhad  Migdal HaEmek
            Zaid 7'
16:00       Ovadia 23'            Report  M. Shehade 63'       Referee: Liani
            Biton 30'

7 May 2010  Hapoel Beit She'an/Mesilot  0–3 (a.e.t.)  Maccabi Barta'a      Mesilot
16:00                                   Report        A. Kabaha 95', 111'  Referee: Wachsberger
                                                      M. Kabaha 99'

Hapoel Migdal HaEmek and Maccabi Barta'a remained in Liga Bet. Beitar Ihud Mashhad and Hapoel Beit She'an/Mesilot qualified for the North B division relegation play-off final.

Final


2009–10 Liga Bet

Final

5 May 2010  Hapoel Beit She'an/Mesilot  3–2     Beitar Ihud Mashhad  Beit She'an
            Turjeman 45'                        O. Shehade 31'
16:00       Stavi 75' (pen.)            Report  Mansur 88'           Referee: Simnian
            Luzon 85'

Hapoel Beit She'an/Mesilot remained in Liga Bet. Beitar Ihud Mashhad relegated to Liga Gimel.

South A division

Semi-finals

7 May 2010                                Beitar Petah Tikva  1–1 (a.e.t.)                              Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Jaffa  Maccabi P. Tikva Synthetic ground
                                                              (3–2 p)
16:15                                     Soramello 70'       Report                                    Gharbua 54'                  Referee: Wahabi
                                          Penalties
Gabai [soccer ball with red X]                                [soccer ball with check mark] Abu Mashal
Kozoshvili [soccer ball with check mark]                      [soccer ball with red X] Oz
Katzar [soccer ball with red X]                               [soccer ball with check mark] Biton
Rosenfeld [soccer ball with check mark]                       [soccer ball with red X] Megera
Soramello [soccer ball with check mark]                       [soccer ball with red X] Duz

8 May 2010                                    Hapoel Mahane Yehuda  0–0 (a.e.t.)                           Otzma F.C. Holon  Zecharia Ratzabi Stadium
                                                                    (5–4 p)
11:00                                                               Report                                                   Referee: Adler
                                              Penalties
Sapir [soccer ball with check mark]                                 [soccer ball with check mark] Agiman
Kalimi [soccer ball with check mark]                                [soccer ball with check mark] Amran
Shoham Tzabari [soccer ball with check mark]                        [soccer ball with red X] David
Bachar [soccer ball with check mark]                                [soccer ball with check mark] Elkarif
Shefet [soccer ball with check mark]                                [soccer ball with check mark] Genish

Beitar Petah Tikva and Hapoel Mahane Yehuda remained in Liga Bet. Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Jaffa and Otzma F.C. Holon qualified for the South A division relegation play-off final.

Final


2009–10 Liga Bet

Final

14 May 2010  Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Jaffa  2–1     Otzma F.C. Holon  Tzeirei Jaffa ground, Tel Aviv
16:00        Eliyahu 47'                  Report  Nahum 6'          Referee: Buhbut
             Ashkar 86'

Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Jaffa remained in Liga Bet. Otzma F.C. Holon relegated to Liga Gimel.

South B division

Semi-finals

4 May 2010                               Maccabi Sderot  0–0 (a.e.t.)                           Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov  Sderot
                                                         (6–5 p)
16:00                                                    Report                                                        Referee: Abu-Zeila
                                         Penalties
Markovich [soccer ball with check mark]                  [soccer ball with red X] Gur
Mizrahi [soccer ball with check mark]                    [soccer ball with check mark] Hajbi
Peretz [soccer ball with check mark]                     [soccer ball with check mark] Zarmati
Zrihen [soccer ball with check mark]                     [soccer ball with check mark] Maman
Ben Zikri [soccer ball with red X]                       [soccer ball with check mark] Gabai
Bohadana [soccer ball with red X]                        [soccer ball with red X] Vakhnin
Rapaport [soccer ball with check mark]                   [soccer ball with check mark] Dabush
Tadesa [soccer ball with check mark]                     [soccer ball with red X] Hadad

4 May 2010                             Beitar Giv'at Zeev  1–1 (a.e.t.)                                Hapoel Rahat  Giv'at Ze'ev
                                                           (2–3 p)
16:00                                  Avidani 25'         Report                                      Mozia 74'     Referee: Reinschreiber
                                       Penalties
Vaknin [soccer ball with check mark]                       [soccer ball with check mark] El-Kasasi
Dadia [soccer ball with red X]                             [soccer ball with red X] Mozia
Mizrahi [soccer ball with check mark]                      [soccer ball with check mark] K. El-Finish
Shitrit [soccer ball with red X]                           [soccer ball with red X] El-Atrash
Amos [soccer ball with red X]                              [soccer ball with check mark] A. El-Finish


2009–10 Liga Bet

Maccabi Sderot and Hapoel Rahat remained in Liga Bet. Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov and Beitar Giv'at Zeev qualified for the South B division relegation play-off final.

Final

5 May 2010  Beitar Giv'at Zeev  2–0     Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov  Giv'at Ze'ev
16:00       Binyamin 40'        Report                         Referee: Mor Haim
            Mizrahi 90' (pen.)

Beitar Giv'at Zeev remained in Liga Bet. Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov relegated to Liga Gimel.

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2009–10 Liga I (women's football)

The 2009–10 season of the Liga I Feminin was the 20th season of Romania's premier women's football league. ASA Târgu Mureş won the championship.

Standings

Pos  Team                       Pld  W   D  L   GF   GA   GD    Pts  Qualification
1    ASA Târgu Mureş (C)        22   21  0  1   162  11   +151  63   2010–11 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round
2    Sporting Craiova           22   19  1  2   108  14   +94   58
3    CFF Clujana                22   17  1  4   102  23   +79   52
4    Motorul Oradea             22   13  1  8   56   44   +12   40
5    SMART București            22   12  2  8   52   36   +16   38
6    Târgovişte                 22   12  1  9   71   38   +33   37
7    Metalul Vlăhiţa            22   10  2  10  44   51   −7    32
8    Alice & Tunes Piteşti      22   8   0  14  38   86   −48   24
9    Şantierul Naval Constanţa  22   7   0  15  34   92   −58   21
10   Fair Play București        22   5   1  16  31   97   −66   16
11   Inter Smef Sibiu           21   2   1  18  14   100  −86   7
12   CS Intercredo Piteşti      21   0   0  21  1    121  −120  0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2010. Source: frfotbal.ro (in Romanian) and rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion


2009–10 Liga I

The 2009–10 Liga I was the ninety-second season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Unirea Urziceni were the defending champions.

Teams

Farul Constanța, Otopeni and Gloria Buzău were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. They were joined by Argeș Pitești, who were demoted upon a decision of the Professional Football League on 8 July 2009, after their owner, Cornel Penescu, was found guilty of corruption.Gaz Metan Mediaș were spared relegation.

The four relegated teams were replaced by the champions and runners-up from both 2008–09 Liga II divisions. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Ploiești were promoted from Seria I while Unirea Alba Iulia and Internațional Curtea de Argeș were promoted from Seria II.

Promoted team FC Ploiești were renamed FC Astra Ploiești, effective to 1 July 2009.

Venues


2009–10 Liga I

Venues

Timișoara                   Steaua București                          FC U Craiova                   CFR Cluj
Dan Păltinișanu             Steaua                                    Ion Oblemenco                  Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Capacity: 32,972            Capacity: 28,365                          Capacity: 25,252               Capacity: 23,500

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț       Dinamo București                          Internațional Curtea de Argeș  Oțelul Galați
Ceahlăul                    Dinamo                                    Nicolae Dobrin                 Oțelul
Capacity: 17,500            Capacity: 15,032                          Capacity: 15,000               Capacity: 13,500

                            [2009–10 Liga I is located in Romania]
                            [Bucharest]
                            Bucharest
                            [Astra]
                            Astra
                            [Brașov]
                            Brașov
                            [Ceahlăul]
                            Ceahlăul
                            [CFR]
                            CFR
                            [Craiova]
                            Craiova
                            [Gaz Metan]
                            Gaz Metan
                            [Gloria]
                            Gloria
                            [Internațional]
                            Internațional
                            [Oțelul]
                            Oțelul
                            [Pandurii]
                            Pandurii
Rapid București             [Poli Iași]                               Politehnica Iași
                            Poli Iași
                            [Timișoara]
                            Timișoara
                            [Unirea]
                            Unirea
                            [Urziceni]
                            Urziceni
                            [Vaslui]
                            Vaslui
                            [Bucharest teamsDinamoRapidSteaua]
                            Bucharest teams
                            Dinamo
                            Rapid
                            Steaua
                            2009–10 Liga I (Romania)
                            [2009–10 Liga I is located in Bucharest]
                            [Dinamo]
                            Dinamo
                            [Rapid]
                            Rapid
                            [Steaua]
                            Steaua
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                            Location of Bucharest teams.
Giulești-Valentin Stănescu  Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 11,704            Capacity: 11,390

FC Vaslui                   Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Municipal                   Tudor Vladimirescu
Capacity: 9,240             Capacity: 9,200

Astra Ploiești              FC Brașov
Astra                       Silviu Ploeșteanu
Capacity: 9,000             Capacity: 8,800

Unirea Alba Iulia           Gloria Bistrița                           Unirea Urziceni                Gaz Metan Mediaș
Cetate                      Gloria                                    Tineretului                    Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,000             Capacity: 7,800                           Capacity: 7,000                Capacity: 5,300

Personnel and kits


2009–10 Liga I

Team                   Head coach                               Captain                      Kit manufacturer      Shirt Sponsor
Astra Ploiești         [Romania] Marin Barbu                    [Romania] Gheorghe Rohat     [Germany] Adidas      InterAgro
Brașov                 [Romania] Viorel Moldovan                [Romania] Robert Ilyeș       [Germany] Puma        Roman
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț  [Montenegro] Zoran Filipović             [Moldova] Eugeniu Cebotaru   [Italy] Lotto         Altex
CFR Cluj               [Italy] Andrea Mandorlini                [Portugal] Cadú              [United States] Nike  Sigma Towers
Dinamo București       [Romania] Cornel Țălnar                  [Romania] Marius Niculae     [United States] Nike  Orange
FC U Craiova           [Romania] Laurențiu Reghecampf           [Romania] Andrei Prepeliță   [Germany] Adidas      Ediție Specială
Gaz Metan Mediaș       [Romania] Cristian Pustai                [Romania] Cristian Todea     [Spain] Joma          RomGaz
Gloria Bistrița        [Romania] Marius Șumudică                [Romania] Călin Albuț        [Germany] Puma        Teraplast, Aldis, Darimex
Internațional          [Romania] Ionuț Badea                    [Romania] Mihai Pintilii     [Germany] Adidas      Lazăr Company
Oțelul Galați          [Romania] Dorinel Munteanu               [Romania] Gabriel Paraschiv  [Netherlands] Masita  ArcelorMittal
Pandurii Târgu Jiu     [Romania] Florin Bejinaru                [Romania] Alin Chibulcutean  [England] Umbro       USMO
Politehnica Iași       [Romania] Dumitru Dumitriu               [Romania] Cristian Brăneț    [United States] Nike  —
Rapid București        [Romania] Ioan Andone                    [Romania] Costin Lazăr       [Italy] Lotto         Unibet
Steaua București       [Romania] Mihai Stoichiță                [Romania] Petre Marin        [United States] Nike  SportingBet
Timișoara              [Romania] Ioan Sabău                     [Romania] Dan Alexa          [Italy] Lotto         Balkan Petroleum
Unirea Alba Iulia      [Bosnia and Herzegovina] Blaž Slišković  [Romania] Răzvan Dâlbea      [Italy] Lotto         Elit
Unirea Urziceni        [Israel] Ronny Levy                      [Romania] George Galamaz     [Italy] Givova        GreenCity
Vaslui                 [Romania] Marius Lăcătuș                 [Brazil] Wesley              [Germany] Adidas      New Holland Agriculture


2009–10 Liga I

Managerial changes


2009–10 Liga I

Team                           Outgoing manager              Manner of departure  Date of vacancy     Replaced by                              Date of appointment
Brașov                         [Italy] Nicolò Napoli         Sacked               July 27, 2009       [Romania] Viorel Moldovan                July 27, 2009
Astra Ploiești                 [Romania] Ion Moldovan        Sacked               August 20, 2009     [Italy] Nicolò Napoli                    August 20, 2009
Steaua București               [Italy] Cristiano Bergodi     Sacked               September 17, 2009  [Romania] Mihai Stoichiță                September 18, 2009
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț          [Romania] Mihai Ionescu                                                [Romania] Florin Marin
FC U Craiova                   [Romania] Daniel Mogoșanu     Sacked               September 21, 2009  [Romania] Eugen Neagoe                   September 21, 2009
Vaslui                         [Romania] Cristian Dulca      Sacked               September 23, 2009  [Romania] Dorin Zotincă
Vaslui                         [Romania] Dorin Zotincă       Interim                                  [Romania] Marius Lăcătuș                 September 28, 2009
Dinamo București               [Italy] Dario Bonetti         Sacked               October 2, 2009     [Romania] Marin Ion                      October 2, 2009
Gloria Bistrița                [Romania] Sandu Tăbârcă       Resigned             October 18, 2009    [Romania] Florin Halagian
Gloria Bistrița                [Romania] Florin Halagian     Interim                                  [Romania] Marian Pană                    October 20, 2009
Dinamo București               [Romania] Marin Ion           Resigned             October 23, 2009    [Romania] Cornel Țălnar                  October 24, 2009
Pandurii Târgu Jiu             [Romania] Sorin Cârțu                                                  [Romania] Liviu Ciobotariu
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț          [Romania] Florin Marin                                                 [Romania] Gheorghe Mulțescu
Rapid București                [Romania] Viorel Hizo         Resigned             October 29, 2009    [Romania] Nicolae Manea                  November 1, 2009
CFR Cluj                       [Portugal] António Conceição  Sacked               November 16, 2009   [Italy] Andrea Mandorlini                November 18, 2009
FC U Craiova                   [Romania] Eugen Neagoe        Sacked               December 13, 2009   [Netherlands] Mark Wotte                 January 3, 2010


2009–10 Liga I

Internațional Curtea de Argeș  [Romania] Ștefan Stoica       Sacked               December 2009       [Romania] Ionuț Badea                    December 2009
Unirea Urziceni                [Romania] Dan Petrescu        Resigned             December 26, 2009   [Israel] Ronny Levy                      December 2009
Gloria Bistrița                [Romania] Marian Pană         Sacked               January, 2010       [Romania] Marius Șumudică                January 4, 2010
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț          [Romania] Gheorghe Mulțescu   Sacked               February 27, 2010   [Montenegro] Zoran Filipović             March 3, 2010
Unirea Alba Iulia              [Romania] Adrian Falub        Sacked               March 8, 2010       [Bosnia and Herzegovina] Blaž Slišković  March 11, 2010
Pandurii Târgu Jiu             [Romania] Liviu Ciobotariu    Resigned             March 17, 2010      [Romania] Sorin Cârțu                    March 17, 2010
Rapid București                [Romania] Nicolae Manea       Resigned             April 1, 2010       [Romania] Ioan Andone                    April 1, 2010
Politehnica Iasi               [Romania] Petre Grigoraș      Resigned             April 15, 2010      [Romania] Dumitru Dumitriu               April 15, 2010
Astra Ploiești                 [Italy] Nicolò Napoli         Sacked               April 20, 2010      [Romania] Marin Barbu                    April 20, 2010
FC U Craiova                   [Netherlands] Mark Wotte      Sacked                                   [Romania] Florin Bejinaru                May 14, 2010


2009–10 Liga I

League table

Pos  Team                               Pld  W   D   L   GF  GA  GD   Pts  Qualification or relegation
1    CFR Cluj (C)                       34   20  9   5   46  23  +23  69   Qualification to Champions League group stage
2    Unirea Urziceni                    34   18  12  4   53  26  +27  66   Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3    Vaslui                             34   18  8   8   44  28  +16  62   Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4    Steaua București                   34   18  8   8   49  36  +13  62
5    Timișoara                          34   15  14  5   55  27  +28  59   Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6    Dinamo București                   34   13  14  7   48  37  +11  53   Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
7    Rapid București                    34   14  10  10  53  38  +15  52
8    Oțelul Galați                      34   14  8   12  38  38  0    50
9    Brașov                             34   12  10  12  40  30  +10  46
10   Gaz Metan Mediaș                   34   9   15  10  33  37  −4   42
11   Gloria Bistrița                    34   10  11  13  35  46  −11  41
12   Internațional Curtea de Argeș (R)  34   10  6   18  32  49  −17  36   Relegation to Liga II
13   FC U Craiova                       34   11  3   20  44  52  −8   36
14   Astra Ploiești                     34   8   12  14  33  45  −12  36
15   Pandurii Târgu Jiu                 34   7   13  14  19  30  −11  34   Spared from relegation
16   Politehnica Iași (R)               34   7   10  17  28  50  −22  31   Relegation to 2010–11 Liga II
17   Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R)          34   6   10  18  28  57  −29  28
18   Unirea Alba Iulia (R)              34   7   5   22  33  62  −29  26

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round


2009–10 Liga I

Team ╲ Round                   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34
Astra Ploiești                 12  15  16  18  13  14  11  13  14  12  14  14  15  12  14  13  12  11  11  11  11  10  10  11  11  11  13  13  13  11  12  13  13  14
Brașov                         4   5   6   1   1   1   1   4   5   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț          16  17  18  16  17  17  16  17  17  17  17  17  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  18  17  17  17  17
CFR Cluj                       2   2   1   5   3   6   4   2   2   2   2   2   1   4   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
FC U Craiova                   8   12  9   12  8   11  14  15  12  14  15  15  13  10  11  12  14  14  15  15  15  15  14  13  13  13  11  10  11  13  13  14  14  13
Dinamo București               8   15  7   3   2   4   2   7   7   6   7   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   6   7   6   5   4   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Gaz Metan Mediaș               10  8   3   9   11  15  12  10  11  11  10  9   9   9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  11  11  12  12  12  10  12  12  12  11  10  10  10
Gloria Bistrița                12  12  15  17  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  17  17  17  17  17  16  14  14  13  12  12  10  10  10  12  11  10  10  10  11  11  11
Internațional Curtea de Argeș  12  10  14  10  12  10  13  14  15  13  11  11  12  15  15  15  15  15  16  16  16  16  15  15  16  16  14  14  14  14  14  12  12  12
Oțelul Galați                  4   5   12  13  16  13  15  12  13  15  12  12  11  14  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   8


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Pandurii Târgu Jiu             4   1   4   11  7   3   8   9   10  10  9   10  10  13  12  14  11  13  13  13  14  14  16  16  15  14  15  16  15  15  15  16  16  15
Politehnica Iași               18  18  17  14  15  12  10  8   8   9   13  13  14  11  13  11  13  12  12  12  12  13  13  14  14  15  16  15  16  16  16  15  15  16
Rapid București                1   7   13  8   10  9   7   3   1   3   3   1   4   2   6   5   5   5   7   5   3   4   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   8   7
Steaua București               2   2   8   5   9   5   3   5   6   4   4   3   2   4   3   4   3   3   4   3   2   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   3   5   5   5   5   4
Timișoara                      4   4   2   2   6   8   6   6   4   1   1   5   5   3   1   1   4   4   2   4   5   2   2   4   4   4   3   3   4   3   3   4   3   5
Unirea Alba Iulia              12  12  11  15  14  16  17  16  16  16  16  16  16  16  16  16  16  17  17  17  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  17  18  18  18  18
Unirea Urziceni                16  11  4   7   5   2   5   1   2   5   6   7   7   6   3   3   2   2   3   2   4   6   5   6   6   5   5   4   2   2   2   2   2   2
Vaslui                         10  9   10  4   4   7   9   11  9   8   5   4   3   1   5   6   6   6   5   6   7   7   6   2   2   3   4   5   5   4   4   3   4   3


2009–10 Liga I

Source: kicker.de (in German)

Results


2009–10 Liga I

Home \ Away                    AST  BRA  CEA  CFR  UCR  DIN  GAZ  GBI  INT  OȚE  PAN  PIA  RAP  STE  TIM  UAI  URZ  VAS
Astra Ploiești                 —    2–1  1–1  1–0  3–1  1–1  0–0  0–0  1–1  0–3  0–1  1–1  3–1  2–1  1–3  4–2  0–2  0–0
Brașov                         0–0  —    1–0  0–1  2–0  0–1  3–2  6–0  1–2  3–0  2–0  2–0  1–1  0–0  1–0  2–1  0–0  1–1
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț          0–0  2–1  —    2–4  2–1  0–4  0–0  2–1  2–2  0–1  1–2  1–0  0–4  0–2  1–1  1–1  2–3  0–1
CFR Cluj                       1–0  2–1  2–0  —    2–0  2–2  2–0  1–0  2–1  1–0  1–0  1–1  1–0  1–1  0–0  3–2  2–0  0–0
FC U Craiova                   1–0  3–0  3–2  2–3  —    0–0  1–2  5–1  1–3  3–0  2–0  2–1  3–4  1–2  1–2  3–1  1–4  1–2
Dinamo București               3–3  0–0  1–1  1–0  2–1  —    1–0  1–1  0–1  0–1  1–1  1–1  1–1  2–0  1–2  2–0  2–1  1–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș               0–0  1–1  0–2  0–0  2–1  1–0  —    1–1  0–0  0–1  1–0  2–1  0–0  2–4  2–6  5–0  0–0  0–0


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Gloria Bistrița                3–1  2–1  1–0  0–2  2–1  3–2  1–1  —    0–1  2–1  1–0  5–0  1–1  1–2  0–0  1–1  0–0  1–3
Internațional Curtea de Argeș  2–1  0–3  2–0  0–1  0–1  1–3  2–4  2–1  —    0–1  0–0  0–2  1–2  0–2  0–3  2–1  1–2  1–2
Oțelul Galați                  3–2  1–1  0–0  1–0  1–0  2–3  0–1  3–0  1–0  —    1–1  4–0  0–0  0–1  3–3  1–0  1–4  1–0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu             0–2  1–0  0–0  1–0  0–0  0–0  0–0  1–1  2–3  2–3  —    1–1  1–1  0–0  0–0  2–0  0–0  1–0
Politehnica Iași               2–0  0–0  2–0  0–2  1–0  1–3  1–1  0–0  0–0  1–1  1–0  —    2–1  0–2  1–1  1–0  1–2  1–3
Rapid București                0–1  2–1  1–1  1–4  0–1  2–2  4–1  2–1  4–0  3–0  1–0  4–1  —    5–1  0–3  2–0  1–1  3–2
Steaua București               2–0  1–0  1–3  2–2  2–0  0–1  2–0  1–1  3–2  1–0  1–0  2–1  1–1  —    3–3  2–0  0–1  2–1
Timișoara                      0–0  1–2  6–0  1–1  1–1  2–0  0–2  1–0  0–0  2–1  1–0  2–1  1–0  0–1  —    6–0  0–0  0–1


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Unirea Alba Iulia              2–1  0–1  3–2  1–1  2–0  1–2  0–0  1–2  1–2  3–1  0–1  2–1  0–1  2–1  3–3  —    1–2  2–0
Unirea Urziceni                4–1  1–0  4–0  0–1  3–2  4–4  1–1  2–0  1–0  0–0  3–0  2–0  1–0  2–2  0–0  1–0  —    1–2
Vaslui                         3–1  2–2  1–0  2–0  0–1  2–0  2–1  0–1  1–0  1–1  2–1  2–1  1–0  2–1  0–1  3–0  1–1  —


2009–10 Liga I

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Top goalscorers

Rank                        Player                         Club              Goals
            1               [Romania] Andrei Cristea       Dinamo București   16
            2               [Greece] Pantelis Kapetanos    Steaua București   15
            3               [Romania] Dorin Goga           Timișoara          12
[Brazil] Wesley             Vaslui
[Romania] Marius Bilașco    Unirea Urziceni
            6               [Romania] Liviu Ganea          Astra Ploiești     11
            7               [Romania] Cristian Bud         CFR Cluj           10
[Brazil] Júnior Moraes      Gloria Bistrița
[Romania] Alexandru Ioniță  Rapid București
            10              [Czech Republic] Lukáš Magera  Timișoara           9

Source: RomanianSoccer

Champion squad


2009–10 Liga I

Source: RomanianSoccer

Champion squad

CFR Cluj
Goalkeepers: Nuno Claro [Portugal] (26 / 0); Boris Peškovič [Slovakia] (5 / 0); Eduard Stăncioiu (4 / 0).
Defenders: Hugo Alcântara [Brazil] (22 / 3); Nelson Cabrera [Bolivia] (5 / 0); Ricardo Cadú [Portugal] (28 / 5); Edimar [Brazil] (16 / 0); Léo Veloso [Brazil] (10 / 0); Gabriel Mureșan (28 / 2); Cristian Panin (29 / 0); Felice Piccolo [Italy] (10 / 0); Tony [Portugal] (19 / 0).
Midfielders: Andrei Boroștean (1 / 0); Davide Bottone [Italy] (7 / 0); Emmanuel Culio [Argentina] (28 / 1); Dani [Portugal] (21 / 0); Ciprian Deac (24 / 2); Roberto De Zerbi [Italy] (4 / 0); Emil Dică (14 / 1); Nicolae Dică (13 / 0); Sebastián Dubarbier [Argentina] (16 / 3); Darío Flores [Uruguay] (5 / 1); André Leão [Portugal] (5 / 0); Sixto Peralta [Argentina] (26 / 3); Eugen Trică (1 / 0).
Forwards: Cristian Bud (15 / 7); Sergiu Buș (1 / 0); Didi [Brazil] (7 / 0); Yssouf Koné [Burkina Faso] (21 / 6); Bogdan Mara (16 / 1); Nei [Brazil] (20 / 5); Diego Ruíz [Argentina] (1 / 0); Lacina Traoré [Ivory Coast] (25 / 6).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Toni Conceição [Portugal] / Andrea Mandorlini [Italy].

Season statistics

Scoring


2009–10 Liga I

Season statistics

Scoring

  * Hattricks scored: 4
      + Florin Costea for Craiova against Unirea, minutes 15, 31 and 79 (Round 9 – 3 October 2009)
      + Gheorghe Bucur for Timișoara against Gaz Metan, minutes 45, 72 and 85 (Round 15 – 29 November 2009)
      + Wesley Lopes da Silva for Vaslui against Unirea, minutes 47, 61 and 90 (Round 25 – 3 April 2010)
      + Cristian Bud for CFR against Unirea (Round 29 – 24 April 2009)


2009–10 Liga Leumit

The 2009–10 Liga Leumit was the 11th season since it became the second-tier in 1999 and the 68th season of second-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010.

Changes from 2008–09 season

Structure changes

League size has been increased from twelve to sixteen teams for this season, teams will thus play a home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches.

After the conclusion of this "regular season", teams will be split up into three playoff groups according to their league position. Points earned during the season will be halved and taken over to the respective playoff group. The best six teams will compete for the promotion spots. Clubs ranked 7th through 10th will engage in a placement round, while the bottom six teams will play out two relegation spots.

Team changes

[2009–10 Liga Leumit is located in Israel]
[Beitar Shimshon]
Beitar Shimshon
[Sektzia Nes Tziona]
Sektzia Nes Tziona
[Ironi Ramat HaSharon]
Ironi Ramat HaSharon
[Hapoel Bnei Lod]
Hapoel Bnei Lod
[Ironi Kiryat Shmona]
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
[Hapoel Marmorek]
Hapoel Marmorek
[H. Rishon LeZion]
H. Rishon LeZion
[Hapoel Ashkelon]
Hapoel Ashkelon
[Hakoah Ramat Gan]
Hakoah Ramat Gan
[Ahva Arraba]
Ahva Arraba
[H. Nazareth Illit]
H. Nazareth Illit
[Maccabi Be'er Sheva]
Maccabi Be'er Sheva
[Hapoel Jerusalem]
Hapoel Jerusalem
[Hapoel Kfar Saba]
Hapoel Kfar Saba
[Maccabi Herzliya]
Maccabi Herzliya
[Ironi Bat Yam]
Ironi Bat Yam
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Location of teams in the 2009–10 Liga Leumit

Maccabi Kiryat Ata were directly relegated to the 2009–10 Liga Alef after finishing the 2008–09 season in last place.


2009–10 Liga Leumit

Due to the increase in the number of teams, seven teams were directly promoted from the 2008–09 Liga Artzit. These were champions Sektzia Nes Tziona, runners-up Hapoel Ashkelon, third-placed Hapoel Marmorek, fourth-placed Hapoel Rishon LeZion, fifth-placed Ironi Bat Yam, sixth-placed Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv and seventh-placed Hapoel Nazareth Illit.

In addition, five teams were directly promoted from the 2008–09 Liga Leumit to the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League. These were champions Hapoel Haifa, runners-up Hapoel Acre, third-placed Hapoel Be'er Sheva, fourth-placed Hapoel Ramat Gan and fifth-placed Hapoel Ra'anana.

Overview

Stadia and locations

Club                      Stadium                          Capacity
Ahva Arraba               Doha Stadium                      08,500
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv  Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium      06,500
Hakoah Ramat Gan          Winter Stadium                    08,000
Hapoel Ashkelon           Sala Stadium                      5,250
Hapoel Bnei Lod           Lod Municipal Stadium             03,000
Hapoel Jerusalem          Teddy Stadium                     21,600
Hapoel Kfar Saba          Levita Stadium                    05,800
Hapoel Marmorek           Haberfeld Stadium                 06,000
Hapoel Nazareth Illit     Green Stadium                     04,000
Ironi Bat Yam             Bat Yam Municipal Stadium         03,100
Ironi Kiryat Shmona       Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium   05,300
Ironi Ramat HaSharon      Grundman Stadium                  02,200
Hapoel Rishon LeZion      Haberfeld Stadium                 06,000
Maccabi Be'er Sheva       Vasermil Stadium                  13,000
Maccabi Herzliya          Herzliya Municipal Stadium        08,100
Sektzia Nes Tziona        Ness Ziona Stadium                06,000

Regular season

Regular season table


2009–10 Liga Leumit

Regular season

Regular season table

Pos  Team                      Pld  W   D   L   GF  GA  GD   Pts  Promotion or relegation
1    Ironi Kiryat Shmona       30   18  8   4   43  20  +23  62   Top Playoff
2    Hapoel Kfar Saba          30   14  9   7   47  37  +10  51
3    Sektzia Nes Tziona        30   11  14  5   33  21  +12  47
4    Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon  30   12  10  8   44  27  +17  46
5    Ironi Bat Yam             30   13  6   11  35  29  +6   45
6    Hapoel Ashkelon           30   11  11  8   41  35  +6   44
7    Hapoel Nazareth Illit     30   10  13  7   34  23  +11  43   Middle Playoff
8    Ahva Arraba               30   12  8   10  35  32  +3   43
9    Hapoel Rishon LeZion      30   11  7   12  35  28  +7   40
10   Maccabi Herzliya          30   10  10  10  28  24  +4   40
11   Hapoel Bnei Lod           30   9   12  9   31  30  +1   39   Bottom Playoff
12   Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan   30   9   11  10  36  39  −3   38
13   Maccabi Be'er Sheva       30   11  3   16  37  49  −12  36
14   Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv  30   7   12  11  27  42  −15  33
15   Hapoel Jerusalem          30   5   8   17  35  61  −26  23
16   Hapoel Marmorek           30   2   8   20  19  63  −44  14

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
Notes:

Regular season results


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Home \ Away               AHV  BTA  HAR  HAS  HBL  HJE  HKS  HMK  HNI  HRL  IBY  IKS  IRH  MBS  MHE  SNT
Ahva Arraba                    1–0  0–1  2–1  1–1  2–1  2–1  3–0  1–1  1–0  1–0  0–0  1–1  3–0  1–0  2–2
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv  0–0       1–1  2–2  1–1  0–0  0–2  1–0  0–0  2–1  2–3  1–3  1–1  0–1  0–1  0–0
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan   2–2  0–1       1–2  1–2  3–2  2–2  0–0  2–4  2–1  2–1  0–2  0–1  3–0  0–0  1–1
Hapoel Ashkelon           3–1  5–0  0–1       1–1  6–1  0–0  1–1  1–1  1–0  1–0  0–0  1–1  3–0  1–0  1–1
Hapoel Bnei Lod           2–0  1–2  1–1  0–0       2–0  1–1  0–2  1–1  3–2  0–2  1–0  0–1  4–1  0–0  0–1
Hapoel Jerusalem          1–4  2–2  3–3  2–1  2–1       0–1  2–2  2–1  1–1  1–2  2–4  2–0  0–1  1–2  1–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba          0–0  0–0  2–1  4–0  2–2  1–2       1–0  2–1  2–1  2–3  3–1  2–1  5–1  3–2  2–0
Hapoel Marmorek           3–2  0–1  0–1  1–3  0–2  1–1  1–1       0–0  0–3  1–2  0–4  0–2  1–3  1–2  2–2


2009–10 Liga Leumit

Hapoel Nazareth Illit     2–0  4–0  1–2  0–0  2–0  2–1  4–1  0–0       1–1  0–0  2–0  0–0  1–0  1–0  0–0
Hapoel Rishon LeZion      3–0  2–3  0–0  2–2  1–0  1–0  3–0  3–0  1–0       1–2  0–1  0–1  2–1  1–1  0–0
Ironi Bat Yam             1–1  2–0  1–2  1–2  0–1  1–0  1–3  3–0  1–0  3–0       0–1  2–2  2–0  0–3  0–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona       1–0  0–0  1–0  3–1  3–1  3–0  0–0  3–2  1–1  1–0  2–1       1–0  3–1  1–0  0–0
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon  0–1  3–2  4–1  3–0  1–1  3–3  1–1  5–0  1–1  0–1  0–1  1–1       5–1  0–1  3–1
Maccabi Be'er Sheva       2–1  4–2  0–0  3–0  1–2  5–0  1–1  5–1  3–1  1–1  1–0  0–3  0–1       1–1  0–1
Maccabi Herzliya          0–2  1–2  1–1  1–2  0–0  3–1  0–2  4–0  2–1  0–0  0–0  0–0  1–0  1–0       0–0
Sektzia Nes Tziona        2–0  1–1  3–2  2–0  0–0  2–1  3–0  3–0  0–1  0–1  0–0  3–0  0–2  2–0  2–1


2009–10 Liga Leumit

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Playoffs

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Rounds
 31st     32nd     33rd     34th     35th
 1 – 6    1 – 2    2 – 6    1 – 4    3 – 6
 2 – 5    5 – 3    3 – 1    2 – 3    4 – 2
 3 – 4    6 – 4    4 – 5    6 – 5    5 – 1
07 – 10   7 – 8   08 – 10     0        0
 8 – 9   10 – 90   9 – 7      0        0
11 – 16  11 – 12  12 – 16  11 – 14  13 – 16
12 – 15  15 – 13  13 – 11  12 – 13  14 – 12
13 – 14  16 – 14  14 – 15  16 – 15  15 – 11

Top Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Ironi Kiryat Shmona started with 31 points, Hapoel Kfar Saba with 26, Sektzia Nes Tziona with 24, Ironi Ramat HaSharon with 23, Ironi Bat Yam with 23 and Hapoel Ashkelon started with 22.

Top Playoff table

Pos  Team                        Pld  W   D   L   GF  GA  GD   Pts  Promotion or relegation
1    Ironi Kiryat Shmona (C, P)  35   21  9   5   51  22  +29  41   Promotion to Israeli Premier League
2    Hapoel Ashkelon (P)         35   15  11  9   47  42  +5   34
3    Hapoel Kfar Saba            35   16  9   10  56  47  +9   32   Qualification for promotion play-offs
4    Sektzia Nes Tziona          35   13  15  7   45  29  +16  31
5    Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon    35   13  11  11  50  37  +13  27
6    Ironi Bat Yam               35   14  7   14  43  41  +2   27

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Top Playoff results


2009–10 Liga Leumit

Top Playoff results

Home \ Away               HAS  HKS  IBY  IKS  IRH  SNT
Hapoel Ashkelon                     1–0       1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba          1–2       5–2            1–2
Ironi Bat Yam                            0–0       4–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona       1–2  3–0            3–0
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon       1–2  3–2
Sektzia Nes Tziona        5–0            0–1  2–2

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Middle Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Nazareth Illit started with 22 points, Ahva Arraba with 22, Hapoel Rishon LeZion with 20 and Maccabi Herzliya started with 20.

Middle Playoff table

Pos  Team                   Pld  W   D   L   GF  GA  GD   Pts
7    Hapoel Nazareth Illit  33   12  14  7   38  24  +14  29
8    Hapoel Rishon LeZion   33   13  7   13  39  31  +8   26
9    Ahva Arraba            33   12  9   12  37  37  0    23
10   Maccabi Herzliya       33   10  12  11  31  28  +3   22

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.

Middle Playoff results

Home \ Away            AHV  HNI  HRL  MHE
Ahva Arraba                      0–1  2–2
Hapoel Nazareth Illit  2–0            0–0
Hapoel Rishon LeZion        1–2
Maccabi Herzliya                 1–2

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Bnei Lod started with 20 points, Hakoah Ramat Gan with 19, Maccabi Be'er Sheva with 18, Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv with 17, Hapoel Jerusalem with 12 and Hapoel Marmorek started with 7.

Bottom Playoff table


2009–10 Liga Leumit

Bottom Playoff table

Pos  Team                      Pld  W   D   L   GF  GA  GD   Pts  Qualification or relegation
11   Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan   35   11  14  10  44  42  +2   28
12   Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv  35   10  13  12  31  47  −16  27
13   Hapoel Bnei Lod           35   10  15  10  37  34  +3   26
14   Maccabi Be'er Sheva (O)   35   12  6   17  42  53  −11  24   Qualification for relegation play-offs
15   Hapoel Jerusalem (R)      35   6   11  18  40  66  −26  18   Relegation to Liga Alef
16   Hapoel Marmorek (R)       35   2   9   24  21  72  −51  8

Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Bottom Playoff results

Home \ Away               BTA  HAR  HBL  HJE  HMK  MBS
Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv       0–4       1–0
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan                  0–0  1–0  1–1
Hapoel Bnei Lod           0–0  2–2            3–0
Hapoel Jerusalem                    2–1            1–1
Hapoel Marmorek           0–1            2–2
Maccabi Be'er Sheva       1–2       0–0       2–0

Source: Israel Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation playoff

Promotion playoff

The 3rd-placed team Hapoel Kfar Saba faced the 14th-placed Israeli Premier League team Hapoel Ramat Gan. The winner Hapoel Ramat Gan earned a spot in the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League. The match took place on 22 May 2010.

22 May 2010
18:45 UTC+3
Hapoel Ramat Gan  1–0                 Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hermon 84'        Report (in Hebrew)

Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Eitan Tabrizi

Relegation playoff

The 14th-placed team Maccabi Be'er Sheva faced the Liga Alef promotion playoff winner Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen.2010–11 Liga Leumit. The match took place on 31 May 2010.


2009–10 Liga Leumit

31 May 2010
15:30 UTC+3
Maccabi Be'er Sheva  2–0                 Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen
Barda 74', 90+5'     Report (in Hebrew)

Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 350
Referee: Shay Sheetrit

Season statistics

Scoring

  * First goal of the season: Ofir Azu for Maccabi Be'er Sheva against Hapoel Kfar Saba, 6th minute (21 August 2009)
  * Widest winning margin: 5 goals –
      + Ironi Ramat HaSharon 5–0 Hapoel Marmorek (21 August 2009)
      + Maccabi Be'er Sheva 5–0 Hapoel Jerusalem (25 September 2009)
      + Hapoel Ashkelon 6–1 Hapoel Jerusalem (29 January 2010)
      + Hapoel Ashkelon 5–0 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv (3 April 2010)
      + Sektzia Nes Tziona 5–0 Hapoel Ashkelon (14 May 2010)
  * Most goals in a match: 7 goals –
      + Hapoel Ashkelon 6–1 Hapoel Jerusalem (29 January 2010)
      + Hapoel Kfar Saba 5–2 Ironi Bat Yam (16 April 2010)
      + Ironi Bat Yam 4–3 Sektzia Nes Tziona (23 April 2010)

Discipline

  * First yellow card of the season: Oren Nisim for Ironi Ramat HaSharon against Hakoah Ramat Gan, 33rd minute (21 August 2009)
  * First red card of the season: Aimé Lavie for Hakoah Ramat Gan against Ironi Ramat HaSharon, 90th minute (21 August 2009)

Miscellaneous

  * First drawn match: Maccabi Herzliya 0–0 Sektzia Nes Tziona (22 August 2009)
  * First goalless match: Maccabi Herzliya 0–0 Sektzia Nes Tziona (22 August 2009)

Top scorers


2009–10 Liga Leumit

Top scorers

Rank                   Scorer                                Club                                       Goals
          1            [Georgia (country)] Akaki Mikuchadze  Ironi Bat Yam                               18
          2            [Israel] Shay Aharon                  Hapoel Jerusalem                            17
          3            [Israel] Shlomi Azulay                Hapoel Kfar Saba                            15
[Israel] Tomer Swisa   Ironi Kiryat Shmona                                      15
          5            [Georgia (country)] Gaga Chkhetiani   Ironi Ramat HaSharon / Sektzia Nes Tziona   14
          6            [Israel] Yehiel Tzagai                Hapoel Ashkelon                             13
          7            [Israel] Liron Diamant                Hakoah Ramat Gan                            12
          8            [Israel] Ido Exbard                   Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv                    11
[Israel] Wiyam Amashe  Ironi Kiryat Shmona                                      11
         10            [Israel] Ronen Schwartzman            Ahva Arraba                                 09
[Israel] Mohamad Kial  Hapoel Bnei Lod                                          09
[Israel] Meir Asor     Ironi Bat Yam                                            09
[Israel] Eran Zeger    Maccabi Be'er Sheva                                      09
                Total                  652
     Average per game                  2.36

  * 2009–10 Israel State Cup
  * 2009–10 Toto Cup Leumit
  * List of 2009–10 Israeli football summer transfers
  * List of 2009–10 Israeli football winter transfers


2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

The Senior men's race at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on March 28, 2010.Herald,IAAF.

Complete results for individuals,

Race results

Senior men's race (11.611 km)

Individual


Rank                             Athlete                      Country        Time
 [1st place, gold medalist(s)]   Joseph Ebuya                 Kenya          33:00
[2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  Teklemariam Medhin           Eritrea        33:06
[3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]  Moses Ndiema Kipsiro         Uganda         33:10
               4                 Leonard Patrick Komon        Kenya          33:10
               5                 Samuel Tsegay                Eritrea        33:27
               6                 Hasan Mahboob                Bahrain        33:28
               7                 Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong  Kenya          33:29
               8                 Paul Kipngetich Tanui        Kenya          33:30
               9                 Hosea Mwok Macharinyang      Kenya          33:31
              10                 Gebregziabher Gebremariam    Ethiopia       33:35
              11                 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah        Qatar          33:36
              12                 Simon Bairu                  Canada         33:44
              13                 Alemayehu Bezabeh            Spain          33:47
              14                 Kidane Tadasse               Eritrea        33:50
              15                 Geofrey Kusuro               Uganda         33:54
              16                 Abera Kuma                   Ethiopia       33:55
              17                 Anis Selmouni                Morocco        33:58
              18                 Lucas Kimeli Rotich          Kenya          33:58
              19                 Hunegnaw Mesfin              Ethiopia       34:01
              20                 Mo Farah                     Great Britain  34:09
              21                 Azmeraw Bekele               Ethiopia       34:21
              22                 Stephen Mokoka               South Africa   34:23
              23                 Kiflom Sium                  Eritrea        34:24
              24                 Ayele Abshero                Ethiopia       34:27
              25                 Feyisa Lilesa                Ethiopia       34:27
              26                 Driss El Himer               France         34:27
              27                 Dickson Huru                 Uganda         34:35
              28                 El Houssaine Dham            Morocco        34:37
              29                 Fabiano Joseph Naasi         Tanzania       34:38
              30                 Alemu Bekele                 Bahrain        34:39
              31                 Carles Castillejo            Spain          34:40
              32                 Gitimi Shamba                Tanzania       34:41


32                 Gitimi Shamba                Tanzania       34:41
              33                 Tesfayohannes Mesfin         Eritrea        34:48
              34                 Patrick Smyth                United States  34:51
              35                 Abderrahim El Asri           Morocco        34:54
              36                 Liam Adams                   Australia      34:55
              37                 Tewelde Estifanos            Eritrea        34:57
              38                 Abdellatif Meftah            France         35:00
              39                 Martin Hhaway Sulle          Tanzania       35:01
              40                 Yousef El Kalai              Portugal       35:02
              41                 Ben Siwa                     Uganda         35:03
              42                 Andrew Vernon                Great Britain  35:03
              43                 Ryan Vail                    United States  35:04
              44                 Kaddour Slimani              Italy          35:04
              45                 Miguel Barzola               Argentina      35:06
              46                 Robert Curtis                United States  35:08
              47                 Bilisuma Shugi               Bahrain        35:10
              48                 Felix Kikwai Kibore          Qatar          35:11
              49                 Ayad Lamdassem               Spain          35:12
              50                 Lungisa Mdedelwa             South Africa   35:12
              51                 Scott Bauhs                  United States  35:14
              52                 Gamal Belal Salem            Qatar          35:14
              53                 Hassan Hirt                  France         35:14
              54                 Alberto Lozano               Spain          35:18
              55                 Marco Joseph                 Tanzania       35:20
              56                 Fernando Silva               Portugal       35:21
              57                 James Kibet                  Uganda         35:24
              58                 Licinio Pimentel             Portugal       35:26
              59                 Sibabalwe Mzazi              South Africa   35:26
              60                 Kgosi Tsosane                South Africa   35:28
              61                 Juan Luis Barrios            Mexico         35:29
              62                 Saïd Berioui                 France         35:31
              63                 Michael Skinner              Great Britain  35:31
              64                 Denis Mayaud                 France         35:34
              65                 Robert Mack                  United States  35:36
              66                 Antonio David Jiménez        Spain          35:38
              67                 Manuel Damião                Portugal       35:39
              68                 Clinton Perrett              Australia      35:39


68                 Clinton Perrett              Australia      35:39
              69                 Xolisa Tyali                 South Africa   35:40
              70                 Stéphane Joly                Switzerland    35:41
              71                 Essa Ismail Rashed           Qatar          35:44
              72                 Gilberto Lopes               Brazil         35:44
              73                 Hélder Ornelas               Portugal       35:48
              74                 Tetsuya Yoroizaka            Japan          35:48
              75                 Arkadiusz Gardzielewski      Poland         35:48
              76                 Hiroyoshi Umegae             Japan          35:51
              77                 Martin Toroitich             Uganda         35:52
              78                 Ben Bruce                    United States  35:56
              79                 Javier Guerra                Spain          35:57
              80                 Takuya Noguchi               Japan          36:02
              81                 Tasama Moogas                Israel         36:07
              82                 Collis Birmingham            Australia      36:09
              83                 Dejene Regassa               Bahrain        36:09
              84                 Joílson da Silva             Brazil         36:11
              85                 Edwin Henshaw                New Zealand    36:12
              86                 Ramolefi Motsieloa           Lesotho        36:14
              87                 Kaelo Mosalagae              Botswana       36:15
              88                 Kamil Poczwardowski          Poland         36:16
              89                 Martin Dematteis             Italy          36:16
              90                 Andrew Davidson              New Zealand    36:19
              91                 Tsubasa Hayakawa             Japan          36:19
              92                 Stéphane Lefrand             France         36:21
              93                 Atelaw Yeshetela             Belgium        36:22
              94                 Kazuya Deguchi               Japan          36:23
              95                 Atef Saad                    Tunisia        36:29
              96                 Shaun Krawitz                New Zealand    36:30
              97                 Sérgio Da Silva              Brazil         36:35
              98                 Jeff Hunt                    Australia      36:37
              99                 Minato Oishi                 Japan          36:46
              100                El Akhdar Hachani            Tunisia        36:46
              101                Juan Carlos Carera           Mexico         36:51
              102                Methkal Abu Drais            Jordan         36:58
              103                Blazej Brzezinski            Poland         37:03
              104                Josafat Gonzaléz             Mexico         37:08


104                Josafat Gonzaléz             Mexico         37:08
              105                James Wilkinson              Great Britain  37:10
              106                Krystian Zalewski            Poland         37:11
              107                Jaroslaw Cichocki            Poland         37:14
              108                Tilahun Aliyev               Azerbaijan     37:17
              109                Kim Hogarth                  New Zealand    37:19
              110                Ramoseka Raobine             Botswana       37:36
              111                Wissem Hosni                 Tunisia        37:41
              112                Rapula Diphoko               Botswana       37:45
              113                Takhir Mamashayev            Kazakhstan     37:50
              114                Tadeusz Zblewski             Poland         38:10
              115                Vjatseslav Koselev           Estonia        38:14
              116                Siyabonga Nkonde             South Africa   38:21
              117                Leonardo Vieira Guedes       Brazil         39:17
              118                Sotyvoldy Khaitov            Tajikistan     39:19
              119                Gaylord Silly                Seychelles     39:45
              120                Mahmood Alrashedi            Iraq           39:46
              121                Pablo Olmedo                 Mexico         39:47
              122                Sadeq Jaafar Lafta           Iraq           40:43
              123                Hussein Mohammed Subaihawi   Iraq           40:45
              124                Noori Al-Darraji             Iraq           41:29
              125                Richard Blagg                Gibraltar      46:24
               —                 Mohammed Abduh Bakhet        Qatar          DNF
               —                 Gilmar Lopes                 Brazil         DNF
               —                 Javier Carriqueo             Argentina      DNF
               —                 Sylvain Rukundo              Rwanda         DNF
               —                 José Rocha                   Portugal       DNF
               —                 Duer Yoa                     Australia      DNF
               —                 Mohamed Isak                 Somalia        DNF
               —                 Hicham Bellani               Morocco        DNF
               —                 Chakir Boujattaoui           Morocco        DQ†
               —                 Ahmed Baday                  Morocco        DQ†
               —                 Ali Dawoud Sedam             Qatar          DNS


†: Chakir Boujattaoui of Morocco was the original 12th-place finisher in 33:42 min, but was disqualified for a doping offence.Ahmed Baday, originally 29th before Boujattaoui's ban, was later disqualified for doping as well, which resulted in the removal of Morocco from the team rankings as it failed to have four valid finishers.

Teams


Rank                             Team                               Points
                                 Kenya
                                 Joseph Ebuya                    1
                                 Leonard Patrick Komon           4
 [1st place, gold medalist(s)]   Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong     7  20
                                 Paul Kipngetich Tanui           8
                                 (Hosea Mwok Macharinyang)     (9)
                                 (Lucas Kimeli Rotich)        (18)

                                 Eritrea
                                 Teklemariam Medhin         2
                                 Samuel Tsegay              5
[2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  Kidane Tadasse            14       44
                                 Kiflom Sium               23
                                 (Tesfayohannes Mesfin)  (33)
                                 (Tewelde Estifanos)     (37)

                                 Ethiopia
                                 Gebregziabher Gebremariam    10
                                 Abera Kuma                   16
[3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]  Hunegnaw Mesfin              19    66
                                 Azmeraw Bekele               21
                                 (Ayele Abshero)            (24)
                                 (Feyisa Lilesa)            (25)

                                 Uganda
                                 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro     3
                                 Geofrey Kusuro          15
               4                 Dickson Huru            27         86
                                 Ben Siwa                41
                                 (James Kibet)         (57)
                                 (Martin Toroitich)    (77)

                                 Spain
                                 Alemayehu Bezabeh          13
                                 Carles Castillejo          31
               6                 Ayad Lamdassem             49      147
                                 Alberto Lozano             54
                                 (Antonio David Jiménez)  (66)
                                 (Javier Guerra)          (79)

                                 Tanzania
                                 Fabiano Joseph Naasi  29
               7                 Gitimi Shamba         32           155
                                 Martin Hhaway Sulle   39
                                 Marco Joseph          55

                                 Bahrain
                                 Hasan Mahboob    6


Bahrain
                                 Hasan Mahboob    6
               8                 Alemu Bekele    30                 166
                                 Bilisuma Shugi  47
                                 Dejene Regassa  83

                                 United States
                                 Patrick Smyth    34
                                 Ryan Vail        43
               9                 Robert Curtis    46                174
                                 Scott Bauhs      51
                                 (Robert Mack)  (67)
                                 (Ben Bruce)    (78)

                                 France
                                 Driss El Himer        26
                                 Abdellatif Meftah     38
              10                 Hassan Hirt           53           179
                                 Saïd Berioui          62
                                 (Denis Mayaud)      (64)
                                 (Stéphane Lefrand)  (92)

                                 Qatar
                                 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah       11
                                 Felix Kikwai Kibore         48
              11                 Gamal Belal Salem           52     182
                                 Essa Ismail Rashed          71
                                 (Mohammed Abduh Bakhet)  (DNF)

                                 South Africa
                                 Stephen Mokoka         22
                                 Lungisa Mdedelwa       50
              12                 Sibabalwe Mzazi        59          191
                                 Kgosi Tsosane          60
                                 (Xolisa Tyali)       (69)
                                 (Siyabonga Nkonde)  (116)

                                 Portugal
                                 Yousef El Kalai      40
                                 Fernando Silva       56
              13                 Licinio Pimentel     58            221
                                 Manuel Damião        67
                                 (Hélder Ornelas)   (73)
                                 (José Rocha)      (DNF)

                                 Great Britain
                                 Mo Farah          20
              14                 Andrew Vernon     42               230
                                 Michael Skinner   63
                                 James Wilkinson  105

                                 Australia
                                 Liam Adams            36
                                 Clinton Perrett       68
              15                 Collis Birmingham     82           284
                                 Jeff Hunt             98
                                 (Duer Yoa)         (DNF)


(Duer Yoa)         (DNF)

                                 Japan
                                 Tetsuya Yoroizaka    74
                                 Hiroyoshi Umegae     76
              16                 Takuya Noguchi       80            321
                                 Tsubasa Hayakawa     91
                                 (Kazuya Deguchi)   (94)
                                 (Minato Oishi)     (99)

                                 Brazil
                                 Gilberto Lopes             72
                                 Joílson da Silva           84
              17                 Sérgio Da Silva            97      370
                                 Leonardo Vieira Guedes    117
                                 (Gilmar Lopes)          (DNF)

                                 Poland
                                 Arkadiusz Gardzielewski     75
                                 Kamil Poczwardowski         88
              18                 Blazej Brzezinski          103     372
                                 Krystian Zalewski          106
                                 (Jaroslaw Cichocki)      (107)
                                 (Tadeusz Zblewski)       (114)

                                 New Zealand
                                 Edwin Henshaw     85
              19                 Andrew Davidson   90               380
                                 Shaun Krawitz     96
                                 Kim Hogarth      109

                                 Mexico
                                 Juan Luis Barrios    61
              20                 Juan Carlos Carera  101            387
                                 Josafat Gonzaléz    104
                                 Pablo Olmedo        121

                                 Iraq
                                 Mahmood Alrashedi           120
              21                 Sadeq Jaafar Lafta          122    489
                                 Hussein Mohammed Subaihawi  123
                                 Noori Al-Darraji            124

                                 Morocco
                                 Anis Selmouni            17
                                 El Houssaine Dham        29
              DQ                 Abderrahim El Asri       36        n/a†
                                 (Hicham Bellani)      (DNF)
                                 Chakir Boujattaoui  DQ (12)
                                 Ahmed Baday         DQ (29)


* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 135 athletes from 39 countries participated in the senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

  * Argentina (2)
  * Australia (5)
  * Azerbaijan (1)
  * Bahrain (4)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Botswana (3)
  * Brazil (5)
  * Canada (1)
  * Eritrea (6)
  * Estonia (1)
  * Ethiopia (6)
  * France (6)
  * Gibraltar (1)
  * Iraq (4)
  * Israel (1)
  * Italy (2)
  * Japan (6)
  * Jordan (1)
  * Kazakhstan (1)
  * Kenya (6)
  * Lesotho (1)
  * Mexico (4)
  * Morocco (6)
  * New Zealand (4)
  * Poland (6)
  * Portugal (6)
  * Qatar (5)
  * Rwanda (1)
  * Seychelles (1)
  * Somalia (1)
  * South Africa (6)
  * Spain (6)
  * Switzerland (1)
  * Tajikistan (1)
  * Tanzania (4)
  * Tunisia (3)
  * Uganda (6)
  * Great Britain (4)
  * United States (6)
  * 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
  * 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
  * 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race


1991 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three

Circuit de Monaco (1986-1996)

Results from the 1991 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three held at Monte Carlo on May 11, 1991, in the Circuit de Monaco.

Classification


1991 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three

Pos  Driver                             Constructor              Laps  Time/Retired
1    [Germany] Jörg Müller              Reynard 913-Volkswagen   24    39.28,194
2    [Germany] Klaus Panchyrz           Ralt RT35-Volkswagen     24    39.51,494
3    [Italy] Max Angelelli              Dallara F391-Alfa Romeo  24    40.06,738
4    [Italy] Andrea Gilardi             Dallara F391-Volkswagen  24    40.08,869
5    [France] Yvan Muller               Reynard 913-Alfa Romeo   24    40.09,806
6    [France] Christophe Bouchut        Ralt RT33-Volkswagen     24    40.10,080
7    [Italy] Giambattista Busi          Dallara F391-Volkswagen  24    40.29,505
8    [France] Éric Chéli                Reynard 913-Alfa Romeo   24    40.32,416
9    [France] Jean-Christophe Boullion  Ralt RT33-Volkswagen     24    40.32,891
10   [Italy] Paolo Coloni               Ralt RT35-Alfa Romeo     24    40.33,838
11   [Germany] Marco Werner             Ralt RT35-Opel           24    40.45,665
12   [Brazil] Antonio Stefani           Dallara F391-Alfa Romeo  24    40.48,576
13   [Italy] Max Papis                  Dallara F391-Alfa Romeo  24    40.57,299
14   [Italy] Giampiero Simoni           Dallara F391-Alfa Romeo  24    41.00,272
15   [Italy] Michel Raffaelli           Dallara F389-Alfa Romeo  23
16   [Brazil] Niko Palhares             Dallara F391-Volkswagen  21
DNF  [France] Arnaud Trevisiol          Dallara F391-Opel        8
DNF  [Canada] Jacques Villeneuve        Ralt RT35-Alfa Romeo     4
DNF  [France] Laurent Daumet            Ralt RT35-Volkswagen     4
DNF  [Germany] Wolfgang Kaufmann        Dallara F391-Opel        3


1991 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three

DNF  [Denmark] Tom Kristensen           Ralt RT35-Volkswagen     1
DNF  [Italy] Fabrizio De Simone         Dallara F391-Alfa Romeo  0
DNF  [France] Guillaume Gomez           Ralt RT35-Alfa Romeo     0
DNF  [Italy] Andrea Larini              Dallara F391-Alfa Romeo  0
DNF  [France] Olivier Panis             Ralt RT35-Alfa Romeo     0
DNF  [Monaco] Olivier Beretta           Reynard 913-Mugen        0


1991 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Richmond)

The 1991 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was the 22nd stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 34th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 7, 1991, before an audience of 69,000 in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Leo Jackson Motorsports driver Harry Gant would manage to make a late-race charge for the lead, passing for the lead with 19 to go in the race to take his 14th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his third victory of the season, and his second straight victory.Robert Yates Racing driver Davey Allison and Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

The layout of Richmond International Raceway, the venue where the race was at.

Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list


Entry list

  * (R) denotes rookie driver.
#   Driver                    Team                         Make        Sponsor
1   Rick Mast                 Precision Products Racing    Oldsmobile  Skoal
2   Rusty Wallace             Penske Racing South          Pontiac     Miller Genuine Draft
3   Dale Earnhardt            Richard Childress Racing     Chevrolet   GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4   Ernie Irvan               Morgan–McClure Motorsports   Chevrolet   Kodak
5   Ricky Rudd                Hendrick Motorsports         Chevrolet   Tide
6   Mark Martin               Roush Racing                 Ford        Folgers
7   Alan Kulwicki             AK Racing                    Ford        Hooters
8   Rick Wilson               Stavola Brothers Racing      Buick       Snickers
9   Bill Elliott              Melling Racing               Ford        Coors Light
10  Derrike Cope              Whitcomb Racing              Chevrolet   Purolator Filters
11  Geoff Bodine              Junior Johnson & Associates  Ford        Budweiser
12  Hut Stricklin             Bobby Allison Motorsports    Buick       Raybestos
15  Morgan Shepherd           Bud Moore Engineering        Ford        Motorcraft
17  Darrell Waltrip           Darrell Waltrip Motorsports  Chevrolet   Western Auto
19  Chad Little               Little Racing                Ford        Tyson Foods
21  Dale Jarrett              Wood Brothers Racing         Ford        Citgo
22  Sterling Marlin           Junior Johnson & Associates  Ford        Maxwell House
24  Kenny Wallace             Team III Racing              Pontiac     Team III Racing
25  Ken Schrader              Hendrick Motorsports         Chevrolet   Kodiak
26  Brett Bodine              King Racing                  Buick       Quaker State
28  Davey Allison             Robert Yates Racing          Ford        Texaco, Havoline
30  Michael Waltrip           Bahari Racing                Pontiac     Pennzoil
33  Harry Gant                Leo Jackson Motorsports      Oldsmobile  Skoal Bandit
41  Larry Pearson             Larry Hedrick Motorsports    Chevrolet   Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
42  Kyle Petty                SABCO Racing                 Pontiac     Mello Yello
43  Richard Petty             Petty Enterprises            Pontiac     STP
47  Greg Sacks                Close Racing                 Oldsmobile  Ukrop's Food Group
52  Jimmy Means               Jimmy Means Racing           Pontiac     Alka-Seltzer
55  Ted Musgrave (R)          U.S. Racing                  Pontiac     Jasper Engines & Transmissions
66  Lake Speed                Cale Yarborough Motorsports  Pontiac     Phillips 66 TropArtic
68  Bobby Hamilton (R)        TriStar Motorsports          Oldsmobile  Country Time
71  Dave Marcis               Marcis Auto Racing           Chevrolet   Big Apple Market
73  Dale Fischlein            Barkdoll Racing              Oldsmobile  Barkdoll Racing
75  Joe Ruttman               RahMoc Enterprises           Oldsmobile  Dinner Bell Foods
90  Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)  Donlavey Racing              Ford        Donlavey Racing
94  Terry Labonte             Hagan Racing                 Oldsmobile  Sunoco
98  Jimmy Spencer             Travis Carter Enterprises    Chevrolet   Banquet Foods

Qualifying


Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 11, at 5:30 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-34 would be decided on time,

Rusty Wallace, driving for Penske Racing South, would win the pole, setting a time of 22.390 and an average speed of 120.590 miles per hour (194.071 km/h) in the first round.

Dale Fischlein was the only driver to fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results


Pos.                                     #   Driver                    Team                         Make        Time    Speed
1                                        2   Rusty Wallace             Penske Racing South          Pontiac     22.390  120.590
2                                        7   Alan Kulwicki             AK Racing                    Ford        22.434  120.353
3                                        28  Davey Allison             Robert Yates Racing          Ford        22.451  120.262
4                                        6   Mark Martin               Roush Racing                 Ford        22.453  120.251
5                                        68  Bobby Hamilton (R)        TriStar Motorsports          Oldsmobile  22.501  119.995
6                                        4   Ernie Irvan               Morgan–McClure Motorsports   Chevrolet   22.512  119.936
7                                        5   Ricky Rudd                Hendrick Motorsports         Chevrolet   22.561  119.676
8                                        42  Kyle Petty                SABCO Racing                 Pontiac     22.567  119.644
9                                        17  Darrell Waltrip           Darrell Waltrip Motorsports  Chevrolet   22.587  119.538
10                                       25  Ken Schrader              Hendrick Motorsports         Chevrolet   22.669  119.105
11                                       12  Hut Stricklin             Bobby Allison Motorsports    Buick       22.717  118.854
12                                       1   Rick Mast                 Precision Products Racing    Oldsmobile  22.755  118.655
13                                       33  Harry Gant                Leo Jackson Motorsports      Oldsmobile  22.759  118.634
14                                       9   Bill Elliott              Melling Racing               Ford        22.779  118.530
15                                       22  Sterling Marlin           Junior Johnson & Associates  Ford        22.825  118.291
16                                       3   Dale Earnhardt            Richard Childress Racing     Chevrolet   22.827  118.281
17                                       98  Jimmy Spencer             Travis Carter Enterprises    Chevrolet   22.844  118.193
18                                       11  Geoff Bodine              Junior Johnson & Associates  Ford        22.862  118.100
19                                       43  Richard Petty             Petty Enterprises            Pontiac     22.874  118.038
20                                       94  Terry Labonte             Hagan Racing                 Oldsmobile  22.880  118.007
Failed to lock in Round 1
21                                       26  Brett Bodine              King Racing                  Buick       22.881  118.002
22                                       10  Derrike Cope              Whitcomb Racing              Chevrolet   22.907  117.868
23                                       47  Greg Sacks                Close Racing                 Oldsmobile  22.921  117.796


24                                       41  Larry Pearson             Larry Hedrick Motorsports    Chevrolet   22.940  117.698
25                                       21  Dale Jarrett              Wood Brothers Racing         Ford        22.964  117.575
26                                       90  Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)  Donlavey Racing              Ford        22.972  117.534
27                                       8   Rick Wilson               Stavola Brothers Racing      Buick       22.980  117.493
28                                       66  Lake Speed                Cale Yarborough Motorsports  Pontiac     23.004  117.371
29                                       24  Kenny Wallace             Team III Racing              Pontiac     23.005  117.366
30                                       19  Chad Little               Little Racing                Ford        23.016  117.310
31                                       30  Michael Waltrip           Bahari Racing                Pontiac     23.027  117.254
32                                       15  Morgan Shepherd           Bud Moore Engineering        Ford        23.038  117.198
33                                       71  Dave Marcis               Marcis Auto Racing           Chevrolet   23.040  117.188
34                                       75  Joe Ruttman               RahMoc Enterprises           Oldsmobile  23.118  116.792
Provisionals
35                                       55  Ted Musgrave (R)          U.S. Racing                  Pontiac     23.411  115.330
36                                       52  Jimmy Means               Jimmy Means Racing           Pontiac     23.916  112.895
Failed to qualify
37                                       73  Dale Fischlein            Barkdoll Racing              Oldsmobile  -*      -*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup


Race results


Fin                    St  #   Driver                    Team                         Make        Laps  Led  Status       Pts  Winnings
1                      13  33  Harry Gant                Leo Jackson Motorsports      Oldsmobile  400   27   running      180  $63,650
2                      3   28  Davey Allison             Robert Yates Racing          Ford        400   150  running      180  $39,425
3                      1   2   Rusty Wallace             Penske Racing South          Pontiac     400   124  running      170  $21,700
4                      6   4   Ernie Irvan               Morgan–McClure Motorsports   Chevrolet   400   80   running      165  $20,800
5                      7   5   Ricky Rudd                Hendrick Motorsports         Chevrolet   400   1    running      160  $18,125
6                      2   7   Alan Kulwicki             AK Racing                    Ford        400   10   running      155  $13,550
7                      9   17  Darrell Waltrip           Darrell Waltrip Motorsports  Chevrolet   400   0    running      146  $9,750
8                      10  25  Ken Schrader              Hendrick Motorsports         Chevrolet   400   2    running      147  $8,750
9                      14  9   Bill Elliott              Melling Racing               Ford        400   0    running      138  $11,950
10                     15  22  Sterling Marlin           Junior Johnson & Associates  Ford        399   0    running      134  $9,700
11                     16  3   Dale Earnhardt            Richard Childress Racing     Chevrolet   398   5    running      135  $13,750
12                     5   68  Bobby Hamilton (R)        TriStar Motorsports          Oldsmobile  398   0    running      127  $6,400
13                     27  8   Rick Wilson               Stavola Brothers Racing      Buick       397   0    running      124  $7,000
14                     18  11  Geoff Bodine              Junior Johnson & Associates  Ford        397   0    running      121  $11,500
15                     17  98  Jimmy Spencer             Travis Carter Enterprises    Chevrolet   397   0    running      118  $7,350
16                     22  10  Derrike Cope              Whitcomb Racing              Chevrolet   397   0    running      115  $10,925
17                     28  66  Lake Speed                Cale Yarborough Motorsports  Pontiac     397   0    running      112  $6,425
18                     21  26  Brett Bodine              King Racing                  Buick       396   0    running      109  $5,175
19                     20  94  Terry Labonte             Hagan Racing                 Oldsmobile  396   0    running      106  $6,000
20                     25  21  Dale Jarrett              Wood Brothers Racing         Ford        396   0    running      103  $6,925
21                     11  12  Hut Stricklin             Bobby Allison Motorsports    Buick       396   0    running      100  $5,800


22                     35  55  Ted Musgrave (R)          U.S. Racing                  Pontiac     395   0    running      97   $4,475
23                     32  15  Morgan Shepherd           Bud Moore Engineering        Ford        394   0    running      94   $9,175
24                     19  43  Richard Petty             Petty Enterprises            Pontiac     393   1    running      96   $5,550
25                     26  90  Wally Dallenbach Jr. (R)  Donlavey Racing              Ford        391   0    running      88   $3,500
26                     8   42  Kyle Petty                SABCO Racing                 Pontiac     388   0    running      85   $9,075
27                     12  1   Rick Mast                 Precision Products Racing    Oldsmobile  377   0    running      82   $5,480
28                     34  75  Joe Ruttman               RahMoc Enterprises           Oldsmobile  374   0    running      79   $5,325
29                     33  71  Dave Marcis               Marcis Auto Racing           Chevrolet   370   0    running      76   $4,800
30                     31  30  Michael Waltrip           Bahari Racing                Pontiac     361   0    engine       73   $4,750
31                     29  24  Kenny Wallace             Team III Racing              Pontiac     348   0    rear end     70   $3,200
32                     23  47  Greg Sacks                Close Racing                 Oldsmobile  256   0    overheating  67   $3,175
33                     4   6   Mark Martin               Roush Racing                 Ford        253   0    running      64   $11,870
34                     30  19  Chad Little               Little Racing                Ford        55    0    crash        61   $3,150
35                     36  52  Jimmy Means               Jimmy Means Racing           Pontiac     36    0    engine       58   $3,150
36                     24  41  Larry Pearson             Larry Hedrick Motorsports    Chevrolet   9     0    crash        55   $3,150
Failed to qualify
37                         73  Dale Fischlein            Barkdoll Racing              Oldsmobile
Official race results


Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings                              Pos  Driver           Points
                             1    Dale Earnhardt   3,277
                             2    Ricky Rudd       3,213 (-64)
                             3    Ernie Irvan      3,144 (-133)
                             4    Davey Allison    3,120 (–157)
1                            5    Ken Schrader     2,973 (–304)
1                            6    Mark Martin      2,965 (–312)
                             7    Sterling Marlin  2,869 (–408)
                             8    Darrell Waltrip  2,865 (–412)
                             9    Harry Gant       2,836 (–441)
                             10   Rusty Wallace    2,760 (–517)
Official driver's standings

  * Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.


1991 Monaco Grand Prix

The race was won by Ayrton Senna in the McLaren.

Nigel Mansell finished in second place, scoring his first points of the season.

Mansell's team-mate, Riccardo Patrese, ran in third place until crashing on oil dropped by Stefano Modena, whose engine expired just ahead of him.

Alain Prost finished in fifth position after being delayed by a slow late-race pit stop.

The 1991 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 12 May 1991. It was the fourth race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship.

The 78-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. It was Senna's fourth victory from the first four races of the season, and his fourth Monaco win. Englishman Nigel Mansell finished second in a Williams-Renault, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Ferrari.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

The pre-qualifying session on Thursday morning ended up being somewhat straightforward for Dallara and Jordan. JJ Lehto was fastest for Dallara, with Emanuele Pirro in third, with Jordan's Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot second and fourth.

Gachot was over a second faster than the fifth-placed car, the Modena Lambo of Nicola Larini. The other Lambo of Eric van de Poele was sixth, with Pedro Chaves seventh in the Coloni on his first experience of the Monaco circuit. Olivier Grouillard propped up the time sheets for Fondmetal as he continued to gain experience in the new Fomet car.

Pre-qualifying classification


1991 Monaco Grand Prix

Pre-qualifying classification

Pos  No  Driver                       Constructor        Time      Gap
1    22  [Finland] JJ Lehto           Dallara-Judd       1:23.260    —
2    33  [Italy] Andrea de Cesaris    Jordan-Ford        1:23.538  +0.278
3    21  [Italy] Emanuele Pirro       Dallara-Judd       1:24.421  +1.161
4    32  [Belgium] Bertrand Gachot    Jordan-Ford        1:24.802  +1.542
5    34  [Italy] Nicola Larini        Lambo-Lamborghini  1:25.893  +2.633
6    35  [Belgium] Eric van de Poele  Lambo-Lamborghini  1:26.282  +3.022
7    31  [Portugal] Pedro Chaves      Coloni-Ford        1:27.389  +4.129
8    14  [France] Olivier Grouillard  Fondmetal-Ford     1:27.759  +4.499

Qualifying report

Ayrton Senna shocked no-one by taking pole position, but second place was a surprise with Stefano Modena taking full advantage of the superior Pirelli qualifying tyres to be second, followed by Patrese, Piquet, a disappointed Mansell, Berger, Prost, Moreno, Alesi, and de Cesaris. Alex Caffi had a huge accident in the swimming pool section on Saturday, after missing Thursday qualifying with a gearbox problem, and did not participate in the race. Elsewhere Martin Brundle was excluded for missing a weight check in Thursday practice.

Qualifying classification


1991 Monaco Grand Prix

Pos  No  Driver                           Constructor         Q1        Q2        Gap
1    1   [Brazil] Ayrton Senna            McLaren-Honda       1:20.508  1:20.344    —
2    4   [Italy] Stefano Modena           Tyrrell-Honda       1:23.442  1:20.809  +0.465
3    6   [Italy] Riccardo Patrese         Williams-Renault    1:22.057  1:20.973  +0.629
4    20  [Brazil] Nelson Piquet           Benetton-Ford       1:22.816  1:21.159  +0.815
5    5   [United Kingdom] Nigel Mansell   Williams-Renault    1:23.274  1:21.205  +0.861
6    2   [Austria] Gerhard Berger         McLaren-Honda       1:21.222  1:21.583  +0.878
7    27  [France] Alain Prost             Ferrari             1:22.113  1:21.455  +1.111
8    19  [Brazil] Roberto Moreno          Benetton-Ford       1:23.476  1:21.804  +1.460
9    28  [France] Jean Alesi              Ferrari             1:22.966  1:21.910  +1.566
10   33  [Italy] Andrea de Cesaris        Jordan-Ford         1:24.257  1:22.764  +2.420
11   3   [Japan] Satoru Nakajima          Tyrrell-Honda       1:24.435  1:22.972  +2.628
12   21  [Italy] Emanuele Pirro           Dallara-Judd        1:23.311  1:23.022  +2.678
13   22  [Finland] JJ Lehto               Dallara-Judd        1:23.023  1:23.983  +2.679
14   23  [Italy] Pierluigi Martini        Minardi-Ferrari     1:24.101  1:23.064  +2.720
15   15  [Brazil] Maurício Gugelmin       Leyton House-Ilmor  1:24.920  1:23.394  +3.050


1991 Monaco Grand Prix

16   25  [Belgium] Thierry Boutsen        Ligier-Lamborghini  1:24.728  1:23.431  +3.087
17   24  [Italy] Gianni Morbidelli        Minardi-Ferrari     1:24.481  1:23.584  +3.240
18   16  [Italy] Ivan Capelli             Leyton House-Ilmor  1:25.040  1:23.642  +3.298
19   30  [Japan] Aguri Suzuki             Lola-Ford           1:26.380  1:23.898  +3.554
20   17  [Italy] Gabriele Tarquini        AGS-Ford            1:25.078  1:23.909  +3.565
21   29  [France] Éric Bernard            Lola-Ford           1:25.370  1:24.079  +3.735
22   8   [United Kingdom] Mark Blundell   Brabham-Yamaha      1:25.500  1:24.109  +3.765
23   26  [France] Érik Comas              Ligier-Lamborghini  1:24.747  1:24.151  +3.807
24   32  [Belgium] Bertrand Gachot        Jordan-Ford         1:24.540  1:24.208  +3.864
25   9   [Italy] Michele Alboreto         Footwork-Porsche    1:27.843  1:24.606  +4.262
26   11  [Finland] Mika Häkkinen          Lotus-Judd          1:24.868  1:24.829  +4.485
27   12  [United Kingdom] Julian Bailey   Lotus-Judd          1:28.772  1:26.995  +6.651
28   18  [Italy] Fabrizio Barbazza        AGS-Ford            1:28.060  1:27.079  +6.735
29   10  [Italy] Alex Caffi               Footwork-Porsche    no time   no time     —
EX   7   [United Kingdom] Martin Brundle  Brabham-Yamaha         —         —        —