jaffa played in liga bet in the season of 2009–10. in this season jaffa made history when they became the first club from liga bet, since 1963, to reach the round of 16 of the israeli state cup. in the way to this phase, jaffa won against hapoel hadera from liga alef and ironi kiryat shmona which won the second division in that season. in the round of 16 to the final, jaffa lost 0–5 to hapoel tel-aviv, which eventually went to win both the state cup and the premier league in that season.