2017–18 Toto Cup Al
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Israel |
| Teams | 14 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Runner-up | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 33 |
| Goals scored | 85 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Kjartansson (4) El Krenawy |
The 2017–18 Toto Cup Al was the 33rd season of the third-important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 12th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.
The competition is held in two stages. First, fourteen Premier League teams were divided into three groups, five teams in groups A and B and four teams in group C, the teams playing against each other once. The best three teams from groups A and B and the best two teams from group C will advance to the quarter-finals, which will be played over two-legged ties. The semi-finals and the final are then played as one-legged matches in a neutral venue.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva was the defending champion.[1]
In the final, held on 14 December 2017, Maccabi Tel Aviv had beaten Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0.[2]
Group stage[edit]
Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs, with the northern clubs allocated to Group A, In Group B allocated the two teams from Tel Aviv, one team from Petah Tikva, one from Netanya and one more team from Ra'anana. The southern clubs allocated to Group C (including Beitar Jerusalem).
The matches started July 29.
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Teams advanced to the Quarterfinals |
Group A[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | MHA | HAC | IKS | HHA | BNS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | Qualified to Quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | |||
| 2 | Hapoel Acre | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | — | 0–4 | 2–1 | ||||
| 3 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||||
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | ||||
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Group B[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | MTA | BNY | MPT | MCN | HRA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10 | Qualified to Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | 0–3 | — | 3–2 | ||||
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | 3–1 | — | 2–4 | ||||
| 5 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Group C[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | BEI | HBS | ASH | HAS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Qualified to Quarter-finals | — | 1–2 | |||
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | |||
| 4 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 0–1 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Knockout stage[edit]
All times are in Israel Standard Time
Quarter-finals[edit]
| 7 October 2017 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Petah Tikva |
| 21:00 | Brik  38' | Report | 50'Sahar 85' Radi | Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tzvika Levi |
| 24 October 2017 | Maccabi Haifa | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Hapoel Acre | Haifa |
| 21:00 | Caio 21' Lavi 99' | Report | 69' Onyekachi 109' El Krenawy | Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Idan Leiba |
| Penalties | ||||
Awad  Alberman Sallalich Kahat |  Azubel Sam El Krenawy Eliyahu Zino | |||
| 25 October 2017 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | w/o [note 1] | Beitar Jerusalem | Kiryat Shmona |
| 21:00 | Gozlan 67' | Report | Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Yigal Fried |
| 26 October 2017 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | Bnei Yehuda | Netanya |
| 19:00 | Atar 42' Blackman 78' (pen.)Rikan 79' | Report | Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Ro'i Reinschreiber |
Semi-finals[edit]
| 29 November 2017 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 0–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
| 20:30 | 17' Schoenfeld 53' Yitzhaki | Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Referee: Gal Leibovichs |
| 30 November 2017 | Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Netanya |
| 21:00 | 72' Ohana | Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Daniel Bar Natan |
Final[edit]
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kjartansson 83' |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hapoel Kiryat Shmona originally won the match 1–0. However, at the beginning of the second half Beitar had substituted in a sixth foreign player, when a maximum of five foreign players was allowed, and played with six foreign players until the 65th minute.[3] The game was awarded to Hapoel Kiryat Shmona with a score of 3–0.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Hapoel Beersheba Rolls to Toto Cup Triumph Allon Sinai, 29 December 2016, Jerusalem Post
- ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv Captures Toto Cup Over Beersheba Allon Sinai, 15 December 2017, Jerusalem Post
- ^ Beitar Fielded 6 Foreigners Illegally Ofir Sa'ar & Shlomo Weiss, 25 October 2017, Walla! (in Hebrew)
- ^ Decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal, File 99248 IFA, 1 November 2017 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Technical Loss and Fine to Beitar for Fielding Six Foreigners Moshe Scheinmann, 1 November 2017, Ynet (in Hebrew)
External links[edit]
- Official website Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)