2007–08 Toto Cup Al

2007–08 Toto Cup Al
Country	Israel
Teams	12
Champions	Maccabi Haifa ; (4th title)
Runners-up	Bnei Sakhnin
Matches played	47
Goals scored	119 (2.53 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Yeghia Yavruyan ; Renato Ribeiro (6)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Toto Cup Al was the 24th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the third edition involving Premier League clubs only.

The final, played at Ramat Gan Stadium on 19 December 2007, was won by Maccabi Haifa, who had beaten Bnei Sakhnin 2–0 in the final.

Format change

The 12 Premier League clubs were divided to three groups, with four teams in each group, playing a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams and the two best third place finishers from the three groups advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group stage

The matches were played from 4 August 2007 to 14 November 2007

Key to colours in group tables
Teams progressed to the quarter-finals
Teams eliminated from the competition

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Netanya	6	2	3	1	9	4	+5	9
2	Maccabi Haifa	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9
3	F.C. Ashdod	6	1	4	1	5	6	−1	7
4	Maccabi Herzliya	6	1	2	3	8	14	−6	5

Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away^[1]	ASH	MHA	MHE	MNE
F.C. Ironi Ashdod		0–0	3–2	0–0
Maccabi Haifa	0–0		2–4	1–0
Maccabi Herzliya	1–1	0–3		1–1
Maccabi Netanya	3–1	1–1	4–0

Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Beitar Jerusalem	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13
2	Bnei Yehuda	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	4	14	−10	4

Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away^[1]	BEI	BnY	HKS	HTA
Beitar Jerusalem		1–2	2–0	5–0
Bnei Yehuda	1–1		3–1	1–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–3	1–2		4–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–2	0–1	1–1

Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
2	Bnei Sakhnin	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7
4	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3

Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home \ Away^[1]	BnS	IKS	MPT	MTA
Bnei Sakhnin		2–0	3–0	1–2
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–1		1–1	2–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–0	3–0		0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	2–1	2–0

Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout Rounds

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa	2–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	1–0
Bnei Yehuda	5–1	F.C. Ashdod	2–1	3–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–3	Beitar Jerusalem	1–1	1–2
Bnei Sakhnin	3–0	Maccabi Netanya	2–0	1–0

Semifinals

12 December 2007	Bnei Sakhnin	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Bnei Yehuda	Ramat Gan
16:45	Yavruyan 34'	Report	E. Biton 57'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Alon Yefet
		Penalties
	Khalaila Culma Yavruyan		Rosen Hodžić Abu Siam Haimovich

12 December 2007	Maccabi Haifa	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Beitar Jerusalem	Ramat Gan
19:45	Maimon 40' Renato 76'	Report	Tal 18' (pen.) Alberman 59'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Meir Levi
		Penalties
	Katan Harazi Renato Afek Gita Maimon Hanuka Hemed Paulinho		Alberman Zandber Gershon Azriel Tal Benado Ziv Boateng Kale

Final

19 December 200719:00

Maccabi Haifa	2–0	Bnei Sakhnin
Renato 53' (pen.), 87'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium

Referee: Menashe Mashiah

External links

Toto Cup Al IFA (in Hebrew)

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2007–08 Toto Cup Al

Format change

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Knockout Rounds

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

See also

External links