2016–17 Toto Cup Al

2016–17 Toto Cup Al
Country Israel
Teams 14
Champions Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Runners-up Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Matches played 37
Goals scored 93 (2.51 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Israel Ben Sahar (5)

The 2016–17 Toto Cup Al was the 32st season of the third-important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 11th 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 won the cup by defeating Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 4–1 in the final.[1]

Group stage

Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs, with the northern clubs allocated to Group A (include team from Kfar Saba), In Group B allocated the three teams from Tel Aviv, one team from Petah Tikva and one more team from Ra'anana, the rest of the teams In Group C .

The matches started July 30th.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advanced to the Quarterfinals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation MHA HHA IKS BNS HKS
1 Maccabi Haifa 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10 Qualified to Quarter-finals — 1–0 2–1
2 Hapoel Haifa 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5 — 1–1 2–2
3 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 4 0–0 — 0–0
4 Bnei Sakhnin 4 0 3 1 4 5 −1 3 1–1 — 0–0
5 Hapoel Kfar Saba 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 2–3 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2016. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation MTA BNY HTA MPT HRA
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 Qualified to Quarter-finals — 1–0 3–0
2 Bnei Yehuda 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7 2–1 — 0–2
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 5 0–2 — 0–0
4 Maccabi Petah Tikva 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 4 1–2 0–0 —
5 Hapoel Ra'anana 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2 1–1 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2016. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ASH HBS HAS BEI
1 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Qualified to Quarter-finals — 2–2 3–1
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6 0–1 —
3 Hapoel Ashkelon 3 0 2 1 3 8 −5 2 0–5 — 1–1
4 Beitar Jerusalem 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1 2–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2016. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.

Knockout Rounds

All times are in Israel Standard Time

Quarter Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa 3–4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–2 1–2
Bnei Yehuda 2–3 F.C. Ironi Ashdod 2–3 0–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–5 Hapoel Haifa 0–3 2–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–3 (a) Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 3–2 0–1

Semi Finals

Final

Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4–1 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Sahar  34' (pen.), 36'
Radi  73'
Barda  90'		 Report  70' (o.g.) Turjeman
Referee: Ziv Adler

References

  1. ↑ Hapoel Beersheba Rolls to Toto Cup Triumph Allon Sinai, 29 December 2016, Jerusalem Post
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