2008–09 Toto Cup Al

2008–09 Toto Cup Al
Country	Israel
Teams	12
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd title)
Runners-up	F.C. Ashdod
Matches played	46
Goals scored	125 (2.72 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Yeghia Yavruyan ; Yuval Avidor (5)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Toto Cup Al was the twenty-seventh season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and fifth under the current format. It was held in two stages. First, twelve Premier League teams were divided into three groups. The winners and runners-up, as well as two best third placed teams from each group, advanced to the Quarterfinals. Quarterfinals and Semifinals were held as two-legged matches, while the Final was one-legged match held at Ramat Gan Stadium. The defending champions were Maccabi Haifa. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the 2008–09 Toto Cup Al making it their third Toto Cup title overall.

Group stage

The matches were played from August 8 to November 12, 2008.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams progressed to the Quarterfinals
Teams eliminated from the competition

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Haifa	6	3	3	0	12	5	+7	12
2	Bnei Yehuda	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
3	Maccabi Netanya	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
4	Beitar Jerusalem	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	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	MHA	MNE
Beitar Jerusalem		3–0	0–2	0–2
Bnei Yehuda	3–2		1–3	3–0
Maccabi Haifa	1–1	1–1		1–1
Maccabi Netanya	1–0	1–2	1–4

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	Ashdod	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8
3	Hakoah Ramat Gan	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	6

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	HAR	MPT	MTA
F.C. Ironi Ashdod		0–1	2–1	1–1
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	0–1		1–1	2–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–1	1–1		0–3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	1–0	1–2

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	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	17	9	+8	11
2	Bnei Sakhnin	6	3	1	2	8	14	−6	10
3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7
4	Hapoel Petah Tikva	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	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]	BnS	HPT	HTA	IKS
Bnei Sakhnin		1–1	0–4	2–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva	1–2		3–1	1–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	7–2	0–0		4–3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–1	2–1	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.

Elimination Rounds

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on January 5 and 6, 2009 while the second legs were played on January 13 and 14, 2009.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Netanya	1–5	F.C. Ashdod	1–4	0–1
Bnei Yehuda	2–2 (a)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–2 (p. 4–3)	Maccabi Haifa	2–0	0–2 (aet)

The first game between Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Bnei Sakhnin (that should have been played in Kiryat Shmona) has been cancelled due to safety reasons during the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. The tie was eventually played as one-legged match on a neutral ground (Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan) on January 20, 2009.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	1–2	Bnei Sakhnin

Semifinals

2009-01-2817:30

Bnei Sakhnin	0 – 4	F.C. Ashdod
	Report	Lavi 24' Shriki 28' Zohar 51' Revivo 57'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Referee: Liran Liani

2009-01-2820:15

Maccabi Tel Aviv	1 – 0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Mayuka 14'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Referee: Eytan Tbryzy

Final

2009-02-0420:00

Maccabi Tel Aviv	1 – 0	F.C. Ashdod
Shivhon 60'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 8,246

Referee: Moshe Bohbot

External links

Official website (in Hebrew)

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2008–09 Toto Cup Al

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Elimination Rounds

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

See also

External links