2017–18 Toto Cup Al
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.
| Country | Israel |
|---|---|
| Teams | 14 |
| Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Runners-up | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| Matches played | 33 |
| Goals scored | 85 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Kjartansson (4) El Krenawy |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
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
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
| 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
| 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
| 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
All times are in Israel Standard Time
Quarter-finals
| 7 October 2017 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Petah Tikva |
| 21:00 | Brik  |
Report | |
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 Lavi |
Report | |
Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Idan Leiba |
| Penalties | ||||
Awad  Alberman Sallalich Kahat |
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| 25 October 2017 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | w/o [note 1] | Beitar Jerusalem | Kiryat Shmona |
| 21:00 | Gozlan |
Report | Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Yigal Fried |
| 26 October 2017 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | Bnei Yehuda | Netanya |
| 19:00 | Atar Blackman Rikan |
Report | Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Ro'i Reinschreiber |
Semi-finals
| 29 November 2017 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 0–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
| 20:30 | |
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Referee: Gal Leibovichs |
| 30 November 2017 | Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Netanya |
| 21:00 | |
Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Daniel Bar Natan |
Final
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kjartansson |
Notes
- 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
- 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
- Official website (in Hebrew)