2014–15 Toto Cup Al

2014–15 Toto Cup Al

Country	Israel
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Runners-up	Maccabi Haifa
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The 2014–15 Toto Cup Al was the 30th season of the third-important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 10th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only. The tournament resumed after the planned competition for the previous season was cancelled.

The competition was held in two stages. First, fourteen Premier League teams were divided into three groups, five teams in groups A and C and four teams in group B, the teams playing against each other once. The best 3 teams from groups A and C and the best 2 teams from group B advanced to the quarter finals, which was played over two legged ties. The semi-finals and the final were played as one-legged matches in a neutral venue.

The tournament was due to start on 2 August 2014, however the opening date was postponed because of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. The tournament eventually started on 12 August 2014.

Hapoel Haifa were the defending champions, after winning the previous competition. who made it their second Toto Cup Al title overall. In the final, played on 31 December 2014, Maccabi Tel Aviv had beaten Maccabi Haifa 2–1. This cup was the first title gained by Maccabi Tel Aviv this season, and was followed by the State Cup and the league title, to complete its domestic treble.

Group stage

The draw took place on 26 June 2014.

The matches were due to start on 26 July 2014, however delays occurred by the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict caused the matches to start on 12 August 2014.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advanced to the Quarterfinals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Haifa	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
2	Bnei Sakhnin	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8
3	Hapoel Haifa	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
4	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	4	0	2	2	2	3	−1	2
5	Hapoel Acre	4	0	1	3	4	8	−4	1

Source: football.org.il (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	BnS	HAC	HHA	IKS	MHA
Bnei Sakhnin				1–1	2–0
Hapoel Acre	2–3			1–1
Hapoel Haifa	2–2	2–0
Ironi Kiryat Shmona			3–1		0–1
Maccabi Haifa		2–1	2–0

Source: football.org.il (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	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
3	Hapoel Ra'anana	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
4	Maccabi Netanya	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: football.org.il (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	HRA	HTA	MNE	MTA
Hapoel Ra'anana			1–0
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0			1–0
Maccabi Netanya		0–2		0–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0

Updated to games played on 26 June 2014.
Source: football.org.il (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 Petah Tikva	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
2	F.C. Ashdod	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7
3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	4	1	2	1	1	3	−2	5
4	Beitar Jerusalem	4	1	1	2	4	3	+1	4
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4	0	3	1	2	5	−3	3

Source: football.org.il (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	BEI	FCA	HBS	HPT	MPT
Beitar Jerusalem				1–2	0–0
F.C. Ashdod	1–0		1–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–3				0–0
Hapoel Petah Tikva		4–0	1–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva		0–3		1–0

Source: football.org.il (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

The quarter finals draw was held on 3 September, although the third qualifying club from Group C was still undetermined.

Quarter Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	8–0	Hapoel Petah Tikva	6–0	2–0
Bnei Sakhnin	4–6	Maccabi Haifa	1–1	3–5
F.C. Ashdod	4–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	2–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–4	Hapoel Haifa	1–2	1–2

First leg

Bnei Sakhnin v Maccabi Haifa

6 September 2014 (2014-09-06)	Bnei Sakhnin	1–1	Maccabi Haifa	Sakhnin
20:30	Mugrabi  60'	Report (Hebrew)	Cocalić  67'	Stadium: Doha Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Erez Papier

Maccabi Petah Tikva v Hapoel Haifa

7 September 2014 (2014-09-07)	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–2	Hapoel Haifa	Petah Tikva
20:30	Hazurov  28'	Report (Hebrew)	Lala  16', 25'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Ziv Adler

F.C. Ashdod v Hapoel Tel Aviv

9 September 2014 (2014-09-09)	F.C. Ashdod	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ashdod
20:00	Siroshtein  60' Avitan  83'	Report (Hebrew)		Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Menashe Mashiah

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Petah Tikva

10 September 2014 (2014-09-10)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6–0	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Tel Aviv
20:30	Margulies  5' Tibi  17' Ben Harush  22' Zahavi  25' Ben Basat  52' (pen.) Peretz  63'	Report (Hebrew)		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 8,242 Referee: Daniel Bar-Natan

Second leg

Maccabi Haifa v Bnei Sakhnin

10 September 2014 (2014-09-10)	Maccabi Haifa	5–3	Bnei Sakhnin	Netanya
20:15	Abuhatzira  2' Idrissou  22', 50' Rayos  86' Vered  90+3'	Report (Hebrew)	Ghadir  5', 47' Paz  64'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eitan Shmuelevich

Maccabi Haifa won 6–4 on aggregate.

Hapoel Haifa v Maccabi Petah Tikva

10 September 2014 (2014-09-10)	Hapoel Haifa	2–1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
20:20	Ostvind  40' Kalonas  90'	Report (Hebrew)	Shemesh  47'	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Eli Hachmon

Hapoel Haifa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Hapoel Petah Tikva v Maccabi Tel Aviv

17 September 2014 (2014-09-17)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Petah Tikva
19:45		Report (Hebrew)	Ben Harush  23' Reichert  47'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gal Leibowitz

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 8–0 on aggregate.

Hapoel Tel Aviv v F.C. Ashdod

23 September 2014 (2014-09-23)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–2	F.C. Ashdod	Tel Aviv
20:30	Abutbul  26' Abu Alhija  57'	Report (Hebrew)	Abu Anza  30', 40'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Guy Berger

F.C. Ashdod won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi Finals

Maccabi Haifa v F.C. Ashdod

17 December 2014	Maccabi Haifa	3 – 1	F.C. Ashdod	Netanya
	Rayo  4' Ezra  19' Turgeman  59'		Abu Anza  90+1'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Haifa

17 December 2014	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1 – 0	Hapoel Haifa	Petah Tikva
	Ben Haim  13'			Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa

31 December 2014	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya
19:30	Ohayon  47' (o.g.) Mitrović  84' (pen.)	Report	Tibi  53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Menashe Mashiach

See also

• 2014–15 Toto Cup Leumit
• 2014–15 Israeli Premier League
• 2014–15 Israel State Cup

External links

• Official website (Hebrew)