1968–69 Israel State Cup

The1968–69Israel State Cup(Hebrew:גביע המדינה,Gvia HaMedina) was the 30th season ofIsrael's nationwide football cup competition and the 15th after theIsraeli Declaration of Independence.

1968–69 Israel State Cup
Tournament details
CountryIsrael
Defending championsBnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Final positions
ChampionsHakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
Runner-upMaccabi Sha'arayim

The competition started on 14 September 1968 withLiga BetandLiga Gimelclubs playing the first round.[1]Liga Alefclubs joined the competition in the fourth round, played on 30 November 1968 andLiga Leumitentered on the sixth round, on 12 April 1969.

Hakoah Maccabi Ramat GanandMaccabi Sha'arayimmet in the final, both teams appearing in their first final (althoughHakoah Tel Aviv,one of the clubs which were merged to formHakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan,did appear in the1935final).Hakoahemerged the winner by a single goal to claim its first cup.

Results

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Third Round

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32 matches were due to be played on 26 October 1968. However, only 21 matches were played and the rest of the matches were given aswalkover.[2]

Home Team Score Away Team
Beitar Tiberias 3–1 Maccabi Pardes Hanna
Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov 3–1 Hapoel Majd al-Krum
Hapoel Givat Olga 3–0 Hapoel Yir'on
Hapoel Tel Hanan 6–4 (a.e.t.) Beitar Nahariya
Hapoel Nahariya 5–1 Beitar Tel Amal
Maccabi Neve Sha'anan 2–1 (a.e.t.) Beitar Kiryat Tiv'on
Hapoel Afula 7–3 M.S. Even Yehuda
Maccabi Amidar Netanya 2–0 Beitar Migdal HaEmek
Hapoel Shefa-'Amr 3–1 Hapoel Ramat David
Hapoel Bat Galim 4–3 (a.e.t.) Beitar Acre
Hapoel Dimona 1–0 HaBira Jerusalem
Hapoel Gedera 5–2 (a.e.t.) Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv
Hapoel Kiryat Shalom 3–1 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
Maccabi Bat Yam 6–2 Hapoel Sde Hemed
Hapoel Rosh HaAyin 12–0 Maccabi Ever HaYarkon
Maccabi Ashkelon 3–1 Hapoel Azor
Hapoel Ofakim 1–0 (a.e.t.) Hapoel Beit Shemesh
Hapoel Bnei Zion 3–1 Hapoel Ganei Tikva
Hapoel Kfar Shalem 3–1 Hapoel Ashdod
Hapoel Ezra 3–2 Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Hapoel Eilat 4–1 Beitar Herzliya

Fourth Round

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Liga Alefclubs entered the competition on this round. As in previous seasons, The draw was set so thatLiga Alefclubs wouldn't be drawn against each other.[3]

30 November 1968Beitar Lod5–2Hapoel Gedera
Biber1'
Filus10',65'
Livni62'
Balulu68'
Lupo13',55'
30 November 1968Beitar Tel Hanan1–2Hapoel Kiryat Haim
Ben-Hamo32' Eichner29'
Shaim60'
30 November 1968Hapoel Bnei Zion1–5Maccabi Ramat Amidar
S. Levi?' Peltz?',?',?'
Tzarfati?' (pen.)
Rosner?'
30 November 1968Hapoel Ofakimw/oMaccabi Holon
30 November 1968Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov4–1Maccabi Bat Yam
R. Wolfer13' (63),75'
Sapozhnik50' (pen.)
Agiv48'
30 November 1968Hapoel Bnei Nazareth7–4 (a.e.t.)Beitar Tiberias
Hana25',70',117' (pen.)
Ramzi66',80',100',105'
Barmali36',89'
Dayan54'
Ezri58'
30 November 1968Hapoel Givat Olga2–4Maccabi Hadera
I. Ratzabi39'
Steisnir75'
Sabag9',19',52'
Argaman15'
30 November 1968Hapoel Herzliya4–0Hapoel Bat Galim
Shtiebelmann33'
Orbach60'
Bueno65',75'
30 November 1968Hapoel Holon2–0Maccabi Tzafon Tel Aviv
Fatiha30'
I. Levi90'
30 November 1968Hapoel Tiberias2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3p)
Hapoel Nahariya
Ya'ish12'
Nelkabetz?'
Zeindband4'
Fartok32'
30 November 1968Hapoel Yehud2–3Hapoel Kiryat Shalom
Pesach3',83' Arlandes8',10',58'
30 November 1968Hapoel Marmorek3–1Hapoel Bat Yam
Skloot30' (pen.),66'
Hadad76'
Pedahzur22'
30 November 1968Hapoel Ezra1–7Beitar Ramla
S. Cohen?' Izmirli?',?',?',?'
Vizan?'
Shemer?'
Meltzinger?'
30 November 1968Hapoel Afula1–2 (a.e.t.)Hapoel Nahliel
Harari8' Ya'akobovski44',114'
30 November 1968Hapoel Kiryat Ono3–2Hapoel Kfar Shalem
Stuczynski2'
Marcheviak13',23'
Hizkiah3'
Ganon26'
30 November 1968Hapoel Rosh HaAyin0–2Hapoel Lod
30 November 1968Hapoel Rishon LeZion8–0Hapoel Dimona
M. Cohen21',54',64',88' (pen.)
Levin63'
Kadousi78',83'
Madmoni89'
30 November 1968Hapoel Ramla4–1Hapoel Sderot
Nimni13'
Shriki27'
Peretz66'
H. Levi90'
Ben Hamo65'
30 November 1968Hapoel Ra'anana2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3p)
Hapoel Caesarea
Wygs8'
Sachar52'
Suissa28'
Kakoun80'
30 November 1968Maccabi Neve Sha'anan1–4Hapoel Hadera
Agami42' Schwartz20'
Weinberg39'
Sternfeld72'
Hershkowitz85'
30 November 1968Hapoel Shefa-'Amr1–3Beitar Netanya
Abud56' Amos51'
Dvash52'
Hadad89'
30 November 1968Maccabi Ashkelon1–3Hapoel Ashkelon
Sayag52' (pen.) Bukovza23',70'
Me'ir67'
30 November 1968Maccabi Hashikma Ramat Gan2–5Beitar Tel Aviv
Hadad1'
Deinisch31'
Tzvi8'
Ya'akobi11'
Hauptmann43'
I. Ashkenazi80',84'
30 November 1968Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–5p)
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
S. Mizrahi40',75' Solomon30',60'
30 November 1968Maccabi Amidar Netanya0–8Maccabi Petah Tikva
Z. Seltzer16',18',22',43',75',80'
Kinstlich76'
Hibasch88'
30 November 1968Shimshon Nahariya0–3Maccabi Herzliya
Kulik20'
Lenz39'
Fischbein60'

Fifth Round

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Most matches were played on 28 December 1968. The match betweenHapoel Kiryat HaimandHapoel Kiryat Shalomwas postponed due to weather conditions.[4][5]

28 December 1968Maccabi Holon3–1Hapoel Bnei Nazareth
Zilovski15'
Adler76'
Ta'izi81'
Report Ramzi22'
28 December 1968Hapoel Hadera1–0Beitar Lod
Ben-Binyamin21' Report
28 December 1968Beitar Ramla5–1Hapoel Nahariya
Israeli3'
Izmirli22',68'
Elfasi24',55'
Report Habibi76' (pen.)
28 December 1968Beitar Netanya0–3Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Report Abramovich44'
Kadousi70'
M. Cohen86'
28 December 1968Hapoel Holon7–0Hapoel Nahliel
Fatiha35'
Klein38',49'
Lapardon64',66',85'
Springer80'
Report
28 December 1968Hapoel Netanya4–1Beitar Be'er Sheva
Smi'a26'
Gvili61',84'
Bargig87'
Report Kahlon69'
28 December 1968Maccabi Ramat Amidar3–1Hapoel Ra'anana
Peltz12'
Konstantinovsky59' (pen.)
Tupman66'
Report Chirik32' (pen.)
28 December 1968Hapoel Kiryat Ono0–5Maccabi Petah Tikva
Report Feinberg15'
Z. Seltzer24'
Kinstlich62',75'
I. Seltzer84'
28 December 1968Hapoel Acre3–4 (a.e.t.)Hapoel Marmorek
Blum15',98'
Barami48'
Report Shar'abi35',118'
Mikchol38'
Levi117'
28 December 1968Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov4–2Maccabi Hadera
Marcus6'
Sapozhnik48',83'
Wolfer59'
Report Itah11'
Bachar13'
28 December 1968Maccabi Herzliya1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3p)
Hapoel Ashkelon
Lindner47' Report Amar89'
Penalties
Mishon
Furman
Lindner
Flatkevich
Mesika
Fischbein
G. Bukobza
Amar
Rubel
Wilkomirski
A. Levi
D. Bukobza
28 December 1968Sektzia Nes Tziona3–2Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
Ben-Shimon7'
Stifter37'
Zwieg58'
Report Hormann20',67'
4 March 1969Hapoel Kiryat Haim5–2Hapoel Kiryat Shalom
Romano32'
Gruber42'
Ben-Ezra62',78'
Lind65'
Report Ben-Moshe53'
Elkayam86' (pen.)

Sixth Round

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Liga Leumitclubs entered the competition in this round. TheIFAarranged the draw so eachLiga Leumitclubs wouldn't be drawn to play each other.

12 April 1969Hapoel Tel Aviv5–1Maccabi HolonBloomfield Stadium
Feigenbaum10',12'
Chazom42'
Nurieli60'
Mordechovich77'
Guttman45' Attendance: 3000
Referee: Uziel
12 April 1969Hapoel Hadera0–1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bar-Nur88' Attendance: 3000
Referee: Shimon Mizrahi
12 April 1969Maccabi Petah Tikva3–1Shimshon Tel Aviv
Kinstlich4'
Spokoiny20'
Hibasch65'
Numa71' Attendance: 2000
Referee:Klein
12 April 1969Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan3–1Hapoel HerzliyaMaccabiah Stadium
Shaharbani48',61'
Sha'uli86'
I. Levi52' Attendance: 1500
Referee: Rubinstein
12 April 1969Hapoel Marmorek1–0Beitar Jerusalem
Shar'abi?' Attendance: 1200
Referee: Sandler
12 April 1969Sektzia Nes Tziona4–1Maccabi Jaffa
Ben-Shimon28'
Zweig58'
Stifter67'
Iris75'
Pessi45' Attendance: 1000
Referee: Avraham Cohen
12 April 1969Maccabi Sha'arayim4–1Beitar Ramla
Gibbs8',9'
Levi25',35'
Vizan43' Attendance: 2000
Referee: Sharm
12 April 1969Hapoel Rishon LeZion2–0Hapoel Ramat Gan
Abramovich27'
Hillman62'
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Prohaski
12 April 1969Hapoel Petah Tikva2–1Hapoel Netanya
Druker40'
Bachar58'
Danino78' Attendance: 2000
Referee: David Cohen
12 April 1969Hapoel Kiryat Haim0–5Hapoel Haifa
Vollach22',69'
Shapira25'
Piker40' (pen.)
Razin78'
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Hoze
12 April 1969Beitar Tel Aviv0–1Hapoel Jerusalem
Singel?' Attendance: 2500
Referee: Handwerg
12 April 1969Maccabi Netanya5–0Maccabi Herzliya
Sarusi45',55'
Spiegler57'
Amira74' (pen.)
Zriker68'
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Haim Cohen
12 April 1969Maccabi Ramat Amidar0–2Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Shalgi21'
Zildati80' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Shoshani
12 April 1969Bnei Yehuda3–2Hapoel Holon
Hazan12'
Mag'er36'
Bachar81'
Lapardon10',61' Attendance: 1000
Referee: Gaon
12 April 1969Maccabi Haifa2–0Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov
Hazamos12'
Gershgoren14'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ankri
12 April 1969Hapoel Kfar Saba0–1Hapoel Lod
Ben-Yakar69' Attendance: 1200
Referee: Haim Cohen

Seventh Round

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19 April 1969Hapoel Jerusalem2–2
(0–4p)
Hapoel Marmorek
Singel32'
Hod72'
Skloot16'
Haike29'
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Yosefson
Penalties
Hod
Azulai
Skloot
Y. Levi
Burnstein
Halaf
Haike
19 April 1969Maccabi Tel Aviv3–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
Spiegel14'
Bar-Nur24'
Karako31'
Z. Seltzer81' Attendance: 4000
Referee: Shoshani
19 April 1969Maccabi Sha'arayim3–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Peled22'
Perahia54',79'
Feigenbaum19' Attendance: 3000
Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi
19 April 1969Sektzia Nes Tziona0–1Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Junger71' Attendance: 3000
Referee: Maymon Zohar
19 April 1969Maccabi Haifa2–1Hapoel Petah Tikva
Rotner13' (pen.)
Forte18'
Sa'id35' Attendance: 12000
Referee: Na'aman
19 April 1969Hapoel Lod0–3Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
Kadosh59' (pen.)
Rubinstein61',89'
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Orabi
19 April 1969Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv1–2Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Mag'er49' Gozlan26'
Offer70'
Attendance: 4500
Referee: Lenciano

Quarter-finals

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Hapoel Marmorek0–3Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
Levi5' (o.g.)
Pyttel55'
Shaharbani89'
Attendance: 4500
Referee: Handwerg

Maccabi Sha'arayim3–2Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Perahia19'
Peled45'
Dekel48' (o.g.)
Admon6'
Numa88'
Hapoel Rehovot ground
Attendance: 4500
Referee:Klein

Hapoel Haifa2–0Maccabi Haifa
Gindin15'
Shapira85'
Attendance: 15000
Referee: Aharon Shoshani

Maccabi Tel Aviv4–0Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Shikva4',62'
Spiegel15'
Tabib89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Moshe Mizrahi

Semi-finals

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Maccabi Tel Aviv0–1Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
Shaharbani5'
Attendance: 18000
Referee:Klein

Maccabi Sha'arayim1–1 (a.e.t.)Hapoel Haifa
Mizrahi30' (o.g.) Bzozak83' (o.g.)
Penalties
Sha'ubi
Peled
Akta
Gibbs
Shar'abi
5–3 Atzmon
R. Young
Tauber
Shapira
Attendance: 18000
Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi

Final

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Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan1–0Maccabi Sha'arayim
Farkas15'
Attendance: 10000
Referee: Shlomo Marin

Notes

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  1. ^The match was abandoned at the 15th minute. After the goal scored byHapel Haifa,Maccabi Netanyaplayers protested the goal, claiming the match ball was substituted illegally before the throw-in that preceded it. In the ensuing melee,Hapoel Haifaplayer Mordechay Piker punchedMaccabi NetanyaplayerShraga Barand was sent off, following by the abandonment of the match. The match was given toHapoel Haifa.

References

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  • 100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
  1. ^Results in Israel CupMaariv, 15.9.68, Historical Jewish Press(in Hebrew)
  2. ^Israel Cup - Round 3Maariv, 27.10.68, Historical Jewish Press(in Hebrew)
  3. ^Only Three Liga Alef Clubs Were Beaten in the 4th roundDavar, 1.12.68, Historical Jewish Press(in Hebrew)
  4. ^Hapoel Holon - Hapoel Nahliel 7:0 in the 5th Round of the State CupDavar, 29.12.68, Historical Jewish Press(in Hebrew)
  5. ^In the Next Round: The Top of Liga Alef vs. Liga LeumitMaariv, 29.12.68, Historical Jewish Press(in Hebrew)
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