2018 Israel State Cup Final

The 2018 Israel State Cup Final decided the winner of the 2017–18 Israel State Cup, the 82nd season of Israel's main football cup. It will be played on 9 May 2018 at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Haifa.

2018 Israel State Cup Final
Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem hosted the final
Event2017–18 Israel State Cup
Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem
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Date9 May 2018
VenueTeddy, Jerusalem
RefereeLiran Liany[1]

Background

Beitar Jerusalem had previously played 10 Israel cup Finals, had won the competition a record 7 times. Their most recent appearance in the final was tin 2009, in which they won 2–1 against Maccabi Haifa.

Hapoel Haifa had previously played in 8 finals, winning 3. Their most recent appearance in the final was in 2004, in which they lost 4–1 to Bnei Sakhnin, and their most recent victory in the tournament was in 1974, beating Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–0.

The two teams played each other three times during the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League season until the final. In the first instance, on 16 September 2017 at Teddy Stadium the game end draw 3–3, in the two other times beitar win 2–0 and 1–0 on summy ofer.

Road to the final
Hapoel Haifa Round Beitar Jerusalem
Opponent Result 2017–18 Israel State Cup Opponent Result
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–1 Eighth round Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2–1
Hapoel Acre 2–1 Round of 16 Hapoel Marmorek 2–1
Maccabi Haifa 2–2 Quarter-finals first leg Hapoel Kfar Saba 2–0
Maccabi Haifa 1–1 Quarter-finals second leg Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–0
Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. 0–0 (4–3) after penalties Semi-finals Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3–2

Details
Hapoel Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem
GK13 Ernestas Šetkus
RB4 Dor Malul
CB55 Nisso Kapiloto
CB30 Gabriel Tamaș
LB18 Samuel Scheimann
DM6 Gal Arel  103'
CM14 Radu Gînsari
LM7 Maxim Plakuschenko
RW15 Gil Vermouth  116'
CF9 Eden Ben Basat (c)  113'
LF17 Alon Turgeman
Substitutes:
GK1 Ran Kadoch
DF3 Haim Megrelashvili
MF2 Rasmus Sjöstedt  113'
DF77 Roslan Barsky
MF22 Josip Ivančić
FW51 Risto Mitrevski  103'
FW99 Maamun Qashua  116'
Manager:
Nir Klinger
GK1 Boris Klaiman
RB2 Antoine Conte  91'
CB6 Tal Kachila
CB13 Sean Goldberg
LB20 Miki Siroshtein
DM52 Erik Sabo
CM24 Ofir Kriaf  97'
CM14 Claudemir Ferreira
RW18 Hen Ezra
LW25 Gaëtan Varenne  106'
CF9 Itay Shechter (c)  62'
Substitutes:
GK22 Stav Shushan
DF18 Hen Dilmoni
DF23 Marcel Heister
FW8 Idan Vered  106'
MF7 Jakub Sylvestr  61'
MF3 David Keltjens  97'
FW77 Ya'akov Berihon
Manager:
Benny Ben Zaken

References
  1. "HAPOEL HAIFA VS. BEITAR JERUSALEM 3 – 1". Soccerway. Perform Group. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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