1966–67 Israel State Cup

The 1966–67 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 28th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 13th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

1966–67 Israel State Cup
Tournament details
Country Israel
Defending championsHapoel Haifa
Final positions
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
(13th Title)
Runner-upHapoel Tel Aviv

The competition started on 17 September 1966 with Liga Bet and Liga Gimel clubs. Liga Alef clubs joined the competition in the fourth round, played on 10 December 1966 and Liga Leumit entered in the sixth round, on 18 February 1967.

Later rounds, starting from the seventh round, which was due to be played on 15 April 1967 and up to the final, were delayed due to Israel youth team involvement in the 1967 AFC Youth Championship, and later due to the Six-Day War (including the preceding waiting period), and the competition was completed at the start of the following season.

For the fifth time since the establishment of the competition, and the first time since 1941 (and since the Israeli Declaration of Independence), Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv met in the final, Maccabi winning 2–1 to collect its 13th cup.

Results edit

Third round edit

Fourth round edit

Liga Alef clubs entered the competition in this round. The IFA arranged the draw so each Liga Alef clubs wouldn't be drawn to play each other.

Fifth round edit

Home team Score Away team
Hapoel Ganei Tikva 2–1 Hapoel Lod
Beitar Jerusalem 3–1 Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Hapoel Kiryat Haim 3–0 Beitar Ramla
Maccabi Petah Tikva 4–0 Hapoel Netanya
Maccabi Ramat Amidar 5–1 Hapoel Nahliel
Maccabi Hadera 3–2 Hapoel Tiberias
Hapoel Kiryat Ono 3–2 Hapoel Kfar Blum
Hapoel Marmorek 4–3 Beitar Lod
Hapoel Kfar Saba 8–0 Hapoel Yehuda
Hapoel Herzliya 5–1 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Ra'anana 2–1 (a.e.t.) Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov
Hapoel Ashkelon 2–1 Hapoel Or Yehuda
Hapoel Bnei Nazareth 4–2 Hapoel Rehovot
Hapoel Hadera 4–0 Beitar Dov Netanya
Hapoel Kfar Shalem 3–0 Hapoel Shikun HaMizrach
Beitar Tel Aviv 1–0 Shimshon Nahariya

Sixth Round edit

Liga Leumit clubs entered the competition in this round. The IFA arranged the draw so each Liga Leumit clubs wouldn't be drawn to play each other.

15 February 1967
[note 3]
Maccabi Haifa 2–0Maccabi HaderaHaifa Municipal Stadium
Shmulevich   13' (pen.)
Hirsch   68'
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Arye
18 February 1967 Hapoel Kiryat Haim0–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabiah Stadium
Spiegel   25', 85'
Talbi   68', 76'
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Mizrahi
18 February 1967 Shimshon Tel Aviv0–0 (a.e.t.)
3–4 p.
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Haim Cohen
18 February 1967 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0Maccabi Ramat Amidar
Sa'id   15'
Hayek   28'
Sharabi   68'
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Barabash
18 February 1967 Hapoel Kiryat Ono 4–0
[note 4]
Maccabi Sha'arayim
Marcheviak   5'
Green   57', 75'
Ben Harush   77'
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Maymon
18 February 1967 Hapoel Marmorek0–2 Maccabi Jaffa Hapoel Rehovot ground
Siman-Tov   35'
Ashkenazi   78'
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Gerstler
18 February 1967 Hapoel Kfar Saba1–2 (a.e.t.) Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
Sasson   51' Z. Ratzabi   53'
Aharoni   110'
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Mizrahi
18 February 1967 Hapoel Ramat Gan 5–0Hapoel Ganei Tikva
Nahmias   5' (pen.), 30', 51'
R. Levi   55', 89'
Attendance: 1500
Referee: G. Cohen
18 February 1967 Hapoel Herzliya1–3 Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan Hapoel Herzliya ground
Orbach   87' Shaharbani   54', 75'
Farkas   77'
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Polack
18 February 1967 Hapoel Ashkelon0–4 Hapoel Haifa Ashkelon Municipal
Englander   14', 70'
Vollach   31'
Goldberg   54'
Attendance: 3500
Referee: D. Cohen
18 February 1967 Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0Beitar Tel AvivBloomfield Stadium
Pozgarson   16'
Nurieli   58'
Attendance: 7000
Referee: Pines
18 February 1967 Maccabi Netanya 1–1 (a.e.t.)
3–2 p.
Hapoel HaderaMaccabi Netanya Stadium
Rosenzweig   104' Hershkowitz   111' Attendance: 3000
Referee: Finkelstein
18 February 1967 Hapoel Kfar Shalem0–5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Ground
Cohen   6'
Gozlan   22', 26', 48'
Nadan   76'
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Saban
28 February 1967 Beitar Jerusalem0–3 Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Jerusalem ground
Mag'er   31' (pen.)
Mizrahi   73'
Tessa   89'
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Yosefson
28 February 1967 Hapoel Jerusalem 2–1 Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Jerusalem ground
Singel   57'
M. Cohen   71'
Chirik   8' Referee: Ben-Itzhak

Seventh Round edit

15 April 1967 Hapoel Ramat Gan1–1 (a.e.t.)
2–4 p.
Maccabi Petah Tikva HaMakhtesh Stadium
Wilkomirski   89' Hibsch   38' Attendance: 3000
Referee: Eitan
15 April 1967 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda 3–0Hapoel Bnei NazarethHapoel Petah Tikva ground
I. Ratzabi   29'
Ratzon   59', 85'
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Linkovski
15 April 1967 Hapoel Jerusalem 1–0Hapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel Jerusalem ground
Lichinski   12' Attendance: 5000
Referee: Handwerk
3 May 1967 Hapoel Petah Tikva0–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Petah Tikva ground
Vissoker   67' (o.g.) Attendance: 3000
Referee: Handwerk
23 May 1967 Maccabi Haifa1–2 Maccabi Jaffa Haifa Municipal Stadium
Shmulevich   55' (pen.) Me'oded   36'
Ashkenazi   80'
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Uziel
26 September 1967 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–1Hakoah Maccabi Ramat GanBloomfield Stadium
Borba   15', 66'
Hazum   25'
Rosenstreik   47'
Farkas   77' Attendance: 7000
Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi
26 September 1967 [note 6] Bnei Yehuda 4–2Hapoel HaifaBloomfield Stadium
Sharabi   ?'
Ozeri   72', 90'
Aloni   77'
Gindin   4'
Gavison   11'
Referee: Handwerk

Quarter-finals edit

Hapoel Mahane Yehuda2–1Maccabi Petah Tikva
I. Ratzabi   35'
Ratzon   43'
Begbleiter   14' (pen.)
Hapoel Petah Tikva ground
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Handwerk

Bnei Yehuda1–0Maccabi Jaffa
Sharabi   64'
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Mizrahi

Hapoel Tel Aviv4–2 (a.e.t.)Maccabi Netanya
Levi   61'
Borba   68'
Hazum   107'
Nurieli   115'
Sabu   2'
Rubinstein   42'
Attendance: 7000
Referee: Fried

Hapoel Jerusalem0–1Maccabi Tel Aviv
Sandler   50'
Hapoel Jerusalem ground
Attendance: 4000
Referee: Dudai

Semi-finals edit

Hapoel Tel Aviv2–2 (a.e.t.)
4–3 p.
Bnei Yehuda
Nurieli   11'
Borba   58'
Mizrahi   65', 85'
Attendance: 18000
Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi

Maccabi Tel Aviv3–0Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
Asis   19'
Sandler   32'
Talbi   76'
Attendance: 20000
Referee: Klein

Final edit

Maccabi Tel Aviv2–1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Kedmi   27'
Talbi   66'
Borba   62'
Attendance: 20000
Referee: Otto Fried

Notes edit

  1. ^ Hapoel Azor originally won the match 2–0.
  2. ^ Maccabi Ever HaYarkon originally won the match 1–0.
  3. ^ The match was played three days ahead of schedule since Maccabi Haifa was due to play Slavia Prague on 18 February 1967.
  4. ^ The match was abandoned at the 88th minute after a spectator burst to the field at hit the referee. The result stood.
  5. ^ Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan started the match with 7 players, due to army recruits during the waiting period before the Six-Day War. When a Hakoah player got injured at the 36th minute and had to leave the field, the match was abandoned.
  6. ^ The match was scheduled to 23 May 1967, but as Bnei Yehuda could only field 6 players (due to army recruits during the waiting period before the Six-Day War), the match wasn't played and was rescheduled

References edit

  • 100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

External links edit