2003–04 Toto Cup Al

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The 2003–04 Toto Cup Al was the 20th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction. This was the 5th and final edition to be played with clubs of both Israeli Premier League and Liga Leumit clubs.

Toto Cup Al
Season	2003–04
Champions	Maccabi Petah Tikva
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The competition began on 8 August 2003^[1] and ended on 20 May 2003, with Maccabi Petah Tikva beating Maccabi Haifa 3–0 in the final.

Format change

The 24 Israeli Premier League and Liga Leumit clubs were divided into six groups, each with four clubs, with the six group winners, along with the two best runners-up, advancing to the quarter-finals.

Group stage

The matches were played from 8 August 2003 to 29 October 2003.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		HPT	HNI	BEI	MTA
1	Hapoel Petah Tikva (A)	6	2	3	1	10	9	+1	9		—	2–2	2–1	1–1
2	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8		3–2	—	1–1	0–1
3	Beitar Jerusalem	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		1–1	2–1	—	3–1
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7		1–2	0–2	0–1	—

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter-finals

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MHA	BnS	MAN	HRG
1	Maccabi Haifa (A)	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	14		—	0–0	1–1	3–1
2	Bnei Sakhnin (A)	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9		0–1	—	1–0	0–0
3	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7		1–2	1–2	—	2–1
4	Hapoel Ramat Gan	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2		0–3	0–0	1–2	—

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter-finals

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ASH	HTA	HTZ	MHE
1	F.C. Ironi Ashdod (A)	6	3	3	0	17	4	+13	12		—	2–2	10–0	2–0
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8		1–1	—	1–0	3–0
3	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	6	1	3	2	3	12	−9	6		0–0	2–0	—	1–1
4	Maccabi Herzliya	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5		1–2	3–2	0–0	—

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter-finals

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MNE	HRA	HMR	HKS
1	Maccabi Netanya (A)	6	3	1	2	17	11	+6	10		—	2–1	5–0	6–6
2	Hapoel Ra'anana	6	2	2	2	7	10	−3	8		2–0	—	1–1	0–0
3	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan	6	2	2	2	5	9	−4	8		2–1	0–2	—	0–0
4	Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	1	3	2	13	12	+1	6			7–1	0–2	—

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter-finals

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		HBS	HRL	BnY	MKG
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A)	6	4	2	0	18	2	+16	14		—	4–0	4–0	4–1
2	Hapoel Rishon LeZion (A)	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11		0–0	—	1–0	0–0
3	Bnei Yehuda	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7		1–1	1–3	—	2–1
4	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	6	0	1	5	2	17	−15	1		0–5	0–3	0–3	—

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter-finals

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MPT	HHA	IKS	HJE
1	Maccabi Petah Tikva (A)	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13		—	1–1	2–0	4–0
2	Hapoel Haifa	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8		0–5	—	1–2	1–0
3	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7		4–0	0–2	—	2–3
4	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5		0–1	1–1	1–1	—

Source: rsssf.com (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(A) Advanced to the quarter-finals

Knockout rounds

Quarter-finals

11 November 2003	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Haifa	Be'er Sheva
	Eliyahu 67' (pen.)	Report	Zandberg 51' López 115'	Stadium: Vasermil Stadium

11 November 2003	Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–3	Maccabi Netanya	Petah Tikva
	Edri 46' Salami 90'	Report	Addo 72', 88' Tzarfati 84'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium

11 November 2003	Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–1	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	Ramat Gan
	Refua 3' Dubrovin 42'	Report	Kabudi 8'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

12 November 2003	Bnei Sakhnin	1–0	F.C. Ashdod
14:00	Lima 18'	Report

Semifinals

17 December 2003	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	Bnei Sakhnin	Ramat Gan
	Biruk 39' Michael Zandberg 59'	Report	Brassart 24'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

17 December 2003	Maccabi Petah Tikva	3–1	Maccabi Netanya	Ramat Gan
18:45	Tuama 45' Sarsur 57' Golan 65'	Report	Tzarfati 10'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

Final

28 January 2004

19:00

Maccabi Petah Tikva	3–0	Maccabi Haifa
Dubrovin 50' Menashe 53' Golan 77'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium

Referee: Meir Levi

See also

2003–04 Toto Cup Artzit

References

^ Toto Cup 03-04, round 1 One.co.il (in Hebrew)

External links

Israel Cups 2003/04 RSSSF
Toto Cup 03-04 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine One.co.il (in Hebrew)

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