1996–97 Toto Cup Leumit

Toto Cup Leumit
Season	1996–97
Champions	Bnei Yehuda (2nd title)
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The 1996–97 Toto Cup Leumit was the 13th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction.

It was held in two stages. First, the 16 Liga Leumit teams were divided into four groups. The group winners advanced to the semi-finals, which, as was the final, were held as one-legged matches.

The competition was won by Bnei Yehuda, who had beaten Hapoel Haifa 3–0 in the final.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarterfinals

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	4	0	2	15	6	+9	12
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11
3	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	7
4	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5	4

Source: WikiHapoel (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	Hapoel Rishon LeZion !HRL	Hapoel Tel Aviv !HTA	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon !HTZ	Maccabi Tel Aviv !MTA
Hapoel Rishon LeZion !Hapoel Rishon LeZion		1–2	3–0	1–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv !Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0		3–2	0–3
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon !Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	3–1	1–1		2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv !Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	1–3	4–0

Source: WikiHapoel Maccabi Tel Aviv (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 Haifa	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8
3	Hapoel Beit She'an	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5	4

Source: [] (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	Hapoel Be'er Sheva !HBS	Hapoel Beit She'an !HBN	Maccabi Haifa !MHA	Maccabi Petah Tikva !MPT
Hapoel Be'er Sheva !Hapoel Be'er Sheva		3–0	1–3	1–1
Hapoel Beit She'an !Hapoel Beit She'an	1–0		3–4	2–1
Maccabi Haifa !Maccabi Haifa	1–2	0–0		1–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva !Maccabi Petah Tikva	3–3	2–1	1–1

Source: Maccabi Haifa (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	Bnei Yehuda	6	3	3	0	17	9	+8	12
2	Beitar Jerusalem	6	3	3	0	9	6	+3	12
3	Maccabi Herzliya	6	2	1	3	14	12	+2	7
4	Hapoel Tayibe	6	0	1	5	3	16	−13	1

Source: Bnei Yehuda Museum (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	Beitar Jerusalem !BEI	Bnei Yehuda !BnY	Hapoel Tayibe !HTY	Maccabi Herzliya !MHE
Beitar Jerusalem !Beitar Jerusalem		2–2	0–0	2–1
Bnei Yehuda !Bnei Yehuda	2–2		3–0	2–2
Hapoel Tayibe !Hapoel Tayibe	0–1	1–4		1–4
Maccabi Herzliya !Maccabi Herzliya	1–2	2–4	4–1

Source: Bnei Yehuda Museum (Hebrew)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hapoel Haifa	6	3	2	1	21	8	+13	11
2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	3	2	1	9	11	−2	11
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	2	1	3	7	12	−5	7
4	Hapoel Petah Tikva	6	0	3	3	8	14	−6	3

Source: hpt.co.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	Hapoel Haifa !HHA	Hapoel Jerusalem !HJE	Hapoel Kfar Saba !HKS	Hapoel Petah Tikva !HPT
Hapoel Haifa !Hapoel Haifa		0–2	1–2	3–0
Hapoel Jerusalem !Hapoel Jerusalem	2–1		1–2	2–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba !Hapoel Kfar Saba	2–2	2–0		1–1
Hapoel Petah Tikva !Hapoel Petah Tikva	4–4	0–2	1–2

Source: hpt.co.il Hapoel Kfar Saba (Hebrew)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Elimination Rounds

Semifinals

11 February 1997	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	Bnei Yehuda	Ramat Gan
		Report (Hebrew)	Avigdor 11' (pen.)	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Danny Koren

11 February 1997	Maccabi Haifa	1–2	Hapoel Haifa	Haifa
	Glam 63'	Maccabi Haifa (Hebrew)	Shitrit 56' Banin 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 6000 Referee: Meir Levi

Final

Bnei Yehuda v Hapoel Haifa

18 February 1997

Bnei Yehuda	3–0	Hapoel Haifa
Tikva 16', 63' Mizrahi 55'	Bnei Yehuda Museum (Hebrew)

Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Haim Lefkovich

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