The 1958–59 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 21st season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the sixth after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Israel |
| Defending champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv (10th Title) |
| Runner-up | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
The competition began on 6 December 1958, with 136 Liga Gimel teams competing at the first round. Further rounds, until round 5 were played during the remainder of the 1958–59 season. Liga Lemuit teams entered the competition on the sixth round, on 12 September 1959.
The final was held at the Ramat Gan Stadium on 19 November 1959. Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–3, after leading 4–0, and almost losing the advantage during the last ten minutes of the match. The result gave Maccabi Tel Aviv its second consecutive cup and 10th cup overall.
Results edit
First round edit
The teams were divided into regions, corresponding with Liga Gimel and Liga Dalet divisions.[1]
Known results:
Replays edit
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Hapoel Herzliya | w/o | Hapoel Or Yehuda |
Second round edit
As in the first round, the second round matches were regionalized.[2]
Known results:
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Galilee division | ||
| Hapoel Hulyot | w/o | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona |
| North division | ||
| Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov | 1–3 | Beitar Binyamina |
| Beitar Haifa | 4–1 | Maccabi Elro'i |
| Samaria & Sharon divisions | ||
| Beitar Ein Ya'akov | w/o | Hapoel Nahliel |
| Hapoel Shvut Am | 0–2 | Maccabi Beit Lid |
| Hapoel Kadima | 0–16 | Hapoel Givat Haim |
| Hapoel Tel Mond | 2–0 | Hapoel Givat Olga |
| Middle, Dan and Center divisions | ||
| Hapoel HaKochav Or Yehuda | 1–2 | Beitar Nes Tziona |
| Hapoel Ramatayim | 0–5 | Hapoel Zarnuga |
| Tel Aviv division | ||
| Maccabi Bat Yam | 5–0 | Beitar HaTzafon Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | 5–0 | Hapoel Azor |
| Jerusalem division | ||
| Hapoel Zikhronot | 0–2 | YMCA Jerusalem |
| Maccabi Jerusalem | 13–0 | Hapoel Maoz Zion |
Third Round edit
Liga Bet teams joined the competition. The draw, in which the 27 matches of the round was set, was unseeded and wasn't regionalized. Only 17 matches were played, with the remaining ten matches given as a walkover victory either due to away teams failing to appear to the match or due to home teams not sending referee invitations to the IFA.[3]
Fourth round edit
Bye: Maccabi Jerusalem, Hapoel Burgata
Replays edit
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 3–1 | Hapoel Shoval |
| Beitar Jaffa | 0–1 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar |
Fifth round edit
An intermediate round, intended to leave 16 teams advancing to the sixth round. 10 of the remaining 21 teams played each other, with the rest receiving a bye to the next round.
| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
|---|---|---|
| Hapoel Tiberias | 4–0 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Pardes Hanna | 4–1 | Hapoel Burgata |
| Hapoel Afula | 0–2 | Hakoah Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Nahliel | 6–0 | Maccabi Sha'arayim |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2–0 | Hapoel Netanya |
Sixth round edit
| 5 September 1959 | Hapoel Nahliel | 1–7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | |
Hamami  15' (pen.) |
Z. Ratzabi 2' Nahari 18', 83', 85' Stelmach 20', 39', 73' |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel Haifa | 2–1 | Hapoel Tiberias | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium |
| S. Levi 44' Čajkovski 75' |
M. Faraj 13' |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Weinreb |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel Pardes Hanna | 0–1 | Hakoah Tel Aviv |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 2–1 | Beitar Jerusalem | Mahane Yehuda Field, Petah Tikva |
| Rabayov 11', 15' |
Aminoff 52' |
Attendance: 800 Referee: Marin |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel HaMechonit | 1–2 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar | Haifa |
| 12 September 1959 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 2–1 | Maccabi Bat Yam | Maccabi Nes Tziona ground |
| Ben-Gera 25' Ashkenazi 85' |
Meshulam 4' |
Attendance: 1250 Referee: A. Levi |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4–0 | Hapoel Rehovot | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| Fuchs 4' Rosenbaum 22' Menahem 65' Sapozhnikov 67' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Prohaski |
| 12 September 1959 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–1 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | |
| Begbleiter 11' |
Pulver 75' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Frizner |
| 12 September 1959 | Beitar Binyamina | 3–2 | Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov | |
| Attendance: 150 |
| 12 September 1959 | Maccabi Ramat Gan | 1–0 | Maccabi Netanya | Galei Gil Stadium |
| Babayov 31' |
Attendance: 1500 Referee: Gaon |
| 12 September 1959 | Maccabi Hadera | 8–4 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | Maccabi Hadera ground |
| Heller 15', 106' Mendel 41', 100'Portnoi 81', 107' Bitton 102', 112' |
Madmoni 3' Reingold 18' Feldklein 64', 115' (pen.) |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Strogno |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel Hadera | 0–4 | Maccabi Jaffa | Hapoel Hadera ground |
| Ghouhasian 49' Arie 60', 66' Ashkenazi 63' |
Attendance: 1500 Referee: Klein |
| 12 September 1959 | Maccabi Jerusalem | 0–6 | Maccabi Haifa | |
| Mimran 40' (o.g.) Amar 60' Menchel 69' Hanukkah 78' (o.g.) Ben-Zvi 87' Harari 89' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Shapira |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel Kiryat Haim | 1–3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| Galsberg 15' |
R. Levi 17' Nahmias 59' Vilenski 63' |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 6–2 | Hapoel Ashkelon | Mahane Yehuda Field, Petah Tikva |
| M. Cohen 14' Yatzkan 19' Zakai 29' Yehudayoff 77', 87' Shushan 83 83' |
Margolis 30' Shain 40' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Asa |
| 12 September 1959 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 5–1 | Beitar Tel Aviv | |
| Rosmarin 40' H. Glazer 59' S. Cohen 66' A. Cohen 78' Vidra 89' |
A. Levi 51' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ashkenazi |
Replay edit
| 24 September 1959 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 1–2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| Kochavi 7' |
Becker 64' Litner 79' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Frizner |
Seventh round edit
| 26 September 1959 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 0–6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| 7' (o.g.) Y. Glazer 15' Nahmias 17', 37' R. Levi 36' Goldstein 66' |
| 26 September 1959 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| Litner 31' Begbleiter 36' (pen) |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Wilenski |
| 26 September 1959 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 10–2 | Beitar Binyamina | |
| Z. Ratzabi ?', ?', ?', ?' Stelmach ?', ?' Kaufmann ?', ?' Atuar ?' Gayer ?' |
Ben-Ya'akov ?', ?' |
Attendance: 1,500 |
| 26 September 1959 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5–0 | Maccabi Ramat Gan | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| Sakal 3' Menahem 35' (pen) Rosebnaum 77', 79', 81' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Schleifer |
| 26 September 1959 | Hapoel Haifa | 5–1 | Hapoel Jerusalem | |
| Hanuni 5' (o.g.) Čajkovski 26' (pen) Parselani 39' S. Levi ?', ?' |
Hamawi 68' |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dudai |
| 26 September 1959 | Maccabi Haifa | 5–2 | Hakoah Tel Aviv | |
| Menchel 24', 60' Hardy 27' Ben-Zvi 53' Almani 63' |
Moshe 44' (pen) Siman Tov 49' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Handwerk |
| 26 September 1959 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 0–1 | Maccabi Jaffa | |
| Romi 15' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ron |
| 26 September 1959 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar | 1–2 | Maccabi Hadera | |
| Damari |
Bitton Rottmann |
Quarter-finals edit
| Hapoel Peath Tikva | 2–0 | Hapoel Haifa |
|---|---|---|
| Stelmach 69' Z. Ratzabi 88' |
Ginzburg 12' |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5–0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| Levkovich 2' Bar-Zion 52' Ben-Dror 72' (pen) |
| Maccabi Haifa | 3–0 | Maccabi Jaffa |
|---|---|---|
| Held 5', 52', 57' |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | Maccabi Hadera |
|---|---|---|
| Wilenski 6' R. Levi 8' Nahmias 68' |
Semi-finals edit
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
|---|---|---|
| Y. Glazer 44' R. Levi 60' |
Aharonov 74' |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4–2 | Maccabi Haifa |
|---|---|---|
| Z. Ratzabi 14', 36' Kaufmann 37' Stelmach 42' |
Held 61' Haldi 69' (o.g.) |
Final edit
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
|---|---|---|
| R. Levi 20' (pen.) Y. Glazer 32', 71' Aharonskind 79' |
Z. Ratzabi 80' Kofman 82' Markus 84' |
References edit
- 100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
- ^ 138 Liga Gimel Teams Will Compete This Saturday in the 1st Round of the State Cup Hadshot HaSport, 4 December 1958, p. 2 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Derbies in Gedera and Pardes Hanna in the State Cup 2nd Round Hadshot HaSport, 15 January 1959, p. 3 (in Hebrew)
- ^ All Eyeing the "Israeli Wembley" Moshe Kashtan, 15 February 1959, Hadshot HaSport, p. 2 (in Hebrew)