2002–03 Toto Cup Al

Toto Cup Al

Season	2002–03
Champions	Maccabi Haifa
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Toto Cup Al was the 19th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction. This was the 4th edition to be played with clubs of both Israeli Permier League and Liga Leumit clubs.

The competition began on 9 August 2002 and ended on 20 May 2003, with Maccabi Haifa beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 in the final.

Format change

The 24 Israeli Permier League and Liga Leumit clubs were divided into four groups, each with six clubs, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals.

Group stage

The matches were played from 9 August 2002 to 27 January 2003.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams progressed to the Semifinals
Teams eliminated from the competition

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Haifa	10	7	0	3	23	12	+11	21
2	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	10	6	1	3	22	20	+2	19
3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	10	6	1	3	18	20	−2	19
4	Hapoel Ra'anana	10	3	2	5	13	17	−4	11
5	Hapoel Haifa	10	3	0	7	12	13	−1	9
6	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	10	2	2	6	16	22	−6	8

Source: rsssf.com
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	HHA	HPT	HRA	HRL	MAN	MHA
Hapoel Haifa		0–1	0–1	3–0	4–0	1–2
Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–1		1–2	1–0	5–4	1–5
Hapoel Ra'anana	0–2	0–0		2–3	1–3	4–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	3–0	2–3	2–2		2–2	1–2
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	3–1	1–4	2–0	4–2		1–0
Maccabi Haifa	1–0	5–0	3–1	3–1	1–2

Source: rsssf.com (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	Hapoel Tel Aviv	10	6	3	1	23	5	+18	21
2	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	10	5	2	3	16	15	+1	17
3	Maccabi Kafr Kanna	10	4	3	3	16	16	0	15
4	Maccabi Netanya	10	4	2	4	15	17	−2	14
5	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	10	1	4	5	7	18	−11	7
6	Bnei Yehuda	10	0	6	4	14	20	−6	6

Source: rsssf.com
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	BnY	HNI	HTA	MKK	MKG	MNE
Bnei Yehuda		2–3	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–3
Hapoel Nazareth Illit	3–3		1–0	0–2	0–0	4–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–2	3–0		4–1	4–0	4–0
Maccabi Kafr Kanna	1–1	0–3	1–1		1–2	4–2
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1		0–4
Maccabi Netanya	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–3	1–0

Source: rsssf.com (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	Maccabi Tel Aviv	10	8	1	1	26	11	+15	25
2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	10	6	2	2	18	11	+7	20
3	Beitar Jerusalem	10	3	4	3	13	15	−2	13
4	Hapoel Ramat Gan	10	3	2	5	8	15	−7	11
5	Bnei Sakhnin	10	1	4	5	8	14	−6	7
6	Maccabi Herzliya	10	0	5	5	9	16	−7	5

Source: rsssf.com
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	BEI	BnS	HRG	MHE	MPT	MTA
Beitar Jerusalem		1–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	3–0
Bnei Sakhnin	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3
Hapoel Ramat Gan	2–0	2–0		1–0	1–2	0–2
Maccabi Herzliya	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–2	2–2
Maccabi Petah Tikva	5–1	1–0	0–0	2–1		2–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	2–1

Source: rsssf.com (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

On 29 August 2002 Hakoah Ramat Gan was demoted to Liga Artzit and was replaced by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. As a result, the two matches played by Hakoah Ramat Gan before the club was demoted were annulled.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	10	7	0	3	19	14	+5	21
2	F.C. Ashdod	10	6	2	2	20	13	+7	20
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	10	5	0	5	19	15	+4	15
4	Hapoel Kfar Saba	10	3	2	5	12	13	−1	11
5	Beitar Be'er Sheva	10	2	4	4	19	19	0	10
6	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	2	2	6	27	27	0	8

Source: rsssf.com
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	BBS	FCA	HBS	HJE	HKS	HTZ
Beitar Be'er Sheva		3–3	2–0	1–4	0–2	3–1
F.C. Ashdod	0–0		2–1	4–1	0–4	1–2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4–2	1–2		6–2	3–0	1–2
Hapoel Jerusalem	2–2	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–1
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–2		1–3
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	2–0	0–3	2–0	5–2	1–0

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

Knockout Rounds

Quarter-finals

Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Petah Tikva

18 February 2003	Maccabi Haifa	3–1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Haifa
	Cohen  33', 55' Badir  36'	Report	Alberman  65'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium

F.C. Ashdod v Hapoel Tel Aviv

18 February 2003	F.C. Ashdod	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ashdod
		Report		Stadium: Yud Alef Stadium

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth v Hapoel Nazareth Illit

18 February 2003	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Ilut
		Report		Stadium: Ilut Stadium

Hapoel Tzafririm Holon v Maccabi Tel Aviv

19 February 2003	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv
			Dego  53', 86'

Semifinals

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Hapoel Nazareth Illit

15 April 2003	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–1	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	Ramat Gan
15:45	Balili  16', 59' Hadad  89'	Report	Nyilas  45'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

Maccabi Haifa v Maccabi Tel Aviv

15 April 2003	Maccabi Haifa	3–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ramat Gan
18:30	Tal  72' Katan  84' Barda  90'	Report	Prohorenkovs  6' Biton  62'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

Final

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa

20 May 2003 18:30

Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–2	Maccabi Haifa
	Report	Cohen  12' Nagar  45'

Ramat Gan Stadium

See also

• 2002–03 Toto Cup Artzit

External links

• Israel Cups 2002/03 RSSSF
• Toto Cup Israeli Football (Hebrew)
• Toto Cup 02-03 One.co.il (Hebrew)