2012–13 Toto Cup Al

2012–13 Toto Cup Al

Tournament details
Country	Israel
Final positions
Champions	Hapoel Haifa (2nd title)

The 2012–13 Toto Cup Al was the 29th season of the third important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 9th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.

It was held in two stages. First, fourteen Premier League teams were divided into three groups, five teams in groups A and C and four teams in group B. The teams played against each other once. The best 3 teams from groups A and C and the best 2 teams from group B were advanced to the quarter finals. The quarter finals were two legged ties. The Semifinals and the Final were one legged matches, that were held in a neutral stadium.

The tournament began on 4 August 2012 and ended on 23 January 2013. Ironi Kiryat Shmona were the defending champions, who made it their second Toto Cup Al title overall.

On 23 January 2013, Hapoel Haifa won the cup after beating Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the finals.

Group stage

The draw took place on 2 July 2012.

The matches were played from 4 August to 3 October 2012.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advanced to the Quarterfinals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maccabi Haifa	4	2	2	0	9	1	+8	8
2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
3	Hapoel Haifa	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
4	Bnei Sakhnin	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	3
5	Hapoel Acre	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4	2

Source: football.org.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	BnS	HAC	HHA	IKS	MHA
Bnei Sakhnin		3–0		0–2
Hapoel Acre				0–1	1–1
Hapoel Haifa	3–2	1–1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona			1–1		0–2
Maccabi Haifa	6–0		0–0

Source: football.org.il (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 Tel Aviv	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
2	Maccabi Netanya	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Bnei Yehuda	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source: football.org.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	BnY	HTA	MNE	MTA
Bnei Yehuda				2–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0			0–1
Maccabi Netanya	1–1	2–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv			3–0

Updated to games played on 19 August 2012.
Source: football.org.il (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	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8
2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	7
3	Ironi Ramat HaSharon	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
4	Beitar Jerusalem	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	5
5	F.C. Ashdod	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1

Source: football.org.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	BEI	FCA	HBS	HRG	IRH
Beitar Jerusalem		0–0	0–2
F.C. Ashdod			0–2	0–4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva				2–2	1–1
Hapoel Ramat Gan	2–3				1–0
Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon	2–2	2–1

Source: football.org.il (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

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals was held on 9 October 2012. The first legs was played on 27 and 28 November, and the second legs were played on 11 and 12 December 2012.

Ironi Kiryat Shmona first tie was played on 12 December due to their involvement in the UEFA Europa League, with their second leg played on 18 December 2012.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Haifa	3−2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2−2	1−0
Maccabi Netanya	4−3	Maccabi Haifa	3−2	1−1
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	3−5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2−3	1−2
Ironi Ramat HaSharon	1−3	Hapoel Ramat Gan	0−2	1−1

Semifinals

The draw took place on 16 December 2012.

The matches were played on 26 December 2012.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hapoel Haifa	1–0	Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Ramat Gan	3–3 (1–4 p)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Final

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Hapoel Haifa

23 January 2013 19:45 IST

Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Haifa
	Report	93' Pinas

HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Shay Shitrit

See also

• 2012–13 Toto Cup Leumit
• 2012–13 Israeli Premier League
• 2012–13 Israel State Cup

External links

• Official website (Hebrew)