1985 Israel Super Cup Explained

1985 Israel Super Cup
Team1:Maccabi Haifa
Team1score:5
Team2:Beitar Jerusalem
Team2score:2
Date:8 June 1985
Stadium:Kiryat Haim Stadium
City:Haifa
Referee:Moshe Ashkenazi
Attendance:7,000
Previous:1984
Next:1986

The 1985 Israel Super Cup was the 15th Israel Super Cup (20th, including unofficial matches, as the competition wasn't played within the Israel Football Association in its first 5 editions, until 1969), an annual Israel football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup.

The match was played between Maccabi Haifa, champions of the 1984–85 Liga Leumit and Beitar Jerusalem, winners of the 1984–85 Israel State Cup.

This was Maccabi Haifa's 3rd Israel Super Cup appearance (including unofficial matches) and Beitar's 4th. At the match, played at Kiryat Haim Stadium, Maccabi Haifa won 5–2.[1] [2]

Match details

GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
DM Avraham Abukarat (c)
CM
CM
FW
FW
FW
Substitutes:
DF
MF
Manager:
GK
RB
DF Hanan Azulay (c)
DF
LB
RM
LM
CM
CM
FW
FW
Substitutes:
MF
Manager:
David Schweitzer

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/israsupcuphist.html Israel - List of 'Champions of Champions' (Super Cup) Finals
  2. http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1985/06/09&PageLabelPrint=22&EntityId=Ar02200&ViewMode=HTML The Bull of Haifa Saw Yellow and Struck a Five