2019 Israel State Cup final explained

2019 Israel State Cup Final
Event:2018–19 Israel State Cup
Team1:Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Team1score:1
Team2:Maccabi Netanya
Team2score:1
Details:After extra time
Bnei Yehuda won 5–4 on penalties
Referee:Eitan Shemeulevitch
Date:15 May 2019
Stadium:Sammy Ofer
City:Haifa
Previous:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 Israel State Cup Final decided the winner of the 2018–19 Israel State Cup, the 83rd season of Israel's main football cup. It was played on 15 May 2019 at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, between Maccabi Netanya and Bnei Yehuda.

Background

Maccabi Netanya had previously played 4 Israel cup Finals, had won the competition a record 1 time. Their most recent appearance in the final was in 2014, in which they lost 1–0 to Ironi Kiryat Shmona, and their most recent victory in the tournament was in 1978, beating Bnei Yehuda 2–1.

Bnei Yehuda had previously played in 7 finals, winning 3. Their most recent appearance in the final was tin 2017, in which they won 4–3 on penalties against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Maccabi Netanya and Bnei Yehuda had played each other one time was in 1978, Maccabi Netanya won 2–1.

The two teams played each other three times during the 2018–19 Israeli Premier League season until the final. In the first instance Bnei Yehuda won 3–1, in the two other times the games end draw 1-1 and 0-0.

Road to the final

Bnei Yehuda RoundMaccabi Netanya
OpponentResult2018–19 Israel State CupOpponentResult
Beitar Nordia Jerusalem3–1Eighth roundF.C. Daburiyya5–1
Hapoel Nazareth Illit2–0Round of 16Hapoel Be'er Sheva0–0 (4–2) after penalties
Hapoel Afula2–0Quarter-finals first legMaccabi Petah Tikva1–0
Hapoel Afula1–1Quarter-finals second legMaccabi Petah Tikva1–1
Maacbi Tel Aviv1–0Semi-finalsHapoel Hadera1–0

Details

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GK 1 Emilijus Zubas
RB 17 Itzik Azuz (c)
CB 24
CB 2 Dan Mori
CB 7
LB 23 Matan Baltaxa
CM 19
LM 6 Yuval Ashkenazi
RW 9 Dolev Haziza
CF 13
LF 12
Substitutes:
GK 55 Yehonatan Shabi
DF 26
MF 21
FW 10
MF 22
FW 18
FW 89
Manager:
Yossi Abuksis
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GK 82 Danny Amos
RB 24
CB 31 Tim Heubach
CB 13
LB 12
DM 52
CM 77 Nico Olsak (c)
CM 8
RW 36 Gavriel Kanichowsky
LW 10
CF 21
Substitutes:
GK 22 Golan Elkaslasy
DF 3 Dudu Twito
DF 25 David Tiram
MF 15
DF 20
MF 70
FW 30
Manager:
Slobodan Drapić