Toto Cup Leumit
Season2008–09
ChampionsHapoel Be'er Sheva (1st title)

The 2008–09 Toto Cup Leumit was the twenty-seventh season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and fifth under the current format. It was held in two stages. First, twelve Liga Leumit teams were divided into two groups. Four teams from each group advanced to the Quarterfinals. Quarterfinals held as two-legged matches, while the Semifinals and the Final was held as one-legged matches.

The defending champions were Hapoel Petah Tikva.

On 3 February 2009, Hapoel Be'er Sheva won the 2008–09 Toto Cup Leumit making it their first Toto Cup title.

Group stage

The matches were played from August 8 to November 18, 2008.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HHA HRG HBL IRH MAN MKA
1 Hapoel Haifa (A) 10 7 3 0 18 4 +14 24 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0
2 Hapoel Ramat Gan (A) 10 5 3 2 15 6 +9 18 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–3 2–1
3 Hapoel Bnei Lod (A) 10 4 2 4 12 13 −1 14 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1
4 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon (A) 10 2 3 5 10 14 −4 9 2–3 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–0
5 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 10 2 3 5 11 19 −8 9 1–4 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1
6 Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata 10 2 2 6 10 20 −10 8 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–3 4–2
Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HAC HBS MHE HJE HRA HKS
1 Hapoel Acre (A) 10 6 2 2 20 8 +12 20 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 4–0
2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (A) 10 5 3 2 12 9 +3 18 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1
3 Maccabi Herzliya (A) 10 3 3 4 10 12 −2 12 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0
4 Hapoel Jerusalem (A) 10 3 3 4 11 15 −4 12 0–1 0–2 1–0 5–0 0–2
5 Hapoel Ra'anana 10 2 4 4 12 16 −4 10 1–0 0–0 0–0 6–0 3–3
6 Hapoel Kfar Saba 10 2 3 5 8 13 −5 9 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
Source: football.org.il (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals

Elimination rounds

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played from November 24 to December 11, 2008 while the second legs were played on January 5 to 13, 2009.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Herzliya 3–2 Hapoel Haifa 1–0 2–2
Ironi Ramat HaSharon 3–2 Hapoel Acre 1–2 2–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 0–6 Hapoel Bnei Lod 0–4 0–2
Hapoel Ramat Gan 3–5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–2 2–3 (aet)

Semifinals

Final

See also

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