1975–76 Israeli League Cup
The 1975–76 Israeli League Cup (Hebrew: גביע הליגה) was a cup competition played in the beginning of the 1975–76 season, while the national football team was involved in the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament qualification.
Country | |
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Champions | Hapoel Hadera (Leumit) Maccabi Ramat Amidar (Liga Alef) |
Runners-up | Hapoel Tel Aviv (Leumit) Maccabi Haifa (Liga Alef) |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 24 (1.85 per match) |
← 25th Cup Toto Cup → |
The cup was split into two competitions, for Liga Leumit and Liga Alef. The top tier's competition was played by clubs ranked 1st to 8th in 1974–75 Liga Leumit, while the second tier's competition was played by clubs ranked 1st and 4th in each of 1974–75 Liga Alef division. The competition was played as a knock-out competition.
The Liga Leumit League Cup was won by Hapoel Hadera, who had beaten Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 in the final. The Liga Alef League Cup was won by Maccabi Ramat Amidar, who had beaten Maccabi Haifa 2–1 in the final.
Liga Leumit League Cup
Quarter-finals
20 September 1975 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4–0 | Hapoel Haifa | Bloomfield Stadium |
Chazon Feigenbaum |
Davar | Attendance: 5000 Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi |
20 September 1975 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Hakufsa, Netanya |
Damti |
Davar | Attendance: 2000 Referee: Finkelstein |
20 September 1975 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Katamon, Jerusalem |
Buzaglo Linker |
Davar | Konstantinovsky |
Attendance: 3000 Referee: Klein |
20 September 1975 | Hapoel Hadera | 2–0 | Maccabi Netanya | Hadera |
Bar Elhadad |
Davar | Attendance: 3000 Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi |
Semi-finals
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Hapoel Jerusalem |
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Levi |
Davar |
Hapoel Hadera | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Shimshon Tel Aviv |
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Davar | ||
Penalties | ||
Argaz Shafir Elhadad Ya'akobovsky Sofer Skloot |
5–4 |
Liga Alef League Cup
Quarter-finals
13 September 1975 | Hapoel Yehud | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p) | Maccabi Haifa | Lod Municipal Stadium |
Ben-Shitrit |
Gershgoren |
Attendance: 2000 Referee: Levi |
13 September 1975 | Hapoel Acre | 3–0 | Hapoel Bat Yam | Napoleon Stadium, Acre |
Z. Asayag Shitrit |
Attendance: 1000 Referee: Tamir |
13 September 1975 | Hapoel Netnaya | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Hapoel Netanya ground |
Attendance: 1500 Referee: Ben-Ami | ||||
Penalties | ||||
Benk Tshuva Bleiberg Faraj Sheleg |
13 September 1975 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar | w/o [note 1] | Hapoel Rishon LeZion |
Semi-finals
Maccabi Haifa | 1–0 | Hapoel Acre |
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Agami |
Maccabi Ramat Amidar | 2–1 | Hapoel Netanya |
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Cohen Peltz |
Vilner |
Final
Maccabi Haifa | 1–2 | Maccabi Ramat Amidar |
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Levy |
Paikin Petlz |
Notes
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion failed to appear to the match as the players went on strike to support the management, which had been ousted by Hapoel executives.[1]
References
- 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
- Striking Rishon LeZion Didn't Show in Amidar (Page 3) Yair Gisser, Hadshot HaSport, 14 September 1975, archive.football.co.il (in Hebrew)