2017 Israel State Cup final

2017 Israel State Cup Final

Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem hosted the final
Event	2016–17 Israel State Cup
Maccabi Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Date	25 May 2017
Venue	Teddy, Jerusalem

The 2017 Israel State Cup Final decided the winner of the 2016–17 Israel State Cup, the 81th season of Israel's main football cup. It will be played on 25 May 2017 at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.

Maccabi Tel Aviv had previously played 35 Israel cup Finals, had won the competition a record 23 times. Their most recent appearance in the final was two years ago, in which they won 6–2 to Hapoel Beer Sheva at Sammy Ofer in Haifa. and their most recent appearance in the tournament the previous year's edition, in which they lost 1–0 to Maccabi Haifa.

Bnei Yehuda had previously played in 6 finals, winning 2. Their most recent final was in 2010, lost 3-1 to Hapoel Tel Aviv. Their most recent victory was in 1981, beating 4-3 in Penalties Hapeol Tel Aviv.

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda had played each other one time was in 1965, Maccabi Tel Aviv won 2-1.

The two teams played each other twice during the 2016–17 Israeli Premier League season. In the first instance, at Haberfeld Stadium on 27 November 2016 Bnei Yehuda won 1–0, Almog Buzaglo scoring. On 27 February 2017 at Netanya Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv won 2–0, Barak Itzhaki and Viðar Örn Kjartansson scoring.

Road to the final

Maccabi Tel Aviv		Round	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Opponent	Result	2016–17 Israel State Cup	Opponent	Result
Hapoel Bnei Lod	3–0	Eighth round	Hapoel Acre	3–3 (4–3) after penalties
Hapoel Ra'anana	1–1 (4–2) after penalties	Round of 16	Hapoel Ashkelon	4–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva	1–0	Quarter-finals first leg	F.C. Ashdod	4-1
Maccabi Petah Tikva	2–1	Quarter-finals second leg	F.C. Ashdod	2-0
Beitar Jerusalem F.C.	2–1	Semi-finals	Hapoel Ramat Gan	1–0

Details

25 May 2017

21:00 CEST

Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Penalties
Alberman Rikan Kjartansson Scarione Benayoun Ben Haim I	3–4	Valskis Jovanović Buzaglo Gordana Cohen Finish

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Attendance: 27,800

Referee: Eli Hachmon

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

GK 95 Predrag Rajković RB 2 Eli Dasa  98' CB 18 Eitan Tibi CB 26 Tal Ben Haim LB 13 Sheran Yeini (c) DM 23 Eyal Golasa  101' CM 6 Gal Alberman  105' LM 14 Rúben Micael  79'  83' RW 15 Dor Micha  100' CF 9 Viðar Örn Kjartansson LF 11 Tal Ben Haim  108' Substitutes: GK 1 Daniel Lifshitz DF 4 Ramon MF 21 Egor Filipenko DF 22 Avi Rikan  83' MF 51 Yossi Benayoun  100' FW 5 Óscar Scarione  108' FW 25 Aaron Schoenfeld Manager: Lito Vidigal

GK 1 Emilijus Zubas RB 31 Marko Jovanović CB 6 Tal Kachila CB 13' Sean Goldberg LB 23 Maor Kandil  2'  77' DM 14 Tijan Jaiteh CM 10 Roei Gordana (c) CM 51 Antonio Mršić  54'  112' RW 7 Alon Turgeman  84' LW 21 Nerijus Valskis CF 15 Yonatan Cohen  39' Substitutes: GK 22 Nikita Khaykin DF 17 Itzik Azuz  77' DF 55 Shay Konstantini FW 27 Daniel Avital MF 77 Almog Buzaglo  84' FW 28 Stav Finish  112' FW 20 Pedro Galván Manager: Kfir Edri