2019–20 Toto Cup Al
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Israel | 
| Teams | 14 | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Beitar Jerusalem (3rd title) | 
| Runners-up | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 
The 2019–20 Toto Cup Al was the 35th season of the third-tier football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 14th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.
Maccabi Tel Aviv were the defending champions.[1]
Format changes
The four clubs playing in the Champions League and Europa League (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva) will not take part in the group stage, while the remaining ten clubs were divided into two groups of five clubs. At the end of the group stage each of the group winners will qualify to the semi-finals. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv will play (in the 2019 Israel Super Cup match) for a place in one of the semi-finals (meeting the group winner with the fewest points accumulated), while Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva will play for a place in the other semi-final (meeting the group winner with the most points accumulated). All the clubs will participate in classification play-offs.[2]
Group stage
Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs, with the northern clubs allocated to Group A, and the southern clubs allocated to Group B. Each club will play the other clubs once.
The matches are scheduled to start on 27 July 2019.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | IKS | MNE | HHD | HHA | HKS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Semi-finals | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | |||
| 2 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 5–8th classification play-offs | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 9–10th classification play-offs | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | |||
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11–12th classification play-offs | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | |||
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | 13–14th classification play-offs | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | BEI | ASH | NES | HRA | HTA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||
| 2 | F.C. Ashdod | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | 5–8th classification play-offs | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | |||
| 3 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9–10th classification play-offs | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | |||
| 4 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | 11–12th classification play-offs | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | |||
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | 13–14th classification play-offs | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)deciding match.
European qualification route
Israel Super Cup
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Bnei Yehuda | 
|---|---|---|
UEFA qualifiers match
| Maccabi Haifa | 0 –1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 
|---|---|---|
| Itzhak  66' Dolev Haziza  83' Abu Fani  90+4' Maor Levy  90+5' | Report | Niv Zrihan  19' (pen.) Tomer Yosefi  23'  62' Levi  34'  55' | 
Classification play-offs
5–6th classification match
| 19 August 2019 | F.C. Ashdod | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Bnei Yehuda | Ashdod | 
| 19:00 | Azulay  45' | Elo  17' | Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Referee: Ziv Adler | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Ohad Rabinovich   Moshel  David  Leonard Owusu  | Ariel Lazmi  Nir Gevili  Ben Shimoni  Yakir Shaul  | |||
7–8th classification match
| 17 August 2019 | Maccabi Netanya | 1–2 | Maccabi Haifa | Netanya | 
| 20:30 | Dolev Azulay  80' Kanichowsky  81',  89' | Report | Rukavytsya  20' Arad  52' Raz Meir  90+4' | Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gal Leibovich | 
9–10th classification match
| 17 August 2019 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 0–0 (8–9 p) | Hapoel Hadera | Petah Tikva | 
| 19:00 | Noam Cohen  68' | Report | Lúcio  12' | Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 280 Referee: Ohad Asulin | 
| Penalties | ||||
| Ramaric Etou   Raz Stein  Touray  Osher Abu  Mizrahi  Noam Cohen  Levi  Amnon Tadele  Benny Natan  | Alon Drei  Sagiv Solomon  Yarin Hasan  Yaniv Mizrahi  Eliel Peretz  Alex Mondom  Goldenberg  Jehonathan Levi  Ejide  | |||
11–12th classification match
| 17 August 2019 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 1–0 | Hapoel Haifa | Ramat Gan | 
| 20:00 | Nimni  7',  77' Ido Levy  53' Naah  56' | Report | Eli Balilty  38' | Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Referee: Erez Papir | 
13–14th classification match
| 19 August 2019 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Petah Tikva | 
| 20:30 | Barshazki  64' Kevin Rainstein  81' (o.g.) | Report | Dan Azaria  45' Kuku  76' Fadida  78' | Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Referee: Roi Reinshreiber | 
Semi-finals
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0–1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 
|---|---|---|
| Bartkus  49' (o.g.) | 
| Beitar Jerusalem | 3–1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 
|---|---|---|
| Shalom Edri  38' Gaëtan Varenne  45+2' Marwan Kabha  54' (o.g.) | Carrillo  16' | 
Final
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 
|---|---|---|
| Gaëtan Varenne  87' Uri Magbo  90+3' | Report | 
Final rankings
References
- ^ Daviv Ben Simol (25 September 2019). בפעם השנייה ברציפות: מכבי תל אביב זכתה בגביע הטוטו (in Hebrew). YNET.
- ^ Premier League Matches Draw: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the First Round Walla!, 11 June 2019 (in Hebrew)