| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Israel |
| Teams | 14 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Runners-up | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 33 |
| Goals scored | 85 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Kjartansson (4) El Krenawy |
The2017–18Toto Cup Al was the 33rd season of the third-importantfootball tournament inIsrael since its introduction and the 12th tournament involvingIsraeli Premier League clubs only.
The competition is held in two stages. First, fourteenPremier League teams were divided into three groups, five teams in groups A and B and four teams in group C, the teams playing against each other once. The best three teams from groups A and B and the best two teams from group C will advance to the quarter-finals, which will be played overtwo-legged ties. The semi-finals and the final are then played as one-legged matches in a neutral venue.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva was the defending champion.[1]
In the final, held on 14 December 2017,Maccabi Tel Aviv had beatenHapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0.[2]
Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs, with the northern clubs allocated to Group A, In Group B allocated the two teams fromTel Aviv, one team fromPetah Tikva, one fromNetanya and one more team fromRa'anana. The southern clubs allocated to Group C (includingBeitar Jerusalem).
The matches started July 29.
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Teams advanced to the Quarterfinals |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | MHA | HAC | IKS | HHA | BNS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | Qualified to Quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | |||
| 2 | Hapoel Acre | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | — | 0–4 | 2–1 | ||||
| 3 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||||
| 4 | Hapoel Haifa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | ||||
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | MTA | BNY | MPT | MCN | HRA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10 | Qualified to Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||
| 2 | Bnei Yehuda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | 0–3 | — | 3–2 | ||||
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | 3–1 | — | 2–4 | ||||
| 5 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | BEI | HBS | ASH | HAS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Qualified to Quarter-finals | — | 1–2 | |||
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | |||
| 4 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 0–1 | — |
All times are inIsrael Standard Time
| 7 October 2017 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1–2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Petah Tikva |
| 21:00 | Brik 38' | Report | 50'Sahar 85'Radi | Stadium:HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tzvika Levi |
| 24 October 2017 | Maccabi Haifa | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3p) | Hapoel Acre | Haifa |
| 21:00 | Caio 21' Lavi 99' | Report | 69'Onyekachi 109'El Krenawy | Stadium:Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Idan Leiba |
| Penalties | ||||
Awad Alberman Sallalich Kahat |  AzubelSamEl KrenawyEliyahuZino | |||
| 25 October 2017 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | w/o [note 1] | Beitar Jerusalem | Kiryat Shmona |
| 21:00 | Gozlan 67' | Report | Stadium:Municipal Stadium Referee: Yigal Fried |
| 26 October 2017 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | Bnei Yehuda | Netanya |
| 19:00 | Atar 42' Blackman 78' (pen.)Rikan 79' | Report | Stadium:Netanya Stadium Referee: Ro'i Reinschreiber |
| 29 November 2017 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 0–2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Petah Tikva |
| 20:30 | 17'Schoenfeld 53'Yitzhaki | Stadium:HaMoshava Stadium Referee: Gal Leibovichs |
| 30 November 2017 | Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Netanya |
| 21:00 | 72'Ohana | Stadium:Netanya Stadium Referee: Daniel Bar Natan |