| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Israel |
| Teams | 14 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv(6th title) |
| Runners-up | Maccabi Haifa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 79 (2.63 per match) |
The2018–19Toto Cup Al is the 34th season of the third-importantfootball tournament inIsrael since its introduction and the 13th tournament involvingIsraeli Premier League clubs only.
Maccabi Tel Aviv are the defending champions.[1]
The four clubs playing in theChampions League andEuropa League (Hapoel Be'er Sheva,Maccabi Tel Aviv,Beitar Jerusalem andHapoel Haifa) 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. Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Haifa will play (in the2018 Israel Super Cup match) for a place in one of the semi-finals (meeting the group winner with the fewest points accumulated), while Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem 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]
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 28 July 2018.
| 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 | MNE | BSK | HKS | HHD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa(Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | Semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
| 2 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | 5-8th classification play-offs | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 9-10th classification play-offs | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | |||
| 4 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | 11-12th classification play-offs | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | |||
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | 13-14th classification play-offs | 0–4 | 0–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HTA | MPT | BYT | HRA | ASD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv(Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | |||
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 5-8th classification play-offs | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | Bnei Yehuda | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | 9-10th classification play-offs | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | |||
| 4 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | 11-12th classification play-offs | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | |||
| 5 | F.C. Ashdod | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | 13-14th classification play-offs | 0–3 | 0–0 | — |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1-1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
|---|---|---|
Gabriel Tamas 28' | Report | Hen Dilmoni 26' (o.g.) |
| Penalties | ||
Tamas Kapiloto Plakuschenko Hadida Arel | 5–4 | Sahar Melikson Zrihan Ezra  Tzedek |
| 18 August 2018 | F.C. Ashdod | 1-2 | Hapoel Hadera | Ashdod |
| 18:45 | Stadium:Yud-Alef Stadium |
| 18 August 2018 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 1-0 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | Ramat Gan |
| 18:45 | Stadium:Ramat Gan Stadium |
| 18 August 2018 | Bnei Yehuda | 0-0 (4-5p) | Bnei Sakhnin | Petah Tikva |
| 18:45 | Stadium:HaMoshava Stadium |
| 18 August 2018 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1-3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Jerusalem |
| 21:00 | Stadium:Teddy Stadium |
| 19 August 2018 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2-1 | Maccabi Netanya | Be'er Sheva |
| 21:00 | Stadium:Turner Stadium |
| Hapoel Haifa | 1-1 | Maccabi Haifa |
|---|---|---|
Guy Hadida 21'Papazoglou  76'Zamir 82' | Mizrahi 51' dos Santos 68'Rukavytsya 73' | |
| Penalties | ||
| Tamaș Kapiloto Maxim Plakuschenko Zamir Malul | 2–3 | Alberman Rukavytsya Mandjeck Habshi Kramer |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2-1 | Maccabi Haifa |
|---|---|---|
| Atzili 32' Atar 85' | Awaed 42' |