1958–59 Israel State Cup

1958–59 Israel State Cup

Country	Israel
Defending champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (10th Title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Petah Tikva
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The 1958–59 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 21st season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the sixth after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

The competition began on 6 December 1958, with 136 Liga Gimel teams competing at the first round. Further rounds, until round 5 were played during the remainder of the 1958–59 season. Liga Lemuit teams entered the competition on the sixth round, on 12 September 1959.

The final was held at the Ramat Gan Stadium on 19 November 1959. Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–3, after leading 4–0, and almost losing the advantage during the last ten minutes of the match. The result gave Maccabi Tel Aviv its second consecutive cup and 10th cup overall.

Results[]

First round[]

The teams were divided into regions, corresponding with and divisions.^[1]

Known results:

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Upper Galilee division
Beitar Safed	0–6
Maccabi Tiberias	0–3
North division
	4–2
Beitar Haifa	2–1	Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov
	6–2
Samaria division
Hapoel Beit Eliezer	2–4	Hapoel Givat Haim
Hapoel Nahliel	11–0
Sharon division
	4–3 (a.e.t.)
	7–0	Beitar Beit Lid
	4–1
Middle-Dan division
Hapoel Or Yehuda	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Herzliya
	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Tel Aviv division
Beitar Holon	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel HaTzafon Tel Aviv
Maccabi Bat Yam	3–1	Hapoel Bat Yam
Hapoel Kiryat Shalom	w/o	Maccabi Holon
Center division
	0–3	Hapoel Marmorek
	w/o
Jerusalem division
Hapoel Beit Shemesh	1–2	YMCA Jerusalem
Maccabi Jerusalem	4–2
South division
Hapoel Sderot	1–0
	w/o	Hapoel Gedera
Hapoel Ashkelon	6–0
	w/o	Beitar Be'er Sheva
	2–3	Hapoel Merhavim

Replays[]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Hapoel Herzliya	w/o	Hapoel Or Yehuda

Second round[]

As in the first round, the second round matches were regionalized.^[2]

Known results:

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Upper Galilee division
	w/o	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
North division
Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov	1–3
Beitar Haifa	4–1
Samaria & Sharon divisions
	w/o	Hapoel Nahliel
Hapoel Shvut Am	0–2	Maccabi Beit Lid
	0–16	Hapoel Givat Haim
	2–0	Hapoel Givat Olga
Middle, Dan and Center divisions
	1–2
	0–5
Tel Aviv division
Maccabi Bat Yam	5–0
Hapoel Kiryat Shalom	5–0	Hapoel Azor
Jerusalem division
	0–2	YMCA Jerusalem
Maccabi Jerusalem	13–0	Hapoel Maoz Zion

Third Round[]

Liga Bet teams joined the competition. The draw, in which the 27 matches of the round was set, was unseeded and wasn't regionalized. Only 17 matches were played, with the remaining ten matches given as a walkover victory either due to away teams failing to appear to the match or due to home teams not sending referee invitations to the IFA.^[3]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Beitar Beit Shemesh	w/o
Beitar Mahane Yehuda	w/o
	2–0	Beitar Netanya
	w/o	Hapoel Nahliel
Hapoel Acre	4–0	Beitar Haifa
Hapoel Ashkelon	3–2	Hapoel Lod
Hapoel Even Yehuda	w/o	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov
Hapoel Gedera	1–4	Hapoel Netanya
Hapoel Givat Haim	w/o	Maccabi Beit Lid
Hapoel HaDarom Tel Aviv	w/o	Hapoel Nahariya
Hapoel Kiryat Ono	6–0
Hapoel Kiryat Shalom	2–1	Hapoel Herzliya
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	2–1
	w/o
	3–0
Hapoel Ra'anana	0–1	Maccabi Ramat Amidar
Hapoel Ramla	w/o	Hapoel Atlit
Hapoel Rishon Lezion	3–0	Hapoel Holon
Hapoel Safed	6–5	Hapoel Beit Dagan
Hapoel Tel Hanan	12–0
	w/o	YMCA Jerusalem
Hapoel Tiberias	w/o	Maccabi Ramla
Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	3–0
Hapoel Yehud	3–1
Maccabi Bat Yam	2–0	Hapoel Kfar Ata
Maccabi Jerusalem	w/o	Hapoel Beit Lid
SK Nes Tziona	5–0	Hapoel Kiryat Gat

Fourth round[]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Hapoel Kiryat Haim	3–1	Hapoel Safed
Hapoel Hadera	7–1	Hapoel Nahariya
Shimshon Tel Aviv	1–5	Maccabi Ramat Gan
Hapoel Netanya	2–1	Maccabi Rehovot
Hapoel Givat Haim	2–4	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
Maccabi Hadera	8–1	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Tiberias	w/o	Hapoel Tel Hanan
Hapoel Rehovot	3–2	Hapoel Yehud
Hapoel Afula	10–0
Sektzia Nes Tziona	6–3 (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Shmuel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Acre	0–3	Hapoel HaMechonit
YMCA Jerusalem	1–5 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov
	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Ashkelon
Maccabi Bat Yam	2–0	Hapoel Ramla
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	6–3	Hapoel Kiryat Shalom
Maccabi Ramat Amidar	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Beitar Jaffa
Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel	w/o
Hapoel Kiryat Ono	0–1
	1–4	Hapoel Nahliel

Bye: Maccabi Jerusalem,

Replays[]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Hapoel Ashkelon	3–1
Beitar Jaffa	0–1	Maccabi Ramat Amidar

Fifth round[]

An intermediate round, intended to leave 16 teams advancing to the sixth round. 10 of the remaining 21 teams played each other, with the rest receiving a bye to the next round.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Hapoel Tiberias	4–0	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
	4–1
Hapoel Afula	0–2	Hakoah Tel Aviv
Hapoel Nahliel	6–0	Maccabi Sha'arayim
Beitar Jerusalem	2–0	Hapoel Netanya

Sixth round[]

Replay[]

Seventh round[]

Quarter-finals[]

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Semi-finals[]

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Final[]

References[]

• 100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006

External links[]

• Israel Football Association website^{[permanent dead link]}