1987–88 Toto Cup Leumit

Football league season

Toto Cup Leumit
Season	1987–88
Champions	Shimshon Tel Aviv
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Toto Cup Leumit was the fourth season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction.

It was held in two stages. First, the 14 Liga Leumit teams, with Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Jerusalem from Liga Artzit, were divided into four groups. The group winners advanced to the semi-finals, which, as was the final, were held as one-legged matches.

The competition was won by Shimshon Tel Aviv, who beat Bnei Yehuda 4–2 in the final.^[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shimshon Tel Aviv	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2	12	Qualification to Semi Final
2	Maccabi Haifa	6	3	2	1	15	8	+7	11
3	Beitar Tel Aviv	6	2	1	3	4	9	−5	7
4	Beitar Jerusalem	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 1988. Source: Yedioth Ahronoth, 20 March 1988

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bnei Yehuda	6	5	0	1	11	2	+9	15	Qualification to Semi Final
2	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7
3	Hapoel Petah Tikva	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 1988. Source: Yedioth Ahronoth, 20 March 1988

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Netanya	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Qualification to Semi Final
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	2	2	8	3	+5	8
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	2	0	4	6	14	−8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 1988. Source: Yedioth Ahronoth, 20 March 1988

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	14	Qualification to Semi Final
2	Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
3	Hapoel Haifa	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2
4	Hapoel Lod	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 1988. Source: Yedioth Ahronoth, 20 March 1988

Elimination rounds

Semifinals

Shimshon Tel Aviv v Maccabi Netanya

29 March 1988	Shimshon Tel Aviv	2–0	Maccabi Netanya	Petah Tikva
	Cohen 9', 64'			Stadium: Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Ovadia Zvi

Bnei Yehuda v Hapoel Tel Aviv

29 March 1988	Bnei Yehuda	1–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Herzliya
	Shirazi 71'			Stadium: Herzliya Municipal Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Haim Lipkovich

Final

6 April 1988

Shimshon Tel Aviv	4–2	Bnei Yehuda
Ovadia 15' Barda 37' Mizrahi 27', 82' (pen.)		Salman 28', 89' (pen.)

Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Itzhak Ben Itzhak

References

^ 1987-1988 Season Bnei Yehuda Museum (in Hebrew)

1987–88 in Israeli football

Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

State Cup
Toto Cup
- Leumit
- Artzit
Lilian Cup

Related to national team

Club seasons

Liga Leumit

Beitar Jerusalem
Beitar Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Lod
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Shimshon Tel Aviv

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