2016 Israel State Cup final

The 2016 Israel State Cup Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Israel State Cup, the 81st season of Israel's main football cup. It was played on May 24, 2016 at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa.

2016 Israel State Cup Final

Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem hosted the final
Event	2015–16 Israel State Cup
Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa 0 1
Date	24 May 2016
Venue	Teddy, Jerusalem
Attendance	30,000

Background

Maccabi Tel Aviv had previously played 34 Israel Cup Finals, had won the competition a record 23 times. Their most recent appearance in the final was the previous year's edition, in which they won 6–2 over Hapoel Beer Sheva at Sammy Ofer in Haifa.

Maccabi Haifa had previously played in 15 finals, winning five. Their most recent appearance in the final was the previous year's edition, in which they lost 2–1 to Hapoel Tel Aviv, and their most recent victory in the tournament was in 1998, beating Hapoel Jerusalem 2–0.

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa had played each other in four previous finals of the tournament. Maccabi Tel Aviv won in 2002 and 1987, and Maccabi Haifa won in 1962 and 1993.

The two teams played each other four times during the 2015–16 Israeli Premier League season. In the first instance, at Sammy Ofer Stadium on 26 September 2015, Tel Aviv won 2–0, Eden Ben Basat and Dor Peretz scoring. On 10 January 2016 at Bloomfield Stadium, Maccabi Tel Aviv won 2–1. Eran Zahavi and Tal Ben Haim gave them a 2–0 half-time lead. Yossi Benayoun shrinking down 2–1. On 17 April 2016 at Sammy Ofer Stadium the game end drew 0–0. The fourth match between the two teams was held in Bloomfield Stadium on 21 May 2016.

Road to the final

Maccabi Tel Aviv		Round	Maccabi Haifa
Opponent	Result	2015–16 Israel State Cup	Opponent	Result
Hapoel Ramat HaSahron	3–1	Eighth round	Beitar Jerusalem	2–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion	2–1	Round of 16	Hapoel Haifa	1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba	3–0	Quarter-finals first leg	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	2-2
Hapoel Kfar Saba	2–0	Quarter-finals second leg	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	4-1
Bnei Sakhnin F.C.	3–2	Semi-finals	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–1

Details

24 May 2016

20:50 CEST

Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	Maccabi Haifa
		Obraniak 36'

Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Haifa

GK 95 Predrag Rajković RB 2 Eli Dasa CB 18 Eitan Tibi CB 24 Carlos García  83' LB 22 Avi Rikan DM 4 Haris Medunjanin  90' CM 6 Gal Alberman  71' LM 40 Nosa Igiebor  76' CF 7 Eran Zahavi (c) RW 15 Dor Micha  32' CF 11 Tal Ben Haim Substitutes: GK 1 Daniel Lifshitz DF 14 Yoav Ziv MF 42 Dor Peretz MF 16 Shlomi Azulay FW 10 Barak Itzhaki  76' MF 45 Eliel Peretz  71' FW 9 Eden Ben Basat  83' Manager: Peter Bosz

GK 38 Vladimir Stojković RB 27 Eyal Meshumar CB 4 Marc Valiente CB 21 Dekel Keinan  46' LB 13 Taleb Tawatha DM 10 Ludovic Obraniak 36'  56' CM 31 Neta Lavi CM 51 Romário Pires  90' RW 15 Yossi Benayoun (c)  79' LW 8 Hen Ezra  86' CF 17 Shoval Gozlan  68' Substitutes: GK 1 Ohad Levita DF 2 Ayid Habshi DF 25 Sun Menahem MF 14 Gil Vermouth MF 7 Ofir Kriaf  86' FW 19 Shahar Hirsh  68' FW 11 Ismaeel Ryan  79'  87' Manager: Ronny Levy