1984–85 Toto Cup Leumit

The 1984–85 Toto Cup Leumit was the first season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction.

1984–85 Toto Cup Leumit

Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Yavne
Runner-up	Beitar Jerusalem
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	160 (3.08 per match)
1985–86 →

It was held in two stages. First, the 16 Liga Leumit teams 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 Maccabi Yavne, who had beaten Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 in the final.

Group stage

The matches were played from 30 October 1984^[1] to 6 April 1985.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Yavne	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Advanced to the Quarterfinals
2	Maccabi Haifa	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6

Source: Yeditoh Aharonot, 6 April 1985 (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Beitar Jerusalem	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	15	Advanced to the Quarterfinals
2	Beitar Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
3	Maccabi Jaffa	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5	4
4	Hapoel Haifa	6	1	1	4	6	16	−10	4

Source: Yeditoh Aharonot, 6 April 1985 (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advanced to the Quarterfinals
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1	8
3	Hapoel Kfar Saba	6	1	4	1	8	7	+1	7
4	Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	6

Source: Yeditoh Aharonot, 6 April 1985 (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shimshon Tel Aviv	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advanced to the Quarterfinals
2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	6	4	0	2	14	17	−3	12
3	Maccabi Netanya	6	2	0	4	15	11	+4	6
4	Hapoel Lod	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4

Source: Yeditoh Aharonot, 6 April 1985 (in Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Elimination rounds

Semifinals

Beitar Jerusalem v Shimshon Tel aviv

16 April 1985	Beitar Jerusalem	5–2	Shimshon Tel aviv	Ramat Gan
	Golder 20', 27', 87' Malmilian 28', 90'		41' Shukrum 72' Malka	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Yavne

16 April 1985	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1 abandoned (93rd minute, rain) (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Yavne	Ramat Gan
	Weizmann 18'		50' (pen.) Ya'akov	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

Replay

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Yavne

23 April 1985	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Maccabi Yavne	Ramat Gan
			68' Vaknin 75' Peretz	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium

Final

Beitar Jerusalem	1–2	Maccabi Yavne
Golder 12'		48' Peretz 56' Ohayon

7 May 1985

Ramat Gan Stadium

Attendance: 3000

Referee: Yair Tilinger

See also

• 1984–85 Toto Cup Artzit

References

1. 53 Tickets Were Sold for Two Matches in the "Shkhuna" Maariv, 31 October 1984, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)