1998–99 Toto Cup Leumit

Toto Cup Leumit
Season 1998–99
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv
(2nd Title)
← 1997–98

The 1998–99 Toto Cup Leumit was the 15th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction.

It was held in two stages. First, sixteen Liga Leumit teams were divided into four groups. The group winners advanced to the semi-finals, which, as were the final held as one-legged matches.

The competition began on 15 August 1998 and ended on 2 February 1999, with Maccabi Tel Aviv beating Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 in the final.

Group stage

The matches were played from 15 August 1998 to 23 January 1999.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarterfinals

Group A

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Beitar Jerusalem 6 5 0 1 15 5 +10 15
2 Maccabi Petah Tikva 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 9
3 Hapoel Petah Tikva 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6
4 Hapoel Beit She'an 6 2 0 4 7 14 −7 6

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away BEI HBN HPTMPT
Beitar Jerusalem 4–0 2–1 3–0
Hapoel Beit She'an 2–1 4–3 1–2
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–2 1–0 1–3
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2–3 3–0 0–1

Source: rsssf.com (Hebrew)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 6 0 0 25 2 +23 18
2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9
3 Bnei Yehuda 6 2 0 4 8 15 −7 6
4 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 6 1 0 5 8 23 −15 3

Source: rsssf.com (Hebrew)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away BnY HRL HTAMTA
Bnei Yehuda 3–2 2–0 0–1
Hapoel Rishon LeZion 3–2 1–2 0–6
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 2–1 1–2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 6–0 8–1 2–0

Source: rsssf.com (Hebrew)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Hapoel Haifa 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 16
2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8
3 Hapoel Jerusalem 6 1 2 3 9 11 −2 5
4 Maccabi Jaffa 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away HHA HJE HKSMJF
Hapoel Haifa 3–2 2–1 4–0
Hapoel Jerusalem 1–1 0–2 4–2
Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–2 1–1 1–1
Maccabi Jaffa 1–2 2–1 1–2

Source: rsssf.com (Hebrew)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11
2 Maccabi Haifa 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10
3 Maccabi Herzliya 6 2 1 3 13 13 0 7
4 Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 6 2 0 4 10 19 −9 6

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away HTZ MHA MHEMIA
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 1–1 2–0 2–0
Maccabi Haifa 0–2 3–1 3–0
Maccabi Herzliya 1–1 2–4 6–2
Maccabi Ironi Ashdod 5–4 2–1 1–3

Source: rsssf.com (Hebrew)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Elimination Rounds

Semifinals

Final

2 February 1999
Beitar Jerusalem 1–2 (a.e.t.) Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hamar  43' Video summary Nimni  83', 101'
Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Nir Ba'abur

See also

External links

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