2002–03 Toto Cup Artzit

Toto Cup Artzit

Season	2002–03
Champions	Hapoel Ashkelon (2nd Title)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Toto Cup Artzit was the 4th time the cup was being contested as a competition for the third tier in the Israeli football league system.

The competition was won, for the second consecutive time, by Hapoel Ashkelon, who had beaten Hapoel Majd al-Krum 2–1 in the final with a golden goal during extra time.

Format change

The 12 Liga Artzit clubs were divided into two groups, each with six clubs, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams progressed to the Semifinals
Teams eliminated from the competition

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 10 4 4 2 19 17 +2 16 2 Hapoel Ashkelon 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1 16 3 Hapoel Bat Yam 10 2 7 1 11 8 +3 13 4 Hapoel Beit She'an 10 3 4 3 14 16 −2 13 5 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 10 3 2 5 15 15 0 11 6 Maccabi Ramat Amidar 10 2 3 5 13 17 −4 9 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 BST HAS HBY HBN IKS MRA Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 Hapoel Ashkelon 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–4 2–2 Hapoel Bat Yam 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 Hapoel Beit She'an 4–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–3 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 Maccabi Ramat Amidar 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 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.

Group B

On 29 August 2002 Hakoah Ramat Gan was demoted to Liga Artzit and was replaced by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon.^[1] As a result, the two matches played by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon before the club was promoted were annulled.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Hapoel Acre 10 5 4 1 20 11 +9 19 2 Hapoel Majd al-Krum 10 5 4 1 16 10 +6 19 3 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 10 4 3 3 16 17 −1 15 4 Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata 10 2 6 2 24 17 +7 12 5 Hakoah Ramat Gan 10 2 2 6 15 22 −7 8 6 Hapoel Kafr Sumei 10 1 3 6 11 25 −14 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 HMR HAC HSU HMJ HRH IKA Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–2 4–3 Hapoel Acre 2–1 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 Hapoel Ihud Bnei Sumei 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–2 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 4–3 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 Maccabi Kiryat Ata 1–1 2–2 8–1 0–0 2–2 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.

Knockout Rounds

Semifinals

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Hapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Acre	0–1	Hapoel Majd al-Krum

Final

Hapoel Ashkelon v Hapoel Majd al-Krum

25 March 2003

Hapoel Ashkelon	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hapoel Majd al-Krum
Elkayam  4' Taher  106'  (o.g.)	Report	Saba'a  35'

Herzliya Municipal Stadium

See also

• 2002–03 Toto Cup Al

References

1. Officially: Hakoah R.G. in Artzit, Tzafririm to Replace It in Leumit Yuval Pais and Moshe Gozgal, 29 August 2002, Ynet (Hebrew)

External links

• Israel Cups 2002/03 RSSSF