# 2002–03 Toto Cup Al

The 2002–03 Toto Cup Al was the 19th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction. This was the 4th edition to be played with clubs of both Israeli Premier League and Liga Leumit clubs.
The competition began on 9 August 2002 and ended on 20 May 2003, with Maccabi Haifa beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 in the final.

## Format change

The 24 Israeli Premier League and Liga Leumit clubs were divided into four groups, each with six clubs, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals.

## Group stage

The matches were played from 9 August 2002 to 27 January 2003.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MHA | MAN | HPT | HRA | HHA | HRL |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa (A) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 21 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (A) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 19 | 1–0 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 19 | 1–5 | 5–4 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 11 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 9 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 8 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HTA | HNI | MKK | MNE | MKG | BnY |
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (A) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 21 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit (A) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 17 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| 3 | Maccabi Kafr Kanna | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 14 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 5 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 6 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MTA | MPT | BEI | HRG | BnS | MHE |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (A) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 25 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva (A) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 20 | 2–4 | — | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 13 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 11 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 7 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | Maccabi Herzliya | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

### Group D

On 29 August 2002 Hakoah Ramat Gan was demoted to Liga Artzit and was replaced by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. As a result, the two matches played by Hakoah Ramat Gan before the club was demoted were annulled.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HTZ | ASH | HBS | HKS | BBS | HJE |
| 1 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon (A) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 21 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| 2 | F.C. Ironi Ashdod (A) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 20 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 15 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 6–2 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Beitar Be'er Sheva | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–4 |
| 6 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — |