# 2008–09 Israel State Cup

The 2008–09 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 70th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 55th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The competition was won by Beitar Jerusalem who had beaten Maccabi Haifa 2–1 in the final.
As Beitar Jerusalem wasn't eligible for participating in UEFA competitions, and as runners-up Maccabi Haifa already qualified to 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, all Europa League spots were awarded to teams according to their league positions.

## Calendar

| Round | Date |
| First round | September 5 to 8, 2008 |
| Second round | September 12 to 15, 2008 |
| Third round | October 3 and 4, 2008 |
| Fourth round | October 20, 2008 |
| Fifth round | October 27 to November 3, 2008 |
| Sixth round | November 14 and 15, 2008 |
| Seventh Round | December 23 to 27, 2008 |
| Eighth Round | January 13, 20 and 27, 2009 |
| Ninth Round | February 13 to 16, 2009 |
| Round of 16 | March 10 to 18, 2009 |
| Quarter-finals | April 22, 2009 |
| Semi-finals | May 13, 2009 |
| Final | May 26, 2009 |

## Results
### First round

Games were played from September 5 to 8, 2008.
| Home team | Score | Away team | League |
| Beitar Nahariya | 1–0 | Hapoel Sakhnin | Bet North A |
| Hapoel Ironi Ar'ara | 2–0 | Hapoel Isfiya | Bet North A |
| Hapoel Iksal | 0–2 | Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot | Bet North A |
| Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim | 7–0 | Ihud Bnei Baqa | Bet North B |
| Beitar Haifa Ya'akov | 6–1 | F.C. Ahva Kafr Manda | Bet North B |
| Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha | 2–2 (aet, p. 5–3) | Maccabi Ironi Kabul | Bet North B |
| Beitar Ramat Gan | 4–2 | Hapoel Hod HaSharon | Bet South A |
| Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Jaffa | 4–1 (aet) | Maccabi Ironi Or Yehuda | Bet South A |
| Hapoel Pardesiya Noam | 3–0 | Shimshon Bnei Tayibe | Bet South A |
| Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan | 1–3 | Maccabi HaSharon Netanya | Bet South A |
| F.C. Bnei Jaffa | 1–2 | Hapoel Azor | Bet South A |
| Otzma F.C. Holon | 4–1 | F.C. Kafr Qasim | Bet South A |
| Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva | 3–1 | F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda | Bet South A |
| Hapoel Merhavim | 3–4 (aet) | Bnei Eilat | Bet South B |
| F.C. Be'er Sheva | 3–1 | Maccabi Ironi Sderot | Bet South B |
| Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov | 0–0 (aet, p. 3–4) | Hapoel Tirat Shalom | Bet South B |
| F.C. Dimona | 4–0 | Tzeirei Rahat | Bet South B |
| Tzafririm Holon | 4–0 | F.C. Shikun HaMizrah | Bet South B |
| F.C. Kiryat Gat | 2–1 | Hapoel Rahat | Gimel Central |
| Maccabi Rehovot | 0–2 | Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot | Gimel Central |
| Beitar Jaffa Zion | 2–3 | Hapoel Hura | Gimel Central |
| Hapoel Manshiya Zabda | 3–11 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal | Gimel Jezreel |
| Hapoel al-Ittihad Nazareth | 4–1 | Hapoel Ka'abiyye | Gimel Jezreel |
| Hapoel Spartak Haifa | 1–4 | Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad | Gimel Shomron |
| F.C. Kiryat Yam | 1–6 | Maccabi Or Akiva | Gimel Shomron |
| Ironi Ariel | 7–4 | Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba | Gimel Sharon |
| Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden | 4–2 | Beitar Petah Tikva | Gimel Sharon |
| Hapoel Neve Golan | 0–8 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Ramla | 0–2 | Elitzur Yehud Yotel | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Dynamo Holon | 0–1 | Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Bnei Yehud | 3–2 (aet) | Hapoel Ironi Yehud | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Ironi Beit Dagan | 3–0 | Hapoel Ironi Oranit | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Brit Sport Ma'of | 1–3 | Agudat Sport Holon | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 6–0 | Beitar Ezra | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda | 1–2 | Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Ironi Acre | 0–1 | Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | Gimel Upper Galilee |
| Hapoel Bnei Bi'ina | 1–4 | Hapoel Nahariya | Gimel Upper Galilee |

### Second round

Games were played from September 12 to 15, 2008.
| Home team | Score | Away team | League |
| Hapoel Kavlim Mesilot | 3–1 | F.C. Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur | Bet North A |
| Hapoel Kaukab | 0–1 | Beitar Nahariya | Bet North A |
| Hapoel Ahva Haifa | 0–2 | Beitar Kafr Kanna | Bet North A |
| Maccabi Ironi Jatt | 7–0 | Hapoel Ironi Ar'ara | Bet North A |
| Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha | 8–0 | Hapoel Migdal HaEmek | Bet North B |
| Beitar Haifa Ya'akov | 1–5 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | Bet North B |
| Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel | 0–1 | Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim | Bet North B |
| Hapoel Pardesiya Noam | 2–0 | Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Jaffa | Bet South A |
| Maccabi HaSharon Netanya | 1–4 | Hapoel Azor | Bet South A |
| Otzma F.C. Holon | 0–2 | Beitar Ramat Gan | Bet South A |
| Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 2–0 | Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva | Bet South A |
| Bnei Eilat | 2–2 (aet, p. 1–3) | Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim | Bet South B |
| Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev | 2–0 | Hapoel Tirat Shalom | Bet South B |
| F.C. Be'er Sheva | 0–3 | F.C. Dimona | Bet South B |
| Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Lod | 3–0 | Tzafririm Holon | Bet South B |
| F.C. Rishon LeZion | 4–3 | Hapoel Tel Sheva | Gimel Central |
| Hapoel Bnei Beit Safafa | 0–2 | F.C. Kiryat Gat | Gimel Central |
| Hapoel Hura | 0–6 | Bnei Yeechalal Rehovot | Gimel Central |
| Hapoel Matzliah | 2–5 | Maccabi Segev Shalom | Gimel Central |
| Beitar al-Amal Nazareth | 2–11 | F.C. Kfar Kama | Gimel Jezreel |
| Beitar Afula | 0–3 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal | Gimel Jezreel |
| Hapoel Bnei Nazareth | 3–1 | Hapoel al-Ittihad Nazareth | Gimel Jezreel |
| Maccabi Or Akiva | 2–1 | Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa | Gimel Shomron |
| Ironi Ariel | 0–4 | Beitar Nes Tubruk | Gimel Sharon |
| Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden | 7–2 | Maccabi Bnei Jaljulia | Gimel Sharon |
| F.C. Bnei Ra'anana | 4–0 | F.C. Tel Mond | Gimel Sharon |
| F.C. Tira | 3–0 | F.C. Bnei Qalansawe | Gimel Sharon |
| Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 2–1 | Hapoel Kiryat Ono | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Elitzur Yehud Yotel | 2–5 | Ironi Beit Dagan | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Agudat Sport Holon | 0–1 | Bnei Yehud | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | 3–0 | Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Ein Mahil Jamel | 3–1 | F.C. Bnei Arraba | Gimel Upper Galilee |
| Hapoel Nahariya | 3–2 | Hapoel Bnei Maghar | Gimel Upper Galilee |
| Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | 4–1 | F.C. Otzma Bnei Yarka | Gimel Upper Galilee |

### Third round

Games were played on October 3 and 4, 2008.
| Home team | Score | Away team | League |
| Maccabi Ironi Jatt | 4–8 (aet) | Beitar Kafr Kanna | Bet North A |
| Beitar Nahariya | 3–0 | Hapoel Kavlim Mesilot | Bet North A |
| Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha | 3–4 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | Bet North B |
| Hapoel Halat al-Sharif Tamra | 1–3 | Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim | Bet North B |
| Hapoel Azor | 3–0 | Beitar Ramat Gan | Bet South A |
| Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | 4–0 | Hapoel Pardesiya Noam | Bet South A |
| Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev | 3–1 | Beitar Ironi Ma'ale Adumim | Bet South B |
| F.C. Dimona | 4–2 | Hapoel F.C. Ortodoxim Lod | Bet South B |
| F.C. Kiryat Gat | 6–1 | Hapoel Hura | Gimel Central |
| F.C. Kfar Kama | 2–1 (aet) | Hapoel Bnei Musmus Ma'ale Iron | Gimel Jezreel |
| Hapoel Bnei Zemer | 1–6 | Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad | Gimel Shomron |
| Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa | 2–0 | Maccabi Or Akiva | Gimel Shomron |
| Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden | 3–0 | F.C. Tira | Gimel Shomron |
| Ironi Ariel | 3–5 | F.C. Bnei Ra'anana | Gimel Sharon |
| Bnei Yehud | 3–1 (aet) | Hapoel Kiryat Shalom | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 4–0 | Ironi Beit Dagan | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | 3–0 | Maccabi Ein Mahil Jamel | Gimel Upper Galilee |
| Hapoel Nahariya | 1–6 | Bnei Kabul | Gimel Upper Galilee |

### Fourth round

Games were played on October 20, 2008.
| Home team | Score | Away team | League |
| Beitar Kafr Kanna | 2–3 | Beitar Nahariya | Bet North A |
| Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim | 2–3 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | Bet North B |
| Hapoel Azor | 2–1 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | Bet South A |
| F.C. Dimona | 1–2 | Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev | Bet South B |
| Maccabi Segev Shalom | 1–0 | F.C. Kiryat Gat | Gimel Central |
| Maccabi Ahi Iksal | 3–2 | F.C. Kfar Kama | Gimel Jezreel |
| Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad | 3–5 | Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa | Gimel Shomron |
| Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden | 3–2 | F.C. Bnei Ra'anana | Gimel Sharon |
| Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 2–1 | Bnei Yehud | Gimel Tel Aviv |
| Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | 3–2 (aet) | Bnei Kabul | Gimel Upper Galilee |

### Fifth round

Games were played on October 7, 8 and November 3, 2008.
| Home team | Score | Away team | League |
| Hapoel Kafr Kanna | 0–2 | Maccabi HaShikma/Ramat Hen | Alef North |
| Beitar Safed | 5–1 | Maccabi Ironi Kafr Qara | Alef North |
| Hapoel Afula | 2–1 | Ironi Tiberias | Alef North |
| Maccabi Ironi Shlomi/Nahariya | 2–1 | Maccabi Tamra | Alef North |
| F.C. Ahva Arraba | 3–1 | Hapoel Asi Gilboa | Alef North |
| Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm | 1–3 | Hapoel Ironi Herzliya | Alef North |
| Maccabi Yavne | 3–2 | Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda | Alef South |
| Hapoel Hadera Eran | 1–0 | Ironi Ramla | Alef South |
| Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Malakhi | 1–4 | Hapoel Mevaseret Zion | Alef South |
| Maccabi Ironi Netivot | 1–1 (aet, p. 4–1) | Hapoel Arad | Alef South |
| Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona | 2–4 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | Alef South |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 2–1 | Beitar Kfar Saba Shlomi | Alef South |

### Sixth Round

Games were played on November 14 and 15, 2008.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | 3–0 | Maccabi HaShikma/Ramat Hen |
| Maccabi Yavne | 8–1 | Maccabi Segev Shalom |
| Beitar Giv'at Ze'ev | 0–3 | Hapoel Mevaseret Zion |
| Maccabi Ironi Netivot | 1–1 (aet, p. 5–4) | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda |
| Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 3–0 | Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom |
| F.C. Dimona | 3–2 | Hapoel Hadera Eran |
| Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | 0–2 | Hapoel Azor |
| Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 0–1 | Maccabi Be'er Sheva |
| Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim | 5–3 (aet) | Maccabi Tzur Shalom |
| Hapoel Afula | 2–0 | Hapoel Bnei Jisr az-Zarqa |
| Maccabi Ironi Shlomi/Nahariya | 0–1 | Hapoel Ironi Herzliya |
| Beitar Ihud Mashhad | 1–4 | Beitar Kafr Kanna |
| Beitar Safed | 1–0 | Maccabi Ahi Iksal |
| Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | 1–0 | Beitar Nahariya |

### Seventh Round

Games were played from December 23 to 27, 2008.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Hapoel Marmorek | 4–1 | Beitar Kafr Kanna |
| Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi | 0–3 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm |
| F.C. Dimona | 3–1 | Maccabi Beit She'an Nissim |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 4–0 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat |
| Hapoel Ironi Herzliya | 0–0 (aet, p. 5–4) | Hapoel Azor |
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | 2–0 | Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum |
| Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam | 0–0 (aet, p. 1–4) | Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 3–0 | Maccabi Umm al-Fahm |
| Maccabi Ironi Tirat HaCarmel | 0–3 | Hapoel Bnei Tamra |
| Hapoel Afula | 4–1 | Maccabi Kafr Kanna |
| F.C. Ahva Arraba | 4–0 | Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden |
| Hapoel Mevaseret Zion | 1–0 (aet) | Maccabi Be'er Sheva |

### Eighth Round

Games were played on January 13, 20 and 27, 2009.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | 3–2 (aet) | Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2–0 | Beitar Safed |
| Hapoel Bnei Tamra | 1–0 | Hapoel Marmorek |
| Hapoel Mevaseret Zion | 0–1 (aet) | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm |
| Hapoel Afula | 1–0 (aet) | F.C. Ahva Arraba |
| Hapoel Ironi Herzliya | 1–2 | F.C. Dimona |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 2–1 (aet) | Maccabi Yavne |
| Maccabi Ironi Netivot | 2–0 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion |

### Ninth Round

Games were played from February 13 to 16, 2009.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 3–4 | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0–1 (aet) | Maccabi Haifa |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1–0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 1–4 (aet) | F.C. Ashdod |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0–0 (aet, p. 10–9) | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 3–1 (aet) | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| Hapoel Bnei Lod | 0–1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| Hapoel Ra'anana | 0–1 | Bnei Sakhnin |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3–2 (aet) | Maccabi Herzliya |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 2–1 | Hapoel Haifa |
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | 1–1 (aet, p. 6–5) | Hapoel Nazareth Illit |
| Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 0–1 | Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata |
| Hapoel Afula | 0–1 | Hapoel Ashkelon |
| Maccabi Ironi Netivot | 0–3 | Hapoel Acre |
| Hapoel Bnei Tamra | 2–1 (aet) | F.C. Dimona |

### Round of 16 to the Final

Games were played from March 10 to May 26, 2009.
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| March 17, 2009 | March 17, 2009 | | | | | | |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 4 (aet) | | | | | | |
| Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 4 (aet) | April 22, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | | | | | |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 2 | April 22, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | | | | |
| Hapoel Ashkelon | 2 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 0 | | | | |
| March 12, 2009 | March 12, 2009 | | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 0 | | | | |
| March 12, 2009 | March 12, 2009 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | | | | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 (1) | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | | | | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 (1) | | | | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1 (2) | | | | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1 (2) | | | | Maccabi Haifa | 1 (5) | |
| March 10, 2009 | March 10, 2009 | | | | | Maccabi Haifa | 1 (5) | |
| March 10, 2009 | March 10, 2009 | | | | Maccabi Netanya | 1 (4) | |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1 | | | | Maccabi Netanya | 1 (4) | |
| Maccabi Netanya | 1 | April 22, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | | | | | |
| Hapoel Bnei Tamra | 0 | April 22, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | | | | |
| Hapoel Bnei Tamra | 0 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 (aet) | | | | |
| March 18, 2009 | March 18, 2009 | | Maccabi Netanya | 1 (aet) | | | | |
| March 18, 2009 | March 18, 2009 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0 | | | | |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0 | | | | |
| Bnei Yehuda | 0 | | | | | | | May 26, 2009 | May 26, 2009 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2 | | | | | | | May 26, 2009 | May 26, 2009 |
| Bnei Sakhnin | 2 | | | | | | | Maccabi Haifa | 1 |
| March 17, 2009 | March 17, 2009 | | | | | | | | Maccabi Haifa | 1 |
| March 17, 2009 | March 17, 2009 | | | | | | | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1 | | | | | | | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 |
| F.C. Ashdod | 1 | April 22, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | | | | | | |
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | 0 | April 22, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | | | | | | |
| Sektzia Nes Tziona | 0 | F.C. Ashdod | 2 (2) | | | | | | |
| March 17, 2009 | March 17, 2009 | | F.C. Ashdod | 2 (2) | | | | | | |
| March 17, 2009 | March 17, 2009 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2 (4) | | | | | | |
| Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata | 1 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2 (4) | | | | | | |
| Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata | 1 | | | | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | | | | |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2 | | | | May 13, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | | | |
| Hakoah Ramat Gan | 2 | | | | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 1 | | | |
| March 17, 2009 | March 17, 2009 | | | | | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 1 | | | |
| March 17, 2009 | March 17, 2009 | | | | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1 | | | | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 1 | April 22, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | | | | | |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2 | April 22, 2009 | April 22, 2009 | | | | |
| Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | | | | |
| March 11, 2009 | March 11, 2009 | | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | | | | |
| March 11, 2009 | March 11, 2009 | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | | | | |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | | | | |
| Hapoel Acre | 0 | | | | | | |
* 2008–09 Israel State Cup Winners
* Beitar Jerusalem