Israel State Cup - Notable Events in The State Cup

Notable Events in The State Cup

Year Event
1928 0Foundation of the People's Cup.
1928 0Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Hasmonean Jerusalem were the first teams to win the cup and the only teams who shared the cup.
1930 0First final where a Non-Palestine team reaches the final. having the 48th Battalion of the British Army club losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–0.
1932 0First final where a Non-Palestine team wins the cup. having the British Police club beating Hapoel Haifa 3–0.
1948 0Renaming of the cup to the Israeli State Cup.
1952 0Maccabi Petah Tikva became the first club to win the State Cup after Israel declaration of independence, beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0.
1958 0Exhibition games for the decade of independence, two finals for each of the top two divisions:
0Hapoel Haifa 2–0 Hapoel Jerusalem (Liga Leumit); Hapoel Tiberias 7–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Liga Alef).
1973 0Exhibition games for the 25th anniversary of independence, two finals for each of the top two divisions:
0Maccabi Petah Tikva 1–1 (4–2 pen.) Maccabi Haifa (Liga Leumit); Hapoel Yehud 2–0 Hapoel Ramat Gan (Liga Alef).
2003 0Hapoel Ramat Gan became the first club outside the top division to win the State Cup, beating top flight Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.
2004 0Bnei Sakhnin became the first Arab club to win the cup and the first club from the Northern District to win an Israeli cup after beating Hapoel Haifa 4–1.

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