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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