2021–22 Toto Cup Al

The 2021–22 Toto Cup Al is the 37th season of the third-important football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 16th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.

2021–22 Toto Cup Al

Tournament details
Country	Israel
Teams	14
Defending champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Haifa (5th title)
Runner-up	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Semifinalists	Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	64 (2.21 per match)
All statistics correct as of 23 September 2021 (2021-09-23).

Maccabi Tel Aviv are the defending champions.

Format changes

The four clubs playing in the UEFA competitions (Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Be'er Sheva) will not take part in the group stage, while the remaining ten clubs were divided into two groups of five, at the end of the group stage each of the group winners will qualify to the semi-finals. Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv will play in the 2021 Israel Super Cup match for a place in one of the semi-finals (meeting the group winner with the least points accumulated), while F.C. Ashdod and Hapoel Be'er Sheva will play for a place in the other semi-final (meeting the group winner with the most points accumulated) . All clubs will participate in classification play-offs to determine their final positions.

Group stage

Groups were allocated according to geographic distribution of the clubs, with the northern clubs allocated to Group A, and the southern clubs allocated to Group B. Each club will play the other clubs once.

The matches were scheduled to start on 31 July 2021.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HHA	BnS	HHD	IKS	HNG
1	Hapoel Haifa (Q)	4	3	1	0	7	4	+3	10	Semi-finals		—		1–1	1–0	3–2
2	Bnei Sakhnin	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	6	5-8th classification play-offs		2–3	—		2–3
3	Hapoel Hadera	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5	9-10th classification play-offs			1–2	—
4	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5	11-12th classification play-offs				0–0	—	1–1
5	Hapoel Nof HaGalil	4	0	1	3	5	8	−3	1	13-14th classification play-offs		1–2	1–2			—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)higher position in the last season.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HTA	HJE	MNE	MPT	BEI
1	Hapoel Tel Aviv (Q)	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3	10	Semi-finals		—	2–1			0–0
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7	5-8th classification play-offs			—		0–0	1–0
3	Maccabi Netanya	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6	9-10th classification play-offs		1–2	0–2	—
4	Maccabi Petah Tikva	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4	11-12th classification play-offs		0–1		1–3	—
5	Beitar Jerusalem	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4	1	13-14th classification play-offs				1–2	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Israel Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals scored; 5) head to head; 6)higher position in last season.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

European qualification route

Israel Super Cup

Main article: 2021 Israel Super Cup

25 July 2021

20:30

Maccabi Haifa	2–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Atzili  1' Sahar 50' Meir  68' Cohen  70' Abu Fani 72',  90+2' Maor Levi  90+1'	Report	14' Glazer  37' Nachmias

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 19,798

Referee: Liran Liany

UEFA qualifiers match

15 July 2021

F.C. Ashdod	1–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Firas Abu Akel 58'		48' Bareiro 61' Ansah

Yud-Alef Stadium, Ashdod

Classification play-offs

13–14th classification match

Hapoel Nof HaGalil v Beitar Jerusalem

23 August 2021 13–14 place	Hapoel Nof HaGalil	0–0 (6–7 p)	Beitar Jerusalem	Nof HaGalil
20:00		Report		Stadium: Green Stadium

11–12th classification match

Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Maccabi Petah Tikva

21 August 2021 11–12 place	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–3	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Kiryat Shmona
19:00		Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium

9–10th classification match

Hapoel Hadera v Maccabi Netanya

21 August 2021 9–10 place	Hapoel Hadera	0–2	Maccabi Netanya	Netanya
20:30		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium

7–8th classification match

F.C. Ashdod v Bnei Sakhnin

21 August 2021 7–8 place	F.C. Ashdod	0–0 (4–5 p)	Bnei Sakhnin	Ashdod
20:00		Report		Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium

5–6th classification match

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Jerusalem

22 August 2021 5–6 place	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1 (5–6 p)	Hapoel Jerusalem	Tel Aviv
20:00	Hanzis 49'	Report	73' (p) Hadida	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium

Semi-finals

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Hapoel Haifa

22 August 2021 Semi final	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0 (5–4 p)	Hapoel Haifa	Be'er Sheva
20:30	Solomon  44'	Report	90+1' Twito  90+2' Cohen	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 2,704 Referee: Idan Leiba
	Penalties
	Gordana Asprilla Micha Abu Abaid Petrucci Shechter		Cohen Kapiloto Ožbolt Mishpati Twito Serdal

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Tel Aviv

22 August 2021 Semi final	Maccabi Haifa	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Haifa
20:45	Mohamed  18' Mohammad Jaber  36' Gershon  83' Abu Fani 88' David 90+2'	Report	19' Einbinder  59' Bitton	Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 9,483 Referee: Gal Leibovich

Final

Maccabi Haifa v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

22 September 2021 Final	Maccabi Haifa	1–1 (7–6 p)	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Netanya
20:15	Levi  5' Atzili  61' Planić  74' David 85'	Report	35' Abd Elhamed 45' Bareiro  55' Glazer  55' Abu Abaid	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Igal Frid
	Penalties
	Chery Haziza Atzili David Dahan Mahmoud Jaber Goldberg Meir		Gordana Lopes Bareiro Ansah Rukavytsya Dadia Vítor Micha

Final rankings

R	Team
1	Maccabi Haifa
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
3	Hapoel Haifa
	Hapoel Tel Aviv
5	Hapoel Jerusalem
6	Maccabi Tel Aviv
7	Bnei Sakhnin
8	F.C. Ashdod
9	Maccabi Netanya
10	Hapoel Hadera
11	Maccabi Petah Tikva
12	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
13	Beitar Jerusalem
14	Hapoel Nof HaGalil