2023–24 Toto Cup Al

The 2023–24 Toto Cup Al was the 39th season of the football tournament in Israel since its introduction and the 17th tournament involving Israeli Premier League clubs only.

2023–24 Toto Cup Al

Tournament details
Country	Israel
Teams	14
Defending champions	Maccabi Netanya
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (8th title)
Runner-up	Maccabi Haifa
Semifinalists	Maccabi Petah Tikva Bnei Sakhnin
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	75 (2.5 per match)
All statistics correct as of 25 January 2024.

Maccabi Netanya were the defending champions but could only finish in the 7th place.

Format

The four clubs playing in the UEFA competitions (Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem) did 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 Beitar Jerusalem played in the 2023 Israel Super Cup match for a place in one of the semi-finals (meeting the group winner with the least points accumulated), while Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Tel Aviv played 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 have started on 29 July 2023.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BnS	MNE	HHA	HHD	MBR
1	Bnei Sakhnin	4	3	0	1	5	5	0	9	Semi-finals			0–3		2–1
2	Maccabi Netanya	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	5–8th classification play-offs				1–2	3–1
3	Hapoel Haifa	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4	9–10th classification play-offs		0–1				1–1
4	Hapoel Hadera	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4	11–12th classification play-offs				2–1		1–1
5	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3	13–14th classification play-offs		1–2	0–0

Source: Israel Football Association, One.co.il
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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MPT	HJE	ASH	HTA	HPT
1	Maccabi Petah Tikva	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8	Semi-finals			2–1			0–0
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7	5–8th classification play-offs				2–0	1–1
3	F.C. Ashdod	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7	9–10th classification play-offs		1–1			1–0
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2	11–12th classification play-offs		0–2				1–1
5	Hapoel Petah Tikva	4	0	2	2	2	7	−5	2	13–14th classification play-offs			1–5	0–1

Source: Israel Football Association, One.co.il
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.

European qualification route

Israel Super Cup

Main article: 2023 Israel Super Cup

22 July 2023

20:30 IDT (UTC+03:00)

Maccabi Haifa	3–1	Beitar Jerusalem
Chery 58' David 84' Khalaily 90+4'	Report	45' Friday

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa

Attendance: 27,953

Referee: Yigal Frid

UEFA qualifiers match

20 July 2023

20:00 IDT (UTC+03:00)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–6	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Abu Abaid  51' Safouri 56'	Report	38' Cohen 45+4', 47', 52' (p) Zahavi 60' Peretz 79' Biton

Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva

Attendance: 13,347

Referee: David Fuxman

Classification play-offs

13–14th classification match

Hapoel Petah Tikva v Maccabi Bnei Reineh

21 August 2023 13–14 place	Hapoel Petah Tikva	2–1	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	Petah Tikva
20:00 IDT	Zarvailov 76' Bassey 88'	Report	51' Hilef	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 1,398 Referee: Sapir Berman

11–12th classification match

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Hapoel Hadera

19 August 2023 11–12 place	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–1 (5–3 p)	Hapoel Hadera	Tel Aviv
19:00 IDT	Tchibota 65'	Report	90' (p) Bourard	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 3,863 Referee: Majd Rusros
	Penalties
	Einbinder Blorian Ožbolt Rodríguez Altman		Bourard Jan Unger Madmon

9–10th classification match

F.C. Ashdod v Hapoel Haifa

19 August 2023 9–10 place	F.C. Ashdod	0–0 (2–3 p)	Hapoel Haifa	Ashdod
19:00 IDT		Report		Stadium: Yud-Alef Stadium Attendance: 322 Referee: Dekal Tzino
	Penalties
	Azulay Stav Turiel Cohen Berihon Mazal		Melamed Noy Santos Biton

7–8th classification match

Maccabi Netanya v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

20 August 2023 7–8 place	Maccabi Netanya	4–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Netanya
19:30 IDT	Azulay 13' (45) Bilenkyi 45+3' (p) Cohen 60'	Report	22' Sefer	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 3,018 Referee: Yigal Frid

5–6th classification match

Hapoel Jerusalem v Beitar Jerusalem

19 August 2023 5–6 place	Hapoel Jerusalem	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem	Jerusalem
20:30 IDT	Hozez 90+7' (p)	Report		Stadium: Teddy Stadium Attendance: 4,781 Referee: Snir Levi

Semi-finals

Bnei Sakhnin v Maccabi Tel Aviv

20 August 2023 Semi-final	Bnei Sakhnin	1–5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sakhnin
20:00 IDT	Taji 54'	Report	16' Peretz 57', 67' Cohen 58' Turgeman 82' Biton	Stadium: Doha Stadium Referee: Aviad Shiloach

Maccabi Petah Tikva v Maccabi Haifa

19 August 2023 Semi-final	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–2	Maccabi Haifa	Petah Tikva
19:30 IDT		Report	74' Khalaily 81' David	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 10,417 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa

24 January 2024 Final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0 (4–2 p)	Maccabi Haifa	Netanya, Israel
20:00		Report		Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Aviad Shiloach
	Penalties
	Zahavi Kartsev Davida Peretz Luckassen		Chery Pierrot Khalaili Cornud

Final rankings

R	Team
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Maccabi Haifa
	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	Bnei Sakhnin
5	Hapoel Jerusalem
6	Beitar Jerusalem
7	Maccabi Netanya
8	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
9	Hapoel Haifa
10	F.C. Ashdod
11	Hapoel Tel Aviv
12	Hapoel Hadera
13	Hapoel Petah Tikva
14	Maccabi Bnei Reineh