The 2002–03

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup (, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involves clubs of all standards ...

(, ''Gvia HaMedina'') was the 64th season of

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's nationwide football cup competition and the 49th after the

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. The competition was won by

Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim'') is an Israeli football club from Ramat Gan and Givatayim. They currently play in Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at Rama ...

who had beaten

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5–4 on penalties after 1–1 in the final. This is the first time the cup was won by a club outside the top division. By winning,

qualified to the

2003–04 UEFA Cup The 2003–04 UEFA Cup was won by Valencia in the final against Marseille. It wrapped up a league and UEFA Cup double for Valencia. Porto could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and a ...

, entering in the first round.

Results

Seventh Round

Byes: Hapoel Bat Yam, Hapoel Beit She'an, Hapoel Nahlat Yehuda, Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen.

Intermediate Round

Eighth Round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

*100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006, p. 319
Israel Cups 2002/03
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