The 2002–03 Toto Cup Artzit was the 4th time the cup was being contested as a competition for the third tier in the
Israeli football league system
The Israeli football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Israel. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, and allows even the smallest club to dream ...
.
The competition was won, for the second consecutive time, by
Hapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ashkelon'') was an Israeli football club based in Ashkelon. It was reestablished in 2024 as "Ironi Ashkelon".
History
After being founded in 1955, Hapoel Ashkelon spent their first few decades in ...
, who had beaten
Hapoel Majd al-Krum 2–1 in the final with a
golden goal
The golden goal is a sports rule used in association football, Australian rules football, bandy, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, and rugby league to decide the winner of a match (typically a knock-out match) in which scores are equal at the ...
during extra time.
Format change
The 12
Liga Artzit
Liga Artzit (, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run by the Israel Football A ...
clubs were divided into two groups, each with six clubs, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
On 29 August 2002
Hakoah Ramat Gan
Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan Football Club () is an Israeli football club based in Ramat Gan. The club is currently in Liga Alef South division and plays at the Winter Stadium in Ramat Shikma, a neighbourhood of Ramat Gan.
History
The club was ...
was demoted to
Liga Artzit
Liga Artzit (, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run by the Israel Football A ...
and was replaced by
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon.
[Officially: Hakoah R.G. in Artzit, Tzafririm to Replace It in Leumit](_blank)
Yuval Pais and Moshe Gozgal, 29 August 2002, Ynet As a result, the two matches played by Hapoel Tzafririm Holon before the club was promoted were annulled.
Knockout rounds
Semifinals
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Final
See also
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2002–03 Toto Cup Al
The 2002–03 Toto Cup Al was the 19th season of the third most important Association football, football tournament in Israel since its introduction. This was the 4th edition to be played with clubs of both 2002–03 Israeli Premier League, Israe ...
References
External links
Israel Cups 2002/03RSSSF
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