2023–24 Israel State Cup Explained

The 2023–24 Israel State Cup (he|גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) (known as the Gvia HaMedina Winner for sponsorship purposes) was the 85th season of Israel's nationwide Association football cup competition and the 69th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. The winners qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

The Cup was suspended in October 2023 due to the Israel–Hamas war and restarted in December 2023.

Maccabi Petah Tikva won the cup (3rd title) on 30 May 2024, defeating Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0 in the final.

Preliminary rounds

Liga Bet

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Liga Bet South B

Liga Gimel

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Liga Gimel South

Fifth round

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The fifth round was played within each division of Liga Alef, split into two regions (Liga Alef North and Liga Alef South).

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Liga Alef North
1 September 2023
	1–3	Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye
Ironi Nesher	1–0	Hapoel Kafr Kanna
	0–2	Maccabi Akhi Nazareth
F.C. Tira	1–0	F.C. Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm
4 September 2023
Hapoel Ra'anana	2–0	F.C. Tzeirei Tayibe
F.C. Kiryat Yam	0–1	Maccabi Ata Bialik
		F.C. Tzeirei Kafr Kanna
		Maccabi Nujeidat
Liga Alef South
31 August 2023
Hapoel Kfar Shalem	2–1	Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden
	1–2	F.C. Dimona
	2–2	Hapoel Herzliya
1 September 2023
	2–3	F.C. Holon Yermiyahu
	1–2	A.S. Nordia Jerusalem
Maccabi Yavne	6–0	Shimshon Kafr Qasim
	0–3	Ironi Modi'in
	1–1	Maccabi Ironi Ashdod

Sixth round

Home Team	Score	Away Team
7 December 2023
Hapoel Kfar Shalem (3)	1–2	Maccabi Ironi Ashdod (3)
12 December 2023
Hapoel Ra'anana (3)	1–0	F.C. Tira (3)
25 December 2023
Maccabi Kiryat Gat (4)		F.C. Dimona (3)
A.S Nordia Jerusalem (3)	2–1	Hapoel Bnei Ashdod (4)
Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan (5)	0–8	F.C. Holon Yermiyahu (3)
26 December 2023
F.C. Tzofi Haifa (5)	1–3	F.C. Tirat HaCarmel (4)
Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye (3)	4–0	F.C. Beit Jann Rani (5)
Ironi Nesher (4)	3–0	Bnei M.M.B.E. (4)
Maccabi Akhi Nazareth (3)	3–0	Maccabi Ihud Bnei Ibtin (5)
Tzeirei Kafr Kanna (3)	4–1	Ihud Bnei Baqa (4)
Beitar Nahariya (4)	1–0	Maccabi Nujeidat (3)
Otzma Be'er Sheva (5)	0–5	Hapoel Herzliya (3)
Maccabi Yavne (3)	9–1	Ironi Beit Shemesh (5)
Beitar Kfar Saba (5)	0–4	Hapoel Mahane Yehuda (4)
27 December 2023
Ihud Tzeiri Iksal (5)	0–3	Maccabi Ata Bialik (3)

Seventh round

The 16 sixth round winners and 12 teams from the 2023–24 Liga Leumit (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Hapoel Umm al-Fahm, and Ironi Tiberias received byes) entered the seventh round.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
9 January 2024
Beitar Nahariya (4)	1–6	F.C. Dimona (3)
F.C. Tirat HaCarmel (4)	0–1	Maccabi Akhi Nazareth (3)
A.S Nordia Jerusalem (3)	0–2	Hapoel Rishon LeZion (2)
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda (4)	0–5	Hapoel Ramat Gan (2)
Hapoel Ra'anana (3)	1–2	Maccabi Jaffa (2)
Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye (3)	0–4	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (2)
Maccabi Yavne (3)	4–0	Ihud Bnei Shefa-'Amr (2)
Sektzia Ness Ziona (2)	1–1	F.C. Kafr Qasim (2)
Hapoel Nof HaGalil (2)	2–1	Hapoel Acre (2)
10 January 2024
F.C. Holon Yermiyahu (3)	0–3	Maccabi Ironi Ashdod (3)
Hapoel Herzliya (3)	4–2	Maccabi Amishav Petah Tikva (4)
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (2)	7–0	Hapoel Afula (2)
Ironi Nesher (4)	1–3	Maccabi Ata Bialik (3)
Maccabi Herzliya (2)	0–1	Tzeirei Kafr Kanna (3)

Eighth round

The 14 seventh round winners, the four 2023–24 Liga Leumit teams given seventh round byes, and the 14 teams from the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League entered the eighth round.

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Home Team	Score	Away Team
25 January 2024
Hapoel Ramat Gan (2)	0–1	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (2)
Maccabi Akhi Nazareth (3)	1–3	Maccabi Jaffa (2)
Ironi Ashdod (3)	1–1	Hapoel Haifa (1)
26 January 2024
Bnei Sakhnin (1)	2–2	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon (2)
F.C. Ashdod (1)	0–2	Ironi Tiberias (2)
Maccabi Netanya (1)	2–1	F.C. Kafr Qasim (2)
27 January 2024
Hapoel Jerusalem (1)	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv (1)
Maccabi Bnei Reineh (1)	2–4	Hapoel Petah Tikva (1)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1)	1–0	Beitar Jerusalem (1)
Maccabi Petah Tikva (1)	3–1	Maccabi Yavne (3)
28 January 2024
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (2)	2–0	Maccabi Ata Bialik (3)
Hapoel Nof HaGalil (2)	4–0	Hapoel Herzliya (3)
Hapoel Rishon LeZion (2)	1–0	F.C. Dimona (3)
Hapoel Hadera (1)	0–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)
Hapoel Kfar Saba (2)	3–6	Maccabi Haifa (1)
9 February 2024
Tzeirei Kafr Kanna (3)	1–2	Ironi Kiryat Shmona (2)

Round of 16

The 16 eighth round winners entered the round of 16. The draw was made on 29 January 2024.^{[2] [3]}

Home Team	Score	Away Team
28 February 2024
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1)	1–0	Ironi Tiberias (2)
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (2)	0–2	Maccabi Haifa (1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)	3–1	Maccabi Jaffa (2)
29 February 2024
Ironi Kiryat Shmona (2)	2–1	Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon (2)
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (2)	0–4	Hapoel Petah Tikva (1)
5 March 2024
Hapoel Nof HaGalil (2)	3–1	Hapoel Rishon LeZion (2)
Maccabi Netanya (1)	2–1	Hapoel Jerusalem (1)
Hapoel Haifa (1)	0–3	Maccabi Petah Tikva (1)

Quarter-finals

The 8 round of 16 winners were drawn on 7 March 2024.^{[4] [5]}

Home Team	Score	Away Team
2 April 2024
Ironi Kiryat Shmona (2)	0–2	Hapoel Nof HaGalil (2)
Maccabi Petah Tikva (1)	4–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)
3 April 2024
Hapoel Petah Tikva (1)	0–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1)
Maccabi Haifa (1)	1–3	Maccabi Netanya (1)

Semi-finals

The 4 Quarter-finals winners were drawn on 5 April 2024.

Home Team	Score	Away Team
24 April 2024
Maccabi Netanya (1)	2–3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1)
30 April 2024
Maccabi Petah Tikva (1)	3–0	Hapoel Nof HaGalil (2)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023–24 State Cup . . 13 September 2023 . English.
2. News: Chabaz . Tomer . Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Jaffa, Maccabi Haifa vs. Umm al-Fahm . 29 January 2024 . . 29 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240129141208/https://www.one.co.il/Article/23-24/1,1,3,58945/454500.html . 29 January 2024 . he.
3. Web site: State Cup - Israel - Final Stages . soccerway.com . 5 February 2024.
4. News: Maccabi Haifa vs. Maccabi Netanya in the Quarters, Maccabi Tel Aviv – Maccabi Petah Tikva . 7 March 2024 . . 7 March 2024 . he.
5. News: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Petah Tikva on Tuesday the 2nd of April . 20 March 2024 . . 20 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240320113447/https://www.one.co.il/Article/23-24/1,699,3,33443/458442.html . 20 March 2024 . he.