2018 Israel State Cup final
# 2018 Israel State Cup final

The 2018 Israel State Cup Final decided the winner of the 2017–18 Israel State Cup, the 82nd season of Israel's main football cup. It will be played on 9 May 2018 at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Haifa.

## Background

Beitar Jerusalem had previously played 10 Israel cup Finals, had won the competition a record 7 times. Their most recent appearance in the final was tin 2009, in which they won 2–1 against Maccabi Haifa.

Hapoel Haifa had previously played in 8 finals, winning 3. Their most recent appearance in the final was in 2004, in which they lost 4–1 to Bnei Sakhnin, and their most recent victory in the tournament was in 1974, beating Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–0.

The two teams played each other three times during the 2017–18 Israeli Premier League season until the final. In the first instance, on 16 September 2017 at Teddy Stadium the game end draw 3–3, in the two other times beitar win 2–0 and 1–0 on summy ofer.

## Road to the final

| Hapoel Haifa | Hapoel Haifa | Round | Beitar Jerusalem | Beitar Jerusalem |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2017–18 Israel State Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2–1 | Eighth round | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 2–1 |
| Hapoel Acre | 2–1 | Round of 16 | Hapoel Marmorek | 2–1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2–2 | Quarter-finals first leg | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1–1 | Quarter-finals second leg | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0–0 |
| Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. | 0–0 (4–3) after penalties | Semi-finals | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 3–2 |

### Details

| Hapoel Haifa | Beitar Jerusalem |
| - | - |

Ernestas Šetkus :

| RB | 4 | Dor Malul |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 55 | Nisso Kapiloto |
| CB | 30 | Gabriel Tamaș |
| LB | 18 | Samuel Scheimann |
| DM | 6 | Gal Arel 103' |
| CM | 14 | Radu Gînsari |
| LM | 7 | Maxim Plakuschenko |
| RW | 15 | Gil Vermouth 116' |
| CF | 9 | Eden Ben Basat (c) 113' |
| LF | 17 | Alon Turgeman |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Ran Kadoch |
| DF | 3 | Haim Megrelashvili |
| MF | 2 | Rasmus Sjöstedt 113' |
| DF | 77 | Roslan Barsky |
| MF | 22 | Josip Ivančić |
| FW | 51 | Risto Mitrevski 103' |
| FW | 99 | Maamun Qashua 116' |
| Manager: |||
| Nir Klinger |||

Boris Klaiman :

| RB | 2 | Antoine Conte 91' |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 6 | Tal Kachila |
| CB | 13 | Sean Goldberg |
| LB | 20 | Miki Siroshtein |
| DM | 52 | Erik Sabo |
| CM | 24 | Ofir Kriaf 97' |
| CM | 14 | Claudemir Ferreira |
| RW | 18 | Hen Ezra |
| LW | 25 | Gaëtan Varenne 106' |
| CF | 9 | Itay Shechter (c) 62' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Stav Shushan |
| DF | 18 | Hen Dilmoni |
| DF | 23 | Marcel Heister |
| FW | 8 | Idan Vered 106' |
| MF | 7 | Jakub Sylvestr 61' |
| MF | 3 | David Keltjens 97' |
| FW | 77 | Ya'akov Berihon |
| Manager: |||
| Benny Ben Zaken ||||
