NB: the 6 cups organised between 1922 and 1927 and all won by British
military sides are not recognised as official by the IFA; the same
holds for the 5 editions of the Samson Shield ("Magen Shimshon")
held between 1923 and 1927, which was restricted to Maccabi teams.
unofficial
1922 South Lancashire Regiment (6th Battalion)
1923 No. 14 Squadron RAF 2-1 Haifa Train Office Workers XI
1924 Royal Air Force bt Sarafand Hospital
1925 Royal Air Force
1926 Royal Air Force
1927 Royal Air Force 2-1 No. 14 Squadron RAF (Ramla)
NB: cup at stake won outright by Royal Air Force
Magen Shimshon (Samson Shield; for Maccabi teams only); unofficial
1923 Maccabi Nes Ziona 2-0 Maccabi Haifa
1924 Maccabi Nes Ziona 1-0 Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem
1925 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 7-0 Maccabi Petah-Tikva
1926 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 6-1 Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem
1927 Maccabi Gibor Haifa 4-0 Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem
NB: in 1926, 8 teams participated
official
1928 Hapoel Tel-Aviv ann Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem [*1]
1929 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-0 Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem
1930 Maccabi Tel-Aviv B 2-1 Northamptonshire Regiment
1931 final not played
1932 British Police awd Hapoel Haifa [*2]
1933 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
1934 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1935 Maccabi Petah-Tikva 1-0 Hakoah Tel-Aviv
1936 not played
1937 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-0 Hapoel Drom Tel-Aviv
1938 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1939 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Petah-Tikva
1940 Beitar Tel-Aviv 3-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1941 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
1942 Beitar Tel-Aviv 12-1 Maccabi Haifa
1943 Gunners 1-0 Hapoel Jerusalem [*3]
1944/45 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Petah-Tikva [*4]
1945 not played
1946 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-1 3-0 Hapoel Rishon Lezion
1947 Maccabi Tel-Aviv awd Beitar Tel-Aviv [*5]
[*1] Match finished 2-0 to Hapoel Tel-Aviv, but they played with an ineligible player;
cup was shared.
[*2] Abandoned at 0-1 to Hapoel Haifa who walked off when a penalty was awarded to
British Police; cup duly awarded to British Police.
[*3] the IFA does not list this tournament (known as "War Cup"), in spite of the fact
that a PFA representative handed Gunners (a British club) the trophy after the
final held on October 16, 1943 in Petah-Tikva.
[*4] the IFA does not list this tournament (known as "War Cup"); it was boycotted by
Beitar clubs; the final on January 13 was abandoned after 89 minutes with Hapoel
Tel-Aviv leading 1-0 when a Hapoel Petah-Tikva player refused to leave the field
after being sent off for insulting the referee.
[*5] Abandoned at 3-2 to Maccabi Tel-Aviv, awarded 3-0.
1948/49 not played
1949/51 competition abandoned [*6]
1951/52 Maccabi Petah-Tikva 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1952/53 not played
1953/54 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-0 Maccabi Netanya
1954/55 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-1 Hapoel Petah-Tikva
1955/56 not played
1956/57 Hapoel Petah-Tikva 2-1 Maccabi Jaffa
1957/58 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-0 Hapoel Haifa
1958/59 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-3 Hapoel Petah-Tikva
1959/60 not played
1960/61 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hapoel Petah-Tikva
1961/62 Maccabi Haifa 0-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv [aet]
replay Maccabi Haifa 5-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1962/63 Hapoel Haifa 1-0 Maccabi Haifa
1963/64 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-1 Hapoel Haifa [aet]
replay Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-1 Hapoel Haifa [aet]
2d rep Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hapoel Haifa
1964/65 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv [aet]
1965/66 Hapoel Haifa 2-1 Shimshon Tel-Aviv
1966/67 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
1967/68 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Petah-Tikva
1968/69 Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 1-0 Maccabi Shearaim
1969/70 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Netanya
1970/71 Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 2-1 Maccabi Haifa
1971/72 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Jerusalem
1972/73 Hapoel Jerusalem 2-0 Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan
1973/74 Hapoel Haifa 1-0 Hapoel Petah-Tikva [aet]
1974/75 Hapoel Kfar-Saba 3-1 Beitar Jerusalem
1975/76 Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv [aet]
1976/77 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-0 Beitar Tel-Aviv
1977/78 Maccabi Netanya 2-1 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv
1978/79 Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1979/80 Hapoel Kfar-Saba 4-1 Maccabi Ramat-Amidar
1980/81 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 2-2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv [aet, 4-3 pen]
1981/82 Hapoel Yehud 1-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
1982/83 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1983/84 Hapoel Lod 0-0 Hapoel Beer-Sheva [aet, 3-2 pen]
1984/85 Beitar Jerusalem 1-0 Maccabi Haifa
1985/86 Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Shimshon Tel-Aviv [aet]
1986/87 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-3 Maccabi Haifa [aet, 4-3 pen]
1987/88 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
1988/89 Beitar Jerusalem 3-3 Maccabi Haifa [aet, 4-3 pen]
1989/90 Hapoel Kfar-Saba 1-0 Shimshon Tel-Aviv [aet]
1990/91 Maccabi Haifa 3-1 Hapoel Petah-Tikva
1991/92 Hapoel Petah-Tikva 3-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv [aet]
1992/93 Maccabi Haifa 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1993/94 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
1994/95 Maccabi Haifa 2-0 Hapoel Haifa
1995/96 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-1 Hapoel Ironi Rishon-Lezion
1996/97 Hapoel Beer-Sheva 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
1997/98 Maccabi Haifa 2-0 Hapoel Jerusalem [aet]
1998/99 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-1 Beitar Jerusalem [aet, 3-1 pen]
1999/00 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-2 Beitar Jerusalem [aet, 4-2 pen]
2000/01 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-0 Maccabi Petah-Tikva
2001/02 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0-0 Maccabi Haifa [aet, 5-4 pen]
2002/03 Hapoel Ramat-Gan 1-1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva [aet, 5-4 pen]
2003/04 Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 4-1 Hapoel Haifa
2004/05 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-2 Maccabi Herzliya [aet, 5-3 pen]
2005/06 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-0 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv
2006/07 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-1 Hapoel Ashkelon [aet, 5-4 pen]
2007/08 Beitar Jerusalem 0-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv [aet, 5-4 pen]
2008/09 Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Maccabi Haifa
2009/10 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3-1 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv
2010/11 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-0 Maccabi Haifa
2011/12 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Haifa
2012/13 Hapoel Ramat-Gan 1-1 Ironi Kiriat-Shmona [aet, 4-2 pen]
2013/14 Ironi Kiriat-Shmona 1-0 Maccabi Netanya [aet]
2014/15 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 6-2 Hapoel Beer-Sheva
2015/16 Maccabi Haifa 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
2016/17 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 0-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv [aet, 4-3 pen]
2017/18 Hapoel Haifa 3-1 Beitar Jerusalem [aet]
2018/19 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 1-1 Maccabi Netanya [aet, 5-4 pen]
2019/20 Hapoel Beer-Sheva 2-0 Maccabi Petah-Tikva
2020/21 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv [aet]
2021/22 Hapoel Beer-Sheva 2-2 Maccabi Haifa [aet, 3-1 pen]
2022/23 Beitar Jerusalem 3-0 Maccabi Netanya
2023/24 Maccabi Petah-Tikva 1-0 Hapoel Beer-Sheva
[*6] Hapoel Haifa had reached final whereas the first leg of the second semifinal
between Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Beitar Tel-Aviv had finished 1-0 to Hapoel; the
second leg was never played and neither was the final
Number of Wins and Finals
winners finalists
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 24 37 [includes Maccabi Tel-Aviv B 1930]
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 16 25
Beitar Jerusalem 8 12
Maccabi Haifa 6 17
Hapoel Haifa 4 9
Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 4 8
Hapoel Beer-Sheva 3 7
Maccabi Petah-Tikva 3 6
Hapoel Kfar-Saba 3 3
Hapoel Petah-Tikva 2 9
Beitar Tel-Aviv 2 4
Hakoah Maccabi Ramat-Gan 2 3
Hapoel Ramat-Gan 2 2
Maccabi Netanya 1 6
Hapoel Jerusalem 1 4
Ironi Kiriat-Shmona 1 2
Maccabi Hashmonai Jerusalem 1 2
British Police 1 1
Gunners 1 1
Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 1 1
Hapoel Lod 1 1
Hapoel Yehud 1 1
Shimshon Tel-Aviv 3
Northamptonshire Regiment 1 [aka British Army 48th Troop]
Hakoah Tel-Aviv 1
Hapoel Ashkelon 1
Hapoel Drom Tel-Aviv 1 [aka Hapoel South Tel-Aviv]
Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion 1
Hapoel Rishon Lezion 1
Maccabi Herzliya 1
Maccabi Jaffa 1
Maccabi Ramat-Amidar 1
Maccabi Shearaim 1
Total 88 174
NB: 1928 cup shared; includes 1943 and 1944/45 War cups
Decade of Independence Cup
Held to celebrate 10 years of Israel independence.
First level tournament:
08/11/1958 Hapoel Haifa 2-0 Hapoel Jerusalem
[Itzhak Ashkenazi (2)]
Second level tournament:
15/11/1958 Hapoel Tiberias 7-1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva
25 Years of Independence Cup
Held to celebrate 25 years of Israel independence.
First level tournament: 16/06/1973 Maccabi Petah-Tikva 1-1 Maccabi Haifa [4-2 pen] Second level tournament: 09/06/1973 Hapoel Yehud 2-0 Hapoel Ramat-Gan
Sources included: [Sho 06] (thanks to Elisha Shohat), [Bli 19], [FIF 31]
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