The 1956–57 Israel State Cup (, Gvia HaMedina) was the 19th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the fourth after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
Although the competition began on 11 February 1956, it was delayed severely by the Suez Crisis, and later rounds were not played until April 1957, with the final being held on 6 July at 1957 at the Haifa Municipal Stadium in Haifa. Hapoel Petah Tikva met Maccabi Jaffa in the final and won the cup after securing a 2–1 win.
Results
First round 74 of the 75 Liga Gimel clubs participated in this round. Most of the matches were drawn as divisional matches, with the exception of two matches.
Home teamScoreAway teamUpper Galilee divisionWester Galilee divisionJordan Valley divisionNorth divisionSamaria divisionSharon divisionDan divisionMiddle divisionCentral divisionSouth divisionInter-divisional matches
Second round Home teamScoreAway team
SK Nes Tziona and Hapoel Safed received a bye to the third round.
Third round Home teamScoreAway team
Fourth round Home teamScoreAway team
Intermediate Round Home teamScoreAway team
Fifth round Home teamScoreAway team
Maccabi Jaffa, Maccabi Petah Tikva received a bye to the sixth round, as their opponents, Ahva Notzrit Haifa and Hapoel Kochav HaTzafon Jerusalem, folded.Football on Saturday Ma'ariv, 19 April 1957, Historical Jewish Press
Sixth round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Replay
Final
Notes
References 100 Years of Football 1906–2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006
External links Israel Football Association website