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 HaifaRoundBeitar JerusalemOpponentResult2017–18 Israel State CupOpponentResultHapoel Petah Tikva2–1Eighth roundHapoel Rishon LeZion2–1Hapoel Acre2–1Round of 16Hapoel Marmorek2–1Maccabi Haifa2–2Quarter-finals first legHapoel Kfar Saba2–0Maccabi Haifa1–1Quarter-finals second legHapoel Kfar Saba0–0Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.0–0 (4–3) after penaltiesSemi-finalsIroni Kiryat Shmona3–2 Details
GK 13 Ernestas ŠetkusRB 4 Dor Malul CB 55 Nisso KapilotoCB 30 Gabriel TamașLB 18 Samuel Scheimann DM 6 Gal Arel CM 14 Radu Gînsari LM 7 Maxim PlakuschenkoRW 15 Gil Vermouth CF 9 Eden Ben Basat (c) LF 17 Alon TurgemanSubstitutes:GK 1 Ran KadochDF 3 Haim MegrelashviliMF 2 Rasmus Sjöstedt DF 77 Roslan BarskyMF 22 Josip Ivančić FW 51 Risto Mitrevski FW 99 Maamun Qashua Manager: Nir Klinger GK 1 Boris KlaimanRB 2 Antoine Conte CB 6 Tal KachilaCB 13 Sean GoldbergLB 20 Miki SiroshteinDM 52 Erik SaboCM 24 Ofir Kriaf CM 14 Claudemir FerreiraRW 18 Hen EzraLW 25 Gaëtan Varenne CF 9 Itay Shechter (c) Substitutes:GK 22 Stav ShushanDF 18 Hen DilmoniDF 23 Marcel HeisterFW 8 Idan Vered MF 7 Jakub Sylvestr MF 3 David Keltjens FW 77 Ya'akov BerihonManager: Benny Ben Zaken References