The 2025–26 Israel State Cup (, Gvia HaMedina) (known as the Gvia HaMedina Winner for sponsorship purposes) was the 87th season of Israel's nationwide Association football cup competition and the 71st after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. The winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
Preliminary rounds Liga Bet Schedule:
Liga Bet North A
Maccabi Bnei Jadeidi-Makr and Bnei M.M.B.E. qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Bet North B
Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel and Beitar Haifa qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Bet South A
Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim and Beitar Ramat Gan qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Bet South B
F.C. Shikun HaMizrah Winner of the district cup and the runners-up F.C. Sderot qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Gimel Sources: Schedule:
Liga Gimel Upper Galilee
F.C. Hapeol Yarka won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Gimel lower Galilee
Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Gimel Jezreel
F.C. Kfar Kama won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Gimel Samaria
F.C. Kiryat Haim won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Gimel Sharon
won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Gimel Center
Sektzia Ness Ziona won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Gimel Tel Aviv
F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.
Liga Gimel South
F.C. Be'er Sheva Shua Tal won the district cup and qualified to the sixth round.
Fifth round Sources:
Schedule:
The fifth round was played within each division of Liga Alef, split into two regions (Liga Alef North and Liga Alef South).
Liga Alef North Home Team Score Away Team 28 August 2025 Maccabi Nujeidat 1–2 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek 29 August 2025 Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye 1–2 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm Hapoel Ironi Karmiel 5–2 Hapoel Bnei Musmus Maccabi Ata Bialik 2–0 F.C. Tira Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad 2–0 F.C. Tzeirei Kafr KannaIroni Nesher 0–2 Maccabi Akhi Nazareth 30 August 2025Tzeirei Tamra 0–2 Hapoel Ironi Arraba 15 September 2025Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm 3–0 Hapoel Beit She'an Massilot
Liga Alef South Home Team Score Away Team — — (w/o) Shimshon Tel Aviv 27 August 2025 F.C. Jerusalem 1–0 F.C. Tzeirei Tira 28 August 2025 F.C. Dimona 1–0 Hapoel Azor Hapoel Herzliya 1–4 F.C. Kfar Saba 29 August 2025 A.S. Nordia Jerusalem 2–3 Holon Yermiyahu F.C. Beitar Yavne 0–3 Maccabi Yavne Maccabi Kiryat Gat 4–0 Hapoel Marmorek 1 September 2025 Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi 0–1 Maccabi Ironi Ashdod
Sixth round The 16 preliminary rounds winners (8 from Liga Bet and 8 from Liga Gimel), 16 fifth round winners (8 from each division) played in this round
Sources: Schedule: Results:
Home Team Score Away Team 30 Seprmber 2025F.C. Jerusalem (3) 6–0 Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum (5)Tzeirei Umm al-Fahm (3) 0–3 Maccabi Ata Bialik (3)F.C. Kiryat Haim (5) 1–1 F.C. Hapeol Yarka (5)Beitar Haifa (4) 0–5 Maccabi Ironi Ashdod (3)Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (3) 7–0 F.C. Be'er Sheva Shua Tal (5)Maccabi Bnei Jadeidi-Makr (4) 5–1 Hapoel Migdal HaEmek (3)Bnei M.M.B.E. (4) 0–2 Shimshon Tel Aviv (3)Sektzia Ness Ziona (5) 1–2 Hapoel Ironi Karmiel (3)Maccabi Akhi Nazareth (3) 2–1 Beitar Ramat Gan (4)F.C. Sderot (4) 2–1 Hapoel Ironi Arraba (3)F.C. Kfar Saba (3) 2–0 Maccabi Yavne (3)F.C. Kfar Kama (5) 0–1 Maccabi Kiryat Gat (3)F.C. Ironi Or Yehuda (5) 1–3 F.C. Dimona (3)F.C. Shikun HaMizrah (4) 0–5 Holon Yermiyahu (3)Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel (4) 0–1 Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad (3) 27 October 2025 1–6 F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim (3)
Seventh round Sources:
The 16 sixth round winners and 12 teams from the 2025–26 Liga Leumit entered the seventh round (Maccabi Jaffa, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba received byes to the next round)
Home Team Score Away Team 28 October 2025 Maccabi Bnei Jadeidi-Makr (4) 0–1 Hapoel Ra'anana (2) F.C. Hapeol Yarka (5) 0–4 Maccabi Kiryat Gat (3) Holon Yermiyahu (3) 1–0 Hapoel Nof HaGalil (2) Shimshon Tel Aviv (3) 0–2 F.C. Kafr Qasim (2) Maccabi Neve Sha'anan Eldad (3) 1–4 Hapoel Karmiel (3) Ironi Modi'in (2) 1–3 Maccabi Akhi Nazareth (3) Maccabi Herzliya (2) 2–0 Hapoel Acre (2) Hapoel Afula (2) 2–3 Maccabi Ata Bialik (3) Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (3) 2–1 F.C. Kiryat Yam (2) F.C. Kfar Saba (3) 1–0 Hapoel Rishon LeZion (2) Maccabi Ironi Ashdod (3) 2–3 Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim (2) 29 October 2025 Hapoel Hadera (2) 3–4 F.C. Sderot (4) F.C. Dimona (3) 1–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva (2) 30 October 2025 F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim (4) 1–0 F.C. Jerusalem (3)
Eighth round The 14 seventh round winners, the four 2024–25 Liga Leumit teams given seventh round byes, and the 14 teams from the 2024–25 Israeli Premier League entered the eighth round.
Source:
Home Team Score Away Team 25 December 2025 Hapoel Petah Tikva (1) 2–1 Hapoel Ironi Karmiel (3) Hapoel Ra'anana (2) 3–3 Maccabi Kiryat Gat (3) Bnei Sakhnin (1) 0–2 Maccabi Jaffa (2) Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (2) 2–1 Maccabi Ata Bialik (3) Hapoel Tel Aviv (1) 3–0 F.C. Ashdod (1) 26 December 2025 F.C. Kafr Qasim (2) 3–1 Holon Yermiyahu (3) Maccabi Herzliya (2) 4–1 F.C. Kfar Saba (3) F.C. Dimona (3) 1–3 Hapoel Kfar Saba (2) Maccabi Bnei Reineh (1) 1–0 Hapoel Kfar Shalem (2) F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim (4) 0–6 Maccabi Netanya (1)Hapoel Jerusalem (1) 2–0 Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (3) Hapoel Ramat Gan (2) 2–3 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (1) 27 December 2025 Maccabi Akhi Nazareth (3) 1–8 Maccabi Haifa (1) Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 5–0 Hapoel Haifa (1) Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1) 2–1 F.C. Sderot (4) Ironi Tiberias (1) 1–2 Beitar Jerusalem (1)
Round of 16 The 16 eighth round winners entered the round of 16.
Home team Score Away team 13 January 2026Maccabi Netanya (1) 0–2 Maccabi Jaffa (2) Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (2) 0–0 Maccabi Herzliya (2) Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1) 2–1 Hapoel Jerusalem (1) Hapoel Petah Tikva (1) 1–2 Maccabi Bnei Reineh (1) 14 January 2026 Hapoel Ra'anana (2) 0–1 Maccabi Haifa (1) Hapoel Tel Aviv (1) 1–1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)Ironi Kiryat Shmona (1) 0–2 Beitar Jerusalem (1) 15 January 2026 F.C. Kafr Qasim (2) 1–0 Hapoel Kfar Saba (2)
Quarter-finals
The 8 round of 16 winners were drawn on 15 January 2026.
Source:
Home team Score Away team 3 February 2025 Maccabi Haifa (1) 2–0 F.C. Kafr Qasim (2) 4 February 2025 Maccabi Bnei Reineh (1) 0–3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1) Beitar Jerusalem (1) 1–2 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (2) 5 February 2025Maccabi Jaffa (2) 0–5 Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)
Semi-finals Home team Score Away team 9 April 2026 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1) 3–2 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (2) 15 April 2026 Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 3–2 Maccabi Haifa (1)
Final
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