1983 Lilian Cup

1983 Lilian Cup

1983 League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Israel
Dates	3–13 September 1983
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Netanya
Runner-up	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	25 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	8 players (2)

The 1983 Lilian Cup was the 2nd season of the competition. The four top placed teams for the previous season took part in the competition.

The competition was held in two stages. First, the four teams played a round-robin tournament, after which the two top teams played for the cup, while the bottom teams played for the third place. The competition was held between 3 September and 13 September 1983.

The competition was won by Maccabi Netanya, who had beaten Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–2 in the final.^[1]

Group stage

The matches were played from 3 September to 10 September 1983.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Netanya	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to the final
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Shimshon Tel Aviv	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4	3rd-4th place playoff
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd matches won; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head; 6th decision match

Maccabi Netanya v Shimshon Tel Aviv

3 September 1983 Round 1	Maccabi Netanya	5–1	Shimshon Tel Aviv	Netanya
	Menahem 41', 42' Pizanti 44' Lam 69' Etzioni 88'	Report (p. 2) (in Hebrew)	Damti 38'	Stadium: HaKufsa Attendance: 1500 Referee: Yosef Diamant

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Hapoel Tel Aviv

3 September 1983 Round 1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Be'er Sheva
		Report (p. 2) (in Hebrew)	Zano 54'	Stadium: Vasermil Stadium Attendance: 2000 Referee: Ya'akov Scheiner

Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Maccabi Netanya

6 September 1983 Round 2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Maccabi Netanya	Be'er Sheva
	Davidi 49' Avitan 75'	Report (p. 18) (in Hebrew)	Machnes 17'	Stadium: Vassermil Stadium Attendance: 1200 Referee: Gabi Levy

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Shimshon Tel Aviv

6 September 1983 Round 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–2	Shimshon Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv
	Zano 89'	Report (p. 18) (in Hebrew)	Atiya 39' Arbiv 67'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Ovadia Zvi

Shimshon Tel Aviv v Hapoel Be'er Sheva

10 September 1983 Round 3	Shimshon Tel Aviv	1–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Netanya
	Damti 38'	Report (p. 2) (in Hebrew)	Uzan 45'	Stadium: HaKufsa Attendance: 3500 Referee: Itzhak Rosenberg

Maccabi Netanya v Hapoel Tel Aviv

10 September 1983 Round 3	Maccabi Netanya	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Netanya
	Machnes 55' Pizanti 72'	Report (p. 2) (in Hebrew)		Stadium: HaKufsa Attendance: 5000 Referee: Moshe Ashkenazi

Final stage

3rd-4th Place Match

13 September 1983

Shimshon Tel Aviv	1–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv
E. Cohen 79'	Report (p. 2) (in Hebrew)	S. Levi 71' Dov Remler 85'

Bloomfield Stadium

Attendance: 2000

Referee: Itzhak Ben Itzhak

Final

13 September 1983

Maccabi Netanya	3–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Lam 2' Gariani 52', 76'	Report (p. 2) (in Hebrew)	Herzl Fitusi 21', 34'

Bloomfield Stadium

Attendance: 3500

Referee: Yair Tilinger

References

1. The League Cup to Maccabi Netanya; Beat Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3:2^{[permanent dead link‍]} Davar, 14 September 1983 (in Hebrew)