In the draw for the round of 32 in the Israel Football Association State Cup, Maccabi Tel Aviv will play away to Ashdod FC
Tonight Maccabi Tel Aviv were drawn to play away at Ashdod FC in the round of 32 of the Israel Football Association State Cup. The match will be held at the end of this month at Ashdod’s “Yud-Alef “ Stadium, either on the 28th or the 29th of January. Maccabi Tel Aviv and the other thirteen clubs of the Israeli Premier League were joined in the draw by Hapoel Ramat Gan, Maccabi Yavne, Maccabi Um-Al-Fahm and Achi Nazareth from Israel’s second tier (“HaLeumit”) as automatic entrants, along with fourteen other emergent winners from the competition’s last round played out among the clubs in Israel's lower divisions. It has been nine years since Maccabi Tel Aviv have won the prestigious State Cup, then beating Maccabi Herzliya in a penalty shoot-out. At the time it was Ashdod FC head coach Nir Klinger who stood at the helm of the victorious Maccabi side.
Results of the draw for the State Cup round of 32:
Ashdod FC – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Kfar Kasem FC – Bnei Sakhnin
Hapoel Beer Sheva – Maccabi Sha'arim
Ironi Kiryat Shmona – Hapoel Acre
Hapoel Tel Aviv – Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Petach Tikva – Maccabi Yavne
Hapoel Kfar Saba – Maccabi Achi Nazareth
Beitar Tel Aviv/Ramle – Hapoel Upper Nazareth
Hapoel Ramat Gan – Maccabi Netanya
Hapoel Petach Tikva – Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot Tarshicha – Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye
Hapoel Katamon – Hapoel Rishon Lezion
Hapoel Ramat Hasharon – Maccabi Um-El-Fahm
Hapoel Bnei Lod – Hapoel Afula
Beitar Jerusalem – Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam
