The 2015 Israel Super Cup was the 20th Israel Super Cup (25th, including unofficial matches, as the competition wasn't played within the Israel Football Association in its first 5 editions, until 1969), an annual Israel football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup. This was the first time since 1990 that the match was staged, after a planned resumption of the cup was cancelled in 2014.The Liga HaAl Supercup Game Is Cancelled Yaniv Tuchman, 30 June 2014, Walla!
The game was played between Maccabi Tel Aviv, champions of the 2014–15 Israeli Premier League and Ironi Kiryat Shmona, runners-up in the league, as Maccabi Tel Aviv won the State Cup final.
This was Maccabi Tel Aviv's fifth Israel Super Cup appearance (7th, including unofficial matches) and Kiryat Shmona's first. Watched by a crowd of 7,000 at Netanya Stadium, Ironi Kiryat Shmona won the match 5–4 on penalties, after a 2–2 draw in extra time.K.S. Won Champion of Champions With 5:4 in Penalties Over Maccabi 15 August 2015, Sport5 At the End of a Penalty Drama: K.S. Won Champion of Champions Moshe Sheinmann, 15 August 2015, Ynet
Match details
GK 25 Juan Pablo RB 2 Eli Dasa CB 18 Eitan Tibi CB 26 Tal Ben Haim LB 20 Omri Ben Harush CM 6 Gal Alberman CM 40 Nosa Igiebor AM 24 Nikola Mitrović RM 11 Tal Ben Haim II LM 22 Avi Rikan FW 7 Eran Zahavi (c) Substitutes:GK 55 Haviv Ohayon DF 3 Yuval Spungin DF 31 Carlos García MF 15 Dor Micha MF 16 Shlomi Azulay MF 28 Gil Vermouth MF 10 Barak Yitzhaki Manager: Slaviša Jokanović GK 55 Guy Haimov (c) RB 14 Oded Elkayam DF 3 Kassio Fernandes Magalhães DF 5 Luis Gutiérrez LB 2 Daniel Borchal RM 15 Vladimir Brown CM 18 Eden Shamir CM 8 Roei Shukrani LM 8 Ofir Mizrahi FW 7 Ahmed Abed FW 37 Bruno Substitutes:GK 45 Mahdi Zoabi DF 26 Dean Maimoni DF 16 Eliyahu Balilti MF 20 Naor Abudi MF 23 Adrian Rochet FW 77 Ido Exbard FW 9 Ugwo Chukwuma Manager: Salah Hasarma
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MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Dudu Bitton Nissan Davidi Fourth official: Erez Papir Additional assistant referees: Ziv Adler Ro'I ReinschreiberMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
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