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2007–08 Israel State Cup

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “seventy-five season of israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the fifty-four after the israeli decla”. Today it says “the 69th season of israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the 54th after the israeli declaration of”.
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2007–08 Israel State Cup ( , Gvia HaMedina ) was the seventy-five season of Israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the fifty-four after the Israeli Declaration of Independence .1 It started on September 28, 2007. The final was held at the Ramat Gan Stadium on May 13, 2008. The runner-up qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup since Beitar Jerusalem won the Israeli Premier League and earned a spot in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League . Hapoel Tel Aviv were the defending champions, having won the trophy the previous season .2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “seventy-five season of israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the fifty-four after the israeli decla”. Today it says “the 69th season of israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the 54th after the israeli declaration of”. Read the current article and compare.
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seventy-five season of israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the fifty-four after the israeli decla

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the 69th season of israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the 54th after the israeli declaration of

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