Tel Aviv derby
Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, home of the Tel Aviv derby
LocationIsrael Tel Aviv, Israel
TeamsMaccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv
First meeting25 February 1928 (Friendly)
19 December 1931 (League)
Latest meeting26 September 2023
(2023–24 Israeli Premier League)
Hapoel 0–5 Maccabi
Next meeting17 January 2024
(2023–24 Israeli Premier League)
StadiumsBloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Statistics
Meetings total165
Most winsMaccabi Tel Aviv
All-time series (Israeli Premier League only)Maccabi: 61
Drawn: 59
Hapoel: 46
Largest victoryMaccabi 5–0 Hapoel (1969–70 Liga Leumit,
2016–17 Israeli Premier League,
2021–22 Israeli Premier League
and 2023–24 Israeli Premier League)

The Tel Aviv derby refers to football matches between Israeli clubs Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv.[1]

The rivalry between the clubs also exists in basketball, although Maccabi have been the dominant club in Israeli basketball since the 1960s.

History

Maccabi Tel Aviv was established in 1906, while Hapoel Tel Aviv was founded in 1923. Although initially reluctant to play each other, in early 1928 the clubs came to an operating agreement, and the first friendly encounter between the teams took place on 25 February 1928 on Maccabi ground, with Maccabi winning 3–0,[2][3][4][5][6] With a rematch played a week later on Hapoel ground, this time Maccabi winning 2–1.[7]

Between them, the clubs had together won 36 championships and 40 national cups. Both clubs have played in the top division of Israeli football both before and since independence in 1948, with the exception of the 1989–90 season, when Hapoel played in the second tier following relegation the previous season and with the exception of the 2017–18 season, when Hapoel played in the second tier following relegation the previous season. The first league encounter between the teams was played on 19 December 1931, and the points were shared with a result of 1–1.[8] Prior to independence, the clubs have met 17 times in the league, out of which Hapoel won 9, Maccabi won 5 and 3 resulted in a draw.[9] Post 1948, Maccabi holds the lead with 61 league victories, opposite 46 Hapoel wins and 59 draws. Overall, since 1931, Hapoel has 55 league victories, Maccabi has 66 and 62 matches ended with a draw.

The two clubs met 8 times at the Israeli State Cup final, most recently at the 2020–21 Israel State Cup Final. The clubs also met in several other competitive tournaments, such as the Toto Cup and the Israel Super Cup.

The rivalry between the traditional background of the Hapoel and Maccabi sports associations led to the development of the rivalry between the clubs. The two clubs have different support bases; Hapoel are linked to the working-class, whilst Maccabi are considered a more middle class club. However nowadays this is mostly no longer the case with both clubs having a massive nationwide fanbase.

A 3 November 2014 match was cancelled after numerous fans ran onto the pitch and began fighting with players and other fans. Hapoel's manager called it a "black day" for Israeli football.[10]

The derby has in recent years declined in relevance and fierceness, with Hapoel's rivalry with Beitar Jerusalem becoming more relevant and fierce in recent years as well as Maccabi's rivalry with Maccabi Haifa becoming more relevant. This is largely due to the decline of Hapoel Tel Aviv since 2010 which included going into administration and being relegated in 2017, as well as the massive dominance of Maccabi Tel Aviv who won 5 league titles during that time as well as a domestic treble.

Bloomfield Stadium

Both clubs currently play at the Bloomfield Stadium. When Hapoel Tel Aviv are the home team in the derby gates 10–11, are reserved for fans of Maccabi. When Maccabi Tel Aviv are the home team, gates 4–5 are reserved for fans of Hapoel.

Tel Aviv mini-derby

Other matches between top-tier teams from Tel Aviv, currently Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, and in the past also Beitar Tel Aviv, Shimson Tel Aviv and Maccabi Jaffa, and between those other teams and either Maccabi or Hapoel are usually referred to as the Tel Aviv mini-derby or the Little Tel Aviv Derby. [11][12]

List of results

Israel State Cup

#DateSeasonStadiumHome teamAway teamScoreGoals homeGoals away
110 June 1933 1933 Final Maccabi Petah Tikva Ground Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1
22 June 1934 1934 Final Maccabi Petah Tikva Ground Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2
328 May 1938 1938 Final Maccabiah Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1
420 April 1940 1940 Semi-final Maccabiah Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–0
515 November 1941 1941 Final Maccabiah Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1
629 May 1954 1953–1954 Quarter-final Basa Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 Yosef Merimovich (68)
728 June 1958 1957–1958 Round of 16 Basa Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 Yosef Goldstein (16)
819 September 1964 1963–1964 Round of 16 Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–4 Shabi Ben Baruch (o.g. 38), Giora Spiegel (55), Rachamim Talbi (75), Ori Kadmi (82)
91 November 1967 1966–1967 Final Bloomfield Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 George Borba (62) Ori Kadmi (28), Rachamim Talbi (66)
101 June 1983 1982–1983 Final Ramat Gan Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 Ya'akov Ekhoiz (25), Moshe Sinai (34), Gili Landau (64) Moshe Schweitzer (40), Yossi Zana (o.g. 60)
1117 March 1987 1986–1987 Round of 16 Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 Moshe Sinai (53) Yossi Zana (o.g. 18), David Azulai (58)
127 June 1988 1987–1988 Final Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Miki Cohen (39), Benny Tabak (49) Miki Ben Shitrit (25)
1318 April 1992 1991–1992 Quarter-final Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 Ya'akov Ekhoiz (o.g. 50), Meir Melika (66), Amir Turgeman (88)
1422 April 1992 Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 Avi Nimni (42), Arik Shriki (53), Hisham Zuabi (80) Haim Bahar (50)
157 June 1994 1993–1994 Final Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Itzik Zohar (49), Nir Klinger (71)
1615 April 1997 1996–1997 Quarter-final Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 Offer Mizrahi (35, 44), Avi Nimni (70)
177 March 2000 1999–2000 Round of 16 Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Ilan Bakhar (39), Omri Afek (53)
189 May 2001 2000–2001 Semi-final Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Baruch Dego (19, 23)
1916 February 2009 2008–2009 Ninth Round Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 Mahran Lala (31), Samuel Yeboah (90)
202 June 2021 2020–2021 Final Bloomfield Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Yonatan Cohen (73), Luis Hernández (96) Omri Altman (31)

Toto Cup

#DateSeasonStadiumHome teamAway teamScoreGoals homeGoals away
115 September 1990 1990–1991 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1
229 December 1990 Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–1
321 January 1991 1991–1992 Semi-final Bloomfield Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Arik Shriki (23)
428 November 1992 1992–1993 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3
513 February 1993 Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1
617 August 1996 1996–1997 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3
712 November 1996 Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–3
823 September 1998 1998–1999 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2
916 January 1999 Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0
1020 August 2005 2005–2006 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–3
1110 January 2006 Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0
1228 January 2009 2008–2009 Semi-final Ramat Gan Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Emmanuel Mayuka (14)
1314 August 2010 2010–2011 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–3
1410 November 2010 Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3
1531 July 2011 2011–2012 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–2
165 August 2012 2012–2013 Group stage Ramat Gan Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1
1731 August 2014 2014–2015 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1
181 August 2015 2015–2016 Group stage Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–3
1915 August 2016 2016–2017 Group stage HaMoshava Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–2
2019 August 2018 2018–2019 Semi-final Netanya Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–1 Yonatan Cohen (36, 66), Shahar Piven (59), Chikeluba Ofoedu (82) Ahmed Abed (25)

Other competitions

#DateSeasonStadiumHome teamAway teamScoreGoals homeGoals away
118 December 1954 1954–55 Shapira Cup Group stage Basa Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 Rosenbaum (15), Fuchs (46) Reznik (90)
215 January 1955 Basa Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Reznik (10), Schweitzer (15, o.g.) Rosenbaum (81)
320 October 1970 1970 Israel Super Cup Final Bloomfield Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 Meir Nimni (58) David Salim (26), Yehezkel Chazom (47)
42 September 1986 1986 Lilian Cup Semi-final Ramat Gan Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–3 Yehuda Amar (89) Haim Goldberg (3), Benny Tabak (38), Alon Natan (40)
55 September 1988 1988 Israel Super Cup Final Bloomfield Stadium Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 Avi Cohen (43), Alon Natan (45), Beni Tabak (47)
613 January 1998 Friendly Bat Yam Municipal Stadium Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Elek Nyilas (45, 63) Shalom Tikva (47)

References

  1. ↑ "Israeli fan badly injured by firework at Tel Aviv derby". ABC News (Australia). 15 February 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Goldberg, Asher (5 March 2012). "The First Derby of Tel Aviv". Israeli Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Davar, 24 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  4. ↑ Davar, 26 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  5. ↑ Do'ar HaYom, 28 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  6. ↑ Davar, 29 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  7. ↑ Davar, 4 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press
  8. ↑ "Defeat of visiting teams", The Palestine Bulletin, 20 December 1931, Historical Jewish Press
  9. ↑ "Whose Town Is It: The Numbers and Milestones of the Tel Aviv Derby" Globes, 16 December 2013
  10. ↑ "Tel Aviv soccer match stopped after on-field brawl". Yahoo News. Associated Press. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  11. ↑ Allon Sinai, "Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda draw at Bloomfield Stadium", The Jerusalem Post, 22 January 2007
  12. ↑ "Maccabi TA-Bnei Yehuda mini derby ends in draw", Haaretz, 22 January 2007
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