Tel Aviv derby
| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
|---|---|
| Teams | Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| First meeting | 25 February 1928 (Friendly) 19 December 1931 (League) |
| Latest meeting | 17 January 2024 (2023–24 Israeli Premier League) Maccabi 4–2 Hapoel |
| Next meeting | 24 January 2026 (2025–26 Israeli Premier League) |
| Stadiums | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 167 |
| Most wins | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| All-time series (Israeli Premier League only) | Maccabi: 62 Drawn: 59 Hapoel: 46 |
| Largest victory | Maccabi 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 (Hebrew: הדרבי של תל אביב) 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 62 league victories, opposite 46 Hapoel wins and 59 draws. Overall, since 1931, Hapoel has 55 league victories, Maccabi has 67 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] A 19 October 2025 match was also cancelled due to violence that left five fans and three police officers injured.[11]
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. [12][13]
List of results
Israel State Cup
| # | Date | Season | Stadium | Home team | Away team | Score | Goals home | Goals away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 June 1933 | 1933 | Final | Maccabi Petah Tikva Ground | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | ||
| 2 | 2 June 1934 | 1934 | Final | Maccabi Petah Tikva Ground | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | 28 May 1938 | 1938 | Final | Maccabiah Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | 20 April 1940 | 1940 | Semi-final | Maccabiah Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4–0 | ||
| 5 | 15 November 1941 | 1941 | Final | Maccabiah Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | ||
| 6 | 29 May 1954 | 1953–1954 | Quarter-final | Basa Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | Yosef Merimovich (68) | |
| 7 | 28 June 1958 | 1957–1958 | Round of 16 | Basa Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | Yosef Goldstein (16) | |
| 8 | 19 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) | |
| 9 | 1 November 1967 | 1966–1967 | Final | Bloomfield Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | George Borba (62) | Ori Kadmi (28), Rachamim Talbi (66) |
| 10 | 1 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) |
| 11 | 17 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) |
| 12 | 7 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) |
| 13 | 18 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) | |
| 14 | 22 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) | ||
| 15 | 7 June 1994 | 1993–1994 | Final | Ramat Gan Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Itzik Zohar (49), Nir Klinger (71) | |
| 16 | 15 April 1997 | 1996–1997 | Quarter-final | Ramat Gan Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–0 | Offer Mizrahi (35, 44), Avi Nimni (70) | |
| 17 | 7 March 2000 | 1999–2000 | Round of 16 | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Ilan Bakhar (39), Omri Afek (53) | |
| 18 | 9 May 2001 | 2000–2001 | Semi-final | Ramat Gan Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Baruch Dego (19, 23) | |
| 19 | 16 February 2009 | 2008–2009 | Ninth Round | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–0 | Mahran Lala (31), Samuel Yeboah (90) | |
| 20 | 2 June 2021 | 2020–2021 | Final | Bloomfield Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Yonatan Cohen (73), Luis Hernández (96) | Omri Altman (31) |
| 21 | 14 January 2026 | 2025–2026 | Round of 16 | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
Toto Cup
| # | Date | Season | Stadium | Home team | Away team | Score | Goals home | Goals away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 September 1990 | 1990–1991 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | ||
| 2 | 29 December 1990 | Ramat Gan Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–1 | ||||
| 3 | 21 January 1991 | 1991–1992 | Semi-final | Bloomfield Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Arik Shriki (23) | |
| 4 | 28 November 1992 | 1992–1993 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | ||
| 5 | 13 February 1993 | Ramat Gan Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–1 | ||||
| 6 | 17 August 1996 | 1996–1997 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | ||
| 7 | 12 November 1996 | Ramat Gan Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–3 | ||||
| 8 | 23 September 1998 | 1998–1999 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–2 | ||
| 9 | 16 January 1999 | Ramat Gan Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–0 | ||||
| 10 | 20 August 2005 | 2005–2006 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–3 | ||
| 11 | 10 January 2006 | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–0 | ||||
| 12 | 28 January 2009 | 2008–2009 | Semi-final | Ramat Gan Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | Emmanuel Mayuka (14) | |
| 13 | 14 August 2010 | 2010–2011 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–3 | ||
| 14 | 10 November 2010 | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | ||||
| 15 | 31 July 2011 | 2011–2012 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–2 | ||
| 16 | 5 August 2012 | 2012–2013 | Group stage | Ramat Gan Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | ||
| 17 | 31 August 2014 | 2014–2015 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–1 | ||
| 18 | 1 August 2015 | 2015–2016 | Group stage | Bloomfield Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–3 | ||
| 19 | 15 August 2016 | 2016–2017 | Group stage | HaMoshava Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | ||
| 20 | 19 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
| # | Date | Season | Stadium | Home team | Away team | Score | Goals home | Goals away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 December 1954 | 1954–55 Shapira Cup | Group stage | Basa Stadium | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Rosenbaum (15), Fuchs (46) | Reznik (90) |
| 2 | 15 January 1955 | Basa Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Reznik (10), Schweitzer (15, o.g.) | Rosenbaum (81) | ||
| 3 | 20 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) |
| 4 | 2 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) |
| 5 | 5 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) | |
| 6 | 13 January 1998 | Friendly | Bat Yam Municipal Stadium | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2–1 | Elek Nyilas (45, 63) | Shalom Tikva (47) | |
Gallery
References
- ^ "Israeli fan badly injured by firework at Tel Aviv derby". ABC News (Australia). 15 February 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ [1] Davar, 24 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
- ^ [2] Davar, 26 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
- ^ [3] Do'ar HaYom, 28 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
- ^ [4] Davar, 29 February 1928, Historical Jewish Press
- ^ [5] Davar, 4 March 1928, Historical Jewish Press
- ^ "Defeat of visiting teams", The Palestine Bulletin, 20 December 1931, Historical Jewish Press
- ^ "Whose Town Is It: The Numbers and Milestones of the Tel Aviv Derby" Globes, 16 December 2013
- ^ "Tel Aviv soccer match stopped after on-field brawl". Yahoo News. Associated Press. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "Israeli Premier League soccer derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv called off". AP News. 2025-10-20. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ^ Allon Sinai, "Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda draw at Bloomfield Stadium", The Jerusalem Post, 22 January 2007
- ^ "Maccabi TA-Bnei Yehuda mini derby ends in draw", Haaretz, 22 January 2007
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