Israeli football clubs in international competitions
Israeli football clubs have competed in international football tournaments since 1967, when Hapoel Tel Aviv played in the inaugural Asian Champion Club Tournament . Two Israeli clubs, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv , competed in all four editions of the Asian Champion Club Tournament before it was discontinued after the 1972 edition was cancelled. The Israel Football Association was expelled from the AFC in 1974, with Israeli clubs not being invited to take part in the competition when it was revived as the Asian Club Championship (now the AFC Champions League ) in 1985.
Between 1976 and 1994 , Israeli clubs took part in the Intertoto Cup , which was the only international club competition available until 1990 due to the Israeli FA not being affiliated to any confederation.
Israel was admitted to UEFA in 1991 and Israeli clubs participated European football tournaments since 1992, when Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva played in the Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup (respectively). Since 1992, Israeli clubs have taken part in the UEFA Champions League , UEFA Cup , UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , UEFA Europa League and UEFA Intertoto Cup .
Full Asian record
Intertoto Cup (1976–1994)
Israeli teams first appeared in the Intertoto Cup in 1976, with Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Beitar Jerusalem , champions and runners-up in the previous season , debuting. In 1979, due to the cost of travelling to Europe, only one team, Maccabi Netanya was entered into the competition,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] and between 1980 and 1992 the two Israeli entrants played in one group to reduce travelling expenses.[ 4] In 1993 and 1994, as the format of the competition was changed to allow participating teams to play only two away matches, Israeli teams were allocated to two different groups.
Season
Club
Group
Rank
Opponents
W
D
L
GF
GA
1976
Beitar Jerusalem
1
3rd
Young Boys , Malmö FF , Admira Vienna
2
2
2
12
13
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2
3rd
Hertha Berlin , Standard Liège , Køge
1
3
2
8
13
1977
Maccabi Jaffa
1
4th
Halmstad , Vojvodina , Amsterdam
2
1
3
9
15
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2
4th
Duisburg , Standard Liège , Twente
1
1
4
10
15
1978
Maccabi Tel Aviv
5
3rd
Malmö FF , FC Zürich , Admira Vienna
2
0
4
10
10
Maccabi Netanya
8
1st
Sloboda Tuzla , Elfsborg , Lillestrøm
3
3
0
16
8
1979
Maccabi Netanya
1
3rd
Werder Bremen , Standard Liège , Rapid Vienna
1
2
3
8
10
1980
Maccabi Netanya
3
1st
KB , Royal Antwerp
3
2
1
11
6
Maccabi Tel Aviv
4th
1
1
4
8
14
1981
Maccabi Netanya
1
3rd
Wiener SK , R.F.C. de Liège
2
2
2
11
8
Hapoel Tel Aviv
4th
0
2
4
6
16
1982
Hapoel Tel Aviv
5
2nd
Admira Vienna , Norrköping
4
0
2
12
10
Hapoel Kfar Saba
4th
1
1
4
8
18
1983
Maccabi Netanya
4
1st
AGF , FC Lucerne
5
0
1
17
10
Shimshon Tel Aviv
4th
1
1
4
5
10
1984
Maccabi Netanya
8
1st
Admira Vienna , FC Wettingen
4
1
1
13
13
Beitar Jerusalem
4th
0
1
5
6
14
1985
Maccabi Haifa
8
1st
Arminia Bielefeld , Sturm Graz
4
1
1
13
12
Beitar Jerusalem
4th
1
1
4
5
12
1986
Maccabi Haifa
8
2nd
Lyngby , Grazer AK
2
2
2
7
10
Hapoel Tel Aviv
3rd
1
2
3
9
12
1987
Beitar Jerusalem
8
3rd
Brøndby , VfL Bochum
2
1
3
3
11
Bnei Yehuda
4th
0
1
5
4
16
1988
Beitar Jerusalem
7
3rd
Ikast FS , Sturm Graz
1
2
3
8
16
Shimshon Tel Aviv
4th
0
2
4
3
16
1989
Hapoel Petah Tikva
8
3rd
Sparta Prague , Wisła Kraków
2
1
3
9
11
Beitar Jerusalem
4th
1
1
4
7
13
1990
Maccabi Haifa
3
2nd
Lech Poznań , BFC Siófok
3
2
1
14
5
Bnei Yehuda
4th
0
1
5
5
18
1991
Maccabi Haifa
10
3rd
Örebro , Saarbrücken
2
0
4
6
17
Hapoel Petah Tikva
4th
0
1
5
8
17
1992
Maccabi Petah Tikva
9
3rd
Slavia Prague , Bayer Leverkusen
1
3
2
7
11
Maccabi Netanya
4th
0
2
4
4
13
1993
Maccabi Tel Aviv
5
5th
Slavia Prague , Lokomotive Leipzieg , Aalborg , Häcken
0
1
3
2
9
Beitar Jerusalem
8
5th
Dynamo Dresden , FC Aarau , Wiener SK , Iraklis 1908
0
2
2
3
6
1994
Maccabi Netanya
1
3rd
Halmstad , Lokomotiv Sofia , Sparta Prague , Silkeborg
1
2
1
5
5
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2
2nd
Young Boys , Electroputere Craiova [ro ] , Karlsruhe , Häcken
2
1
1
9
5
Full European record
Israeli clubs have participated in UEFA tournaments since 1992–93. Maccabi Haifa three times, Maccabi Tel Aviv twice and Hapoel Tel Aviv had managed to qualify to the Champions League group stage. The same clubs, along with Maccabi Petah Tikva and Ironi Kiryat Shmona qualified to the UEFA Cup/Europa League group stage. The furthest any club reached in a European tournament was the quarter-finals, reached by Maccabi Haifa in 1998–99 and by Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2001–02 .
Club
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
(includes UEFA Cup )
UEFA Europa Conference League
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Total
Apps.
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Apps.
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Apps.
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Apps.
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Apps.
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Apps.
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Mac. Tel Aviv [ 5]
10
47
15
10
16
47
63
14
94
42
20
32
134
130
2
20
10
6
4
30
18
1
4
2
1
1
6
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
165
69
37
53
217
215
Mac. Haifa [ 6]
10*
47
19
9
19
85
70
12
55
22
14
19
86
72
1
12
5
3
5
23
13
3
18
9
2
7
29
22
3
8
3
0
5
13
24
22
140
58
28
55
236
201
Hap. Tel Aviv [ 7]
2
14
5
3
6
21
20
14
92
43
17
32
135
101
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
4
1
10
17
110
48
20
42
157
131
Beitar Jerusalem [ 8]
5
16
6
3
7
20
29
10
33
10
10
13
46
55
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
8
2
1
5
12
20
14
57
18
14
25
78
104
Hap. Be'er Sheva [ 9]
3
16
9
3
4
27
24
9
44
14
9
21
49
72
2*
13
7
4
2
22
9
1
4
1
1
2
3
15
1
2
1
0
1
2
4
11
79
32
17
30
103
124
Bnei Yehuda [ 10]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
30
15
4
11
30
29
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
30
15
4
11
30
29
Mac. Netanya [ 11]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
10
2
3
5
7
16
1
2
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
3
3
6
14
3
4
7
11
22
Mac. Petah Tikva [ 12]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
11
4
0
7
21
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
14
4
6
4
16
20
5
25
8
6
11
37
41
Hap. Haifa [ 13]
1
4
0
2
2
1
5
2
8
3
1
4
9
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
10
2
2
6
14
20
5
22
5
5
12
24
40
Ir. Kiryat Shmona [ 14]
1
6
2
2
2
9
6
4
14
1
5
8
14
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
20
3
7
10
23
30
Hap. Petah Tikva [ 15]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
3
2
1
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
0
1
6
2
2
6
0
3
3
11
4
4
16
6
5
5
13
16
FC Ashdod [ 16]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
3
3
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
1
1
7
3
3
8
2
4
2
10
7
Bnei Sakhnin [ 17]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
0
2
7
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
0
2
4
4
2
8
4
0
4
11
12
Hap. Ramat Gan [ 18]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
Hap. Rishon LeZion [ 19]
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
3
3
Update: 8 September 2022, * currently in indicated competition.
Statistics
Most Champions League competitions appeared in: 3 – Maccabi Haifa (2002–03 , 2009–10 , 2022–23 )
Most UEFA Cup/Europa League competitions appeared in: 10 – Hapoel Tel Aviv (1999–2000 , 2001–02 , 2002–03 , 2003–04 , 2006–07 , 2007–08 , 2008–09 , 2009–10 , 2011–12 , 2012–13 )
Most Conference League competitions appeared in: 2 – Maccabi Haifa (2021–22 , 2023–24 ) and Maccabi Tel Aviv (2021–22 , 2023–24 )
Most Cup Winners' Cup competitions appeared in: 3 – Maccabi Haifa (1993–94 , 1995–96 , 1998–99 )
Most Intertoto Cup competitions appeared in: 9 – Maccabi Netanya (1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1983 , 1984 , 1992 , 1994 , 2003 )
Most matches played: 201 – Maccabi Tel Aviv
First match played: Valletta 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv , 19 August 1992 (1992–93 Champions League , preliminary round)
Most match wins: 69 – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Most match losses: 63 – Maccabi Haifa
Biggest win: Khazar Lankaran 0–8 Maccabi Haifa (2013–14 Europa League Second qualifying round)
Biggest defeat: Roda 10–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1997–98 Cup Winners' Cup first round)
Notes:
The total appearances column sum all club appearances by seasons and not by competitions (i.e. for a club which played in CL and EL in one season, only one appearance is calculated in the total column, while one appearance is calculated for each competition).
Maccabi Haifa had beaten FC Haka 4–0 in 2001–02 , which was later awarded to HJK as a walkover win due to Maccabi Haifa fielding a suspended player.[ 20] The original score is included in the table.
Maccabi Tel Aviv had beaten PAOK 2–1 in 2004–05 , which was later awarded to Maccabi Tel Aviv as a walkover win due to PAOK fielding a suspended player.[ 21] The original score is included in the table.
In 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Maccabi Tel Aviv were drawn to meet PAOK in the Play-off round. However, on 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing. [ 22] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round. [ 23] Thus, Maccabi Tel Aviv , the opponent of PAOK in the Europa League play-off round, qualified directly for the Europa League group stage without playing any match in the play-off round. The two cancelled matches are not included in the table.
References
^ A Financial Proposal for Entering Two Teams to the Intertoto Was Prepared in Maccabi Ma'ariv, 5 December 1978, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ The Champions Netanya Will Represent Israel in the Intertoto Ma'ariv, 13 December 1978, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ Almog: We Decided Upon One in the Intertoto Since We Will Not Be Able to Tolerate a 25 Million IL Deficit Davar, 13 December 1978, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ The Condition to Entering 2 Teams to the Intertoto – In One Group Davar, 12 February 1980, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ uefa.com. "Maccabi Tel Aviv in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Maccabi Haifa in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Hapoel Tel Aviv in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Beitar Jerusalem in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Hapoel Be'er Sheva in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Bnei Yehuda in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Maccabi Netanya in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Maccabi Petah Tikva in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Hapoel Haifa in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Hapoel Kiryat Shmona in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Hapoel Petah Tikva in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "FC Ashdod in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Bnei Sakhnin in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Hapoel Ramat Gan in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ uefa.com. "Hapoel Rishon LeZion in UEFA competitions" . Retrieved 26 July 2016 .
^ Maccabi Haifa Win Over Haka Reversed; No Liverpool Game Doron Bergerfreund, 3 August 2001, HaAretz
^ PAOK punished with 3-0 loss UEFA, 13 August 2004
^ "Metalist disqualified from UEFA competitions" . UEFA.com. 14 August 2013.
^ "PAOK to replace Metalist in play-offs" . UEFA.com. 14 August 2013.
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