Haifa derby

Haifa derby

Kiryat Eliezer Stadium during a local derby
Locale	Haifa (Israel)
Teams	Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa
First meeting	18 June 1949
Latest meeting	Maccabi Won, 3 - 2 (6 March 2016)
Next meeting	TBC
Statistics
Meetings total	123
Most wins	Maccabi Haifa (64)
Most player appearances	Isaac Inglander (20)
All-time series	Maccabi Haifa: 64 Drawn: 30 Hapoel Haifa: 29

The Haifa derby is the name given to the football matches between Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Haifa. As with any major football rivalry, gloating and banter between the two sets of fans is commonplace.

This rivalry between those two club has a long history, just like the clubs themselves. Hapoel Haifa was associated with the Israeli Labor Party and a socialist point of view, while Maccabi Haifa was known for middle class fans. In recent years these political differences have almost completely disappeared due to Maccabi becoming big club by winning twelve titles since 1984 compared with Hapoel's solidarity title won in 1999. This can be further evidenced by Hapoel's opening fixture at Sammy Ofer Stadium attracting 3,500 fans while Maccabi's inaugural fixture was a full capacity 30,000.

Israeli Premier League

On June 18, 1949 the first game was held between the two clubs: Hapoel beat Maccabi 2–0. Since 1955 almost all the derbies took place in the municipal stadium – Kiryat Eliezer Stadium. The first game in that stadium ended with Maccabi winning 4–1. In 1967 was the first derby in Kiryat Haim Stadium (1–1). The aggregate score between the two teams is 148–98 to Maccabi Haifa.

State Cup

The two clubs have met 15 times in the State Cup. Maccabi have won 10 games, and Hapoel have won 3. Two games ended with a penalty kick: once in 2000 when Maccabi won and managed to get the quarter final ticket (2–2 after 120 minutes), and in the second time in 2005 and Hapoel made it (after 3–3) to get the quarter final ticket. The teams have met twice in the final. In 1963, Hapoel Haifa won with a third minute goal from Simha Oren, and in 1995 Maccabi won 2–0 with goals from Moshe Glam and Ofer Shitrit.

Teams League Location

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Maccabi Haifa F.C. (green line) and Hapoel Haifa F.C. (red line) in the Israeli League over the years

Full list of results

Fixtures from 1949 to the present day featuring League games, State cup games and Toto Cup Games:

	Maccabi win
	Hapoel win
	Draw

Date	Competition	Stadium	Score	Maccabi Scorers	Hapoel Scorers	Att.
18 June 1949	Israeli League	Hapoel	2 – 0		Hochendorf (29'); Handler (85');	500
22 April 1950	Israeli League	Maccabi	1 – 2	Banudis;	Rakuchy; Martin;	1,000
2 February 1952	Liga Alef	Hapoel	7 – 1	Banudis;	Orbach (6'), (59'), (61'); Handler (8'), (29') (45'); Nestfober (9'); Neumann (55');	1,000
7 June 1952	Liga Alef	Maccabi	0 – 3		Nestfober (23'); Bergenstat (27'); Handler (29')	500
21 March 1953	Liga Alef	Hapoel	0 – 1	Ben Zvi (29')		1,000
12 December 1953	Liga Alef	Maccabi	0 – 1		Farid	1,000
29 May 1954	State Cup	Hapoel	2 – 1	?	?	?
13 April 1955	Liga Alef	Hapoel	4 – 0		Shamir; Shnyde; Shnyde; Kramer;	3,500
27 August 1955	State Cup	Hapoel	5 – 0	Jurjius (36'); Hardi (38'), (42'); Held (53'); Fuchs (71');		3,000
24 September 1955	Liga Alef	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 1	Hardi (42'); Fuchs (65'); Held (70'); Tannenbaum (87')	Kramer (24')	6,000
21 January 1956	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	5 – 0	Hardi (42'); S. Levi (60'), (86'), (88'); Almani (72')		6,000
21 April 1956	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			3,000
1 December 1956	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1	Held (25')		7,000
16 February 1957	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 4	Held (2')	Ginzburg (36'), (50'), (58'), (80')	7,500
8 June 1957	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 0 *	S. Levi (81');		7,000
8 February 1958	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1	Shapira (54');		9,000
26 April 1958	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 1	Held (2'), (24')	Tchaikovsky (47');	10,000
10 January 1959	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 1	Held (12'), (87'); Shapira (42'); Almani (53')	Tchaikovsky (79')	10,000
18 April 1959	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 3	Amar (25')	Nestfober (23'); Tchaikovsky (68'); Ginzburg (90')	10,000
13 February 1960	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 2	Amar (46')	S. Levi (40'); Ginzburg (43')	12,000
30 April 1960	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 1	Menchel (10')	Tchaikovsky (35')	10,000
7 January 1961	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	3 – 3	Shapira (20'); Shmulevich (35'); Menchel (42')	Sasson (55'); Blum (62'); S. Levi (75')	10,000
15 April 1961	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 1	Ben-Zvi (63')	S. Levi (12'), (22'), (59'), (64')	12,000
20 May 1961	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 0 *	Shmulevich (5'), (50')		8,000
30 December 1961	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	3 – 1	Menchel (54'); Shapira (73'); Hardi (85')	S. Levi (3')	10,000
7 April 1962	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 0		S. Levi (9'), (49')	10,000
15 December 1962	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 2	Menchel (70'); Ben-Zvi (82')	R. Young (74')	12,000
13 April 1963	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			10,000
27 May 1963	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 0 *		Oren (3')	15,000
11 January 1964	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 1	Shmulevich (32')	Swissa (og)(66')	10,000
13 June 1964	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 1	Swissa (63')	Weinberg (75'); R. Young (83')	7,000
19 December 1964	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 0		Inglander (1'); V. Young (70');	8,000
24 April 1965	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 1	Swissa (75')	R. Young (82')	8,000
4 June 1966	State Cup	Bloomfield	1 – 0 *		Palgy (62');	17,000
25 March 1967	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1		Vollach (55')	5,000
23 September 1967	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	1 – 1	Atzmon (og)(78')	Gindin (70')	20,000
9 March 1968	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	1 – 0		Inglander (65');	18,000
22 June 1968	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1		V. Young (44')	10,000
29 March 1969	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	1 – 1	Furta (64')	Atzmon (77')	20,000
21 June 1969	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 0	Gershgorn (49')		7,000
31 January 1970	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	2 – 1	Hirsh (66')	Goldenberg (25'); Razon (65')	18,000
28 March 1970	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0	Hirsch (75')	R. Young (44')	14,000
6 February 1971	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			12,000
3 April 1971	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	1 – 1	S. Benado (88');	Azmon (33');	7,000
22 May 1971	State Cup	Kiryat Haim	0 – 1	Y. Levi (20');		10,000
26 February 1972	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 1	Aharonovic (76');	A. Cohen (36');	10,000
13 May 1972	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	1 – 2	Sharabi (37'); Schwager (58');	Gindin (3');	15,000
13 September 1972	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	3 – 1	A. Cohen (21')(og); Gruber (46'); S. Benado (80');	Englander (56');	6,000
30 September 1972	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	1 – 2	Sharabi (4'); Gershgorn (10');	Vollach (89');	10,000
17 March 1973	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			12,000
8 December 1973	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 1	Agami (1'), (66'); Gal (24'); M. Mizrahi (58')	Iluz (86')	8,000
11 May 1974	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	1 – 2	Adler (50'); Gal (53')	Alon (13')	20,000
24 February 1976	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			15,000
12 June 1976	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	2 – 1	Y. Levy (53')	Leventhal (50'); Lifshiz (72')	16,000
30 October 1976	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	0 – 0			15,000
26 March 1977	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			10,000
18 March 1978	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 0 *	Loft (1'); Haim (72');		6,000
27 October 1984	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	0 – 1	Rosenthal (20')		18,000
9 March 1985	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Haim	0 – 0			18,000
19 October 1985	Toto Cup	Kiryat Haim	1 – 0	Maman (52')		3,000
2 November 1985	Toto Cup	Kiryat Haim	2 – 0 *		Y. Amar (60'); Rokman (85')	4,000
21 September 1985	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 0	Armeli (21'), (67'), (72'); Abukarat (27')		10,000
15 February 1986	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 2	Armeli (16'); Seleckter (61');		10,000
5 September 1992	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 3	O. Mizrahi (3'), (77'); Hetsko (39')		14,000
12 December 1992	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 0	Berkovic (28'); Hetsko (30'), (39'), (88')		12,000
14 May 1993	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 1	Atar (31'), (69'); Hetsko (53'); Y. Cohen (65')	Banin (37')	5,000
9 August 1993	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	3 – 0 *	Atar (9'); Holtzman (12'), (21')		1,500
11 September 1993	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			3,000
25 December 1993	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 4	R. Levi (22'), (71'); Glam (47'); Aharoni (45')		12,000
12 March 1994	Liga Leumit	Bloomfield	6 – 1	Berkovic (16'); Harazi (29'); Hazan (31'); A. Mizrahi (45'); Atar (45'); Gonen (55')(og)	Grishin (65');	8,000
13 August 1994	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0 *			8,000
30 November 1994	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	3 – 0 *		Danny Niron (2'), (23'), (87')	3,000
24 December 1994	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 0	Kandaurov (25'), (76'); Ghrayib (65'); R. Levi (86')		16,000
20 May 1995	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 3	Shitrit (20'), (65'); Berkovic (86')	Atar (22'), (87')	16,000
30 May 1995	State Cup	Ramat Gan	2 – 0	Shitrit (9'); Glam (60')		24,000
16 December 1995	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 1	Kandaurov (72');	Atar (32'); Turgeman (51');	16,000
4 May 1996	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 0	Harazi (88'); Hazan (90');		17,000
19 October 1996	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 1	Kandaurov (19'); Shirazi (37');	Banin (90');	9,000
11 February 1997	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 2 *	Glam (29')	Shitrit (56'); Banin (84')	6,000
8 March 1997	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 2	Turgeman (29'); Shirazi (45')		8,000
6 December 1997	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 4	Shirazi (75'); A. Mizrahi (82')	Rosso (5'); Chulakowiz (18'); Basis (35'), (60')	15,000
25 April 1998	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1	A. Mizrahi (45')		14,000
9 September 1998	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			10,000
6 February 1999	Liga Leumit	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1		Talker (4')	18,000
22 November 1999	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	3 – 2	Benayoun (52'), (84'); R. Cohen (67')	Turgeman (70'); Milanko (73')	15,000
19 February 2000	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 2			15,000
7 March 2000	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 2	Keisi (38'); Brzęczek (61')	Talker (22'); Turgeman (42')	12,000
17 April 2000	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 0	Cleşcenco (41'); Michalski (45'), (82'); Atar (71')		11,000
23 October 2000	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 0	Benayoun (11'); Cleşcenco (48')		13,000
6 January 2001	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 3		Aleen (5'); Ben Shimon (31'); Turgeman (35')	15,000
2 April 2001	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 1	Katan (73')	Yeleshev (59')	14,000
19 May 2001	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 3	Badir (66')	Turgeman (13'), (59'); Ghrayib (90')	14,000
24 November 2001	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 1	Rosso (5'); Aiyegbeni (71')	Talker (28')	13,000
18 February 2002	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 2	Rosso (54'); Badir (90')	Ziv (84')	12,000
4 May 2002	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 2	Aiyegbeni (65'); R. Cohen (84')		13,000
13 August 2002	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 0	E. Levi (25')		8,000
15 January 2003	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 2	Badir (40'); E. Levi (90')	Tubi (19')	2,000
7 August 2004	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	4 – 0	Badir (4'), (28); Boccoli (37), (73)		13,000
13 October 2004	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1	Roso (3')		2,500
7 November 2004	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 4	Tal (10'); Barda (20'), (69'); Katan (90');	Hasarma (65')	10,000
5 February 2005	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	3 – 0	Yoveladyo (10')(og); Tal (41'), (77');		7,000
26 February 2005	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 1	Colautti (9'), (78')	Tutuana (38')	10,000
9 April 2005	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	3 – 3 (P)	Tal (20'); Megrelashvili (45'); Dirceu (77')	Tutuana (6'), (57'); Chasarme (16')	3,000
28 December 2009	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1	Golasa (33')		14,500
10 April 2010	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			14,000
14 August 2010	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 0	Dvalishvili (48'); Katan (61'); Hemed (74');		10,000
10 November 2010	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 0	S. Levi (og)(49');		3,000
22 November 2010	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0			14,000
14 March 2011	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 0	Rafaelov (60'); Dvalishvili (85')		10,000
20 April 2011	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 3	Vered (38'); Rafaelov (58'), (71')	Ben Basat (30')	14,000
6 August 2011	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 1	Ghadir (34')	E. Levy (15')	8,000
10 December 2011	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 3	Dvalishvili (22')	Avidor (49'), (56'); Gluščević (65')	13,500
17 March 2012	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 1	Cesarec (90')	Avidor (75')	6,000
4 August 2012	Toto Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 0
2 December 2012	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 3	Golasa (59'); Amashe (74'); Ezra (76')		9,000
27 February 2013	State Cup	Kiryat Eliezer	2 – 1	Turgeman (44'); Ndlovu (89')	Harel (90')	10,000
4 March 2013	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	1 – 1	Amashe (18')	Abukarat (74')	13,000
27 October 2013	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1		Korać (13')	11,000
1 February 2014	Premier League	Kiryat Eliezer	0 – 1	Turgeman (18')		13,000
19 August 2014	Toto Cup	Netanya	2 – 0	Rubén Rayos (79'), (90')		8,500
14 December 2014	Premier League	Sammy Ofer	0 – 4	Benayoun (4'); Vered (44'); Míchel (75'); Abuhatzira (81')		22,500
14 March 2015	Premier League	Sammy Ofer	2 – 0	Tawatha (45'); Vered (89')		25,200
1 August 2015	Toto Cup	Sammy Ofer	2 – 1	Turgeman (67'); Meshumar (71')	Suissa (48')
7 December 2015	Premier League	Sammy Ofer	2 – 4	Atar (41'); Raiyan (44'); Keinan (88'); Plet (90')	Stojković (5' O.G.); Suissa (17')
27 January 2016	State Cup	Sammy Ofer	1 – 0	Plet (5')		18,201
6 March 2016	Premier League	Sammy Ofer	3 – 2	Plet]] (17'), Ata'a (40'); Fishler (76' O.G.)	Kiwan (49'); Tawatha (68' O.G.)

Competition statistics

Fixtures from 1949 to the present day:

Competition	Games	Maccabi Wins	Hapoel Wins	Draw	Maccabi's Goals	Hapoel's Goals
Premier League	93	45	23	25	145	101
State Cup	15	9	4	2	23	16
Toto Cup	15	10	3	2	22	10
Total	123	64	30	29	190	127

Stadium Statistics

Fixtures from 1949 to the present day:

Stadium	Games	Maccabi Wins	Hapoel Wins	Draw	Maccabi's Goals	Hapoel's Goals
Kiryat Eliezer	91	49	17	25	149	83
Kiryat Haim	14	6	4	4	13	12
Hapoel Stadium	7	1	6	0	4	21
Sammy Ofer	6	6	0	0	16	5
Maccabi Stadium	2	0	2	0	0	4
Bloomfield	2	1	1	0	6	2
Ramat Gan	1	1	0	0	2	0
Netanya Stadium	1	1	0	0	2	0
Total	123	64	30	29	190	127

Goalscorer records

Players with 5 or more goals in the Those in bold still with either side.

As of 21 December 2014

Scorer	Team(s)	League	State Cup	Toto Cup	Total
Shlomo Levi	Hapoel Maccabi	9 3	- 1	- -	13
Yishayahu Held	Maccabi	7	1	-	8
Reuven Atar	Maccabi Hapoel	4 3	- -	1 -	8
Avraham Ginzburg	Hapoel	6	-	-	6
Moshe Handler	Hapoel	5	-	-	5
Ivan Hetsko	Maccabi	5	-	-	5
Amir Turgeman	Hapoel	4	1	-	5
Johny Hardi	Maccabi	3	2	-	5
Walid Badir	Maccabi	2	-	3	5