Tel Aviv derby

Tel Aviv derby
LocationIsrael Tel Aviv, Israel
TeamsMaccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv
First meeting25 February 1928 (Friendly)
19 December 1931 (League)
Latest meeting17 January 2024
(2023–24 Israeli Premier League)
Maccabi 4–2 Hapoel
StadiumsBloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Statistics
Meetings total167
Most winsMaccabi Tel Aviv
All-time series (Israeli Premier League only)Maccabi: 62
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 (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.

  1. ^ "Israeli fan badly injured by firework at Tel Aviv derby". ABC News (Australia). 15 February 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2013.