The "Big Four" is a nickname in the Israeli association football for the four biggest football clubs in Israel.
The "Big Four" consists of Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in addition they are also the only teams who won an Israeli Premier League title.
Since the 2004–05 season they won all competitions except of the 2006–07 and 2010–11 Toto Cup Al, which includes the Israeli Premier League, Israel State Cup and Toto Cup Al.
The "Big Four" won 110 trophies including 49 league championships, 48 State Cups, 10 Toto Cups and 3 Asian Champion Club Tournament Cups.[1][2][3][4]
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| Key | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Won the championship |
| # | Finished in the top four |
| # | Rank in the first division |
| # | Relegated from the first division |
| Promoted to the first division | |
| Not in the first division | |
| Palestine League (1931 – 1947) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season[5] | BJ | HT | MH | MT |
| 1931–32 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| 1933–34 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1934–35 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1935–36 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1937 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1937–38 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1939 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1940 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1941–42 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1943–44 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1944–45 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1946–47 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Israeli League (1949 – 1950) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | BJ | HT | MH | MT |
| 1949–50 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Liga Alef (1951 – 1954) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | BJ | HT | MH | MT |
| 1951–52 | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1953–54 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| Liga Leumit (1954 – 1999) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | BJ | HT | MH | MT |
| 1954–55 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 1955–56 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1956–57 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1957–58 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1958–59 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1959–60 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1960–61 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1961–62 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1962–63 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |
| 1963–64 | 4 | 13 | 5 | |
| 1964–65 | 3 | 15 | 4 | |
| 1965–66 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1966–68 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1968–69 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 1969–70 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1970–71 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 10 |
| 1971–72 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 1972–73 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| 1973–74 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 |
| 1974–75 | 15 | 8 | 4 | |
| 1975–76 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| 1976–77 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
| 1977–78 | 2 | 9 | 3 | |
| 1978–79 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1979–80 | 16 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1980–81 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1981–82 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 1982–83 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 1983–84 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1984–85 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 1985–86 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1986–87 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 1987–88 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 1988–89 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 8 |
| 1989–90 | 10 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1990–91 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 1991–92 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1992–93 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 1993–94 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 1994–95 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1995–96 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1996–97 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 |
| 1997–98 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1998–99 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Premier League (1999 – today) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | BJ | HT | MH | MT |
| 1999–2000 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000–01 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001–02 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002–03 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004–05 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005–06 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006–07 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2007–08 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008–09 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009–10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010–11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Team | Domestic | Continental | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israeli Championships | Israel State Cup | Toto Cup (Top division only) |
Total | Asian Champion Club Tournament |
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| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 18 | 22 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 45 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 12 | 5 | 4 | 21 | – | 21 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | – | 15 |
| Total | 49 | 48 | 10 | 106 | 3 | 110 |
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