Haifa derby

Haifa derby

Kiryat Eliezer Stadium during a local derby
Locale Israel Haifa (Israel)
Teams Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
First contested 18 June 1949
Most recent meeting Maccabi Won, 2 - 0
(14 March 2015)
Next meeting TBC
Statistics
Number of meetings 119
Most wins Maccabi Haifa (60)
Most player appearances Isaac Inglander (20)
All-time series Maccabi Haifa: 60
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 132–97 to Maccabi Haifa.

State Cup

The two clubs have met 14 times in the State Cup. Maccabi have won 8 games, and Hapoel have won 4. Two games ended with a penalty kick: once in 2000 when Macabbi 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

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 Stadium
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

Competition statistics

Fixtures from 1949 to the present day:

Competition Games Maccabi Wins Hapoel Wins Draw Maccabi's Goals Hapoel's Goals
Premier League 91 43 23 25 138 97
State Cup 14 8 4 2 22 16
Toto Cup 14 9 3 2 20 9
Total 119 60 30 29 180 122

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
Maccabi Stadium 2 0 2 0 0 4
Bloomfield 2 1 1 0 6 2
Ramat Gan 1 1 0 0 2 0
Sammy Ofer 2 2 0 0 6 0
Netanya Stadium 1 1 0 0 2 0
Total 119 60 30 29 180 122

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 HeldMaccabi 7 1 - 8
Reuven Atar Maccabi
Hapoel 		4
3 		-
-		 1
- 		8
Avraham GinzburgHapoel 6 - - 6
Moshe Handler Hapoel 5 - - 5
Ivan HetskoMaccabi 5 - - 5
Amir TurgemanHapoel 4 1 - 5
Johny HardiMaccabi 3 2 - 5
Walid BadirMaccabi 2 - 3 5

References