On December 19th 1931, 94 years and one month ago, the first-ever meeting between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv took place, as part of the Eretz Israel League. The match was staged at the packed Maccabiah Stadium, with 5,000 spectators in attendance, and resulted with a 1-1 draw as with Shmuel Becker was on target for Maccabi while Avraham Nudelman scored for Hapoel.
Since then, a total of 234 Tel Aviv derbies were played in all competitions. The total record currently stands on 97 Maccabi victories 68 victories for Hapoel and 68 matches that ended in a draw with a total goal tally of 325-241.
In 168 league derbies, the record stands at 63 Maccabi victories, 46 Hapoel victories and 59 matches that ended with a draw. The total goal tally in league matches currently stands at 217–156. After the number of victories were tied at 45 wins each at the end of the 2012/13 season, since then Maccabi increased the gap to 17 matches.
Maccabi is currently on a 23-match unbeaten run in the league which is a club record against any opponent in league history. During this run of matches Maccabi won 16 derbies while seven were drawn with a staggering goal difference of 53–8. This 23-match streak is the fourth-longest unbeaten run, in league history. The record which currently stands at 29 matches is held by Maccabi Haifa against Hapoel Petah Tikva between 1992–2003.
Maccabi has a 29-match unbeaten run, in derbies of which 21 resulted with a victory and eight were drawn as the goal tally stands on 66-12.
Hapoel’s last victory in a Tel Aviv derby was recorded on April 26th 2014, exactly 11 years and 9 months ago (4,293 days).
The biggest derby victory: four 5–0 victories Maccabi recorded in 1970, 2017, 2022 and 2024.
A total of 2,560,000 fans attended the 162 Tel Aviv derbies in the league which were played with fans in the stadium, averaging 15,800 fans per match. The highest gate average among all league matchups in the history of Israeli football.
Maccabi faced Hapoel 8 times on Matchday 20 with the record currently standing on 4 victories 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A total of 391 players featured for Maccabi in Tel Aviv derbies. Miko Belo, made the most appearances for Maccabi in this fixture featuring in 33 derbies. Sheran Yeini, is second with 32 while Benny Tabak and Avi Nimni are both tied in third place with 29 appearances each.
A total of 94 Maccabi players scored in the Tel Aviv derby. Maccabi’s all-time top scorers in derbies are Eran Zahavi and Shiye Glazer, scoring 11 goals each. Avi Nimni holds the record for delivering the most assists against Hapoel, with 6 assists to his name. Eran Zahavi and Giyora Spiegel share the second place, with 5 assists each.
A total of 57 players featured for both clubs in derbies. Of the current squad, Osher Davida, Sagiv Yehezkel, Raz Shlomo, Yoav Gerafi, and Dani Gropper have previously played for Hapoel.
