Football derbies in Israel

This is a list of the main association football rivalries in Israel.

City derbies

• Tel Aviv derbies:
  • Tel Aviv derby: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv ^{[1] [2]}
  • Tel Aviv mini-derby: Maccabi Tel Aviv or Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv ^{[3] [4]}
• Haifa derby: Maccabi Haifa vs. Hapoel Haifa
• Jerusalem derby: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Jerusalem ^{[5] [6]}
• Ramat Gan derby: Hapoel Ramat Gan vs. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan ^[7]
• Petah Tikva derby: Maccabi Petah Tikva vs. Hapoel Petah Tikva ^[8]
• Rehovot derby: Maccabi Sha'arayim vs. Hapoel Marmorek ^{[9] [10]}
• Ashdod derby: Hapoel Ashdod vs. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod ^[11]

Regional derbies

• Sharon derbies:
  • Maccabi Netanya vs. Hapoel Kfar Saba. ^[12]
  • Hapoel Ra'anana vs. Hapoel Kfar Saba ^[13]
  • Hapoel Herzliya vs. Hapoel Ra'anana ^[14]
  • Ramat HaSharon vs. Maccabi Herzliya ^[15]

Inter-regional rivalries

• Political rivalry: Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Beitar Jerusalem ^[16]
• Religious/ethnic rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Bnei Sakhnin ^{[17] [18]}
• Jerusalem vs Tel Aviv rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv ^[17]
• Jerusalem vs Haifa rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Haifa ^[17]
• Tel Aviv vs Haifa rivalry: Hapoel Tel Aviv or Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa or Hapoel Haifa ^{[19] [20]}

References

1. "Hapoel – Maccabi 05.03.2012". Ultras-Tifo.
2. "Israeli fan badly injured by firework at Tel Aviv derby". ABC News (Australia). 15 February 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
3. Allon Sinai, "Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda draw at Bloomfield Stadium", The Jerusalem Post, 22 January 2007
4. "Maccabi TA-Bnei Yehuda mini derby ends in draw", Haaretz, 22 January 2007
5. "Derby Beitar -Hapoel – Picture of Jerusalem, Jerusalem District – TripAdvisor". Tripadvisor.co.uk.
6. Better the Red – Derby in Jerusalem Haim Baram, haimbaram.com (in Hebrew)
7. When Pitzale and Lufa Exchanged Hits Yossi Oz, 24 January 2012, The Giva'atayim Matkhtesh R.I.P. (in Hebrew)
8. The Biggest Derby: The History of the Rivalry of Petah Tikva Karin Shavit, 23 August 2014, Sport5 (in Hebrew)
9. The Battle for the Hegemony: Marmorek vs. Sha'arayim Michael Weissermann, 27 October 2014, doublepass (in Hebrew)
10. Head to Head: Maccabi Sha'arayim vs. Hapoel Marmorek Shimon Levy, 28 August 2012, mynet (in Hebrew)
11. The Derby Returns to Ashdod David Kakoon, 2 October 2015, Ashdod4u (in Hebrew)
12. Maccabi Netanya – Hapoel Kfar Saba: The Return of the Original Sharon Derby Yaniv Tuchmann, 16 October 2015, Walla! (in Hebrew)
13. Game of Teams: The Day the Sharon Derby Was Born Einat Hirsch, 12 December 2015, Sport5 (in Hebrew)
14. Leumit: Hapoel Herzliya Won Another Derby 15 January 2011, Walla! (in Hebrew)
15. There's a Derby in the Sharon Erez Na'aman, 23 September 2010, Goler (in Hebrew)
16. "The not-so-beautiful game of football in Israel". Financial Times. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
17. "Interview with La Familia (Beitar Jerusalem-Israel)". Ultras-Tifo.
18. "HOLY WAR – The rivalry of Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin – Football Republik".
19. "Maccabi Tel Aviv – Maccabi Haifa 06.01.2014". Ultras-Tifo.
20. "Maccabi Haifa – Maccabi Tel Aviv 14.5.2014". Ultras-Tifo.