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Football derbies in Israel
Last updated
September 02, 2025
This is a list of the main
association football
rivalries
in
Israel
.
Contents
National rivalries
City derbies
Regional derbies
References
National rivalries
Political rivalry
:
Hapoel Tel Aviv
vs.
Beitar Jerusalem
[
1
]
Tel Aviv vs. Haifa rivalry ("The Israeli Classico"):
Maccabi Tel Aviv
vs.
Maccabi Haifa
.
[
2
]
Religious/ethnic rivalry:
Beitar Jerusalem
vs.
Bnei Sakhnin
[
3
]
[
4
]
Be'er Sheva vs. Netanya rivalry:
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
vs.
Maccabi Netanya
[
5
]
City derbies
Tel Aviv derbies:
Tel Aviv derby
:
Maccabi Tel Aviv
vs.
Hapoel Tel Aviv
[
6
]
[
7
]
Eastern Derby:
Hapoel Kfar Shalem
vs.
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv mini-derby
:
Maccabi Tel Aviv
or
Hapoel Tel Aviv
vs.
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
[
8
]
[
9
]
and in also the past
Beitar Tel Aviv
,
Shimson Tel Aviv
and
Maccabi Jaffa
.
Haifa derby
:
Maccabi Haifa
vs.
Hapoel Haifa
[
10
]
Jerusalem derby
:
Beitar Jerusalem
vs.
Hapoel Jerusalem
[
11
]
[
12
]
Ramat Gan derby:
Hapoel Ramat Gan
vs.
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
[
13
]
Petah Tikva derby (Melabes Derby):
Maccabi Petah Tikva
vs.
Hapoel Petah Tikva
[
14
]
Rehovot derby (derby HaShkhonot):
Maccabi Sha'arayim
vs.
Hapoel Marmorek
[
15
]
[
16
]
Ashdod derby
:
Hapoel Ashdod
vs.
Maccabi Ironi Ashdod
[
17
]
Herzeliya derby:
Hapoel Herzliya
vs.
Maccabi Herzliya
[
18
]
Regional derbies
South
derby:
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
vs.
F.C Ashdod
[
19
]
Sharon
derbies:
Maccabi Netanya
vs.
Hapoel Hadera
[
20
]
Hapoel Ra'anana
vs.
Hapoel Kfar Saba
[
21
]
Ramat HaSharon
vs.
Maccabi Herzliya
[
22
]
References
↑
"The not-so-beautiful game of football in Israel"
.
Financial Times
. 2 January 2010
. Retrieved
28 August
2022
.
↑
"Maccabi Tel Aviv holds Maccabi Haifa in Clasico draw"
.
The Jerusalem Post
. 2024-04-09.
ISSN
0792-822X
. Retrieved
2024-05-05
.
↑
"Interview with La Familia (Beitar Jerusalem-Israel)"
.
Ultras-Tifo
.
↑
"HOLY WAR – The rivalry of Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin – Football Republik"
.
↑
"קיצור תולדות השנאה: היריבות בין מכבי נתניה להפועל ב"ש"
.
ספורט 1
(in Hebrew). 2018-04-22
. Retrieved
2024-05-05
.
↑
"Hapoel – Maccabi 05.03.2012"
.
Ultras-Tifo
.
↑
"Israeli fan badly injured by firework at Tel Aviv derby"
.
ABC News (Australia)
. 15 February 2004
. Retrieved
19 December
2013
.
↑
Allon Sinai,
"Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda draw at Bloomfield Stadium"
,
The Jerusalem Post
, 22 January 2007
↑
"Maccabi TA-Bnei Yehuda mini derby ends in draw"
,
Haaretz
, 22 January 2007
↑
זהבי, מיה (2024-03-10).
"Hapoel Haifa fans were arrested on suspicion of attacking a Maccabi Haifa fan - Live here - The News Corporation of Haifa and the surrounding area"
.
חי פֹּה - תאגיד החדשות של חיפה והסביבה
. Retrieved
2024-05-05
.
↑
"Derby Beitar -Hapoel – Picture of Jerusalem, Jerusalem District – TripAdvisor"
.
Tripadvisor.co.uk
.
↑
Better the Red – Derby in Jerusalem
Haim Baram, haimbaram.com
(in Hebrew)
↑
When Pitzale and Lufa Exchanged Hits
Yossi Oz, 24 January 2012, The Giva'atayim Matkhtesh R.I.P.
(in Hebrew)
↑
The Biggest Derby: The History of the Rivalry of Petah Tikva
Karin Shavit, 23 August 2014, Sport5
(in Hebrew)
↑
The Battle for the Hegemony: Marmorek vs. Sha'arayim
Michael Weissermann, 27 October 2014, doublepass
(in Hebrew)
↑
Head to Head: Maccabi Sha'arayim vs. Hapoel Marmorek
Shimon Levy, 28 August 2012, mynet
(in Hebrew)
↑
The Derby Returns to Ashdod
David Kakoon, 2 October 2015, Ashdod4u
(in Hebrew)
↑
Leumit: Hapoel Herzliya Won Another Derby
15 January 2011, Walla!
(in Hebrew)
↑
"דרבי הדרום: עלייה באר שבעית או נקמה אשדודית?"
.
ONE - מספר אחת בספורט
. 2012-03-03
. Retrieved
2024-05-05
.
↑
פורת, אבינעם (2017-04-24).
"מופע שנות ה-70"
.
Ynet
(in Hebrew)
. Retrieved
2024-05-05
.
↑
Game of Teams: The Day the Sharon Derby Was Born
Einat Hirsch, 12 December 2015, Sport5
(in Hebrew)
↑
There's a Derby in the Sharon
Erez Na'aman, 23 September 2010, Goler
(in Hebrew)
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