Football derbies in Israel

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

National rivalries

• Political rivalry: Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Beitar Jerusalem ^[1]
• The Maccabi derby /"the Israeli Classico": Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa. ^[2]
• Religious/ethnic rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Bnei Sakhnin ^{[3] [4]}
• Beer 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]}
  • 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

• Sharon derbies:
  • Maccabi Netanya vs. Hapoel Hadera ^[19]
  • Hapoel Ra'anana vs. Hapoel Kfar Saba ^[20]
  • Ramat HaSharon vs. Maccabi Herzliya ^[21]
• South derby: Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs. F.C Ashdod ^[22]

References

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2. "Maccabi Tel Aviv holds Maccabi Haifa in Clasico draw". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
3. "Interview with La Familia (Beitar Jerusalem-Israel)". Ultras-Tifo.
4. "HOLY WAR – The rivalry of Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin – Football Republik".
5. "קיצור תולדות השנאה: היריבות בין מכבי נתניה להפועל ב"ש". ספורט 1 (in Hebrew). 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
6. "Hapoel – Maccabi 05.03.2012". Ultras-Tifo.
7. "Israeli fan badly injured by firework at Tel Aviv derby". ABC News (Australia). 15 February 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
8. Allon Sinai, "Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda draw at Bloomfield Stadium", The Jerusalem Post, 22 January 2007
9. "Maccabi TA-Bnei Yehuda mini derby ends in draw", Haaretz, 22 January 2007
10. 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.
11. "Derby Beitar -Hapoel – Picture of Jerusalem, Jerusalem District – TripAdvisor". Tripadvisor.co.uk.
12. Better the Red – Derby in Jerusalem Haim Baram, haimbaram.com (in Hebrew)
13. When Pitzale and Lufa Exchanged Hits Yossi Oz, 24 January 2012, The Giva'atayim Matkhtesh R.I.P. (in Hebrew)
14. The Biggest Derby: The History of the Rivalry of Petah Tikva Karin Shavit, 23 August 2014, Sport5 (in Hebrew)
15. The Battle for the Hegemony: Marmorek vs. Sha'arayim Michael Weissermann, 27 October 2014, doublepass (in Hebrew)
16. Head to Head: Maccabi Sha'arayim vs. Hapoel Marmorek Shimon Levy, 28 August 2012, mynet (in Hebrew)
17. The Derby Returns to Ashdod David Kakoon, 2 October 2015, Ashdod4u (in Hebrew)
18. Leumit: Hapoel Herzliya Won Another Derby 15 January 2011, Walla! (in Hebrew)
19. פורת, אבינעם (2017-04-24). "מופע שנות ה-70". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-05-05.
20. Game of Teams: The Day the Sharon Derby Was Born Einat Hirsch, 12 December 2015, Sport5 (in Hebrew)
21. There's a Derby in the Sharon Erez Na'aman, 23 September 2010, Goler (in Hebrew)
22. "דרבי הדרום: עלייה באר שבעית או נקמה אשדודית?". ONE - מספר אחת בספורט. 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2024-05-05.