List of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club in Israeli and European football, from 1928 (when the club joined the newly founded EIFA) to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Israeli league that season. Records of minor competitions such as the Lilian Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the State Cup and the Toto Cup.

The club has won the League championship 23 times, the State Cup 24 times, the Toto Cup seven times and Asian Champion Club Tournament twice. The club has never been out of the top division of Israeli football.

History

Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club was established in 1906 in the port city of Jaffa before relocating to the newly established Tel Aviv in 1909. In 1928 the club joined the EIFA and competed in its competitions ever since, winning its first cup in 1929 and league championship in 1936. The club represented Israel in the Asian Champion Club Tournament in 1969, and 1970, winning the title in both attempts. As Israel joined UEFA, in 1992, the club participated in UEFA tournaments, reaching the Champions League group stage in 2004–05 and 2015–16. In 2014–15, the club became the first club in Israel to win all three major domestic titles, the League Championship, the State Cup and the Toto Cup in one season.

Seasons

Season	League									State Cup	League Cup	International (Asia/Europe)	Top goalscorer [nb 1]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1927–28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	QF	–	–
1928–29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Winners	–	–
1929–30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Winners [nb 2]	–	–
1930–31	Pal. League [nb 3]	6	5	1	0	27	10	11	1st	–	–	–
1931–32	Pal. League	15	7	2	6	37	38	16	5th	QF	–	–
1932–33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Winners	–	–
1933–34	Pal. League	13	5	3	5	23	21	13	3rd	Final	–	–
1934–35	Pal. League [nb 4]	6	2	1	3	10	10	5	5th	QF [nb 5]	–	–
1935–36	Pal. League [nb 6]	10	7	2	1	21	9	16	1st	– [nb 7]	–	–
1936–37										SF	–	–
1937–38	Pal. League	8	7	0	1	28	10	14	1st	Final	–	–
1938–39	Pal. League [nb 8]	11	7	3	1	44	13	17	2nd	SF	–	–
1939–40	Pal. League	14	8	2	4	46	14	18	3rd	Final	–	–
1940–41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Winners	–	–
1941–42	Pal. League Southern [nb 9]	26	21	1	4	82	26	43	2nd	SF [nb 10]	–	–
1942–43	Pal. League playoff	4	4	0	0	13	0	8	1st	R3	–	–
1943–44	Pal. League	21	13	2	6	62	27	28	4th	Round of 16 [nb 11]	–	–
1944–45	Pal. League Northern	11	4	3	4	19	16	11	4th		–	–
1945–46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Winners	–	–
1946–47	Pal. League	26	22	2	2	116	30	46	1st	Winners	–	–
1947–48	Pal. League [nb 12]	5	5	0	0	26	4	10	2nd	–	–	–
1948–49	Isr. League [nb 13]	24	21	1	2	103	18	43	1st	QF [nb 14]	–	–	Eli Fuchs Aharon Sidi Hazkelevich	6
1949–50											–	–
1950–51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–
1951–52	Alef	22	18	2	2	89	18	38	1st	Final	–	–
1952–53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Winners	–	–
1953–54	Alef	22	16	6	0	59	11	38	1st		–	–
1954–55		26	17	4	5	84	28	38	2nd	Winners	–	–
1955–56	Leumit	22	13	6	3	47	16	32	1st	–	–	–
1956–57		18	10	3	5	36	20	23	3rd	SF	–	–
1957–58		22	13	9	0	50	12	35	1st	Winners	–	–
1958–59		22	13	5	4	38	19	30	3rd	Winners	R1	–
1959–60		22	12	6	4	52	35	30	2nd	Round of 16	–	–
1960–61		22	12	2	8	34	29	26	4th		–	–
1961–62		22	5	7	10	22	34	17	10th	Final	–	–
1962–63		22	7	7	8	22	26	21	7th	Round of 16	–	–
1963–64		28	13	5	10	40	32	31	5th	Winners	–	–
1964–65		30	14	5	11	46	31	33	4th	Winners	–	–
1965–66		30	14	6	10	45	29	34	2nd	QF	–	–
1966–67		60	30	18	12	88	50	78	1st	Winners	–	–
1967–68										Round of 16	–	–
1968–69		30	18	7	5	45	23	43	2nd	SF	Group	Winners
1969–70		30	15	9	6	51	21	39	1st	Winners	–	–
1970–71		30	8	13	9	33	35	29	10th	SF	–	Winners
1971–72		30	18	9	3	45	20	45	1st	SF	–	–
1972–73		30	8	17	5	31	23	33	4th	QF	Group	–
1973–74		30	12	11	7	36	18	35	2nd	SF	–	–
1974–75		30	14	7	9	26	19	35	4th	R4	–	–
1975–76		34	13	9	12	38	34	35	7th	Final	QF	–
1976–77		30	16	10	4	47	26	42	1st	Winners	–	–
1977–78		26	12	8	6	44	29	32	3rd	Round of 16	–	–
1978–79		30	18	8	4	47	16	44	1st	Final	–	–
1979–80		30	9	14	7	33	35	32	5th	QF	–	–
1980–81		30	10	12	8	33	33	32	8th	R7	–	–
1981–82		30	10	10	10	26	32	30	8th	Round of 16	–	–
1982–83		30	10	11	9	27	23	41	5th	final	–	–
1983–84		30	10	11	9	41	34	41	5th	SF	–	–
1984–85		30	9	15	6	34	23	42	7th	Round of 16	Group	–
1985–86		30	16	9	5	48	27	57	3rd	SF	SF	–
1986–87		30	12	11	7	43	25	47	3rd	Winners	SF	–
1987–88		31	8	12	11	43	43	36	12th	Winners	Group	–
1988–89		33	11	11	11	44	44	42 [nb 15]	8th	Round of 16	SF	–
1989–90		32	14	6	12	48	44	48	4th	Round of 16	Group	–
1990–91		32	9	11	12	43	53	38	5th	Round of 16	Group	–
1991–92		32	23	6	3	82	29	75	1st	Final	Final	–
1992–93		33	18	8	7	74	36	62	2nd	Final	Winners	CL, R1
1993–94		39	27	7	5	80	36	88	2nd	Winners	SF	–
1994–95		30	19	6	5	59	27	63	1st	Round of 16	Final	CWC, R1
1995–96		30	23	5	2	59	16	74	1st	Winners	Group	CL, QR
1996–97		30	13	7	10	47	34	46	6th	Final	SF	CL, QR
1997–98		30	10	9	11	42	35	39	6th	Round of 16	Final	–
1998–99		30	20	3	7	77	32	63	2nd	Round of 16	Winners	–
1999–2000	Premier	39	18	8	13	66	42	58 [nb 16]	6th	Round of 16	R2	–
2000–01		38	19	11	8	73	33	68	4th	Winners	R2	–
2001–02		33	15	12	6	43	24	57	3rd	Winners	SF	UEFA Cup, R2
2002–03		33	22	3	8	66	31	69	1st	SF	SF	UEFA Cup, R1
2003–04		33	16	9	8	35	22	57	2nd	QF	Group	CL, 2QR
2004–05		33	10	10	13	32	42	40	8th	Winners	QF	CL, Group
2005–06		33	11	11	11	35	37	44	6th	Round of 16	SF	UEFA Cup, 2QR
2006–07		33	15	11	7	42	28	54 [nb 17]	3rd	Round of 16	Group	–	Avi Nimni	10
2007–08		33	11	8	14	42	42	41	6th	R9	QF	UEFA Cup, 2QR	Yannick Kamanan	12
2008–09		33	11	11	11	36	35	44	6th	R9	Winners	–	Maor Buzaglo	9
2009–10		35	17	9	9	52	35	34 [nb 18]	3rd	Round of 16	SF	–	Yossi Shivhon	8
2010–11		35	18	6	11	53	40	35 [nb 19]	3rd	R8	SF	EL, POR	Eliran Atar	18
2011–12		37	16	7	14	55	42	55	6th	R8	QF	EL, Group	Eliran Atar	13
2012–13		36	25	5	6	78	30	80	1st	Round of 16	QF	–	Eliran Atar	22
2013–14		36	26	6	4	76	30	84	1st	R8	–	CL, 3QR EL, Round of 32	Eran Zahavi	29
2014–15		36	21	9	6	67	32	70 [nb 20]	1st	Winners	Winners	CL,3QR EL, POR	Eran Zahavi	27
2015–16		36	24	9	3	73	24	83	2nd	Final	Group	CL, Group	Eran Zahavi	35
2016–17		36	22	6	8	61	28	72	2nd	Final	QF	EL, Group	Viðar Kjartansson	24
2017–18		36	21	8	7	60	33	71	2nd	Round of 16	Winners	EL, Group	Viðar Kjartansson	21
2018–19		36	27	8	1	77	17	89	1st	Semifinals	Winners	EL, POR	Eliran Atar	17
2019–20		36	26	9	1	63	10	87	1st	Eighth Round	2nd	SQR	Yonatan Cohen	13
2020–21		36	21	12	3	65	33	75	2nd	Winners	Winners	POR, Round of 32	Yonatan Cohen	14
2021-22		36	20	9	7	63	38	69	3rd	SF	6th	ECL, KO	Stipe Perica	17

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Leumit = Liga Leumit (National League) Artzit = Liga Artzit (Nationwide League) Premier = Liga Al (Premier League) Pal. League = Palestine League

F = Final Group = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round RInt = Intermediate Round

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 SF = Semi-finals

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Notes

1. Goals in all competitions (Liga Leumit or Liga Al, State Cup, Toto Cup and European) are counted.
2. Maccabi Tel Aviv entered two teams to the competition. In the first round its B team had beaten Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov 4–0, ^[1] while it’s a team forfeited its away match against Hapoel Haifa B team. The club then registered its entire A squad to appear for the B team for the rest of the competition, which the B team won.
3. The 1930–31 league season was abandoned after several weeks due to tensions between the British Mandate government and the Jewish community following the publication of the Passfield white paper. ^[2]
4. The 1934–35 league season was stopped to allow Maccabi club to prepare for the 1935 Maccabiah Games and wasn't renewed due to disagreement between Maccabi and Hapoel
5. Maccabi Tel Aviv withdrew from the cup and forfeited its quarter-final match against Maccabi Petah Tikva.
6. The 1935–36 league season was held from7 December 1935 to 18 December 1936.
7. After three matches played in the first round the competition was abandoned due to the Arab Revolt.
8. The 1938–39 league season was abandoned after playing one round of matches due to the Arab Revolt.
9. The 1941–42 league season was held in three regional divisions followed by a play-off. The league was completed during the 1942–43 season.
10. The club fielded four ineligible players in its quarter-final match against Shabab al-Arab Haifa. The quarter-final result was confirmed, with the club set to play Maccabi Haifa in the semi-final, however, the club was thrown out of the competition due to fielding ineligible players and the semi-final was given to Maccabi Haifa.
11. The 1944 cup competitions began on 5 February 1944 and was completed during the following season, on 13 January 1945.
12. The 1947–48 league was abandoned due to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
13. The 1949–50 league began in May 1949 and ended on 24 June 1950.
14. The 1949 cup competition was delayed by appeals after the completion of the quarter-finals. After settling the appeals three further matches were played in February 1951, and the competition was abandoned.
15. Two points were deducted for violations of the Budgetary Regulations
16. The club four points deducted as Kfir Edri tested positive for Ephedrine. ^[3]
17. The club two points deducted.
18. Maccabi Tel Aviv achieved 52 points in the regular season, which were halved at the beginning of the play-offs. The club scored 8 more points during the play-offs for a total of 60 points.
19. Maccabi Tel Aviv achieved 50 points in the regular seasons, which were halved at the beginning of the play-offs. The club scored 10 more points during the play-offs for a total of 60 points.
20. A match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was abandoned and was given as a 0–0 with no points awarded.

References

1. In Sport - The First Competitions in Football for the Palestine Cup ^{[ permanent dead link ]} Do'ar HaYom, 21 February 1930, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
2. British Teams in E.I. Left the Football Association Do'ar HaYom, 28 October 1930, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
3. לא סמים לזה סוף Avino'am Porat, 23 June 2015, Ynet (in Hebrew)