Football derbies in Israel explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2 January 2010 . The not-so-beautiful game of football in Israel . 28 August 2022 . Financial Times.
2. Web site: 2024-04-09 . Maccabi Tel Aviv holds Maccabi Haifa in Clasico draw . 2024-05-05 . The Jerusalem Post JPost.com . en.
3. Web site: Interview with La Familia (Beitar Jerusalem-Israel) . Ultras-Tifo.
4. Web site: HOLY WAR – The rivalry of Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin – Football Republik .
5. Web site: 2018-04-22 . קיצור תולדות השנאה: היריבות בין מכבי נתניה להפועל ב"ש . 2024-05-05 . ספורט 1 . he-IL.
6. Web site: Hapoel – Maccabi 05.03.2012. Ultras-Tifo.
7. Web site: Israeli fan badly injured by firework at Tel Aviv derby. ABC News (Australia). 15 February 2004. 19 December 2013.
8. Allon Sinai, "Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda draw at Bloomfield Stadium", The Jerusalem Post, 22 January 2007
9. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/soccer-premier-league-maccabi-ta-bnei-yehuda-mini-derby-ends-in-draw-1.210663 "Maccabi TA-Bnei Yehuda mini derby ends in draw"
10. Web site: 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 . 2024-05-05 . חי פֹּה - תאגיד החדשות של חיפה והסביבה . en.
11. Web site: Derby Beitar -Hapoel – Picture of Jerusalem, Jerusalem District – TripAdvisor. Tripadvisor.co.uk.
12. http://haimbaram.com/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D-2 Better the Red – Derby in Jerusalem
13. https://maktesh.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/%D7%9B%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%90-%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA/ When Pitzale and Lufa Exchanged Hits
14. http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=4483&docID=174419&lang=HE The Biggest Derby: The History of the Rivalry of Petah Tikva
15. http://doublepass.sport5.co.il/story.php?id=11478 The Battle for the Hegemony: Marmorek vs. Sha'arayim
16. http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4273683,00.html Head to Head: Maccabi Sha'arayim vs. Hapoel Marmorek
17. http://www.ashdod4u.com/?p=8603 The Derby Returns to Ashdod
18. http://sports.walla.co.il/item/1779994 Leumit: Hapoel Herzliya Won Another Derby
19. News: פורת . אבינעם . 2017-04-24 . מופע שנות ה-70 . 2024-05-05 . Ynet . he.
20. http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=201763&lang=HE Game of Teams: The Day the Sharon Derby Was Born
21. http://www.goler1.co.il/Article/1536 There's a Derby in the Sharon
22. Web site: 2012-03-03 . דרבי הדרום: עלייה באר שבעית או נקמה אשדודית? . 2024-05-05 . ONE - מספר אחת בספורט.