Football derbies in Israel
This is a list of the main association football rivalries in Israel.
City derbies[]
- Tel Aviv derby: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv .[1][2] Other matches between top-tier teams from Tel Aviv and Jaffa, currently Bnei Yehuda, and in the past also Beitar Tel Aviv, Shimson Tel Aviv and Maccabi Jaffa, and between those other teams and either Maccabi or Hapoel are usually referred to as the Tel Aviv mini-derby[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]
Inter-regional rivalries[]
- Beitar-Maccabi Tel Aviv rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv[12]
- Beitar-Maccabi Haifa rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Haifa[12]
- Tel Aviv vs Haifa Derby: Hapoel Tel Aviv or Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa or Hapoel Haifa[13][14]
- Political derby: Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Beitar Jerusalem[15]
- Religious/ethnic derby: Bnei Sakhnin vs. Beitar Jerusalem[12][16]
- The Sharon Derby: Maccabi Netanya vs. Hapoel Kfar Saba.[17] In more recent times, matches between Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Hapoel Ra'anana, Maccabi Herzliya, Hapoel Herzliya and Ironi Ramat HaSharon were all designated as a Sharon Derby.[18][19][20]
- The "All The Other Rivalries Are Banal" Derby: Hapoel Beer Sheva vs. Maccabi Netanya
References[]
- ^ "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
- ^ "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)
- ^ a b c "Interview with La Familia (Beitar Jerusalem-Israel)". Ultras-Tifo.
- ^ "Maccabi Tel Aviv – Maccabi Haifa 06.01.2014". Ultras-Tifo.
- ^ "Maccabi Haifa – Maccabi Tel Aviv 14.5.2014". Ultras-Tifo.
- ^ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "HOLY WAR – The rivalry of Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin – Football Republik".
- ^ Maccabi Netanya – Hapoel Kfar Saba: The Return of the Original Sharon Derby Yaniv Tuchmann, 16 October 2015, Walla! (in Hebrew)
- ^ Game of Teams: The Day the Sharon Derby Was Born Einat Hirsch, 12 December 2015, Sport5 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Leumit: Hapoel Herzliya Won Another Derby 15 January 2011, Walla! (in Hebrew)
- ^ There's a Derby in the Sharon Erez Na'aman, 23 September 2010, Goler (in Hebrew)
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