title: Israeli football clubs in international competitions
text: # Israeli football clubs in international competitions
  
  Israeli football clubs have competed in international football tournaments since 1967, when Hapoel Tel Aviv played in the inaugural Asian Champion Club Tournament. Two Israeli clubs, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv, competed in all four editions of the Asian Champion Club Tournament before it was discontinued after the 1972 edition was cancelled. The Israel Football Association was expelled from the AFC in 1974, with Israeli clubs not being invited to take part in the competition when it was revived as the Asian Club Championship (now the AFC Champions League) in 1985.
  
  Between 1976 and 1994, Israeli clubs took part in the Intertoto Cup, which was the only international club competition available until 1990 due to the Israeli FA not being affiliated to any confederation.
  
  Israel was admitted to UEFA in 1991 and Israeli clubs participated European football tournaments since 1992, when Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva played in the Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup (respectively). Since 1992, Israeli clubs have taken part in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
  
  ## Full Asian record
  
  | Season | Club | Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1967 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Final | 19 December 1967 | Selangor FA | 2–1 | Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 15 January 1969 | Toyo Kogyo | 3–2 | Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 19 January 1969 | Kowloon Motor Bus | 5–0 | Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 22 January 1969 | Perak FA | 1–1 | Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 26 January 1969 | Persepolis | 0–0 | Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Semi-final | 28 January 1969 | Mysore State | 6–1 | Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Final | 30 January 1969 | Yangzee FC | 1–0 | Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1970 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 2 April 1970 | Royal Thai Police FC | 5–0 | Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran |
  | 1970 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 4 April 1970 | West Bengal | 3–1 | Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran |
  | 1970 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 6 April 1970 | PSMS Medan | 3–1 | Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran |
  | 1970 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Semi-final | 8 April 1970 | Homenetmen | w/o | Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran |
  | 1970 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Final | 10 April 1970 | Taj Tehran | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran |
  | 1971 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Preliminary Round | 22 March 1971 | Perak FA | 1–0 | National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1971 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 25 March 1971 | Aliyat Al-Shorta | w/o | National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1971 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 27 March 1971 | FC Punjab Police | 4–1 | National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1971 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Group Stage | 29 March 1971 | Bangkok Bank FC | 4–1 | National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1971 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Semi-final | 31 March 1971 | ROK Army | 2–0 | National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |
  | 1971 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Final | 2 April 1971 | Aliyat Al-Shorta | w/o | National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |
  
  ### Performance table
  
  | Club | APP. | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
  | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
  | Total | 4 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 11 |
  
  ## Intertoto Cup (1976–1994)
  
  Israeli teams first appeared in the Intertoto Cup in 1976, with Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Beitar Jerusalem, champions and runners-up in the previous season, debuting. In 1979, due to the cost of travelling to Europe, only one team, Maccabi Netanya was entered into the competition, and between 1980 and 1992 the two Israeli entrants played in one group to reduce travelling expenses. In 1993 and 1994, as the format of the competition was changed to allow participating teams to play only two away matches, Israeli teams were allocated to two different groups.
  
  | Season | Club | Group | Rank | Opponents | W | D | L | GF | GA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1976 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 3rd | Young Boys, Malmö FF, Admira Vienna | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 |
  | 1976 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 3rd | Hertha Berlin, Standard Liège, Køge | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
  | 1977 | Maccabi Jaffa | 1 | 4th | Halmstad, Vojvodina, Amsterdam | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
  | 1977 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 4th | Duisburg, Standard Liège, Twente | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
  | 1978 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 3rd | Malmö FF, FC Zürich, Admira Vienna | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
  | 1978 | Maccabi Netanya | 8 | 1st | Sloboda Tuzla, Elfsborg, Lillestrøm | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 |
  | 1979 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 3rd | Werder Bremen, Standard Liège, Rapid Vienna | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
  | 1980 | Maccabi Netanya | 3 | 1st | KB, Royal Antwerp | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
  | 1980 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 4th | KB, Royal Antwerp | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
  | 1981 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 3rd | Wiener SK, R.F.C. de Liège | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
  | 1981 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 4th | Wiener SK, R.F.C. de Liège | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
  | 1982 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5 | 2nd | Admira Vienna, Norrköping | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
  | 1982 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 5 | 4th | Admira Vienna, Norrköping | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
  | 1983 | Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1st | AGF, FC Lucerne | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 |
  | 1983 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 4 | 4th | AGF, FC Lucerne | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
  | 1984 | Maccabi Netanya | 8 | 1st | Admira Vienna, FC Wettingen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
  | 1984 | Beitar Jerusalem | 8 | 4th | Admira Vienna, FC Wettingen | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
  | 1985 | Maccabi Haifa | 8 | 1st | Arminia Bielefeld, Sturm Graz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
  | 1985 | Beitar Jerusalem | 8 | 4th | Arminia Bielefeld, Sturm Graz | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
  | 1986 | Maccabi Haifa | 8 | 2nd | Lyngby, Grazer AK | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
  | 1986 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 8 | 3rd | Lyngby, Grazer AK | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
  | 1987 | Beitar Jerusalem | 8 | 3rd | Brøndby, VfL Bochum | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
  | 1987 | Bnei Yehuda | 8 | 4th | Brøndby, VfL Bochum | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
  | 1988 | Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 3rd | Ikast FS, Sturm Graz | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
  | 1988 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 7 | 4th | Ikast FS, Sturm Graz | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
  | 1989 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 8 | 3rd | Sparta Prague, Wisła Kraków | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
  | 1989 | Beitar Jerusalem | 8 | 4th | Sparta Prague, Wisła Kraków | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
  | 1990 | Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 2nd | Lech Poznań, BFC Siófok | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
  | 1990 | Bnei Yehuda | 3 | 4th | Lech Poznań, BFC Siófok | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
  | 1991 | Maccabi Haifa | 10 | 3rd | Örebro, Saarbrücken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
  | 1991 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 10 | 4th | Örebro, Saarbrücken | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
  | 1992 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 9 | 3rd | Slavia Prague, Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
  | 1992 | Maccabi Netanya | 9 | 4th | Slavia Prague, Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
  | 1993 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 5th | Slavia Prague, Lokomotive Leipzieg, Aalborg, Häcken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
  | 1993 | Beitar Jerusalem | 8 | 5th | Dynamo Dresden, FC Aarau, Wiener SK, Iraklis 1908 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
  | 1994 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 3rd | Halmstad, Lokomotiv Sofia, Sparta Prague, Silkeborg | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
  | 1994 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 2nd | Young Boys, Electroputere Craiova [ro], Karlsruhe, Häcken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
  
  ### Performance table
  
  | Club | APP. | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Maccabi Netanya | 8 | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 85 | 74 |
  | Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 40 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 44 | 85 |
  | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 44 |
  | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 48 |
  | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 38 |
  | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 |
  | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 |
  | Shimshon Tel Aviv | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
  | Bnei Yehuda | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
  | Maccabi Jaffa | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
  | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
  | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
  | Total | 37 | 214 | 56 | 52 | 106 | 301 | 439 |
  
  ## Full European record
  
  Israeli clubs have participated in UEFA tournaments since 1992–93. Maccabi Haifa three times, Maccabi Tel Aviv twice and Hapoel Tel Aviv had managed to qualify to the Champions League group stage. The same clubs, along with Maccabi Petah Tikva and Ironi Kiryat Shmona qualified to the UEFA Cup/Europa League group stage. The furthest any club reached in a European tournament was the quarter-finals, reached by Maccabi Haifa in 1998–99 and by Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2001–02.
  
  ### Performance table
  
  | Club | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League (includes UEFA Cup) | UEFA Europa League (includes UEFA Cup) | UEFA Europa League (includes UEFA Cup) | UEFA Europa League (includes UEFA Cup) | UEFA Europa League (includes UEFA Cup) | UEFA Europa League (includes UEFA Cup) | UEFA Europa League (includes UEFA Cup) | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |
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  | Club | Apps. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Apps. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Apps. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Apps. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Apps. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Apps. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
  | Mac. Tel Aviv | 10 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 14 | 94 | 42 | 20 | 32 | 134 | 130 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 165 | 69 | 37 | 53 | 217 | 215 |
  | Mac. Haifa | 10* | 47 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 85 | 70 | 12 | 55 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 86 | 72 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 140 | 58 | 28 | 55 | 236 | 201 |
  | Hap. Tel Aviv | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 92 | 43 | 17 | 32 | 135 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 110 | 48 | 20 | 42 | 157 | 131 |
  | Beitar Jerusalem | 5 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 57 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 78 | 104 |
  | Hap. Be'er Sheva | 3 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 49 | 72 | 2* | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 79 | 32 | 17 | 30 | 103 | 124 |
  | Bnei Yehuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 29 |
  | Mac. Netanya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
  | Hap. Haifa | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 40 |
  | Ir. Kiryat Shmona | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 30 |
  | Mac. Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 30 |
  | Hap. Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 |
  | FC Ashdod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
  | Bnei Sakhnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
  | Hap. Ramat Gan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Hap. Rishon LeZion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
  
  $^{Update:8September2022,*currentlyinindicatedcompetition.}$
  
  Notes:
  
  * The total appearances column sum all club appearances by seasons and not by competitions (i.e. for a club which played in CL and EL in one season, only one appearance is calculated in the total column, while one appearance is calculated for each competition).
  * Maccabi Haifa had beaten FC Haka 4–0 in 2001–02, which was later awarded to HJK as a walkover win due to Maccabi Haifa fielding a suspended player. The original score is included in the table.
  * Maccabi Tel Aviv had beaten PAOK 2–1 in 2004–05, which was later awarded to Maccabi Tel Aviv as a walkover win due to PAOK fielding a suspended player. The original score is included in the table.
  * In 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Maccabi Tel Aviv were drawn to meet PAOK in the Play-off round. However, on 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing. UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round. Thus, Maccabi Tel Aviv, the opponent of PAOK in the Europa League play-off round, qualified directly for the Europa League group stage without playing any match in the play-off round. The two cancelled matches are not included in the table.
  