title: Football derbies in Israel
text: # Football derbies in Israel
  
  This is a list of the main association football rivalries in Israel.
  
  ## City derbies
  
  * Tel Aviv derbies:
     * Tel Aviv derby: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv
     * Tel Aviv mini-derby: Maccabi Tel Aviv or Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
  * Haifa derby: Maccabi Haifa vs. Hapoel Haifa
  * Jerusalem derby: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Jerusalem
  * Ramat Gan derby: Hapoel Ramat Gan vs. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
  * Petah Tikva derby: Maccabi Petah Tikva vs. Hapoel Petah Tikva
  * Rehovot derby: Maccabi Sha'arayim vs. Hapoel Marmorek
  * Ashdod derby: Hapoel Ashdod vs. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod
  
  ## Regional derbies
  
  * Sharon derbies:
     * Maccabi Netanya vs. Hapoel Kfar Saba.
     * Hapoel Ra'anana vs. Hapoel Kfar Saba
     * Hapoel Herzliya vs. Hapoel Ra'anana
     * Ramat HaSharon vs. Maccabi Herzliya
  
  ## Inter-regional rivalries
  
  * Political rivalry: Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Beitar Jerusalem
  * Religious/ethnic rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Bnei Sakhnin
  * Jerusalem vs Tel Aviv rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv
  * Jerusalem vs Haifa rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Haifa
  * Tel Aviv vs Haifa rivalry: Hapoel Tel Aviv or Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa or Hapoel Haifa
  