Maccabi Tel Aviv will face Hapoel Raanana away at the Netanya Stadium this evening at 19:00 in the Israel State Cup Round of 16. Just before the Yellow & Blue kickoff and look to advance to see the President on the pitch, here’s some great facts and figures about the Club’s appearances at this stage of the competition.
Maccabi has played 70 times in this portion of the tournament with 15 appearances coming before the founding of the State and 55 times since. Maccabi has advanced to the quarterfinals 50 times (12 prior to the founding of the State and 38 after).
Clubs from Petach Tikva have played Maccabi the most in the Round of 16 with 6 matches against Maccabi Petach Tikva and 5 versus Hapoel Petach Tikva.
The biggest win in the Round of 16 occurred prior to the founding of the State in a 10:0 victory over Maccabi Bar-Kochva Jerusalem (1936/37 Season). Following the founding of the State, Maccabi won 6:0 twice, against Bnei Yehuda during the 1954/55 campaign and Nes Tziona in the 1959/60 season.
Two players have scored hat tricks in the State Cup Round of 16: Shmuel Israeli in 1955 (6:0 over Bnei Yehuda) and Eliezer Vilensky in 1962 (4:1 against Shimshon Tel Aviv).
Sheya Glazer has scored the most goals in the Round of 16 with 7 markers.
Maccabi has gone to penalties four times at this stage of the competition. They won twice, defeating Ramat Amidar (1974) and Kiryat Shemona (1976) while falling to Maccabi Petach Tikva (1978) and Beitar Jerusalem (2010).
In 1961/62, 7 out of 8 Round of 16 matches were determined after the first game. However, the contest between Maccabi and Shimshon Tel Aviv ended in a 3:3 draw forcing a replay which also finished even at 1:1. A third match was necessary to see the Yellow & Blue through to the quarterfinals as they won 4:1 and moved on in the competition.
