This will be the 80th time that the Israel State Cup Semifinals will take place.
Up until this season, Maccabi has played in 46 Semifinals and advanced to the Finals 35 times.
The opponent Maccabi has faced most often in the Semifinals is Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva – 6 times.
Maccabi has gone to penalties 6 times in Semifinal action with the Yellow & Blue moving onto the Finals on 4 of those occasions.
Maccabi’s biggest win in the Semifinals was a 9:2 victory over Maccabi Zichron Yaakov in 1929.
Following the Founding of the State, Maccabi’s biggest win was 7:1 against Hapoel Petah Tikva in 1952.
The largest crowd at a Semifinal contest was in 1979 when a double header took place in front of 55,000 fans at Ramat Gan Stadium that pitted Maccabi against Beitar Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem versus Bnei Yehuda.
The Yellow & Blue have played Beitar Jerusalem 10 times in State Cup action. Their record? 5:5.
The clubs faced each other twice in the Semifinals – In the 1985/86 Season which ended in a 2:1 loss as Beitar won the Cup that season and the following campaign when Maccabi defeated the Jerusalemites 2:0 on the way to capturing the Trophy.
The most goals scored by a single player in a Semifinal match was five by Rafi Levy in a 6:0 win over Shimshon Tel Aviv in 1958.
Miko Belo has appeared 12 times in the Semifinals, the most by any Maccabi player.
