Maccabi will open up their 18th European campaign since Israeli teams began competing in Europe back in the 1992/93 season. Maccabi has participated 8 times in the Champions League qualification stage, 8 times in the Europa League/UEFA Cup qualification rounds and once in the Cup Winners’ Cup qualifiers.

Maccabi’s European qualification openers: 10 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. Maccabi advanced past the first round (two legged ties) 13 times while failing to reach the next stage 4 times.

Maccabi’s biggest win in a European opener: 6:0 over Zalgiris Vilnius from Lithuania to begin the 2001/02 campaign. The scorers: Baruch Dego (3), Dedi Ben Dayan, Tal Banin and Eli Biton.

Of the 17 European openers up until this season, only 6 have been at home. Maccabi hosted 3 at Bloomfield, two at Ramat Gan Stadium and one time last season at the Netanya Stadium.

The first European goal was scored by Avi Cohen (The Jerusalemite) in a 2:1 win over Valletta to begin the 1992/93 season.

The opener with the highest attendance: 20K at Ramat Gan Stadium (1996/97) against Fenerbahce.

Maccabi opened their European campaign twice against clubs from Lithuania (Kaunus & Vilnius), Malta (Hibernians & Valletta) and twice against Santa Coloma.