Maccabi Tel Aviv’s first match in the Toto Cup was on 30/10/1984 against Maccabi Petah Tikva at Bloomfield Stadium. The Yellow & Blue won 2:1 as Alon Natan and Shachar Barel scored for the hosts.
Maccabi’s record in Toto Cup openers is: 20 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. The goal differential stands at 71:30 in Maccabi’s favor.
Eli Drikes has played in the most Toto Cup openers making 8 appearances. The striker also scored 5 goals making him the all-time scoring leader in the competition’s first match of the season.
The youngest player to appear in a Toto Cup opener is Avi Gordon making his debut at the age of 16 years and 9 months in the 1984/85 campaign.
The oldest player to appear in a Toto Cup opener is Alexander Uvarov who was 37.5 at the start of the 1997/98 season.
Maccabi has faced Bnei Yehuda 14 times in Toto Cup action and features a record of 6 wins, one draw and 7 losses.
The Yellow & Blue has appeared in all 32 Toto Cup tournaments winning the title 4 times, falling 3 times in the final while appearing in the semifinal 10 times. Maccabi is tied with Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Petah Tikva for the most championships.
With one more appearance in the Toto Cup, Sheran Yeini will become Maccabi’s all time leader in matches played in the competition. To date, Yeini has made 53 appearances which is the same amount as Alexander Uvarov and Eli Drikes while Noam Shoham has played in 52 contests.
Avi Nimni is Maccabi’s all-time goal scoring leader in the tournament finding the back of the goal 25 times. Eli Drikes is in second place with 15 goals scored.
