Maccabi Tel Aviv opens up the Europa League Group Stages against Slavia Prague in Matchday 1 of Group A.
Journey to the Europa League Group Stages from a different angle

Just before Maccabi begins to write the next page in European competition, let’s take a look at some great facts and stats about the Yellow & Blue in continental action:

Maccabi will begin their fifth season out of the last seven in the group stages of continental action while this will be their fourth time in the Europa League group stages this past decade.

To date, Maccabi has played 30 matches in European Group Stages.
The match against Slavia Prague will be the Yellow & Blue’s 116th contest across all European competitions – the Israeli club with the most appearances in continental play. 

Maccabi set a new record of 8 wins in a row (since the 2:1 victory over Dundalk at the end of the last campaign) for an Israeli club in European competition after defeating Austrian outfit Altach. Let’s hope that the 2:2 draw in their second leg was just a small blip on the radar screen.

The furthest Maccabi has advanced in the Europa League Group Stages was a berth in the Round of 32 during the 2013/14 season. The Yellow & Blue finished in second place in a group that featured Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany), Bordeaux (France), APOEL (Cyprus).