This season was the 33rd campaign in which the Toto Cup was played with teams from the top league and Maccabi has been part of the competition in each. The Yellow & Blue have won the trophy four times in 1993, 1999, 2009 and 2015 and have featured in the final 7 times.
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Should Maccabi win the Toto Cup they will be the all time leader with 5 titles.
This will be Maccabi’s 8th appearance in the final which is the most of any other club.
In addition, the Yellow & Blue have played in 10 semifinals, 5 quarterfinals, while ten times they didn’t get out of the group stages.
Maccabi’s all time record in 224 Toto Cup matches stands at 121 wins, 39 draws and 64 losses.
With a 59.8% win percentage they lead all of the other teams in the country. Goal differential 409:243.
Maccabi in 7 Toto Cup Finals:
The only club that Maccabi has faced twice is Beitar Jerusalem. They have also played Maccabi Haifa, Ashdod, Bnei Yehuda, Maccabi and Hapoel Petah Tikva in the tittle match. Tonight’s contest against Hapoel Beer Sheva will be the first time the club’s are facing each other in the final.
Avram Grant led the Yellow & Blue to 5 Toto Cup Finals, the most of any other coach.
The players who have appeared in the most Toto Cup Finals: Avi Nimni and Shura Uvarov – 5 times each.
Players with 4 appearances include: Amir Shelah, Noam Shoham, Eli Driks and Nir Klinger.
Avi Nimni leads all scorers for Maccabi in a final with 4 goals.
The biggest Toto Cup Final win – 4:0 over Maccabi Petah Tikva 1992/93.
This was the biggest win for any one club in the final. Maccabi players who scored that match included: Meir Melika with a brace, Nir Klinger and Avi Nimni.
21 Toto Cup Finals have been played at Ramat Gan Stadium.
This will be the fourth Toto Cup Final in a row that will be played at the Netanya Stadium.