Sarpsborg is the first Norwegian club that Maccabi has faced in Europe.
Maccabi’s record against Scandinavian clubs (4 matches versus teams from Iceland, 2 against sides from Finland and last Thursday against Sarpsborg): 5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss.
Up until this season, Israeli clubs have played 4 two legged ties against Norwegian sides. The record: 3:1 in favor of the Norwegians.
There has been only one player from Norway who played in the Israel Premier League – Fitim Azemi who played for Maccabi Haifa and made two appearances against Maccabi.
Maccabi’s biggest win in the Europa League Playoff Round was in 2011/12 – 3:0 home victory over Panathinaikos.
Over the years, 61 players have appeared in 11 Europa League Playoff Round matches. Dor Micha has the most appearances with 9.
Eliran Atar (the Playoff Round goal scoring leader with 4 goals), is the only player who has scored more than one goal in a Europa League Playoff Round match. He scored a pair of braces: Against Paris Saint-Germain in 2010/11 and Panathinaikos in 2011/12.
The youngest Maccabi player to have appeared in the Playoff Round: Moussa Konaté 18.5 years of age in the 2011/12 Playoff Round.
The oldest Maccabi player to have appeared in the Playoff Round: Yossi Benayoun 36 years old in the 2016/17 Playoff Round.
