This season is the 16th year that a Playoff Round will take place after the regular season. Maccabi has played 14 times in the Championship Playoffs and twice in the relegation playoff round back in 1987/88 and 1988/89.
Over the years Maccabi has played 124 Playoff matches. The Record: 62 wins, 32 draws, 30 losses.
This Playoff round will see the largest lead between first and second place – 22 points. The biggest gap at the end of a season was 16 points held by Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2013/14 and Maccabi Haifa in 2005/06.
Maccabi has won 4 championships at the end of the Playoff round. In 1991/92 and the 3 titles in a row between 2012/13-2014/15.
In 2011/12 Kiryat Shemona won the earliest title in league history, both in terms of remaining Matchdays with 5 and date, April 2.
The Playoff match with the highest attendance in league history took place at Ramat Gan Stadium when Maccabi won the 2012/13 championship in front of 33,000 fans (Title match).
The biggest Playoff win: 7:0 over Beitar Jerusalem in 2000/01. Goal Scorers: Rodrigo Goldberg (2), Avi Nimni (2), Dedi Ben Dayan, Guy Tzarfati, Baruch Dego.
Maccabi’s record when playing the first Playoff match at home – 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss (last season against Hapoel Haifa).
The Playoff goal scoring leader is Eran Zahavi with 31 goals.
The Current Playoff Format: 2012/13-2017/18
The current playoff format began in 2012/13. Maccabi is the only club to compete in the Championship Playoffs all 6 seasons. Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Beer Sheva took part in 5 and the 6 championships to date have been split between Maccabi and Beer Sheva with 3 each.
Maccabi’s most successful Playoff Season: 2012/13 – 21 points (6 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss).
The Yellow & Blue went undefeated in the 2015/16 Playoff round – 20 points (5 wins, 5 draws).
