The Israel League Champion Maccabi Tel Aviv will meet the State Cup title holder Bnei Yehuda in the 29th Champions Cup match of all time. Ahead of the meeting which will see the winner lift the trophy, here’s some great stats and facts that you’ve just got to know.
– The first Champions Cup was played in 1957.
– The competition has suffered from inconsistency throughout the years and between 1991-2014 it wasn’t played at all. The title returned to the calendar in 2015/16 when Maccabi played Kiryat Shemona.
– 24 of the contests up until this season have been the League Champion versus the State Cup holder while 4 other matches have been teams that have won the double against the second place finisher.
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– 20 times the League Champion has won the title.
– For Maccabi this will be their 8th time playing in the match while Bnei Yehuda will be making their 5th appearance.
– 15 teams have played in the Champions Cup and 13 have won the title.
– Maccabi Tel Aviv have each won the cup 5 times a piece.
– This will be the first time the Moshava Stadium will be hosting the match. Since the competition returned in 2015/16 the four Champions Cup clashes have been played at the Netanya Stadium.
– This stadium which has hosted the most Champions Cups has been Bloomfield where 9 matches were played between 1963-1988.
– Over the years, Maccabi has played six teams in the competition. The Yellow & Blue faced Hapoel Tel Aviv twice, and they played Bnei Yehuda back in 1967/68 which ended in a 2:1 win.
– The biggest win by Maccabi in the Champions Cup was in 1988/89 – 3:0 Derby win against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Avi Cohen, Alon Natan has Benny Tabak all scored for the Yellow & Blue.
Eran Zahavi is the only Maccabi player to have scored a brace in the Champions Cup. (Against Kiryat Shemona 2015/16)
– Shalom Shikva and Moshe Asis scored two goals each in two Champions Cup matches and lead the club in the competition along with Zahavi.
