3 trophies, 57 official matches
Maccabi won 3 trophies this season: State Cup, Toto Cup and Super Cup.
The club qualified for the 7th time to the European group stages.
Qualification to the EUROPA League Round of 32 equaled a club record set in 2013/14.
In the video: Summary of the State Cup victory
Maccabi played 57 matches in all competitions this season: 13 in Europe, 36 League, 5 State Cup and 3 Super Cup and Toto Cup.
Maccabi played more matches in one season only 3 times in history: 62 (2017), 59 (2018) and 58 (2016).
Ninety four goals were scored the season in all competitions: 60 by foot, 15 penalties, 14 headers, 1 chest, 1 free kick (and 3 more own goals)
Records of the season:
The highest victory of the season (4-0) was reached in the first Tel Aviv derby (20.12.20).
Maccabi finished in the top two league positions in 9 successive seasons. This record equals the achievements set only once in Israel’s history by Hapoel Petah Tikva (1955-1963).
In the video: The 4-0 derby victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi enjoyed a 77.3% success rate under Patrick van Leeuwen in the league (17 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat).
Of the 23 coaches who guided sides in the top flight this season, van Leeuwen has the best success rate, ahead of Maccabi Haifa’s Barak Barack (73.1%) and Menachem Koretzki (70.8%).
Van Leeuwen set a new record and has the best success rate of all the 239 top-flight coaches in Israel’s history who didn’t start the season (and coached more than 12 matches).
Peter Bosz (75.4% as Maccabi’s coach in 2016) is second while Arik Benado (74.1% with Maccabi Haifa in 2013) is ranked third.
Maccabi recorded four victories inside injury time – the most in one season throughout history. The record was achieved by Maccabi in the 19th round having beaten Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Haifa, Bnei Sachnin and Kiryat Shmona.
In the video: The dramatic 4-3 victory over Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi played Hapoel Be’ersheva 7 times during the 2020/21 season – the opponent we faced the most this season. The record: 5 victories and 2 draws.
Yonatan Cohen scored 14 goals in all competitions and is Maccabi’s top scorer for the second season in succession. Cohen and Aleksandar Pesic share the top-scorer charts in the league with 10 goals each.
Dan Biton assisted 9 goals this season – all in the league.
Eden Karzev’s winning goal against Maccabi Petah Tikva from 28 meters is the goal scored from the longest distance this season on MD14 (04.01.21).
Eytan Tibi scored the fastest goal in Maccabi’s matches this season – during the 2-2 against Maccabi Haifa in the Playoff on MD33 (09.05.21).
In the video: Karzev’s goal against Maccabi Petah Tikva
Dan Biton scored the latest Maccabi goal this season – A 98th minute penalty against Kiryat Shmona in the first league round on MD10 (13.12.20).
Daniel Tenenbaum made the record number of appearances this season in all competitions (56). Only Predrag Rajkovic (57) featured more times in one season (2016/17) as a Maccabi player throughout history.
Dor Peretz (52) holds the record number of appearances for a field player this season scoring 10 goals and assisting in 7.
Sheran Yeini (34.5 years) is the oldest player to appear for Maccabi this season.
Dor Turgeman is the youngest player to feature for Maccabi this season making his senior debut during the Toto Cup Final in August before his 17th birthday.
Maccabi fielded 33 players in all competitions – 16 of the 26 who were raised in Israel are products of Maccabi’s Youth Academy, while 7 were born abroad.
