Maccabi’s record so far stands on 68 victories, 38 draws and 59 defeats.
Ever since the final round before the Group Stages (Champions League, Europa League and as of last season the Conference league) was renamed as the Play-Off phase, Maccabi will make their 11th appearance at this stage in 14 years.
Of the 7 Israeli clubs to reach the Play-Offs, Maccabi appeared the most with Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be’ersheva both with appearances.
August 18th is a date in which Maccabi already played Play-Off matches on two occasions in the past.
On August 18th 2011 Maccabi reached its’ highest victory in the Play-Offs with a 3-0 victory at Bloomfield over Greek giants Panathinaikos on the way to a historic qualification to the Europa League Group stages.
Five years later, on August 18th 2016 Maccabi beat Hajduk Split 2-1 in the first leg of the Europa League Play-Offs at Bloomfield, before securing qualification at the return leg in Croatia a week later at the end of a dramatic penalty shoot-out.
Nice will be the fourth French opponents Maccabi faces in Europe after 3 two-legged ties against French clubs of which Maccabi won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2 with an even goal tally of 10-10.
Israeli clubs met their French counterparts for a total of 24 matches, winning 8 drawing 4 and losing 12 times
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Sheran Yeini made the most appearances for Maccabi in the Play-Offs as the 35-year-old veteran captain who will play his 80th European match for Maccabi, played 13 times in the Play-Offs.
Eliran Atar is Maccabi’s leading goal scorer at this stage with 5 goals.
Former Goalkeeper Juan Pablo Colinas is the oldest player to appear for Maccabi at this stage. The Spanish custodian who played at Maccabi between 2013 and 2015 featured in the Champions League Play-Offs against Basel 8 days before his 37th birthday.
Moussa Konate is the youngest Maccabi player to play in the Play-Offs at the age of 18 and four days, as he played in the 3-0 victory over Panathinaikos in the 2011/12 season.
