This evening’s tie against Hapoel Hadera will begin the 87th State Cup run as the quest to reach the final begins at Netanya. Maccabi played in 37 State Cup finals, winning the trophy on 24 occasions – more than any other Israeli club.
Maccabi have a 90.7% success rate in the first round of the Cup after advancing through on 78 occasions and suffering an early knock out 8 times.
Eighty-five different opponents played against Maccabi over the years of which Maccabi Petah Tikva (25), Hapoel Tel Aviv (20) and Maccabi Haifa (19) were the teams to do so more than others.
Hakoach Ramat Gan and Hapoel Jerusalem played against Maccabi four times in the round of 32.
Hapoel Hadera will be the third top-flight club to face Maccabi in this round in the past 10 years. A 2-1 victory over Beitar Jerusalem in 2019 and a 1-0 victory over Hapoel Be’ersheva in 2021 were the other two top-flight opponents.
Since the 2011/12 season Maccabi hosted only two matches in the Round of 32 – a 3-0 victory over Bnei Mamba (2018) and a 4-0 victory over Hapoel Marmorek.
Maccabi played against Hadera five times in the Cup between 1955-1981 of which Maccabi won 3and lost 2.
Benny Tabak is Maccabi’s leading scorer in the State Cup with 31 goals to his name. Tabak scored his first goal in the competition during a 2-0 victory over Hapoel Ramat Gan in 1973. Tabak’s final goal in the State Cup was scored in the 2-1 victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 1988 final.
Miko Belo made the most appearances fore Maccabi in the Cup registering 75 matches.
Jerry Beit Halevi won four State Cups as Maccabi’s coach – (1954, 1955, 1964, 1965).
