Throughout history Maccabi played 1,126 league matches at home of which 648 were won, 293 drawn and 185 defeats. Maccabi’s overall goal record in those matches currently stand on 2067 goals scored and 909 conceded.
Following the postponement of MD1 against Hapoel Jerusalem to September 18th, Maccabi host Hapoel Be’ersheva for the first home league match of the 2024/25 season. Maccabi’s record in their first home league matches of every season currently stands on 42 victories, 16 draws and 14 defeats with a goal tally of 132-69.
Maccabi’s highest victories on the league opening home match was a 6-1 drubbing of Maccabi Netanya in the 1954/55 season and a recent 5-0 win over Maccabi Bnei Reineh in the 2022/23 campaign.
Maccabi’s record attendance for the first league match of the season currently stands on 26,513 during the 0-0 draw with Bnei Yehuda in the 2019/20. This record could be broken on Saturday as Be’ersheva are banned from bringing any visiting supporters.
Maccabi’s record appearance holder, Miko Belo, started none fewer than 16 times in the opening home matches between the 1964/61 and 1981/82 seasons.
The fastest goal scored by a Maccabi player in the opening home match was scored by Yuri Shukanov after 30 seconds. Shukanov scored his early goal in the 2-1 victory over Maccabi Netanya in the 1994/95 championship winning season.
Giora Spiegel scored the highest number of goals in the first league home match – with 6 goals to his name.
Saturday’s match against Hapoel Be’ersheva will be the 133rd league encounter between the two sides. Maccabi won 63, lost 31 while 38 matches were drawn with a goal tally of 186-111.
As for the record in the 86 matches Maccabi hosted Be’ersheva in the league: Maccabi won 39, lost 10 while 19 others were drawn wit a goal tally of 108-46.
Maccabi’s unbeaten home record in the league against Be’ersheva currently strands on 12 matches and stretches from the start of the 2018/19 season. This record equals the achievement of 12 unbeaten home matches against Be’ersheva which was recorded between 1968-1979.
