List of Maccabi Haifa F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Maccabi Haifa Football Club in Israeli and European football, from 1949 (first edition of the Israeli League.) to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Israeli league that season. Records of minor cup competitions, such as the Lilian Cup and the Israel Super Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the State Cup and the Toto Cup.

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The club has won the League Championship thirteen times, the State Cup six times and the Toto Cup four times. The club has never been out of the top two divisions of Israeli football.

History

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Maccabi Haifa Football Club was established in 1913 in the port city of Haifa. It was a small, struggling club that spent most of its time bouncing between the Liga Leumit and the lower leagues. The club was given a bye to the final of a 1923 competition called The Hebrew Cup,[1] which it lost to Maccabi Nes Tziona 0–2.[2][3][4] In 1942, the club reached the State Cup final, but was humiliated 12-1 by Beitar Tel Aviv in the final, which is the club's worst defeat ever. In 1962, the club won its only honour until the 80s, when the team defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 5-2 in the State Cup final. In 1963 they reached the final again, but failed to defend their title losing to arch-rivals Hapoel Haifa 1-0.

Seasons

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Table correct as of 28 May 2022
Season League State Cup Toto Cup Europe Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1949/1950 Israeli League 24 12 1 11 60 46 24 7th DNP Not held DNP -   Otto Schlefenberg 9
1951-52 Liga Alef 22 6 5 11 33 54 17 10th DNP Not held DNP -   Jonny Hardy 7
1953-54 Liga Alef 22 8 3 11 25 51 19 8th Quarter-finals Not held DNP -   Zecharya Ben-Zvi 6
1954-55 Liga Alef 26 11 6 9 54 41 28 8th Semi-finals Not held DNP -   Yeshayahu Held 20
1955-56 Liga Leumit 22 11 3 8 51 29 28 6th Cancelled Not held DNP -   Shlomo Levi 15
1956-57 Liga Leumit 18 8 3 7 34 27 19 5th Quarter-final Not held DNP - Jonny Hardy 8
1957-58 Liga Leumit 22 12 3 7 42 24 27 3rd Seventh round Not held DNP -   Shlomo Levi 10
1958-59 Liga Leumit 22 14 1 7 47 24 29 5th Semi-finals Not held DNP -   Aharon Amar 10
1959-60 Liga Leumit 22 7 10 5 42 30 24 5th Cancelled Not held DNP -   Avraham Menchel 18
1960-61 Liga Leumit 22 11 3 8 40 33 25 5th Semi-finals Not held DNP -   Danny Shmulevich-Rom 12
1961-62 Liga Leumit 22 11 3 8 45 34 25 4th Winner Not held DNP -   Avraham Menchel 17
1962-63 Liga Leumit 22 8 5 9 36 41 19 9th Runners-up Not held DNP -   Danny Shmulevich-Rom 15
1963-64 Liga Leumit 28 8 7 13 23 47 19 13th Semi-finals Not held DNP -   Danny Shmulevich-Rom 12
1964-65 Liga Leumit 30 8 8 14 42 44 24 15th Fourth Round Not held DNP -   Yonatan Zvi 10
1965-66 Liga Alef 30 24 4 6 66 9 52 1st Semi-Final Not held DNP -   Aharon Gershgoren
  Hasan Bustuni
13
1966-68[5] Liga Leumit 60 26 15 19 55 43 67 5th Seventh Round
Sixth Round
Not held DNP -   Danny Shmulevich-Rom 16
1968-69 Liga Leumit 30 13 7 10 36 35 33 5th Quarter-finals Not held DNP -   Haim Forta 8
1969-70 Liga Leumit 30 10 13 7 29 24 33 3rd Seventh Round Not held DNP -   Nathan Hirsch 7
1970-71 Liga Leumit 30 6 14 10 20 26 26 12th Runners-up Not held DNP -   Yoav Levi 8
1971-72 Liga Leumit 30 10 11 9 31 33 31 7th Semi-finals Not held DNP -   Yehiam Sharabi 9
1972-73 Liga Leumit 30 8 13 9 29 36 29 11th Quarter-finals Not held DNP -   Moshe Agami 8
1973-74 Liga Leumit 30 9 6 15 33 41 23 16th Fifth Round Not held DNP -   Moshe Agami 13
1974-75 Liga Alef 30 16 9 5 39 18 41 1st Quarter-final Not held DNP -   Moshe Adlar 15
1975-76 Liga Leumit 34 10 15 9 28 27 35 9th Round of 16 Not held DNP -   Baruch Maman
  Simon Kuzia
6
1976-77 Liga Leumit 33 7 10 13 25 42 24 15th Round of 16 Not held DNP -   Shaul Haik 7
1977-78 Liga Artzit 26 9 7 10 32 31 25 6th Quarter-final Not held DNP -   Menashe Mizrahi 8
1978-79 Liga Artzit 30 11 10 9 34 32 32 5th Round of 16 Not held DNP -   Menashe Mizrahi 9
1979-80 Liga Artzit 30 12 7 11 29 25 31 7th Quarter-final Not held DNP -   Menashe Mizrahi 11
1980-81 Liga Artzit 30 18 8 4 51 22 44 3rd Semi-Final Not held DNP -   Hilel Kaplan 13
1981-82 Liga Leumit 30 9 12 9 32 32 30 7th Quarter-final Not held DNP -   Eli Miali 10
1982-83 Liga Leumit 30 8 14 8 31 31 38 6th Semi-Final Not held DNP -   Moshe Selecter 17
1983-84 Liga Leumit 30 16 9 5 48 28 57 1st Round of 16 Not held DNP -   Zahi Armeli 14
1984-85 Liga Leumit 33 20 5 5 57 20 65 1st Runners-up Group stage DNP -   Zahi Armeli 17
1985-86 Liga Leumit 30 16 9 5 47 18 57 2nd Quarter-final Group stage DNP -   Zahi Armeli 14
1986-87 Liga Leumit 30 9 12 9 34 28 39 9th Runners-up Group stage DNP -   Zahi Armeli 14
1987-88 Liga Leumit 31 13 8 10 56 33 49 9th Round of 16 Group stage DNP -   Zahi Armeli 26
1988–89 Liga Leumit 31 15 14 2 49 19 57 1st Runners-up Group stage DNP -   Zahi Armeli 15
1989-90 Liga Leumit 32 14 8 10 40 29 30 3rd Round of 16 Group stage DNP -   Offer Mizrahi 13
1990-91 Liga Leumit 32 22 5 5 56 28 71 1st Winner Semi-Final DNP -   Reuven Atar 17
1991-92 Liga Leumit 32 14 6 12 51 43 48 3rd Semi-Final Group stage DNP -   Itay Mordehai 14
1992-93 Liga Leumit 33 12 11 10 55 46 45 5th Winner Group stage DNP -   Ivan Hetsko 15
1993-94 Liga Leumit 39 28 11 0 97 27 95 1st Round of 16 Winner Winners' Cup 2R  Alon Mizrahi 35
1994-95 Liga Leumit 30 17 6 7 68 34 58 2nd Winner Winner Champions League QR  Haim Revivo 20
1995-96 Liga Leumit 30 19 9 2 74 31 66 2nd Semi-Final Runners-up Winners' Cup 1R  Haim Revivo 30
1996-97 Liga Leumit 30 13 9 8 48 34 48 5th Quarter-final Semi-Final UEFA Cup PR   Hezi Shirazi 14
1997-98 Liga Leumit 30 15 7 8 49 34 52 4th Winner Group stage Intertoto Cup GS  Alon Mizrahi 25
1998-99 Liga Leumit 30 19 3 8 62 24 60 3rd Quarter-final Group stage Winners' Cup QF  Alon Mizrahi 21
1999-00 Ligat HaAl 39 22 9 2 86 35 52 2nd Semi-Final Runners-up Intertoto Cup FR  Rafi Cohen 22
2000-01 Ligat HaAl 38 24 10 4 68 28 82 1st Semi-Final Second round UEFA Cup 1R  Yossi Benayoun 15
2001-02 Ligat HaAl 33 22 9 3 72 32 75 1st Runners-up Quarter-final Champions League QR2[6]  Yakubu Aiyegbeni 16
2002-03 Ligat HaAl 33 21 6 6 75 42 69 2nd Semi-Final Winner Champions League
UEFA Cup
GS
3R
 Michael Zandberg 17
2003-04 Ligat HaAl 33 19 6 8 54 25 63 1st Quarter-final Runners-up UEFA Cup 2R  Walid Badir 14
2004-05 Ligat HaAl 33 21 8 4 66 27 71 1st Round of 16 Semi-Final Champions League
UEFA Cup
QR3
1R
   Roberto Colautti 19
2005-06 Ligat HaAl 33 23 6 4 65 25 75 1st Semi-Final Winner Champions League QR2    Roberto Colautti 16
2006-07 Ligat HaAl 33 14 9 10 45 39 51 5th Quarter-final Group stage Champions League
UEFA Cup
QR3
R16
   Roberto Colautti 13
2007–08 Ligat HaAl 33 13 8 12 38 27 47 5th Round of 16 Winner Intertoto Cup 2R   Thembinkosi Fanteni 7
2008–09 Ligat HaAl 33 19 10 4 49 24 67 1st Runners-up Quarter-final DNP -  Thembinkosi Fanteni 16
2009–10 Ligat HaAl 35 28 3 4 72 16 87 2nd Round of 16 Semi-Final Champions League GS  Shlomi Arbeitman 30
2010-11 Ligat HaAl 35 24 8 3 63 28 45 1st Runners-up Quarter-final Europa League 3R  Tomer Hemed 16
2011-12 Ligat HaAl 37 16 10 11 56 44 58 5th Runners-up Group stage Champions League
Europa League
PO
GS
 Weaam Amasha 21
2012-13 Ligat HaAl 36 19 10 7 41 20 67 2nd Semi-Final Quarter-Final DNP -  Dino Ndlovu 15
2013-14 Ligat HaAl 36 15 8 13 49 46 53 5th Round of 32 Cancelled Europa League GS  Alon Turgeman 19
2014-15 Ligat HaAl 36 14 8 14 51 37 50 5th Round of 16 Runners-up DNP -   Rubén Rayos 12
2015-16 Ligat HaAl 36 14 11 11 45 42 53 4th Winner Quarter-final DNP -   Glynor Plet 15
2016-17 Ligat HaAl 36 12 9 15 34 41 45 6th Round of 32 Quarter-final Europa League QR2   Eliran Atar 7
2017-18 Ligat HaAl 33 10 8 15 38 39 38 10th Quarter-final Semi-final DNP -     Nikita Rukavytsya 15
2018-19 Ligat HaAl 36 16 10 10 46 41 58 2nd Round of 16 Runners-up DNP -     Nikita Rukavytsya 12
2019-20 Ligat HaAl 36 22 7 7 73 32 73 2nd Quarter-final 7th Europa League QR2     Nikita Rukavytsya 24
2020-21 Ligat HaAl 36 24 7 5 72 29 79 1st Semi-final 6th Europa League PO     Nikita Rukavytsya 23
2021-22 Ligat HaAl 36 24 6 6 79 27 78 1st Runners-up Winner Champions League
Conference League
First qualifying round
Group stage
  Omer Atzili 27
2022-23 Ligat HaAl 36 27 3 6 76 34 81[7] 1st Quarter-finals 5th Champions League Group stage   Omer Atzili 26
2023-24 Ligat HaAl 36 23 7 6 75 28 74 [8] 2nd Quarter-finals Runners-up Champions League
Europa League
Conference League
Play off round
Group stage
R16
  Dean David 20
Total 2,241 1,089 563 566 3,513 2,316 3,409

  1st Tier
  2nd Tier

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Maccabi Haifa First Final Loss 24 May 2016, Kaduregel Vintage (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ The Football "Hebrew Cup" Doar HaYom, 11 May 1923, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. ^ The Hebrew E.I. Cup in Football Doar HaYom 3 May 1923, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ The Football During the British Mandate Era Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Asher Goldberg, 28 September 2010, IFA (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ the league's season play it over two years as a play to combat corruption and increasing violence at matches, the cup games play separately
  6. ^ awarded 0–3 against them for fielding a suspended player.
  7. ^ Maccabi Haifa had 3 points deducted
  8. ^ Maccabi Haifa had 2 point deducted