Tel Aviv derby
Hapoel Tel Aviv fans during a local derby
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| Locale |
 Tel Aviv (Israel) |
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| Teams |
Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| First meeting | 25 February 1928 (Friendly) 19 December 1931 (League) |
| Latest meeting | 5-0 To Maccabi hapoel |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 162 |
| Most wins | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| All-time series (Israeli Premier League only) | Maccabi: 49 Drawn: 55 Hapoel: 47 |
The Tel Aviv derby refers to football matches between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Other matches between top-tier teams from Tel Aviv and Jaffa, currently Bnei Yehuda, and in the past also Beitar Tel Aviv and Shimson Tel Aviv and Maccabi Jaffa, and between those other teams and either Maccabi or Hapoel are usually referred to as the Tel Aviv mini-derby
The rivalry between the clubs also exists in basketball, although Maccabi have been the dominant club in Israeli basketball since the 1960s.
Maccabi Tel Aviv was established in 1906, while Hapoel Tel Aviv was founded in 1923. Although initially reluctant to play each other, in early 1928 the clubs came to an operating agreement, and the first friendly encounter between the teams took place on 25 February 1928 on Maccabi ground, with Maccabi winning 3–0, With a rematch played a week later on Hapoel ground, this time Maccabi winning 2–1.
Between them, the clubs had together won 33 championships and 37 national cups. Both clubs have played in the top division of Israeli football both before and since independence in 1948, with the exception of the 1989–90 season, when Hapoel played in the second tier following relegation the previous season. The first league encounter between the teams was played on 19 December 1931, and the points were shared with a result of 1–1. Prior to the independence, the clubs have met 17 times in the league, out of which Hapoel won 9, Maccabi won 5 and 3 resulted in a draw. Post 1948, Maccabi holds the lead with 48 league victories, opposite 46 Hapoel wins and 52 draws. Overall, since 1931, Hapoel has 55 league victories, Maccabi has 53 and 55 matches ended with a draw.
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