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.

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

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

Table correct as of 28 May 2022

Season	League									State Cup	Toto Cup	Europe		Top goalscorer
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	State Cup	Toto Cup	Europe		Top goalscorer
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

Key

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

R32 = Round 1
R16 = Round 2
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals

Group = Group stage
QR1 = First Qualifying Round
QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round

1st Tier
2nd Tier

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

Notes and references

^ Maccabi Haifa First Final Loss 24 May 2016, Kaduregel Vintage (in Hebrew)
^ The Football "Hebrew Cup" Doar HaYom, 11 May 1923, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ The Hebrew E.I. Cup in Football Doar HaYom 3 May 1923, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
^ The Football During the British Mandate Era Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Asher Goldberg, 28 September 2010, IFA (in Hebrew)
^ 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
^ awarded 0–3 against them for fielding a suspended player.
^ Maccabi Haifa had 3 points deducted
^ Maccabi Haifa had 2 point deducted

[1] Maccabi Haifa First Final Loss 24 May 2016, Kaduregel Vintage (in Hebrew)

[hebcup-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] warded 0–3 against them for fielding a suspended player.

[7] Maccabi Haifa had 3 points deducted

[8] Maccabi Haifa had 2 point deducted

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]