Israeli football clubs have competed in international football tournaments since 1967, whenHapoel Tel Aviv played in the inauguralAsian Champion Club Tournament. Two Israeli clubs, Hapoel Tel Aviv andMaccabi Tel Aviv, competed in all four editions of the Asian Champion Club Tournament before it was discontinued after the 1972 edition was cancelled. TheIsrael Football Association was expelled from the AFC in 1974, with Israeli clubs not being invited to take part in the competition when it was revived as the Asian Club Championship (now theAFC Champions League) in 1985.
Between1976 and1994, Israeli clubs took part in theIntertoto Cup, which was the only international club competition available until 1990 due to the Israeli FA not being affiliated to any confederation.
Israeli teams first appeared in the Intertoto Cup in 1976, withHapoel Be'er Sheva andBeitar Jerusalem, champions and runners-up in theprevious season, debuting. In 1979, due to the cost of travelling to Europe, only one team,Maccabi Netanya was entered into the competition,[1][2][3] and between 1980 and 1992 the two Israeli entrants played in one group to reduce travelling expenses.[4] In 1993 and 1994, as the format of the competition was changed to allow participating teams to play only two away matches, Israeli teams were allocated to two different groups.
The total appearances column sum all club appearances by seasons and not by competitions (i.e. for a club which played in CL and EL in one season, only one appearance is calculated in the total column, while one appearance is calculated for each competition).
Maccabi Haifa had beatenFC Haka 4–0 in2001–02, which was later awarded to HJK as awalkover win due to Maccabi Haifa fielding a suspended player.[20] The original score is included in the table.
Maccabi Tel Aviv had beatenPAOK 2–1 in2004–05, which was later awarded to Maccabi Tel Aviv as awalkover win due to PAOK fielding a suspended player.[21] The original score is included in the table.
In2013–14 UEFA Europa League Maccabi Tel Aviv were drawn to meetPAOK in the Play-off round. However, on 14 August 2013,Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013–14 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[22] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.[23] Thus,Maccabi Tel Aviv, the opponent of PAOK in the Europa League play-off round, qualified directly for the Europa League group stage without playing any match in the play-off round. The two cancelled matches are not included in the table.
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