Maccabi Haifa Football Club is one of the three most successful Israeli clubs in European competition. Maccabi Haifa was the first Israeli to qualify for the Champions League Group stage, the first to do so twice and the only one to do so three times. Maccabi Haifa has also qualified to the Quarter-finals of European Cup Winners' Cup, to the Round of 16 in UEFA cup and one time to the Round of 16 of the UEFA Conference League. In the Second qualifying round of Europa League, they won 8–0 vs Khazar Lankaran a new record or any Israeli team in European competition. Over the years Maccabi Haifa has played against large clubs in the same continent, such as Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Liverpool, Bayern Munich or Juventus.
List of matches in European competitions Before joining UEFA Season Competition Round Country Club First leg Second leg Aggregate 1985 Intertoto Cup Group stage Beitar Jerusalem 3–0 (H)Match played in Ramat Gan Stadium 3–1 (A) First Place Arminia Bielefeld 2–1 (H) 2–8 (A) SK Sturm Graz 1–1 (H) 2–1 (A) 1986 Group stage Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–2 (H) 2–2 (A) Second Place GAK Grazer 1–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Lyngby Boldklub 1–2 (H) 0–4 (A) 1990 Group stage Siófok Bányász 3–0 (H) 0–0 (A) Second Place Lech Poznań 4–2 (H) 0–1 (A) Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 2–2 (H) 5–0 (A) 1991 Group stage FC Saarbrücken 0–6 (H) 1–5 (A) Third Place Örebro 0–3 (H) 0–1 (A) Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–2 (H) 2–0 (A)
After joining UEFA Season Competition Round Country Opponent First leg Second leg Aggregate 1993–94 Winners' Cup Qualifying round Dudelange 1–0 (A) 6–1 (H) 7–1Dudelange-MaccabiMaccabi-Dudelange First round Torpedo Moscow 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H) 3–2Torpedo-MaccabiMaccabi-Torpedo Second round Parma 0–1 (H) 1–0 (A) 1–1Lost by penalty shoot-outMaccabi-ParmaParma-Maccabi 1994–95 Champions League Qualifying round 1–2 (H) 1–3 (A) 2–5Maccabi-CasinoCasino-Maccabi 1995–96 Winners' Cup Qualifying round KÍ Klaksvík 4–0 (H) 2–3 (A) 6–3Maccabi-KlaksvíkKlaksvík-Maccabi First round Sporting Lisbon 0–4 (A) 0–0 (H) 0–4Sporting-MaccabiSporting-Maccabi 1996–97 UEFA Cup Preliminary round Partizan Belgrade 0–1 (H)Match played in Herzliya Municipal Stadium 1–3 (A) 1–4Maccabi-PartizanPartizan-Maccabi 1997 Intertoto Cup Group stage Proleter Zrenjanin 0–4 (A) rowspan=4 Fifth place Publikum 0–1 (H) Antalyaspor 2–0 (A) Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 0–4 (H) 1998–99 Winners' Cup Qualifying round Glentoran 1–0 (A) 2–1 (H) 3–1Glentoran-MaccabiMaccabi-Glentoran First round Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 (A) 3–2 (H) 4–3PSG-MaccabiMaccabi-PSG Second round Ried 1–2 (A) 4–1 (H) 5–3Ried-MaccabiMaccabi-Ried Quarter-finals Lokomotiv Moscow 0–3 (A) 0–1 (H) 0–4Lokomotiv-MaccabiMaccabi-Lokomotiv 1999 Intertoto Cup First round Qarabağ Agdam 1–2 (H)Match played in Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion 1–0 (A) 2–2Lost by Away goals rule 2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Slavia Mozyr 1–1 (A) 0–0 (H) 1–1Won by Away goals ruleSlavia-MaccabiMaccabi-Slavia First round Vitesse Arnhem 0–3 (A) 2–1 (H) 2–4Vitesse-MaccabiMaccabi-Vitesse 2001–02 Champions League Second qualifying round 1–0 (A) 0–3 (H)Maccabi Haifa Won 4–0 but was awarded 0–3 against them for fielding a suspended player 1–3Haka-MaccabiMaccabi-Haka 2002–03 Champions League Second qualifying round Belshina Bobruisk 4–0 (H)Match played in Nicosia, Cyprus after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel. 1–0 (A) 5–0Maccabi-BelshinaBelshina-Maccabi Third qualifying round Sturm Graz 2–0 (H)Match played in Sofia, Bulgaria after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel. 3–3 (A) 5–3Sturm-MaccabiSturm-Maccabi First Group stage Manchester United 2–5 (A) 3–0 (H) Third PlaceManchester United-MaccabiMaccabi-Manchester United Olympiacos 3–0 (H) 3–3 (A)Maccabi-OlympiacosOlympiacos-Maccabi Bayer Leverkusen 0–2 (H) 1–2 (A)Maccabi-LeverkusenLeverkusen-Maccabi UEFA Cup Third round 0–4 (A) 1–4 (H) 1–8AEK-MaccabiMaccabi-AEK 2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Cwmbrân Town 3–0 (A) 3–0 (H)Match played in İzmir, Turkey after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel. 6–0Cwmbrân-MaccabiMaccabi-Cwmbrân First round Publikum 2–1 (H) 2–2 (A) 4–3Maccabi-PublikumPublikum-Maccabi Second round Valencia 0–0 (A) 0–4 (H)Match played in Rotterdam, Netherlands after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel. 0–4Valencia-MaccabiMaccabi-Valencia 2004–05 Champions League Third qualifying round Rosenborg 1–2 (A) 2–3 (H)Match played in Ramat Gan StadiumAfter Extra Time 3–5Rosenborg-MaccabiMaccabi-Rosenborg UEFA Cup First round Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0 (H)Match played in Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv. 0–2 (A) 1–2Maccabi-DniproDnipro-Maccabi Maccabi Haifa 2005–06 Champions League Second qualifying round 2–3 (A) 2–2 (H) 4–5Malmö-MaccabiMaccabi-Malmö 2006–07 Champions League Third qualifying round Liverpool 1–2 (A) 1–1 (H)Match played in Kyiv, Ukraine after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel. 2–3Liverpool-MaccabiMaccabi-Liverpool UEFA Cup First round Litex Lovech 1–1 (H)Match played in Nijmegen, Netherlands after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel. 3–1 (A) 4–2Maccabi-LitexLitex-Maccabi Group stage Auxerre 3–1 (H) rowspan=4 Second placeMaccabi-Auxerre Rangers 0–2 (A)Rangers-Maccabi Partizan Belgrade 1–0 (H)Maccabi-Partizan Livorno 1–1 (A)Livorno-Maccabi Round of 32 CSKA Moscow 0–0 (A)Match played in Vladikavkaz. 1–0 (H) 1–0CSKA Moscow-MaccabiMaccabi-CSKA Moscow Round of 16 Espanyol 0–0 (H) 0–4 (A) 0–4Maccabi-EspanyolEspanyol-Maccabi 2007 Intertoto Cup Second round Gloria Bistrița 0–2 (H) 2–0 (A) 2–2 2009–10 Champions League Second qualifying round Glentoran 6–0 (H) 4–0 (A) 10–0Maccabi-GlentoranGlentoran-Maccabi Third qualifying round FC Aktobe 0–0 (A) 4–3 (H) 4–3Aktobe-MaccabiMaccabi-Aktobe Play-off round Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) 5–1Red Bull-MaccabiMaccabi-Red Bull Group stage Bayern Munich 0–3 (H) 0–1 (A) Fourth PlaceMaccabi-BayernBayern-Maccabi Bordeaux 0–1 (A) 0–1 (H)Bordeaux-MaccabiMaccabi-Bordeaux Juventus 0–1 (A) 0–1 (H)Juventus-MaccabiMaccabi-Juventus 2010–11 Europa League Third qualifying round Dinamo Minsk 1–0 (H) 1–3 (A) 2–3Maccabi-Dinamo MinskDinamo Minsk-Maccabi 2011–12 Champions League Second qualifying round Borac Banja Luka 5–1 (H) 2–3 (A) 7–4Maccabi-BoracBorac-Maccabi Third qualifying round Maribor 2–1 (H) 1–1 (A) 3–2Maccabi-MariborMaribor-Maccabi Play-off round Genk 2–1 (H) 1–2 (A) 3–3Maccabi-GenkGenk-Maccabi Europa League Group stage AEK Larnaca 1–0 (H) 1–2 (A) Third PlaceMaccabi-AEK LarnacaAEK Larnaca-Maccabi Schalke 04 1–3 (A) 0–3 (H)Schalke-MaccabiMaccabi-Schalke Steaua București 5–0 (H) 2–4 (A)Maccabi-SteauaSteaua-Maccabi 2013–14 Europa League Second qualifying round Khazar Lankaran 2–0 (H) 8–0 (A) 10–0Maccabi-KhazarKhazar-Maccabi Third qualifying round Ventspils0–0 (A) 3–0 (H) 3–0Ventspils-MaccabiMaccabi-Ventspils Play-off round Astra Giurgiu 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A) 3–1Maccabi-AstraAstra-Maccabi Group stage Alkmaar 0–1 (H) 0–2 (A) Third PlaceMaccabi-AlkmaarAlkmaar-Maccabi Shakhter Karagandy 2–2 (A) 2–1 (H)Karagandy-MaccabiMaccabi-Karagandy PAOK Thessaloniki 2–3 (A) 0–0 (H)PAOK-MaccabiMaccabi-PAOK 2016–17 Europa League Second qualifying round Nõmme Kalju 1–1 (H)Match played in Netanya Stadium. 1–1 (A) 2–2Maccabi-NõmmeNõmme-Maccabi 2019–20 Europa League First qualifying round Mura 2–0 (H) 3–2 (A) 5–2Maccabi-MuraMura-Maccabi Second qualifying round Strasbourg 1–3 (A) 2–1 (H) 3–4Strasbourg-MaccabiMaccabi-Strasbourg 2020–21 Europa League First qualifying round Željezničar 3–1 (H) rowspan=4 rowspan=4 Maccabi-Željezničar Second qualifying round Kairat 2–1 (H)Maccabi Haifa-Kairat Third qualifying round Rostov 2–1 (A)Maccabi-Rostov Play-off round Tottenham Hotspur 2–7 (A)Tottenham-Maccabi 2021–22 Champions League First qualifying round Kairat 1–1 (H) 0–2 (A) 1–3 Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 (A) 5–1 (H) 7–2Dinamo Tbilisi-MaccabiMaccabi-Dinamo Tbilisi Third qualifying round HB Tórshavn 7–2 (H) 0–1 (A) 7–3Maccabi-HB Tórshavn TórshavnHB Tórshavn-Maccabi Play-off round Neftçi Baku 3–3 (A) 4–0 (H) 7–3Neftçi Baku-MaccabiMaccabi-Neftçi Baku Group stage Feyenoord 0–0 (H) 1–2 (A) Fourth PlaceMaccabi-FeyenoordFeyenoord-Maccabi Union Berlin 0–3 (A) 0–1 (H) Union Berlin-MaccabiMaccabi-Union Berlin Slavia Prague 1–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Maccabi-Slavia PragueSlavia Prague-Maccabi 2022–23 Champions League Second qualifying round Olympiacos 1–1 (H) 4–0 (A) 5–1Maccabi-OlympiacosOlympiacos-Maccabi Third qualifying round Apollon Limassol 4–0 (H) 0–2 (A) 4–2Maccabi-Apollon LimassolApollon Limassol-Maccabi Play-off round Red Star Belgrade 3–2 (H) 2–2 (A) 5–4Red Star Belgrade-MaccabiMaccabi-Red Star Belgrade Group stage Benfica Lisbon 0–2 (A) 1–6 (H) Fourth PlaceBenfica Lisbon-MaccabiMaccabi-Benfica Lisbon Paris Saint-Germain1–3 (H)2–7 (A)Maccabi-PSGPSG-Maccabi Juventus 1–3 (A) 2–0 (H)Juventus-MaccabiMaccabi-Juventus 2023–24 Champions League First qualifying round Ħamrun Spartans 4–0 (A) 2–1 (H) 6–1Ħamrun Spartans-MaccabiMaccabi-Ħamrun Spartans Second qualifying round Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 (A) 4–1 (H) 4–2Sheriff Tiraspol-MaccabiMaccabi-Sheriff Tiraspol Third qualifying round Slovan Bratislava 2–1 (A) 3–1 (H) 5–2Slovan Bratislava-MaccabiMaccabi-Slovan Bratislava Play-off round Young Boys 0–0 (H) 0–3 (A) 0–3Maccabi-Young BoysYoung Boys-Maccabi Europa League Group stage Rennais 0–3 (A) 0–3 (H)Match played in Budapest, Hungary after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.Third PlaceRennes-MaccabiMaccabi-Rennes Panathinaikos 0–0 (H) 2–1 (A)Maccabi-PanathinaikosPanathinaikos-Maccabi Villarreal 0–0 (A) 1–2 (H)Match played in Larnaca, Cyprus after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.Villarreal-MaccabiMaccabi-Villarreal Europa Conference League Knockout round play-offs Gent 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) 2–1 Maccabi-GentGent-Maccabi Round of 16 Fiorentina 3–4 (H) 1–1 (A) 4–5 Maccabi-FiorentinaFiorentina-Maccabi 2024–25 Conference League Second qualifying round Sabah 0−3 (H)Match played in Kisvárda, Hungary after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel. 6−3 (A) 6–6Maccabi-SabahSabah-Maccabi 2025–26 Conference League Second qualifying round Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–1 (A)Match played in Szombathely, Hungary after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Belarus. 3–0 (H) 4–1 Maccabi-Zhodinohttps://www.mhaifafc.com/matches/9921 Third qualifying round Raków Częstochowa 1–0 (A) 0–2 (H)Match played in Debrecen, Hungary after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel. 1–2https://www.mhaifafc.com/matches/9957https://www.mhaifafc.com/matches/9958
Maccabi Haifa in European group stages Champions League 2002–03 Group F
2009–10 Group A
2022–23 Group H
Europa League 2011–12 Group J
2013–14 Group L
2023–24 Group F
Europa Conference League 2021–22 Group E
UEFA Cup 2006–07 Group A
Maccabi Haifa in European knockout phases UEFA Cup 2002–03
AEK Athens won 8–1 on aggregate.
2006–07
Maccabi Haifa won 1–0 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 4–0 on aggregate.
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1993–94
1–1 on aggregate; Parma won 3–1 on penalties.
1998–99
Maccabi Haifa won 5–3 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 4–0 on aggregate.
Europa Conference League 2023–24 Knockout round play-offs
Maccabi Haifa won 2–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
Fiorentina won 5–4 on aggregate.
UEFA Team Ranking
Bold row-separators indicate change of ranking system. Italic font indicate ongoing season.