Football derbies in Israel

This is a list of the main association football rivalries in Israel.

National rivalries

• Political rivalry: Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Beitar Jerusalem^[1]
• Tel Aviv vs. Haifa rivalry ("The Israeli Classico"): Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa.^[2]
• Religious/ethnic rivalry: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Bnei Sakhnin^[3][4]
• Be'er Sheva vs. Netanya rivalry: Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs. Maccabi Netanya^[5]

City derbies

• Tel Aviv derbies:
  • Tel Aviv derby: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv^[6][7]
  • Eastern Derby: Hapoel Kfar Shalem vs. Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
  • Tel Aviv mini-derby: Maccabi Tel Aviv or Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv^[8][9] and in also the past Beitar Tel Aviv, Shimson Tel Aviv and Maccabi Jaffa.

• Haifa derby: Maccabi Haifa vs. Hapoel Haifa^[10]
• Jerusalem derby: Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Jerusalem^[11][12]
• Ramat Gan derby: Hapoel Ramat Gan vs. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan^[13]
• Petah Tikva derby (Melabes Derby): Maccabi Petah Tikva vs. Hapoel Petah Tikva^[14]
• Rehovot derby (derby HaShkhonot): Maccabi Sha'arayim vs. Hapoel Marmorek^[15][16]
• Ashdod derby: Hapoel Ashdod vs. Maccabi Ironi Ashdod^[17]
• Herzeliya derby: Hapoel Herzliya vs. Maccabi Herzliya^[18]

Regional derbies

• South derby: Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs. F.C Ashdod^[19]
• Sharon derbies:
  • Maccabi Netanya vs. Hapoel Hadera^[20]
  • Hapoel Ra'anana vs. Hapoel Kfar Saba^[21]
  • Ramat HaSharon vs. Maccabi Herzliya^[22]