List of Maccabi Netanya F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Maccabi Netanya Football Club in Israeli and European football, from 1937–38 (when the club first competed in the 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 competitions such as the Lilian Cup are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the State Cup and the Toto Cup.

History

Maccabi Netanya was established in 1934 and was first promoted to the top division ahead of the 1943–44 season. The club stayed at the top division until the end of the 1961–62 season. After returning to the top division two seasons later, the club went on to win 5 championships. In 1994–95 The club finished bottom of Liga Leumit and were relegated to Liga Artzit, returning to the top division in 1998–99. However, the club was relegated again in 2003–04 after finishing second from bottom, though they made an immediate return to the top division after finishing as Liga Leumit runners-up the following season. The club finished as runners-up in the league in 2006–07 and 2007–08, but as the club met financial difficulties, it went into administration and relegated to the second division.

Seasons

Season	League									State Cup	League Cup	International (Asia/Europe)	Top goalscorer[nb 1]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1937–38	Gimel South	9	5	1	3	26	11	1	3rd[1]	–	–	–
1938–39	Samaria Lge.	10	4	2	4	12	16	10	3rd	–	–	–
1939–40	Bet Samaria	18	5	3	10	31	47	13	7th	–	–	–
1940–41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	R2	–	–
1941–42	Bet North	12	11	0	1	45	4	22	1st[nb 2]	QF	–	–
1942–43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Round of 16	–	–
1943–44	Pal. League	20	11	5	4	47	38	27	6th	QF[nb 3]	–	–
1944–45	Pal. League Northern	12	3	0	9	21	40	6	7th		–	–
1945–46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	R2	–	–
1946–47	Pal. League	26	9	6	11	47	62	24	9th	R2	–	–
1947–48	Pal. League [nb 4]	4	1	0	3	8	13	2	10th	–	–	–
1948–49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–[nb 5]	–	–
1949–50	Isr. League	24	7	3	14	43	73	17	9th		–	–
1950–51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–
1951–52	Alef	22	6	5	11	36	46	17	9th	R3	–	–
1952–53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Final	–	–
1953–54	Alef	22	7	5	10	23	36	19	7th		–	–
1954–55	Alef	26	13	7	6	54	43	33	4th	R4	–	–	Max Cohen	14
1955–56	Leumit	22	9	2	11	31	44	20	8th	–	–	–	Itzhak Caspi	20
1956–57	Leumit	18	6	2	10	20	27	14	7th	R5	–	–
1957–58	Leumit	22	5	11	6	21	23	21	4th	R7	–	–
1958–59	Leumit	22	7	5	10	22	36	19	9th	R6	QF	–
1959–60	Leumit	22	8	3	11	30	47	19	8th	QF	–	–
1960–61	Leumit	22	6	2	14	19	33	14	10th		–	–
1961–62	Leumit	22	4	5	13	23	41	13	12th	R6	–	–
1962–63	Alef	30	18	3	9	76	28	39	4th	R4	–	–
1963–64	Alef North	26	22	3	1	86	17	47	1st	SF	–	–
1964–65	Leumit	30	14	3	13	46	56	31	8th	QF	–	–
1965–66	Leumit	30	13	8	9	49	35	34	4th	R6	–	–
1966–67	Leumit	60	20	20	20	82	68	60	8th	QF	–	–
1967–68										SF	–	–
1968–69	Leumit	30	16	9	5	71	32	41	3rd	Round of 16	Group	–
1969–70	Leumit	30	7	14	9	29	30	28	11th	Final	–	–
1970–71	Leumit	30	20	7	3	44	18	47	1st	Round of 16	–	–
1971–72	Leumit	30	15	7	8	44	29	37	4th	QF	–	–
1972–73	Leumit	30	8	10	12	28	39	26	13th	Round of 16	Group	–
1973–74	Leumit	30	13	11	6	32	19	37	1st	Round of 16	–	–
1974–75	Leumit	30	14	9	7	39	29	37	2nd	QF	–	–
1975–76	Leumit	34	14	9	11	58	39	37	4th	QF	QF	–
1976–77	Leumit	30	12	9	9	40	34	3	5th	SF	–	–
1977–78	Leumit	26	15	8	3	50	21	38	1st	Winners	–	–
1978–79	Leumit	30	12	12	6	47	33	36	3rd	Round of 16	–	–
1979–80	Leumit	30	19	8	3	53	23	46	1st	R7	–	–
1980–81	Leumit	30	9	12	9	31	30	30	10th	Round of 16	–	–
1981–82	Leumit	30	17	7	6	63	29	41	2nd	Round of 16	–	–
1982–83	Leumit	30	18	7	5	54	31	61	1st	QF	–	–
1983–84	Leumit	30	11	9	10	52	49	42	4th	SF	–	–
1984–85	Leumit	30	9	11	10	53	40	38	8th	Round of 16	Group	–
1985–86	Leumit	30	11	6	13	34	35	39	9th	Round of 16	SF	–
1986–87	Leumit	30	12	8	10	30	30	44	7th	QF	Final	–
1987–88	Leumit	33	16	12	5	56	35	60	2nd	SF	SF	–
1988–89	Leumit	31	14	10	7	36	33	52	3rd	Round of 16	Final	–
1989–90	Leumit	32	9	12	11	31	31	39	7th	Round of 16	Group	–
1990–91	Leumit	32	10	10	12	41	39	40	4th	QF	Group	–
1991–92	Leumit	32	8	11	13	32	46	35	6th	QF	Group	–
1992–93	Leumit	33	11	6	16	35	57	39	8th	SF	Group	–
1993–94	Leumit	39	13	10	16	64	71	49	6th	Round of 16	SF	–
1994–95	Leumit	30	7	9	14	33	50	30	16th	SF	Group	–
1995–96	Artzit	30	9	12	9	38	28	39	9th	R8	Final	–
1996–97	Artzit	30	16	7	7	53	35	55	3rd	R8	Group	–
1997–98	Artzit	30	11	11	8	43	43	44	5th	8	Group	–
1998–99	Artzit	30	18	11	1	54	20	65	1st	R8	Group	–
1999–2000	Premier	39	9	13	17	37	64	40	11th	QF	QF	–
2000–01	Premier	38	13	10	15	63	61	49	7th	QF	R2	–
2001–02	Premier	33	11	7	15	41	44	40	7th	R8	R2	–
2002–03	Premier	33	15	9	9	47	36	54	4th	R8	Group	–
2003–04	Premier	33	8	7	18	28	52	31	11th	QF	SF	Intertoto, R1
2004–05	Leumit	33	14	11	8	44	31	53	2nd	Round of 16	Winners	–
2005–06	Premier	33	11	8	14	40	45	41	7th	R9	Group	–
2006–07	Premier	33	15	12	6	37	25	57	2nd	R9	Group	–	Samed Abdul Awudu	11
2007–08	Premier	33	16	10	7	40	24	58	2nd	SF	QF	UEFA Cup, 2QR	Itay Shechter	9
2008–09	Premier	33	14	12	7	40	32	54	4th	SF	QF	UEFA Cup, 2QR	Dedi Ben Dayan	9
2009–10	Premier	33	10	9	14	44	47	21[nb 6]	10th	R8	Group	EL, 3QR	Ahmad Saba'a	11
2010–11	Premier	35	12	13	10	47	47	27 [nb 7]	6th	SF	QF	–	Ahmad Saba'a	17
2011–12	Premier	37	17	8	12	54	48	58	4th	QF	Group	–	Ahmad Saba'a	22
2012–13	Premier	33	8	11	14	37	47	35	13th	R8	SF	EL, 2QR	Ahmad Saba'a	11
2013–14	Leumit	37	24	9	4	67	35	81	1st	Final	–	–	Eran Levy	16
2014–15	Premier	33	11	8	14	46	54	41	9th	R8	Group	–	Larry Kayode	13
2015–16	Premier	33	1	9	23	14	50	12	14th	R8	QF	–	Gael Margulies Hamza Barry	3

Key

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

Leumit = Liga Leumit (National League) Artzit = Liga Artzit (Nationwide League) Premier = Liga Al (Premier League) Pal. League = Palestine League

F = Final Group = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round RInt = Intermediate Round

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 SF = Semi-finals

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Notes

1. Goals in all competitions (Liga Leumit or Liga Al, State Cup, Toto Cup and European) are counted.
2. Maccabi Natanya competed for promotion against South division winners Hapoel Rehovot, winning the first match 3–1,[2] and losing won the return leg 0–2.[3] A deciding match was never played, as the EIFA decided to promote both teams to Liga Alef.
3. The 1944 cup competitions began on 5 February 1944 and was completed during the following season, on 13 January 1945.
4. The 1947–48 league was abandoned due to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
5. The 1949 cup competition was delayed by appeals after the completion of the quarter-finals. After settling the appeals three further matches were played in February 1951, and the competition was abandoned.
6. Maccabi Netanya scored 36 points in the regular season, which were halved at the beginning of the play-offs. The club scored 3 more points during the play-offs for a total of 39 points.
7. Maccabi Netanya scored 44 points in the regular season, which were halved at the beginning of the play-offs. The club scored 5 more points during the play-offs for a total of 49 points.

References

1. Protocol No. 38/15 IFA, hpt.co.il (in Hebrew)
2. A Match for Promotion to Liga Alef HaBoker, 14 June 1942, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
3. Return Match for Promotion to Liga Alef HaBoker, 21 June 1942, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)