Impressive, and not only on the grass. There is no doubt that this summer is one of the positive ones that Israeli football has known, certainly as far as its results in the international games are concerned. From the success of the youth team, through the approach of the senior team to the Euros, to the wonderful results of our representatives in the qualifiers of the various UEFA enterprises.
As a result, it seems that the Israeli audience is also starting to vote with their feet. Out of the 38 different playoff games held as part of the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League qualifiers, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are among the top 10 in terms of attendance at the stadiums.
The Greens brought no less than 29,132 fans to Sami Ofer for the playoff game against Red Star Belgrade, in which they also won 2:3 after a wonderful turnaround in the second half. In this way, Maccabi Haifa ranks 6th among all playoff games in terms of the amount of audience.
But not only the Israeli champion joined the distinguished list, Maccabi Tel Aviv is also there in a big way. The yellows brought 26,871 fans to Bloomfield as part of the small and impressive 0:1 over Nice in the promotion playoffs to the group stage of the Conference League, which put them in 8th place.
The top 10:
1. Rangers – PSV 49,097
2. Cologne – Preharber 44,000
3. Karabach – Victoria Pelzan 31,150
4. West Ham – Vyborg 30,230
5. Stiave Bucharest – Viking 30,134
6. Maccabi Haifa – Red Star Belgrade 29,132
7. Copenhagen – Trabzonspor 27,520
8. Maccabi Tel Aviv – Nice 26,871
9. Jorgarden – Apoel Nicosia 19,122
10. Young Boys – Anderlecht 18,363