Against Monaco, Maccabi Tel-Aviv played its 1000th European Cup match
Facing AS Monaco on Wednesday, Maccabi Tel Aviv played their 1000e match in European competitions. A recording.
The six-time continental champion and nine-time European vice-champion played a total of 61 seasons in European competitions, including 58 in the Euroleague which has had different names. The Maccabi played 973 matches in the first European competition (C1) with a record of 577 wins and 396 losses. He also played 11 matches in the Cup Winners’ Cup (C2) with 6 wins and 5 losses, 10 in the Korac Cup (C3) with a 5-5 and six in the Eurocup with a 2-4.
55 times champion of Israel, Maccabi found themselves facing 116 clubs from 18 different countries. He has a positive record against 71 of them. The Israeli team faced 14 different Italian clubs but also 10 French and Spanish clubs. She has played no less than 63 matches against Real Madrid.
Twenty different players have scored at least 1,000 points in the Maccabi jersey. Miki Berkowitz is the all-time leading scorer with 3,581 points and the record for most points in a single game is 49 by Doron Jamchi against Limoges in 1991. Most points scored (37) by a Maccabi player in a Euroleague match was held by Sarunas Jasikevicius against Zalgiris Kaunas in 2004 and Scottie Wilbekin has tied that performance this season.
Derrick Sharp is the one who has played the most games with Maccabi: 290. Nadav Henefeld is second with 222 and Berkowitz third with 201. Maccabi’s most successful coach is Pini Gershon with 113 wins. Zvi Sherf led the Maccabi to 99 wins and David Blatt to 89. Current coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos to 53.
Their all-time home winning percentage is 76.9%, while away the team have won 42.5% of their games. The Maccabi have played 40 overtime games and a 25-15 record in them.
The club’s biggest margin of victory in a Euroleague regular season game is 50 when they beat Scavolini Pesaro, 123-7.3 in November 2004. The biggest win in all competitions is 143- 43 against Achilleas Kaimakli of Cyprus in the 1984-85 qualifying rounds.
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