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.
Maccabi Haifa won 5–3 on aggregate.