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Israel

Nickname(s)	הכחולים-לבנים (The Blue and Whites) הנבחרת (The Chosen Team)
Association	Israel Football Association (IFA)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe; 1980–81; 1991–present) OFC (Oceania; 1985–89) AFC (Asia; 1954–74)
Head coach	Alon Hazan
Captain	Bibras Natcho
Most caps	Yossi Benayoun (101)[lower-alpha 1]
Top scorer	Eran Zahavi (33)
FIFA code	ISR
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	76 (6 October 2022)[1]
Highest	15 (November 2008)
Lowest	99 (January 2018)
First international
Egypt 5–0 Mandatory Palestine  (Cairo, Egypt; 4 April 1930) as the State of Israel:  US Olympic Team 3–1 Israel  (New York, United States; 26 September 1948)
Biggest win
Israel 9–0 Chinese Taipei  (Wellington, New Zealand; 23 March 1988)
Biggest defeat
Yugoslavia 6–0 Israel  (Belgrade, Yugoslavia; 21 August 1949)  Italy 6–0 Israel  (Turin, Italy; 4 November 1961)  Germany 7–1 Israel  (Kaiserslautern, Germany; 13 February 2002)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1970)
Best result	Group stage (1970)
Asian Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1956)
Best result	Champions (1964)
Asian Games
Appearances	2 (first in 1958)
Best result	Silver Medal (1974)
Medal record AFC Asian Cup 1956 Hong Kong Team 1960 South Korea Team 1964 Israel Team 1968 Iran Team Asian Games 1974 Iran Team

The Israel national football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל, romanized: Nivheret Yisra'el BeKaduregel) represents Israel in international football, and is governed by the Israel Football Association (IFA).

Israel's national team is the direct successor of the Mandatory Palestine national team, which played five internationals in 1934–1940, and was managed by the Palestine Football Association. The Israel Football Association is a full member of the European Confederation UEFA since 1994.

Israel qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first (and only) time in 1970. They also won the 1964 AFC Asian Cup prior to a forced relocation to UEFA.

History

Early history

Football has a long tradition in Israel. The game was originally introduced during the time of the Ottoman Empire. The Palestinian Football Association was formed in August 1928, and joined FIFA in June 1929, but at the time the association was made up of Arab clubs, Jewish clubs, and clubs representing British policemen and soldiers serving in the region during the British Mandate rule that spanned the period between World War I and the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. The British Mandate of Palestine national team made its debut against Cairo (Egypt) in 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification, losing 0–5 in Cairo, Egypt. The team played five international matches, including a friendly match against Lebanon that Israel won 1–5; until the British Mandate for Palestine national team was dissolved. During those five games, the national team fielded only Jewish players. Three anthems were played before each match: the British "God Save the King", the Jewish (and future Israeli) "Hatikvah", and the opposing team's anthem.[2]

In 1948 the team became, officially, the national football team of (the State of) Israel.[3] The Israel national team's first match as an independent nation was on 26 September 1948, against the US Olympic Team. The game was won by the US 1–3, and in the 20th minute of the game Shmuel Ben-Dror scored the first goal after the creation of the State of Israel.

Asian Football Confederation membership

Muslim and Arab countries boycotting Israel

Israel was one of the founding members of the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) following its own independence in 1948 (prior to that it played under the banner of the "British Mandate of Palestine".[4] After the 1974 Asian Games in Iran, and Israel's 0–1 tense loss to Iran in the finals,[5] Kuwait and other Muslim and Arab countries refused to play them. Following this, Israel were expelled from the confederation and spent a few years trying to qualify from such continental bodies as the OFC (Oceania), before eventually joining UEFA (Europe) officially.[6]

Israel's last years in the AFC

Israel competed at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) between 1954 and 1974. Due to the Arab League boycott of Israel, several Muslim countries refused to compete against Israel. The political situation culminated in Israel winning the 1958 World Cup qualifying stage for Asia and Africa without playing a single game, forcing FIFA to schedule a playoff between Israel and Wales to ensure the team did not qualify without playing at least one game (which Wales won).

Israel hosted and won the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.

In 1968, Israel went to their first Olympic Games and lost to Bulgaria in the quarterfinals.

In 1969, Israel qualified for its first and only FIFA World Cup, via Asia/Oceania. Israel earned two points after a 1–1 draw with Sweden, a 0–0 draw with eventual finalist Italy, and a 0–2 loss to Uruguay. The goal against Sweden, scored by Mordechai Spiegler, is Israel's only FIFA World Cup goal to date.

In 1974, Israel was excluded from AFC competitions, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait (as other Muslim and Arab countries refused to play against Israel), that was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.[7][6] The vote coincided with the 1974 Asian Games, where the football competition was marred by the refusal of both North Korea[8] and Kuwait to play second-round matches against Israel.

In 1976, Israel went to its second Olympic Games and lost in the quarterfinals again, this time against Brazil. In 1972 and 1977, it attempted World Cup qualification as part of Asia, which both times ended in failure.

Years in exile

First steps in UEFA

During the early 1980s, Israel played the majority of its matches against UEFA (Europe) teams, and competed in the European stage of qualification for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

First steps in OFC

For the next two tournaments, Israel entered Oceania's (OFC) qualification stage.

In 1989, Israel won the OFC Second Round (Oceania) by finishing above both Australia and New Zealand. As a result, Israel made it to the CONMEBOL–OFC play-offs to represent Oceania and play against CONMEBOL's (South America) Colombia for the 1990 World Cup, but lost (1–0, 0–0).

UEFA membership

In 1991, Israeli clubs began participating in European club competitions of UEFA, and Israel returned to the European leg of World Cup qualifying in 1992. In 1994, Israel received full UEFA membership, 20 years after it had left Asia. Within Europe, Israel has been a relatively minor nation, though with some successes, notably winning 3–2 in Paris against France in 1993, and 5–0 against Austria in 1999. That year, Israel made it to the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs, but was beaten by Denmark.

Israel came close to advancing to the playoff stage in their 2006 World Cup qualifying group, finishing third, behind France, and tied on points with Switzerland, which also remained unbeaten in 10 matches after 4 wins and 6 draws. The Swiss had a better goal difference, though, and advanced to the qualification play-off. Coach Avram Grant announced his resignation on 26 October 2005. After the end of his contract, he was succeeded by Dror Kashtan.

In UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, Israel came very close to qualifying for the final tournament, but finished fourth in Group E, just one point behind second-placed Russia, who qualified directly with Croatia, and level on 23 points with England, who also failed to advance. The 4–3 home loss to Croatia was the first loss after 13 consecutive official games and 9 home games without a loss.

In 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, Israel again came in fourth, behind Switzerland, Greece, and Latvia. For the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, Kashtan was replaced as coach by Frenchman Luis Fernández but Israel failed to qualify again, finishing third behind Greece and Croatia.

The continued presence of the Israeli Football Association in UEFA was a precedent cited by Australia to justify its transfer from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation.[9]

In 2018, Willi Ruttensteiner was appointed as technical director. A national football academy was founded and three supporting development centers were established.[10]

Home stadium

The first home game of the Israel national football team was at Palms Ground on 6 April 1934 against Egypt in a 1934 World Cup qualifier. Prior to the formation of Israel, they also played at the Maccabi Ground for the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and Maccabiah Stadium. The first national team to represent the newly-formed State of Israel back in 1948, had played at the Ramat Gan Stadium as part of 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification, in front of 55,000 spectators. The Ramat Gan Stadium would remain Israel's home stadium until 2013.

Since the construction of Sammy Ofer Stadium in the city of Haifa, Teddy Stadium in the city of Jerusalem, Turner Stadium in the city of Be'er Sheva, Netanya Stadium in the city of Netanya, and Bloomfield Stadium in the city of Tel Aviv – the Israel national team has rotated their home matches between the latter five.

Active stadiums

Matches	Image	Stadium	Capacity	Location	First match	Last match
50	UEFA	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400	Tel Aviv, Israel	17 May 1964	24 September 2022
13	UEFA	Teddy Stadium	31,733	Jerusalem, Israel	12 February 1992	16 November 2019
12	UEFA	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,858	Haifa, Israel	16 November 2014	2 June 2022
9	UEFA	Netanya Stadium	13,610	Netanya, Israel	6 February 2013	15 November 2021
4	UEFA	Turner Stadium	16,126	Be'er Sheva, Israel	14 October 2018	12 October 2021

Inactive stadiums

Matches	Image	Stadium	Capacity	Location	First match	Last match
139		Ramat Gan Stadium	41,583	Ramat Gan, Israel	8 March 1954	15 October 2013
3		Maccabiah Stadium	20,000	Tel Aviv, Israel	30 July 1949	28 October 1950

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier	Origin	Period
Diadora	Italy	1992–1995
Adidas	Germany	2008–2018
Puma	Germany	1985–1989 1996–2008 2018–present

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2022

2023

Coaching staff

As of 15 Septembmer 2022[14][15]

Position	Name
Head coach	Alon Hazan
Professional / Technical manager	Yossi Benayoun
Assistant coach	Alon Harazi
Fitness coach	Eran Shedo
Goalkeeping coach	Itay Zilfa
Analyst	Maayan Bahalul
Technical manager	Benny Tabak
Head doctor	Ehud "Udi" Kaufman
Doctor	Michal Goldwirth

Coaching history

Manager	Years as manager	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%[16]
Egon Pollak	1948	1	0	0	1	0	1	000.00
Lajos Hess	1949	3	1	0	2	5	12	033.33
László Székely	1950	2	1	0	1	7	4	050.00
Jerry Beit haLevi	1953–54	5	0	0	5	1	7	000.00
Jackie Gibbons	1956	5	2	0	3	7	12	040.00
Jerry Beit haLevi	1957	1	0	0	1	4	5	000.00
Moshe Varon	1958	5	2	0	3	6	7	040.00
Gyula Mándi	1959–63	31	12	7	12	49	63	038.71
George Ainsley	1963–64	3	2	0	1	4	2	066.67
Yosef Merimovich	1964	1	0	0	1	0	4	000.00
Gyula Mándi	1964	3	3	0	0	5	1	100.00
Yosef Merimovich	1964–65	3	1	0	2	2	2	033.33
Milovan Ćirić	1965–68	25	8	2	15	43	45	032.00
Emmanuel Scheffer	1968–70	24	8	8	8	44	34	033.33
Edmond Schmilovich	1970–73	19	10	4	5	27	13	052.63
David Schweitzer	1973–77	36	17	11	8	67	34	047.22
Emmanuel Scheffer	1978–79	13	5	4	4	17	15	038.46
Jack Mansell	1980–81	10	2	3	5	8	12	020.00
Yosef Merimovich	1983–86	27	8	9	10	39	36	029.63
Miljenko Mihić	1986–88	20	4	5	11	27	35	020.00
Itzhak Schneor Ya'akov Grundman	1988–92	18	5	5	8	21	30	027.78
Shlomo Scharf	1992–2000	82	31	18	33	131	118	037.80
Richard Møller Nielsen	2000–02	20	7	4	9	29	33	035.00
Avram Grant	2002–06	33	14	13	6	55	37	042.42
Dror Kashtan	2006–10	31	15	10	6	51	30	048.39
Eli Ohana (caretaker)	2010	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.00
Luis Fernández	2010–11	15	6	1	8	12	18	040.00
Eli Guttman	2011–15	29	8	7	14	42	46	027.59
Alon Hazan (caretaker)	2016	1	0	0	1	0	2	000.00
Elisha Levy	2016–2017	10	4	1	5	11	15	040.00
Alon Hazan (caretaker)	2018	1	0	0	1	1	2	000.00
Andi Herzog	2018–2019	16	6	2	8	22	23	037.50
Willibald Ruttensteiner[17]	2020–7 February 2022	19	8	3	8	36	37	042.11
Marco Balbul[17][18][19] (caretaker)	7 February 2022 – 17 March 2022	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Gadi Brumer[20][21][22][23][24][25] (caretaker)	17 March 2022 – 29 March 2022	2	0	1	1	2	4	000.00
Alon Hazan[26][27]	8 May 2022 – present	3	1	2	0	6	5	033.33

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Zambia and Cyprus on 17 and 20 November 2022.[28]

Caps and goals updated as of 17 November 2022, after the match against Zambia.[29][30][31][32]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yoav Gerafi	(1993-08-29) 29 August 1993 (age 29)	1	0	Ashdod
23	1GK	Omri Glazer	(1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 (age 26)	3	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	1GK	Daniel Peretz	(2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2	2DF	Eli Dasa (vice-captain)	(1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 (age 29)	51	0	Dynamo Moscow
	2DF	Ofir Davidzada	(1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 31)	16	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
4	2DF	Miguel Vítor	(1989-06-30) 30 June 1989 (age 33)	5	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
13	2DF	Sean Goldberg	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 27)	7	0	Maccabi Haifa
19	2DF	Doron Leidner	(2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 20)	5	0	Olympiacos
20	2DF	Raz Shlomo	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Maccabi Netanya
	2DF	Sagiv Yehezkel	(1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	3MF	Dor Peretz	(1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 27)	31	5	Maccabi Tel Aviv
3	3MF	Dan Glazer	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 26)	18	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
6	3MF	Bibras Natcho (captain)	(1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 34)	86	4	Partizan
12	3MF	Neta Lavi	(1996-08-25) 25 August 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Maccabi Haifa
16	3MF	Gabi Kanichowsky	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
22	3MF	Eden Kartsev	(2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 22)	5	0	Maccabi Netanya
	3MF	Ramzi Safouri	(1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 (age 27)	5	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	3MF	Mohammed Kna'an	(2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Ashdod
	3MF	Oscar Gloukh	(2004-04-01) 1 April 2004 (age 18)	1	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
9	4FW	Shon Weissman	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 26)	25	4	Real Valladolid
10	4FW	Omri Altman	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 28)	1	0	AEK Larnaca
15	4FW	Itamar Shviro	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 24)	2	1	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
21	4FW	Tai Baribo	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 24)	6	2	Wolfsberger AC
	4FW	Dean David	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 26)	3	1	Maccabi Haifa

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called-up to the Israel squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ofir Marciano (4th captain)	(1989-10-07) 7 October 1989 (age 33)	40	0	Feyenoord	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
GK	Itamar Nitzan	(1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 (age 35)	1	0	Maccabi Netanya	v.  Romania, 29 March 2022
DF	Eyad Abu Abaid	(1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 27)	6	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
DF	Denny Gropper	(1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Ludogorets Razgrad	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
DF	Or Dadia	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
DF	Maroun Gantous	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 26)	1	0	Bnei Sakhnin	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
DF	Nir Bitton (3rd captain)	(1991-10-30) 30 October 1991 (age 31)	39	3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v.  Albania, 24 September 2022 INJ
DF	Sun Menahem	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 29)	19	0	Maccabi Haifa	v.  Iceland, 13 June 2022 SUS
DF	Omri Gandelman	(2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 (age 22)	2	0	Maccabi Netanya	v.  Iceland, 13 June 2022 PRE / INJ
DF	Orel Dgani	(1989-01-08) 8 January 1989 (age 33)	21	0	Beitar Jerusalem	v.  Romania, 29 March 2022
DF	Maor Kandil	(1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 28)	3	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v.  Romania, 29 March 2022
DF	Matan Baltaxa	(1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Austria Vienna	v.  Romania, 29 March 2022
MF	Goni Naor	(1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Hapoel Jerusalem	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
MF	Rotem Hatuel	(1998-04-12) 12 April 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
MF	Guy Badash	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 28)	1	0	Hapoel Jerusalem	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
MF	Shay Elias	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
MF	Dolev Haziza	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 27)	10	0	Maccabi Haifa	v.  Albania, 24 September 2022
MF	Omer Atzili	(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 29)	6	0	Maccabi Haifa	v.  Albania, 24 September 2022
MF	Manor Solomon	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 23)	31	6	Fulham	v.  Iceland, 13 June 2022 INJ
MF	Mohammad Abu Fani	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 24)	13	0	Maccabi Haifa	v.  Iceland, 13 June 2022
MF	Mahmoud Jaber	(1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Maccabi Haifa	v.  Iceland, 13 June 2022 INJ
MF	Yonatan Cohen	(1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 (age 26)	8	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v.  Romania, 29 March 2022
MF	Aviv Avraham	(1996-03-30) 30 March 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Maccabi Netanya	v.  Romania, 29 March 2022
FW	Guy Melamed	(1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 29)	1	0	Bnei Sakhnin	v.  Malta, 27 September 2022
FW	Liel Abada	(2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 21)	9	1	Celtic	v.  Albania, 24 September 2022
FW	Mu'nas Dabbur RET	(1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 (age 30)	40	15	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	v.  Iceland, 13 June 2022
INJ Withdrew due to injury or illness PRE Preliminary squad/standby RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension due to yellow/red cards WD Player withdrew from the squad due to neither injury nor illness issue U-21 Player withdrew from the squad to play for the national under-21 team

Player of the Year

Records

As of 24 September 2022[33]

Players in bold are still active with Israel.

Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Yossi Benayoun[lower-alpha 1]	101	23	1998–2017
2	Tal Ben Haim[lower-alpha 3]	95	2	2002–2017
3	Arik Benado	94	0	1995–2007
4	Alon Harazi	88	1	1992–2006
5	Bibras Natcho	86	4	2010–present
6	Amir Schelach	85	0	1992–2001
7	Avi Nimni	80	17	1992–2005
8	Eyal Berkovic	78	9	1992–2004
	Dudu Aouate	78	0	1999–2013
10	Tal Banin[lower-alpha 4]	77	12	1990–2003

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Eran Zahavi	33	70	0.47	2010–2021
2	Mordechai Spiegler[lower-alpha 5]	24	57	0.42	1964–1977
3	Ronen Harazi	23	52	0.44	1992–1999
	Yossi Benayoun[lower-alpha 1]	23	101	0.23	1998–2017
5	Nahum Stelmach[lower-alpha 6]	19	45	0.42	1956–1968
6	Alon Mizrahi	17	37	0.46	1992–2001
	Tomer Hemed	17	38	0.45	2011–present
	Eli Ohana[lower-alpha 7]	17	50	0.34	1984–1997
	Avi Nimni	17	80	0.21	1992–2005
10	Yehoshua Feigenbaum[lower-alpha 8]	15	36	0.42	1966–1977
	Mu'nas Dabbur	15	40	0.38	2014–2022

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Israel's FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Confederation
As  Mandatory Palestine											As  Mandatory Palestine
1930	Did not enter										Did not enter
1934	Did not qualify										2nd	2	0	0	2	2	11	Africa/Asia
1938											2nd	2	0	0	2	1	4	Europe
As  Israel											As  Israel
1950	Did not qualify										2nd	2	0	0	2	2	11	Europe
1954											3rd	4	0	0	4	0	5
1958											Play-off	2	0	0	2	0	4	CAF/AFC
1962											Final Round	6	3	1	2	13	14	UEFA
1966											3rd	4	0	0	4	1	12
1970	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	1	3	Squad		Final Round	4	3	1	0	8	1	AFC/OFC
1974	Did not qualify										Zone A Final	6	4	1	1	12	2
1978											First Round	4	2	1	1	5	3
1982											5th	8	1	3	4	6	10	UEFA
1986											2nd	6	3	1	2	17	6	OFC
1990											Play-off	6	1	4	1	5	5
1994											6th	10	1	3	6	10	27	UEFA
1998											3rd	8	4	1	3	9	7
2002											3rd	8	3	3	2	11	7
2006											3rd	10	4	6	0	15	10
2010											4th	10	4	4	2	20	10
2014											3rd	10	3	5	2	19	14
2018											4th	10	4	0	6	10	15
2022											3rd	10	5	1	4	23	21
2026	To be determined										To be determined
Total	1/22	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	3				130	43	35	52	180	180

UEFA European Championship

Israel's UEFA European Championship record											UEFA European Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960–1992	Not a UEFA member										Not a UEFA member
1996	Did not qualify										5th	10	3	3	4	13	13
2000											Play-offs	8	4	1	3	25	9
2004											3rd	8	2	3	3	9	11
2008											4th	12	7	2	3	20	12
2012											3rd	10	5	1	4	13	11
2016											4th	10	4	1	5	16	14
2020											Play-offs	11	3	3	5	16	18
2024	To be determined
Total												69	28	14	27	112	88

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	RK	P/R
2018–19	C	1	2nd	4	2	0	2	6	5	30
2020–21	B	2	3rd	6	2	2	2	7	7	25
2022–23	B	2	1st	4	2	2	0	8	6	17
2024–25	A	TBD	TBD							1-16
Total	B	—	1st	14	6	4	4	21	18	17	—

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1952	Did not enter
1956
1960	Did not qualify
1964
1968	Quarter-finals	–	4	2	1	1	9	7	Squad
1972	Did not qualify
1976	Quarter-finals	–	4	0	3	1	4	7	Squad
1980	Withdrew
1984	Did not qualify
1988
1992 – present	Competition played as an Under-23 competition
Total	Quarter-finals	2/10	8	2	4	2	13	14	–

Head-to-head record

As of 3 March 2022.

  Positive record   Neutral record   Negative record

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L
Albania	4	2	0	2
Andorra	4	4	0	0
Argentina	5	1	1	3
Armenia	1	1	0	0
Australia	17	3	9	5
Austria	12	3	4	6
Azerbaijan	5	3	2	0
Belarus	5	3	0	2
Belgium	7	1	0	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	1	1
Brazil	3	0	0	3
Bulgaria	7	1	2	4
Cameroon	3	0	2	1
Canada	6	6	0	0
Chile	2	1	0	1
Chinese Taipei	7	6	0	1
Colombia	2	0	1	1
Costa Rica	3	3	0	0
Croatia	9	0	1	8
Cyprus	15	9	3	3
Czech Republic	4	0	0	4
Denmark	10	1	0	9
Egypt	2	0	0	2
El Salvador	1	1	0	0
England	4	0	2	2
Estonia	3	3	0	0
Ethiopia	4	4	0	0
Faroe Islands	5	4	1	0
Finland	5	2	1	2
France	9	1	4	4
Georgia	6	3	2	1
Germany[lower-alpha 9]	4	0	0	4
Ghana	1	1	0	0
Greece	19	3	5	11
Guatemala	2	1	1	0
Honduras	2	2	0	0
Hong Kong	3	3	0	0
Hungary	5	2	2	1
Iceland	3	2	1	0
India	4	4	0	0
Indonesia	1	1	0	0
Iran	5	1	1	3
Italy	5	0	1	4
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1
Japan	7	7	0	0
Latvia	7	5	1	1
Lebanon	1	1	0	0
Liechtenstein	4	4	0	0
Lithuania	5	4	1	0
Luxembourg	9	9	0	0
Malaysia	2	2	0	0
Malta	8	6	2	0
Mexico	2	1	0	1
Moldova	8	5	3	0
Montenegro	1	1	0	0
Myanmar	2	1	0	1
Netherlands	4	0	0	4
New Zealand	8	6	1	1
North Macedonia	5	4	0	1
Northern Ireland	10	1	5	4
Norway	2	1	0	1
Pakistan	2	1	1	0
Philippines	1	1	0	0
Poland	11	2	4	5
Portugal	7	1	2	4
Republic of Ireland	5	1	3	1
Romania	21	5	5	11
Russia[lower-alpha 10]	14	4	3	7
San Marino	2	2	0	0
Scotland	11	2	3	6
Serbia[lower-alpha 11]	12	3	1	8
Singapore	1	1	0	0
Slovakia	7	2	2	3
Slovenia	4	0	3	1
South Africa	1	0	0	1
South Korea	11	2	4	5
Spain	6	0	1	5
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0
Sweden	12	1	4	7
Switzerland	7	1	4	2
Thailand	3	1	2	0
Turkey	6	2	0	4
Ukraine	6	1	3	2
United States	6	3	1	2
Uruguay	6	1	1	4
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0
Vietnam [lower-alpha 12]	4	3	0	1
Wales	6	0	3	3

FIFA World Ranking history

The following is a chart of yearly averages of Israel's FIFA World Ranking.[34]

Honours

Titles

FIFA World Cup Inter-confederation play-offs

CONMEBOL v OFC

• Runners-up: 1990 (representing OFC)

CAF/AFC v UEFA

• Runners-up: 1958 (representing CAF/AFC)

OFC Second Round

• Champions: 1990 (as a non-OFC member)

AFC and OFC Final Round

• Champions: 1970 (representing AFC)

UEFA Group 1

• Third place: 1966 (as a non-UEFA member)

UEFA Group 7 Final Round

• Runners-up: 1962 (as a non-UEFA member)

AFC Asian Cup

• Champions: 1964
• Runners-up: 1956, 1960
• Third place: 1968

Asian Games

• Silver Medal: 1974

Awards

Overview
Event	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place
FIFA World Cup	0	0	0	0	0
FIFA World Cup Inter-confederation play-offs
→ CONMEBOL v OFC	0	1	x	x	x
→ CAF/AFC v UEFA	0	1	x	x	x
→ OFC Second Round	1	0	0	x	x
→ AFC and OFC Final Round	1	0	x	x	x
→ UEFA Group 1	0	0	1	x	x
→ UEFA Group 7 Final Round	0	1	0	0	x
AFC Asian Cup	1	1+1	1	0	0
Summer Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1
Asian Games	0	1	0	0	1
UEFA Euro	0	0	x	x	x
UEFA Nations League	0	0	0	0	x
Total	3	6	2	0	2

See also

• UEFA European Football Championship
• Israel women's national football team
• Israel national under-21 football team
• Israel national under-20 football team
• Israel national under-19 football team
• Israel national under-18 football team
• Israel national under-17 football team
• Israel national under-16 football team
• Football in Israel
• Sports in Israel
• Israeli Premier League

Notes

References

External links

• The Israel Football Association (official)
• Israel National Team Statistics (Hebrew)
• RSSSF – List of "A" Games
• RSSSF – List of Official Games
• Reports for all matches of Israel national football team

На других языках

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[ru] Сборная Израиля по футболу

Сборная Израиля по футболу (ивр. ‏נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל‏‎; нивхерет исраэль бе-кадурегель) — национальная футбольная команда Израиля, представляющая эту страну на международных турнирах. Управляющая организация — Израильская футбольная ассоциация. Страна является официальным членом УЕФА с 1994 года, до этого относилась к зоне АФК и КФО. Сборная Израиля является правопреемником сборной Подмандатной Палестины и сборной Эрец-Исраэль.

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