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Israel Under-19

Association	Israel Football Association (IFA)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ofir Haim[1][2]
Captain	Ilay Madmoun[3][4][5]
Most caps	Maor Buzaglo[6][7] (35)
Top scorer	Maor Buzaglo[8][7] (21)
Home stadium	Netanya Stadium
FIFA code	ISR
First colours Second colours Third colours
First international
Israel 1–3 England  (20 May 1962)
Biggest win
Israel 14–0 San Marino  (Israel; 1997)
Biggest defeat
Portugal 7–1 Israel  (Ferreiras, Portugal; 28 May 2012)
AFC (Asia) Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1964)
Best result	Winners (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972)
OFC (Oceania) Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1985)
Best result	Runners-up (1985, 1986)
UEFA (Europe) Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1997)
Best result	Runners-up (2022)
FIFA World Youth Championship Intercontinental Play-Off
Appearances	4 (first in 1978)
Best result	Runners-up (1982, 1990)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	TBD (2023)

Israel's national under-19 football team (Hebrew: נבחרת הנוער של ישראל בכדורגל עד גיל 19), also known as Israel Under-19s or Israel U19s, is regarded as the feeder team for the Israel national under-21 football team.

This team is for Israeli players aged 19 (or under at the start of a two-year UEFA European Under-19 Championship campaign) so players may be up to 20 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-21s and Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-17s, and Under-16s. Players are not level or nation static so can compete at any level as long as they are eligible; U19s do not relinquish level or nation association while competing and can compete on senior side, then back to U19s, and "youth level' or senior level with another country.

As of 2021, the Israel U19 home ground is the Netanya Stadium in the city of Netanya, Israel.

History

The idea to form a youth team first came about in 1957, as the IFA considered entering a team to the 1958 UEFA European Under-18 Championship tournament.[9] The youth team, an U19 squad, played its debut match against its England equivalent on 20 May 1962, losing 1–3.[10] Two days later, the team recorded its first victory, winning 2–1 in a rematch.[11]

In 1964, the youth team participated for its debut time in the AFC Youth Championship tournament, sharing the cup with Burma in its first tournament. The team continued to win the title five more times in the next 8 years, before Israel was banned from participating in AFC tournaments.[12]

Until 1992, the youth team's only official tournaments were FIFA Youth Championship qualification tournaments, twice participating in the process in the OFC U-20 Championship and once in the South American Youth Football Championship. At the same period of time, to give the youth squad its share of international matches, the IFA established an annual tournament for under-18 teams, which was held in December and January between 1974 and 1989 (after which the tournament became a tournament for under-17 teams).[13]

In 1992, as Israel was admitted to UEFA, the squad began participating in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (under-18 tournament until 2002), appearing in the final tournament in 1997 and 2014.

Israel qualified for the 2023 U20 World Cup by virtue of its performance at the 2022 U19 European Championships.[14]

International records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[15]
2023	Qualified
Total	N/A	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC U-19 Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1964	Champions*	4	3	1	0	10	0
1965	Champions	6	6	0	0	32	4
1966	Champions*	5	3	2	0	16	2
1967	Champions	5	4	1	0	14	1
1968	Third Place*	7	4	2	1	16	2
1969	Fourth Place	6	4	0	2	8	3
1970	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	10	1
1971	Champions	6	5	1	0	12	1
1972	Champions	6	6	0	0	20	0
Total	9/9	49	37	8	4	138	14

• Champions* : Title shared
• DNP : Did Not Participate
• DNQ : Did Not Qualify

FIFA World Youth Championship Intercontinental Play-Off

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Group Phase	4	0	2	2	1	5
1980	Group Phase	4	0	1	3	1	5
1982	Runners-up	4	1	1	2	4	6
1990	Runners-up*	2	1	0	1	2	2

* Despite both matches of Israel against Australia being hosted in the same city of Sydney, Australia – Australia still won on away goals.

OFC U-20 Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	15	6
1986	Runners-up	4	2	2	0	11	3

South American Youth Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1988	Group stage	5	3	0	2	6	4

UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Qualifying round
1993	First qualifying round
1994	First qualifying round
1995	First qualifying round
1996	First qualifying round
1997	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6
1998	Second qualifying round
1999	First qualifying round
2000	First qualifying round
2001	Second qualifying round

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2002	First qualifying round
2003	Second qualifying round
2004	Second qualifying round
2005	Elite round
2006	Elite round
2007	Elite round
2008	Elite round
2009	First qualifying round
2010	First qualifying round
2011	Elite round
2012	Elite round
2013	First qualifying round
2014	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	Squad
2015	First qualifying round
2016	Elite round
2017	Elite round
2018	First qualifying round
2019	Elite round
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022	Runners-up	5	2	1	2	9	9	Squad
Total	2/19	8	2	1	5	10	17

Honours

• AFC U-19 Championship:
  • Winners (6): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972
  • Third Place (1): 1968
  • Fourth Place (1): 1969
• OFC Championship:
  • Runners-up (2): 1985, 1986
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship:
  • Runners-up (1): 2022

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Qualifiers

Qualifying Round – Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Elite round
2	Israel (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Cyprus	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
4	Moldova	3	0	1	2	2	12	−10	1

Elite Round – Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Final tournament
2	Hungary (H)	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Turkey	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Qualified teams for the final tournament

The following teams qualified for the final tournament of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Slovakia	Hosts	2nd	2002	Third place (2002)
Romania	Elite round Group 4 winners	2nd	2011	Group Stage (2011)
Italy	Elite round Group 5 winners	8th	2019	Champions (2003)
Israel	Elite round Group 1 winners	2nd	2014	Group Stage (2014)
France	Elite round Group 2 winners	12th	2019	Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
England	Elite round Group 3 winners	11th	2018	Champions (2017)
Austria	Elite round Group 7 winners	8th	2016	Semi-finals (2003, 2006, 2014)

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship - Final tournament

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022.[16]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Israel	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3	FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 June – DAC Aréna
	France	1
					1 July – Anton Malatinský Stadium
	Israel	2
					Israel
	28 June – NTC Senec
					England
	England	2
	Italy	1

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Semi-finals

Final

Coaching staff

As of March 2022[1][2]

Position	Name
Head coach	Ofir Haim
Assistant manager	Itay Mordechai
Assistant manager	Eyal Gidron
Goalkeeping Coach	Guy Solomon
Fitness Coach	Ofer Eckstein
Technical manager	Asi Meir
Head doctor	Miki Zager
Physiotherapist	Igor Lomovskiy

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, and for the final match against  England on 1 July 2022.[17][18]
• Match dates: 19 June 2022 – 1 July 2022
• Caps and goals correct as of: 28 June 2022, after the semi-final match against  France[19]
• Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the U-21 team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Lior Gliklich	(2003-01-02) January 2, 2003 (age 19)	10	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
18	1GK	Tomer Zarfati	(2003-10-16) October 16, 2003 (age 19)	5	0	Maccabi Netanya
12	2DF	Roy Revivo	(2003-05-22) May 22, 2003 (age 19)	19	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
5	2DF	Shon Edri	(2003-10-24) October 24, 2003 (age 19)	19	1	Hapoel Ashdod
2	2DF	Ilay Tomer	(2004-04-08) April 8, 2004 (age 18)	18	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
4	2DF	Stav Lemkin	(2003-04-02) April 2, 2003 (age 19)	15	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
3	2DF	Or Alon Israelov	(2004-09-02) September 2, 2004 (age 18)	14	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
13	2DF	Ilay Feingold	(2004-08-23) August 23, 2004 (age 18)	9	0	Maccabi Haifa
16	3MF	Noam Muche	(2003-07-30) July 30, 2003 (age 19)	17	1	MS Ashdod
6	3MF	El-Yam Kancepolsky	(2003-12-22) December 22, 2003 (age 18)	16	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
10	3MF	Oscar Gloukh	(2004-04-01) April 1, 2004 (age 18)	15	3	Maccabi Tel Aviv
8	3MF	Ilay Madmoun (captain)	(2003-02-23) February 23, 2003 (age 19)	13	1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
15	3MF	Tay Abed-Kassus	(2004-08-03) 3 August 2004 (age 18)	9	4	PSV Eindhoven
14	3MF	Aharon Roy Nawi	(2004-03-04) 4 March 2004 (age 18)	6	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
11	4FW	Ariel Lugassy	(2004-11-24) November 24, 2004 (age 17)	19	3	Maccabi Petah Tikva
20	4FW	Ahmad Ibrahim Salman	(2004-03-22) March 22, 2004 (age 18)	17	2	Hapoel Jerusalem
9	4FW	Dor David Turgeman	(2003-10-24) October 24, 2003 (age 19)	16	5	Maccabi Tel Aviv
19	4FW	Idan Toklomety	(2004-08-09) August 9, 2004 (age 18)	13	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
7	4FW	Nehorai Yifrah	(2003-05-07) 7 May 2003 (age 19)	7	1	Maccabi Haifa
17	4FW	Orel Baye	(2004-03-02) 2 March 2004 (age 18)	4	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team since the first qualifying round of its current tournament and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Maor Erlich	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 19)	4	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva	v.  Netherlands, 16 November 2021
MF	Tal Archel	(2003-06-10) June 10, 2003 (age 19)	11	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	v.  Scotland, 29 March 2022
DF	Maor Yesilirmak	(2005-01-16) January 16, 2005 (age 17)	4	0	MS Ashdod	v.  Scotland, 29 March 2022
MF	Eden Otachi	(2003-01-01) January 1, 2003 (age 19)	2	0	Maccabi Haifa	v.  Scotland, 29 March 2022
DF	Yonatan Kay Laish	(2004-01-27) 27 January 2004 (age 18)	7	1	Real Valladolid	v.  Netherlands, 16 November 2021
DF	Khaled Zaid	(2004-12-05) 5 December 2004 (age 17)	5	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Netherlands, 16 November 2021
FW	Omer Senior	(2003-02-23) February 23, 2003 (age 19)	9	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	v.  Scotland, 29 March 2022
FW	Sagi Genis	(2004-01-10) January 10, 2004 (age 18)	4	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	v.  Scotland, 29 March 2022

See also

• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
• Israel national football team
• Israel national under-21 football team
• Israel national under-18 football team
• Israel national under-17 football team
• Israel national under-16 football team

References

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