Israel national football team

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Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	התכולים-לבנים (The Skyblue 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	Ran Ben Shimon
Captain	Eli Dasa [1]
Most caps	Yossi Benayoun (101)[a]
Top scorer	Eran Zahavi (35)
Home stadium	Various Stadiums
FIFA code	ISR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	76 Steady (19 December 2024)[2]
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
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	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal (1974)
Medal record AFC Asian Cup Silver medal – second place 1956 Hong Kong Team Silver medal – second place 1960 South Korea Team Gold medal – first place 1964 Israel Team Bronze medal – third place 1968 Iran Team Asian Games Silver medal – second place 1974 Iran Team

The Israel national football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל, romanized: Nivḥeret Yīsrāʾēl BeḴaduregel) represents Israel in men's international football, and is governed by the Israel Football Association. They have been members of the European Confederation UEFA since 1994.

Israel qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1970. They also won the 1964 AFC Asian Cup, before a forced relocation to UEFA.

Football has a long tradition in Israel. The game was originally introduced during the time of the Ottoman Empire. The Palestine Football Association was formed in August 1928, and joined FIFA in June 1929, but at the time the association was made up of Arab and Jewish clubs as well as clubs of British policemen and soldiers serving in the region during the British Mandate. The Mandatory Palestine national football 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 Palestine won 1–5; until the British Mandate for Palestine national team was dissolved. During these 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.^[4]

In 1948 the team became the national football team of Israel.^[5] 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.

Israel was one of the founding members of the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) following its independence in 1948.^[6] After the 1974 Asian Games in Iran, and Israel's 0–1 tense loss to Iran in the finals,^[7] Kuwait and other Muslim and Arab countries refused to play them. Following this, Israel was expelled from the confederation. It tried to join continental bodies such as the OFC (Oceania), before eventually joining UEFA (Europe).^[8]

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 its 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, after Kuwait and other Muslim and Arab countries refused to play against it. The proposal was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.^{[9] [8]} The vote coincided with the 1974 Asian Games, where the football competition was marred by the refusal of both North Korea ^[10] 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 1973 and 1977, Israel participated in the World Cup qualification tournament which included teams from both Asia and Oceania, but failed to qualify.

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.

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).

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.^[11]

In 2018, Willi Ruttensteiner was appointed as technical director. A national football academy was founded and three supporting development centers were established.^[12]

Israel subsequently failed to qualify for any World Cup or European Championship finals, and performed inconsistently during the qualifying phases in which they took part, alternating between the good and the not-so-good. However, in the qualifiers for Euro 2020, they came very close to making history. Despite finishing 5th and penultimate in their particularly homogeneous qualifying group, Israel earned the right to play in the play-offs thanks to their position in the 2018-2019 edition of the Nations League. They first had to play in the semi-final of the Path C play-off in Scotland to earn the right to play in the final of the play-off in Serbia, which defeated Norway away in extra time. The game was tight, and the Israelis were finally eliminated in a penalty shoot-out after a goalless draw in regulation time and extra time (0–0, 3:5), Eran Zahavi having missed the first Israeli shot.

Promoted to League B for the 2020-2021 edition of the Nations League without having finished top of their group in the previous edition, thanks to the change of format subsequently decided by UEFA, Israel ensured their survival by finishing 3rd and penultimate in their group, with a balanced record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. At the 2022-2023 Nations League, Israel finished top of its 3-team group (Russia, which should have taken part, was excluded from European and international competitions due to its aggression against Ukraine), thanks to 2 wins over Albania (2–1 in both legs) and 2 draws against Iceland (2–2 on each occasion), synonymous with promotion to League A for the 2024-2025 edition.

In the Euro 2024 qualifiers, Israel was again eliminated at the play-off stage, as in the previous edition. Indeed, they finished 3rd in their qualifying group and saw their place in the play-offs assured thanks to their status as group winners at the 2022-2023 Nations League. Against Iceland in the semi-finals of the play-offs for Path B, they opened the scoring with Eran Zahavi's 31st-minute penalty, but failed to hold on to their advantage and were soundly beaten (1–4). The turning points of the match were Roy Revivo's 73rd-minute red card for a crude foul, and Eran Zahavi's penalty miss 7 minutes after the red card, when the score was 1–2.

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 official home matches between the latter five.

During the Israel–Hamas war, Israel played most of their home matches in Hungary.

Matches	Image	Stadium	Capacity	Location	First match	Last match
51	UEFA	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400	Tel Aviv, Israel	17 May 1964	12 September 2023
14	UEFA	Teddy Stadium	31,733	Jerusalem, Israel	12 February 1992	19 June 2023
12	UEFA	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,942	Haifa, Israel	16 November 2014	2 June 2022
9	UEFA	Netanya Stadium	13,610	Netanya, Israel	6 February 2013	29 March 2022
4	UEFA	Turner Stadium	16,126	Be'er Sheva, Israel	14 October 2018	12 October 2021

Matches	Image	Stadium	Capacity	Location	First match	Last match
137		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 supplier	Origin	Period
Umbro	United Kingdom	1970
Diadora	Italy	1992–1995
Adidas	Germany	2008–2018
Puma	Germany	1985–1989 1996–2008 2018–2024

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

As of 23 May 2024.^{[15] [16]}

Position	Name
Head coach	Israel Ran Ben Shimon
Assistant coach	Israel Amir Schelach
	Israel Gal Cohen
Fitness coach	Israel Eran Shedo
	Israel Matan Shoshani
Goalkeeping coach	Israel Itay Zilpa
Analyst	Israel Adar Rosenberg
	Israel Maayan Bahalul
Technical manager	Israel Roy Reinschreiber
	Israel Avi Levi
Head doctor	Israel Ehud "Udi" Kaufman

As of 23 May 2024.^{[17] [18]}

Manager	Years as manager	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%[19]
Austria Israel Egon Pollak	1948	1	0	0	1	0	1	000.00
Austria Israel Lajos Hess	1949	3	1	0	2	5	12	033.33
Hungary László Székely	1950	2	1	0	1	7	4	050.00
Israel Jerry Beit haLevi	1953–54	5	0	0	5	1	7	000.00
England Jackie Gibbons	1956	5	2	0	3	7	12	040.00
Israel Jerry Beit haLevi	1957	1	0	0	1	4	5	000.00
Israel Moshe Varon	1958	5	2	0	3	6	7	040.00
Hungary Israel Gyula Mándi	1959–63	31	12	7	12	49	63	038.71
England George Ainsley	1963–64	3	2	0	1	4	2	066.67
Israel Yosef Merimovich	1964	1	0	0	1	0	4	000.00
Hungary Israel Gyula Mándi	1964	3	3	0	0	5	1	100.00
Israel Yosef Merimovich	1964–65	3	1	0	2	2	2	033.33
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milovan Ćirić	1965–68	25	8	2	15	43	45	032.00
Israel Emmanuel Scheffer	1968–70	24	8	8	8	44	34	033.33
Romania Israel Edmond Schmilovich	1970–73	19	10	4	5	27	13	052.63
Israel David Schweitzer	1973–77	36	17	11	8	67	34	047.22
Israel Emmanuel Scheffer	1978–79	13	5	4	4	17	15	038.46
England Jack Mansell	1980–81	10	2	3	5	8	12	020.00
Israel Yosef Merimovich	1983–86	27	8	9	10	39	36	029.63
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljenko Mihić	1986–88	20	4	5	11	27	35	020.00
Israel Itzhak Schneor Israel Ya'akov Grundman	1988–92	18	5	5	8	21	30	027.78
Israel Shlomo Scharf	1992–2000	82	31	18	33	131	118	037.80
Denmark Richard Møller Nielsen	2000–02	20	7	4	9	29	33	035.00
Israel Avram Grant	2002–06	33	14	13	6	55	37	042.42
Israel Dror Kashtan	2006–10	31	15	10	6	51	30	048.39
Israel Eli Ohana (caretaker)	2010	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.00
Spain France Luis Fernández	2010–11	15	6	1	8	12	18	040.00
Israel Eli Guttman	2011–15	29	8	7	14	42	46	027.59
Israel Alon Hazan (caretaker)	2016	1	0	0	1	0	2	000.00
Israel Elisha Levy	2016–2017	10	4	1	5	11	15	040.00
Israel Alon Hazan (caretaker)	2018	1	0	0	1	1	2	000.00
Austria Andi Herzog [20]	2018–2019	16	6	2	8	29	26	037.50
Austria Willibald Ruttensteiner [21] [22]	2020–7 February 2022	19	8	4	7	33	33	042.11
Israel Gadi Brumer [23] (caretaker)	17 March 2022 – 29 March 2022	2	0	1	1	2	4	000.00
Israel Alon Hazan [18] [24]	8 May 2022 – 27 March 2024	17	7	5	5	26	24	041.18
Israel Ran Ben Shimon	23 May 2024 – present	2	1	0	1	4	3	050.00

The following players were called for 2024–25 UEFA Nations, on 14 and 17 November 2024 against France and Belgium; respectively.^{[25] [26]}

Caps and goals are correct as of 18 November 2024, after the match against Belgium.^{[27] [28] [29] [30]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Omri Glazer	(1996年03月11日) 11 March 1996 (age 29)	17	0	Serbia Red Star Belgrade
1GK	Daniel Peretz	(2000年07月10日) 10 July 2000 (age 24)	4	0	Germany Bayern Munich
1GK	Yoav Gerafi	(1993年08月29日) 29 August 1993 (age 31)	4	0	Israel Hapoel Haifa
2DF	Eli Dasa (captain)	(1992年12月03日) 3 December 1992 (age 32)	65	0	Russia Dynamo Moscow
2DF	Sean Goldberg	(1996年08月25日) 25 August 1996 (age 28)	17	0	Israel Maccabi Haifa
2DF	Raz Shlomo	(1999年08月13日) 13 August 1999 (age 25)	16	2	Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF	Idan Nachmias	(1997年03月17日) 17 March 1997 (age 28)	9	0	Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF	Roy Revivo	(2003年05月22日) 22 May 2003 (age 21)	8	0	Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF	Guy Mizrahi	(2001年03月30日) 30 March 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
3MF	Dor Peretz	(1995年05月17日) 17 May 1995 (age 29)	47	6	Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
3MF	Mohammad Abu Fani	(1998年04月27日) 27 April 1998 (age 26)	27	2	Hungary Ferencváros
3MF	Neta Lavi	(1996年08月25日) 25 August 1996 (age 28)	22	0	Japan Gamba Osaka
3MF	Oscar Gloukh	(2004年04月01日) 1 April 2004 (age 20)	18	3	Austria Red Bull Salzburg
3MF	Mahmoud Jaber	(1999年10月05日) 5 October 1999 (age 25)	10	0	Israel Maccabi Haifa
3MF	Dan Biton	(1999年04月23日) 23 April 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
3MF	Eliel Peretz	(1996年11月18日) 18 November 1996 (age 28)	2	0	Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
3MF	Yarin Levi	(2005年03月21日) 21 March 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Israel Beitar Jerusalem
4FW	Manor Solomon	(1999年07月24日) 24 July 1999 (age 25)	41	7	England Leeds United
4FW	Tai Baribo	(1998年01月15日) January 15, 1998 (age 27)	18	3	United States Philadelphia Union
4FW	Liel Abada	(2001年10月03日) 3 October 2001 (age 23)	15	1	United States Charlotte FC
4FW	Anan Khalaily	(2004年09月03日) 3 September 2004 (age 20)	9	0	Belgium Union SG
4FW	Dean David	(1996年03月14日) 14 March 1996 (age 29)	8	1	Israel Maccabi Haifa
4FW	Dor Turgeman	(2003年10月24日) 24 October 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
4FW	Yarden Shua	(1999年06月16日) 16 June 1999 (age 25)	1	1	Israel Beitar Jerusalem

The following players have also been called up to the Israel squad within the last twelve months.^{[when? ]}

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Roi Mishpati	(1992年11月23日) 23 November 1992 (age 32)	0	0	Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv	v.  Belgium , 18 November 2024
GK	Shareef Keouf	(2001年06月25日) 25 June 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Israel Maccabi Haifa	v.  Italy , 14 October 2024
GK	Omer Nir'on	(2001年04月17日) 17 April 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Israel Maccabi Netanya	v.  Italy , 9 September 2024
DF	Miguel Vítor	(1989年06月30日) 30 June 1989 (age 35)	12	0	Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Estonia , 16 March 2025INJ
DF	Sagiv Yehezkel	(1995年03月21日) 21 March 1995 (age 30)	9	0	Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv	v.  Belgium , 18 November 2024
DF	Ilay Feingold	(2004年08月23日) 23 August 2004 (age 20)	2	0	United States New England Revolution	v.  Belgium , 18 November 2024
DF	Nikita Stoinov	(2005年08月24日) 24 August 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Israel Maccabi Netanya	v.  Belgium , 18 November 2024
DF	Denny Gropper	(1999年03月16日) 16 March 1999 (age 26)	8	0	Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad	v.  Italy , 14 October 2024
DF	Matan Baltaxa	(1995年09月20日) 20 September 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Italy , 14 October 2024
DF	Ofri Arad	(1998年09月11日) 11 September 1998 (age 26)	10	0	Kazakhstan Kairat	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
DF	Gil Cohen	(2000年11月08日) 8 November 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Israel Beitar Jerusalem	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
DF	Uri Dahan	(1999年12月07日) 7 December 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Israel Beitar Jerusalem	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
MF	Dolev Haziza	(1995年07月05日) 5 July 1995 (age 29)	18	0	Israel Maccabi Haifa	v.  Estonia , 17 March 2025WD
MF	Dia Saba	(1992年11月18日) 18 November 1992 (age 32)	13	3	Israel Maccabi Haifa	v.  Estonia , 16 March 2025INJ
MF	Gabi Kanichowsky	(1997年08月24日) 24 August 1997 (age 27)	16	1	Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv	v.  Belgium , 18 November 2024
MF	Omri Gandelman	(2000年05月16日) 16 May 2000 (age 24)	4	1	Belgium Gent	v.  Belgium , 18 November 2024
MF	Ethan Azoulay	(2002年05月26日) 26 May 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Israel Maccabi Haifa	v.  Belgium , 18 November 2024
MF	Ramzi Safouri	(1995年10月21日) 21 October 1995 (age 29)	17	1	Turkey Antalyaspor	v.  Italy , 14 October 2024
MF	Dan Glazer	(1996年09月20日) 20 September 1996 (age 28)	21	1	Kazakhstan Kairat	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
MF	Gadi Kinda	(1994年03月23日) 23 March 1994 (age 31)	10	2	Israel Maccabi Haifa	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
MF	Mohammed Kna'an	(2000年01月14日) 14 January 2000 (age 25)	3	1	Israel Ashdod	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
MF	Roei Gordana	(1990年07月06日) 6 July 1990 (age 34)	2	0	Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
MF	Goni Naor	(1999年04月23日) 23 April 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
MF	Yoav Hofmayster	(2000年12月25日) 25 December 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Poland Korona Kielce	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
MF	Eden Shamir	(1995年06月25日) 25 June 1995 (age 29)	1	0	Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
MF	Ofek Bitton	(1999年09月27日) 27 September 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
FW	Guy Melamed	(1992年12月21日) 21 December 1992 (age 32)	3	1	Israel Hapoel Haifa	v.  Belgium , 18 November 2024
FW	Omri Altman	(1994年03月23日) 23 March 1994 (age 31)	2	0	Israel Maccabi Bnei Reineh	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
FW	Alon Turgeman	(1991年06月09日) 9 June 1991 (age 33)	2	0	Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva	v.  Belarus , 11 June 2024
INJ Withdrew due to injury or illness PRE Preliminary/extended squad RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension due to either a red card, or two accumulated yellow cards WD Player withdrew from the squad due to neither injury nor illness issue U21 Player withdrew from the squad to play for the national under-21 team

As of 21 March 2024.^[31]

Players in bold are still active with Israel.

Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Yossi Benayoun [a]	101	23	1998–2017
2	Tal Ben Haim [b]	95	2	2002–2017
3	Arik Benado	94	0	1995–2007
4	Alon Harazi	88	1	1992–2006
	Bibras Natcho	88	4	2010–2023
6	Amir Schelach	85	0	1992–2001
7	Avi Nimni	80	17	1992–2005
8	Dudu Aouate	78	0	1999–2013
	Eyal Berkovic	78	9	1992–2004
10	Tal Banin [c]	77	12	1990–2003

Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Eran Zahavi (list)	35	74	0.47	2010–present
2	Mordechai Spiegler [d]	24	57	0.42	1964–1977
3	Ronen Harazi	23	52	0.44	1992–1999
	Yossi Benayoun [a]	23	101	0.23	1998–2017
5	Nahum Stelmach [e]	19	45	0.42	1956–1968
6	Alon Mizrahi	17	37	0.46	1992–2001
	Tomer Hemed	17	38	0.45	2011–2019
	Eli Ohana [f]	17	50	0.34	1984–1997
	Avi Nimni	17	80	0.21	1992–2005
10	Yehoshua Feigenbaum [g]	15	36	0.42	1966–1977
	Mu'nas Dabbur	15	40	0.38	2014–2022

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
Uruguay 1930	Did not enter									Did not enter
Italy 1934	Did not qualify									2nd	2	0	0	2	2	11	Africa/Asia
France 1938										2nd	2	0	0	2	1	4	Europe
As  Israel										As  Israel
Brazil 1950	Did not qualify									2nd	2	0	0	2	2	11	Europe
Switzerland 1954										3rd	4	0	0	4	0	5
Sweden 1958										Play-off	2	0	0	2	0	4	CAF/AFC
Chile 1962										Final Round	6	3	1	2	13	14	UEFA
England 1966										3rd	4	0	0	4	1	12
Mexico 1970	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	1	3	Squad	Final Round	4	3	1	0	8	1	AFC/OFC
West Germany 1974	Did not qualify									Zone A Final	6	4	1	1	12	2
Argentina 1978										First round	4	2	1	1	5	3
Spain 1982										5th	8	1	3	4	6	10	UEFA
Mexico 1986										2nd	6	3	1	2	17	6	OFC
Italy 1990										Play-off	6	1	4	1	5	5
United States 1994										6th	10	1	3	6	10	27	UEFA
France 1998										3rd	8	4	1	3	9	7
South Korea Japan 2002										3rd	8	3	3	2	11	7
Germany 2006										3rd	10	4	6	0	15	10
South Africa 2010										4th	10	4	4	2	20	10
Brazil 2014										3rd	10	3	5	2	19	14
Russia 2018										4th	10	4	0	6	10	15
Qatar 2022										3rd	10	5	1	4	23	21
Canada Mexico United States 2026	To be determined									To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total	1/22	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	3	—	Final Round	130	43	35	52	180	180	—

UEFA European Championship record										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
England 1996	Did not qualify									5th	10	3	3	4	13	13
Belgium Netherlands 2000										Play-offs	8	4	1	3	25	9
Portugal 2004										3rd	8	2	3	3	9	11
Austria Switzerland 2008										4th	12	7	2	3	20	12
Poland Ukraine 2012										3rd	10	5	1	4	13	11
France 2016										4th	10	4	1	5	16	14
Europe 2020										Play-offs	11	3	3	5	16	18
Germany 2024										Play-offs	11	4	3	4	12	15
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028	To be determined									To be determined
Italy Turkey 2032
Total	—									Play-offs	80	32	17	31	124	103

UEFA Nations League record
League phase												Finals
Season	LG	Grp	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK	Year	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
2018–19	C	1	2nd	4	2	0	2	6	5	Rise	30th	Portugal 2019	Did not qualify
2020–21	B	2	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	7	Same position	25th	Italy 2021
2022–23	B	2	1st	4	2	2	0	8	6	Rise	17th	Netherlands 2023
2024–25	A	2	4th	6	1	1	4	5	13	Decrease	TBD	2025
Total				20	7	5	8	26	31	TBD		Total	—

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage.

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
Finland 1952	Did not enter
Australia 1956
Italy 1960	Did not qualify
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	9	7	Squad
West Germany 1972	Did not qualify
Canada 1976	Quarter-finals	6th	4	0	3	1	4	7	Squad
Soviet Union 1980	Withdrew
United States 1984	Did not qualify
South Korea 1988
1992–present	Competition played as an Under-23 competition
Total	Quarter-finals	2/10	8	2	4	2	13	14	—

As of 18 November 2024^[32]

  Positive record   Neutral record   Negative record

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L
Albania	6	4	0	2
Andorra	6	6	0	0
Argentina	5	1	1	3
Armenia	1	1	0	0
Australia	17	3	9	5
Austria	13	3	4	6
Azerbaijan	5	3	2	0
Belarus	8	6	0	2
Belgium	9	2	0	7
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	16	9	3	4
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	11	1	5	5
Georgia	6	3	2	1
Germany [h]	5	0	0	5
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	6	2	2	2
Iceland	6	2	3	1
India	4	4	0	0
Indonesia	1	1	0	0
Iran	5	1	1	3
Italy	7	0	1	6
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1
Japan	7	7	0	0
Kosovo	2	0	1	1
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	9	6	2	1
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	7	4	1	2
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	24	5	7	12
Russia [i]	14	4	3	7
San Marino	2	2	0	0
Scotland	11	2	3	6
Serbia [j]	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	9	1	5	3
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 [k]	4	3	0	1
Wales	6	0	3	3
Zambia	1	1	0	0

The following is a chart of yearly averages of Israel's FIFA World Ranking.^[33]

As an AFC member^[34]

• AFC Asian Cup
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (1): 1964
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (2): 1956, 1960
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 1968

• Asian Games
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Medal (1): 1974

Competition	1st place, gold medalist(s)	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Total
AFC Asian Cup	1	2	1	4
Asian Games	0	1	0	1
Total	1	3	1	5

• UEFA European Football Championship
• Israel women's national football team
• Israel national under-23 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

• 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

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