Israel national football team

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 Israel
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Blue and Whites
Association Israel Football Association (IFA)
Confederation UEFA (Europe) (1991–present)
OFC (Oceania) (1974–91)
AFC (Asia) (1954–74)
Head coach Eli Guttman
Asst coach David Braham
Captain Yossi Benayoun
Most caps Arik Benado (94)
Top scorer Mordechai Spiegler (33)
Home stadium Ramat Gan Stadium
FIFA code ISR
FIFA ranking 35
Highest FIFA ranking 15 (November 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking 71 (September 1993)
Elo ranking 45
Highest Elo ranking 15 (1976)
Lowest Elo ranking 80 (Feb 1968)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Eretz Yisrael:
 Egypt 7–1 Eretz Yisrael British Mandate for Palestine
(Cairo, Egypt; 16 March 1934)
Israel:
 United States 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
 Egypt 7–1 Eretz Yisrael British Mandate for Palestine
(Cairo, Egypt; 16 March 1934)
 Germany 7–1 Israel 
(Kaiserslautern, Germany; 12 February 2002)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1970)
Best result Round 1, 1970
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1956)
Best result Winners, 1964

The Israel national football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל‎, Nivkheret Yisra'el BeKaduregel) is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association (IFA).

Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate. Israel has competed in FIFA World Cup qualifiers in three different confederations, competing in the Asian Football Confederation and the Oceania Football Confederation before settling in Europe as a member of the Union of European Football Associations in 1994.

The Israeli side qualified for their only FIFA World Cup to date in 1970. Israel also hosted and won the Asian Cup in 1964 and was finalist in 1956 and 1960.

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[edit] History

Main article: History of the Israel national football team
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Football has a long and rich tradition in Israel. The game was originally introduced during the time of the Ottoman Empire. The Palestine/Eretz Yisrael FA was formed in 1928 and joined FIFA in the same year, but at the time the association was made up of Arab clubs, Jewish clubs and clubs representing British policemen or soldiers serving in the region during the British Mandate rule that spanned the period between World War One and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Palestine/Eretz Yisrael national team made its debut against Egypt in 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification, losing 1:7 in Cairo. The team played five international matches, including a friendly match against Lebanon, until the British mandate for Palestine was dissolved.

Upon the creation of the State of Israel in May 1948, the IFA became the official association of the new state. The Israel national team's first match as an independent nation was on September 26, 1948, against the United States. The game was won by the USA 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.

[edit] Asian Football Confederation membership

Main article: Sports and politics#Association football

Israel competed in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in the 1960s and 70s, although due to the Arab-Israeli conflict, several Asian states refused to compete against Israel. Israel hosted and won the Asian Cup 1964. In 1968, Israel went to their first Olympic Games and lost to Bulgaria in the quarterfinals. In 1969, Israel qualified for their first and only 1970 FIFA World Cup, via Asia/Oceania, and earned two points after draws with Sweden and finalist Italy and a loss to Uruguay.

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

[edit] Years in exile

In 1974, Israel was expelled from AFC. During the 1980s, they played their majority of matches against European teams, and competed in the European leg of qualification for the 1982 World Cup. For the next two tournaments, they entered the OFC's qualification groups and in 1989, Israel made it to the playoffs of the 1990 World Cup in Italy to play against Colombia, who qualified from the South American group, but lost (1–0, 0–0).

[edit] European Football Confederation membership

File:Israel 1970.jpg
Standing (l-r): Yitzchak Vissoker, Yisha'ayahu Schvager, David Primo, Yochanan Vollach, Zvi Rosen, Shmuel Rosenthal. Sitting (l-r): Itzhak Shum, Giora Spiegel, Mordechai Spiegler (C), Yehoshua Faygenbaum, Shraga Bar. Israel national football team, 1970.

In 1991, Israeli clubs began participating in European club competitions and Israel returned to the European leg of World Cup qualifying in 1992. In 1994, Israel received full UEFA membership, 20 years since they had left Asia. Within Europe, Israel have 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 playoffs of Euro 2000, but were beaten by Denmark.

Israel came close to advance 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 four wins and six 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 finished fourth in Group E, behind Croatia, Russia, and England, respectively. The 4–3 home loss to Croatia was the first loss after 13 consecutive official games and nine home games without a loss. In 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, Israel again came fourth, behind Switzerland, Greece and Latvia. For the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, Kashtan was replaced as coach by Frenchman Luis Fernández, but to no avail, Israel finished distant 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 Federation.

[edit] Stadium

Main article: Ramat Gan Stadium
Ramat Gan Stadium

The Israel national football team's home stadium is the national stadium in Ramat Gan. The stadium seats 41,583 and is the only stadium in Israel which is in a world-class standard. The stadium is mixed-use, fit for athletic competitions alongside its more popular usage as a football stadium when it hosts Israel international football matches and the UEFA Champions League games of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa in the 2004–05 and 2009–10 seasons, respectively.

There are current plans to replace Ramat Gan Stadium with one that has a capacity of 60,000 people. The new stadium will cost more than US$100 million and with construction expected to start in late 2011 and finish in early 2015.

[edit] Competition history

[edit] FIFA World Cup

Yossi Benayoun, 2009
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter – – – – – –
Italy 1934 Did Not Qualify
(as Eretz Yisrael Team)		 2 0 0 2 2 11
France 1938 2 0 0 2 1 4
Brazil 1950 Did Not Qualify 2 0 0 2 2 11
Switzerland 1954 4 0 0 4 0 5
Sweden 1958 2 0 0 2 0 4
Chile 1962 6 3 1 2 13 14
England 1966 4 0 0 4 1 12
Mexico 1970 Group Stage 12th 3 0 2 1 1 3 4 3 1 0 8 1
West Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify 6 4 1 1 12 2
Argentina 1978 4 2 1 1 5 3
Spain 1982 8 1 3 4 6 10
Mexico 1986 6 3 1 2 17 6
Italy 1990 6 1 4 1 5 5
United States 1994 10 1 3 6 10 27
France 1998 8 4 1 3 9 7
South Korea Japan 2002 8 3 3 2 11 7
Germany 2006 10 4 6 0 15 10
South Africa 2010 10 4 4 2 20 10
Brazil 2014 To Be Determined
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022
Total Group Stage 1/19 3 0 2 1 1 3 102 33 29 40 137 149

[edit] AFC Asian Cup

Nahum Stelmach (on left); 1959
AFC Asian Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Hong Kong 1956 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 5
South Korea 1960 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 4
Israel 1964 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 5 1
Iran 1968 Third Place 3rd 4 2 0 2 11 5
Thailand 1972 Withdrew
Total Champions 4/15 13 9 0 4 28 15

Israel did not compete in a regional competition between the years 1968 and 1994, although in 1972 they were scheduled to compete in the AFC Asian Cup

[edit] UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
England 1996 Did Not Qualify
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012
France 2016 To Be Determined

[edit] UEFA Euro 2012

[edit] UEFA Euro 2012 qualification – Group F

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 10 7 3 0 14 5 +9 24
 Croatia 10 7 1 2 18 7 +11 22
 Israel 10 5 1 4 13 11 +2 16
 Latvia 10 3 2 5 9 12 −3 11
 Georgia 10 2 4 4 7 9 −2 10
 Malta 10 0 1 9 4 21 −17 1
  Croatia Georgia (country) Greece Israel Latvia Malta
Croatia  — 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0
Georgia  1–0 — 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0
Greece  2–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–0 3–1
Israel  1–2 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 3–1
Latvia  0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 2–0
Malta  1–3 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 —


[edit] Fixtures

Group F fixtures were to be finalised at a meeting between the participants in Athens, Greece on 7 March 2010. After that meeting proved inconclusive, the fixture list was determined by a random draw at the XXXIV Ordinary UEFA Congress in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 March.[1]

2 September 2010
21:15 UTC+3
 Israel  3 – 1  Malta Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 17,365
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)
Benayoun Goal 7', 64' (pen.), 75' Report Pace Goal 38'
7 September 2010
21:00 UTC+4
 Georgia  0 – 0  Israel Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
Report
9 October 2010
20:30 UTC+3
 Israel  1 – 2  Croatia Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Shechter Goal 81' Report Kranjčar Goal 36' (pen.), 41'
12 October 2010
21:45 UTC+3
 Greece  2 – 1  Israel Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 16,935
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Salpigidis Goal 22'
Karagounis Goal 63' (pen.)		 Report Spiropoulos Goal 59' (o.g.)
26 March 2011
21:00 UTC+2
 Israel  2 – 1  Latvia Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Barda Goal 16'
Kayal Goal 81'		 Report Gorkšs Goal 62'
29 March 2011
21:05 UTC+2
 Israel  1 – 0  Georgia Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
Tal Ben Haim II Goal 59' Report
4 June 2011
19:30 UTC+3
 Latvia  1 – 2  Israel Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 6,147
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
Cauņa Goal 62' (pen.) Report Benayoun Goal 19'
Tal Ben Haim I Goal 43' (pen.)
2 September 2011
16:05 UTC+3
 Israel  0 – 1  Greece Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Report Ninis Goal 60'
6 September 2011
20:00 UTC+2
 Croatia  3 – 1  Israel Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Modrić Goal 47'
Eduardo Goal 55', 57'		 Report Hemed Goal 44'
11 October 2011
19:00 UTC+2
 Malta  0 – 2  Israel Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta'Qali
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
Report Refaelov Goal 11'
Gershon Goal 90+3'

[edit] 2014 FIFA World Cup

[edit] 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Azerbaijan Israel Luxembourg Northern Ireland Portugal Russia
Azerbaijan  — 7 Sep '12 7 Jun '13 11 Oct '13 26 Mar '13 15 Oct '13
Israel  6 Sep '13 — 16 Oct '12 15 Oct '13 22 Mar '13 11 Sep '12
Luxembourg  22 Mar '13 12 Oct '12 — 10 Sep '13 7 Sep '12 11 Oct '13
Northern Ireland  14 Nov '12 26 Mar '13 11 Sep '12 — 6 Sep '13 22 Mar '13
Portugal  11 Sep '12 11 Oct '13 15 Oct '13 16 Oct '12 — 7 Jun '13
Russia  16 Oct '12 10 Sep '13 6 Sep '13 7 Sep '12 12 Oct '12 —


[edit] Fixtures

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on Friday, 25 November 2011.[2]

7 September 2012
 Azerbaijan  v  Israel
11 September 2012
 Israel  v  Russia
12 October 2012
 Luxembourg  v  Israel
16 October 2012
 Israel  v  Luxembourg
22 March 2013
 Israel  v  Portugal
26 March 2013
 Northern Ireland  v  Israel
6 September 2013
 Israel  v  Azerbaijan
10 September 2013
 Russia  v  Israel
11 October 2013
 Portugal  v  Israel
15 October 2013
 Israel  v  Northern Ireland

[edit] Friendly matches

Israel's score is written first.

Opponents Venue Date Result
 Romania Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu, Timişoara, Romania 3 March 2010 2–0
 Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay 26 May 2010 1–4
 Chile Estadio Collao, Concepción, Chile 30 May 2010 0–3
 Iceland Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel 17 November 2010 3–2
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel 26 January 2011 3–2
 Serbia Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel 9 February 2011 0–2
 Côte d'Ivoire Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 10 August 2011 3–4
 Ukraine 29 February 2012 –
 Germany 1 June 2012 –
 Hungary 15 August 2012 –

[edit] Coaching staff

As of 18 October 2011
Position Name Nationality
Manager Eli Guttman  Israel
Assistant manager
Goalkeeper coach Aleksandr Uvarov  Israel
Fitness coach Dror Shimon  Israel
Doctor Mark Rosnovsky  Israel
Kinesiotherapy Morris Ckeragela  Israel
Kinesiotherapy Edward Ckerabcub  Israel
Kinesiotherapy Samuel Rosenzweig  Israel
Managing Director Israel Shthocinske  Israel

[edit] Current squad

The following 23 players were named for a friendly against Ukraine on February 29, 2012. Caps and goals updated as of October 11, 2011 after match against Malta.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Dudu Aouate October 17, 1977 (1977-10-17) (age 34) 64 0 Spain Mallorca
18 GK Danny Amos February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 25) 0 0 Israel Kiryat Shmona
4 DF Rami Gershon August 12, 1988 (1988-08-12) (age 23) 9 1 Belgium Standard Liege
12 DF Dekel Keinan September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15) (age 27) 21 0 Wales Cardiff City
2 DF Yuval Shpungin April 3, 1987 (1987-04-03) (age 24) 13 0 Cyprus Omonia
19 DF Dedi Ben Dayan November 27, 1978 (1978-11-27) (age 33) 27 1 Cyprus Omonia
3 DF Tal Ben Haim March 31, 1982 (1982-03-31) (age 29) 62 1 England Portsmouth
?? DF Shir Tzedek August 22, 1989 (1989-08-22) (age 22) 0 0 Israel Kiryat Shmona
?? DF Eytan Tibi November 16, 1987 (1987-11-16) (age 24) 0 0 Israel Kiryat Shmona
?? DF Elad Gabai November 15, 1985 (1985-11-15) (age 26) 0 0 Israel Kiryat Shmona
6 MF Bibras Natkho February 18, 1988 (1988-02-18) (age 24) 13 0 Russia Rubin Kazan
8 MF Almog Cohen September 1, 1988 (1988-09-01) (age 23) 11 0 Germany Nürnberg
9 MF Lior Refaelov April 26, 1986 (1986-04-26) (age 25) 14 3 Belgium Club Brugge
16 MF Eran Zahavi July 25, 1987 (1987-07-25) (age 24) 8 0 Italy Palermo
5 MF Maor Melikson October 30, 1984 (1984-10-30) (age 27) 2 2 Poland Wisła Kraków
15 MF Yossi Benayoun (Captain) May 5, 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 31) 85 24 England Arsenal
?? MF Adrian Rochet May 26, 1987 (1987-05-26) (age 24) 0 0 Israel Kiryat Shmona
10 FW Elyaniv Barda December 15, 1981 (1981-12-15) (age 30) 27 12 Belgium Racing Genk
14 FW Tomer Hemed May 2, 1987 (1987-05-02) (age 24) 5 1 Spain Mallorca
20 FW Omer Damari March 21, 1989 (1989-03-21) (age 22) 3 2 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
21 FW Tal Ben Haim II August 5, 1989 (1989-08-05) (age 22) 3 1 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
17 FW Ben Sahar August 10, 1989 (1989-08-10) (age 22) 24 5 France Auxerre


[edit] UEFA Euro 2012 call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Israeli squad for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament, or in the past year.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up
GK Ohad Levita February 17, 1986 (1986-02-17) (age 26) 0 0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva v.  Greece (October 12, 2010)
GK David Goresh February 1, 1980 (1980-02-01) (age 32) 0 0 Israel Hapoel Acre v.  Latvia (June 04, 2011)
DF Oshri Roash July 25, 1988 (1988-07-25) (age 23) 0 0 Israel Hapoel Haifa v.  Greece (October 12, 2010)
DF Orel Dgani January 8, 1989 (1989-01-08) (age 23) 1 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa v.  Iceland (November 17, 2010)
DF Yoav Ziv March 16, 1981 (1981-03-16) (age 30) 28 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv v.  Côte d'Ivoire (August 10, 2011)
DF Rahamim Tzukul May 8, 1988 (1988-05-08) (age 23) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv v.  Iceland (November 17, 2010)
DF Omri Ben Harush March 7, 1990 (1990-03-07) (age 21) 2 0 Israel Maccabi Netanya v.  Croatia (September 6, 2011)
DF I'yad Hutba November 20, 1987 (1987-11-20) (age 24) 1 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv v.  Croatia (September 6, 2011)
MF Avihai Yadin October 26, 1986 (1986-10-26) (age 25) 6 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv v.  Georgia (September 7, 2010)
MF Kobi Dajani November 5, 1984 (1984-11-05) (age 27) 1 0 Israel Maccabi Netanya v.  Greece (October 12, 2010)
MF Gal Alberman April 17, 1983 (1983-04-17) (age 28) 27 1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv v.  Latvia (June 04, 2011)
MF Tamir Cohen March 4, 1984 (1984-03-04) (age 27) 19 1 Israel Maccabi Haifa v.  Greece (September 02, 2011)
FW Shlomi Arbeitman May 14, 1985 (1985-05-14) (age 26) 9 3 Belgium Westerlo v.  Georgia (September 7, 2010)
FW Roberto Colautti May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24) (age 29) 21 6 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv v.  Greece (October 12, 2010)
FW Amit Ben Shushan March 20, 1985 (1985-03-20) (age 26) 12 2 Israel Beitar Jerusalem v.  Greece (October 12, 2010)
FW Itay Shechter February 22, 1987 (1987-02-22) (age 25) 11 3 Germany Kaiserslautern v.  Croatia (September 6, 2011)
FW Toto Tamuz April 1, 1988 (1988-04-01) (age 23) 10 2 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv v.  Greece (September 2, 2011)

[edit] Player history

Main article: Israel national football team records
  Still active national team players are highlighted

[edit] Most capped players

# Name Career Caps[3] Goals[4]
1 Arik Benado 1995–2007 94 0
2 Alon Harazi 1992–2006 89 2
3 Amir Schelach 1992–2001 85 0
Yossi Benayoun 1998–present 85 24
5 Mordechai Spiegler 1963–77 83 33
Nir Klinger 1987–97 83 2
7 Avi Nimni 1992–2006 80 17
8 Tal Banin 1990–2002 78 12
Itzhak Shum 1969–81 78 10
Eyal Berkovic 1992–2004 78 9

Last updated: 2 September 2011

[edit] Most goals scored

# Player Career Goals[3] Caps[4]
1 Mordechai Spiegler 1963–77 33 83
2 Yehoshua Feigenbaum 1966–77 24 50
Yossi Benayoun 1998–present 24 85
3 Ronen Harazi 1992–99 23 53
5 Nahum Stelmach 1956–68 22 61
6 Gidi Damti 1971–81 21 69
7 Giora Spiegel 1965–80 18 44
Yehoshua Glazer 1949–61 18 35
9 Eli Ohana 1984–97 17 51
Avi Nimni 1992–2006 17 80

Last updated: 2 September 2011

[edit] Managers

Manager Years as manager Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF GA Win%[5]
Austria Egon Pollack 1948 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &0&100000000000000000000000.00
Austria Israel Lajos Hess 1949 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000050000005 &1000000000000001200000012 &1000000000000003332999933.33
Hungary Vladislav Scali 1950 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000040000004 &1000000000000005000000050.00
Israel Jerry Beit haLevi 1953–54 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000070000007 &0&100000000000000000000000.00
England Jack Gibbons 1956 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000070000007 &1000000000000001200000012 &1000000000000004000000040.00
Israel Jerry Beit haLevi 1957 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000050000005 &0&100000000000000000000000.00
Israel Moshe Varon 1958 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000060000006 &100000000000000070000007 &1000000000000004000000040.00
Hungary Gyula Mándi 1959–63 &1000000000000003100000031 &1000000000000001200000012 &100000000000000070000007 &1000000000000001200000012 &1000000000000004900000049 &1000000000000006300000063 &1000000000000003871000038.71
England George Ainsley 1963–64 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000020000002 &1000000000000006667000066.67
Israel Yosef Merimovich 1964 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000040000004 &0&100000000000000000000000.00
Hungary Gyula Mándi 1964 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000010000001 &10000000000000100000000100.000
Israel Yosef Merimovich 1964–65 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 &1000000000000003332999933.33
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milovan Ćirić 1965–68 &1000000000000002500000025 &100000000000000080000008 &100000000000000020000002 &1000000000000001500000015 &1000000000000004300000043 &1000000000000004500000045 &1000000000000003200000032.00
Israel Emmanuel Scheffer 1968–70 &1000000000000002400000024 &100000000000000080000008 &100000000000000080000008 &100000000000000080000008 &1000000000000004400000044 &1000000000000003400000034 &1000000000000003332999933.33
Romania Israel Edmond Schmilovich 1970–73 &1000000000000001900000019 &1000000000000001000000010 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000050000005 &1000000000000002700000027 &1000000000000001300000013 &1000000000000005263000052.63
Israel David Schweitzer 1973–77 &1000000000000003600000036 &1000000000000001700000017 &1000000000000001100000011 &100000000000000080000008 &1000000000000006700000067 &1000000000000003400000034 &1000000000000004721999947.22
Israel Emmanuel Scheffer 1978–79 &1000000000000001300000013 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000040000004 &1000000000000001700000017 &1000000000000001500000015 &1000000000000003846000038.46
England Jack Mansell 1980–81 &1000000000000001000000010 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000080000008 &1000000000000001200000012 &1000000000000002000000020.00
Israel Yosef Merimovich 1983–86 &1000000000000002700000027 &100000000000000080000008 &100000000000000090000009 &1000000000000001000000010 &1000000000000003900000039 &1000000000000003600000036 &1000000000000002962999929.63
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljenko Mihić 1986–88 &1000000000000002000000020 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000050000005 &1000000000000001100000011 &1000000000000002700000027 &1000000000000003500000035 &1000000000000002000000020.00
Israel Itzhak Schneor
Israel Ya'akov Grundman		 1988–92 &1000000000000001800000018 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000080000008 &1000000000000002100000021 &1000000000000003000000030 &1000000000000002778000027.78
Israel Shlomo Scharf 1992–2000 &1000000000000008200000082 &1000000000000003100000031 &1000000000000001800000018 &1000000000000003300000033 &10000000000000131000000131 &10000000000000118000000118 &1000000000000003779999937.80
Denmark Richard Møller Nielsen 2000–02 &1000000000000002000000020 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000090000009 &1000000000000002900000029 &1000000000000003300000033 &1000000000000003500000035.00
Israel Avram Grant 2002–06 &1000000000000003300000033 &1000000000000001400000014 &1000000000000001300000013 &100000000000000060000006 &1000000000000005500000055 &1000000000000003700000037 &1000000000000004242000042.42
Israel Dror Kashtan 2006–10 &1000000000000001900000019 &1000000000000001000000010 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000050000005 &1000000000000002700000027 &1000000000000001900000019 &1000000000000005263000052.63
Israel Eli Ohana (caretaker) 2010 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &10000000000000100000000100.000
France Spain Luis Fernández 2010–2011 &1000000000000001500000015 &100000000000000060000006 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000080000008 &1000000000000001200000012 &1000000000000001800000018 &1000000000000004000000040.00
Israel Eli Guttman 2011– &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 !—

[edit] Honours

Group stage (1): 1970
Winners (1): 1964
Runners-up (2): 1956, 1960

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Fixtures draw completes qualifying schedule". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). 25 March 2010. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/news/newsid=1467876.html. Retrieved 25 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "Azerbaijan begins with home match against Israel – MATCH SCHEDULE". 25 November 2011. http://ann.az/en/?p=1415. Retrieved 25 November 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "National Team Appearances list". Israel Football Association. http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamAppearance.aspx?NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3&PAGE_NUM=1. Retrieved 12 October 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "National Team Goalscorers list". Israel Football Association. http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamCaptivate.aspx?NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3&PAGE_NUM=1. Retrieved 12 October 2010. 
  5. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places

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