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Israel national under-19 football team

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 Israel under-19
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AssociationIsrael Football Association (IFA)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachOfir Haim[1][2]
CaptainIlay Madmon[3][2]
Most capsMaor Buzaglo[4][5] (35)
Top scorerMaor Buzaglo[6][5] (21)
Home stadiumNetanya Stadium (Netanya)
FIFA codeISR
First colours
Second colours
Biggest win
 Israel 14–0 San Marino 
(Israel, 1997)
AFC (Asia) Championship
Appearances9 (first in 1964)
Best resultWinners 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972
OFC (Oceania) Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1985)
Best resultRunners-up, 1985, 1986
UEFA (Europe) Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage, 1997, 2014
FIFA World Youth Championship Intercontinental Play-Off
Appearances4 (first in 1978)
Best resultRunners-up, 1982, 1990

Israel's national Under-19 team (Hebrew: נבחרת הנוער של ישראל בכדורגל), also known as Israel Under-19s or Israel U-19s, is considered to be 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 can be, and often are, up to 20 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-21s and Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments) and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U-19s, senior side and again for the U-19s. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible).

Israel U-19s do not have a permanent home. They play in stadia dotted all around Israel in an attempt to encourage fans in all areas of the country to get behind Israel. Because of the lack of appeal compared to the senior national team, smaller grounds are used (such as HaMoshava Stadium).

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.[7] The youth team, an under-19 squad, played its first match against its England equivalent on 20 May 1962, losing 1–2.[8] Two days later, the team recorded its first victory, winning 2–1 in a rematch against England.[9]

In 1964, the youth team participated for the first time in the AFC Youth Championship, sharing the cup with Burma in its first tournament. The team went on to win the cup five more times in the next 8 years, before Israel was banned from participating in AFC tournaments.[10]

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).[11]

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

International records

AFC U-19 Championship

Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
South Vietnam 1964 Champions* 4 3 1 0 10 0
Japan 1965 Champions 6 6 0 0 32 4
Philippines 1966 Champions* 5 3 2 0 16 2
Thailand 1967 Champions 5 4 1 0 14 1
South Korea 1968 Third Place* 7 4 2 1 16 2
Thailand 1969 Fourth Place 6 4 0 2 8 3
Philippines 1970 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 10 1
Japan 1971 Champions 6 5 1 0 12 1
Thailand 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
Paraguay 1978 Group Phase 4 0 2 2 1 5
Argentina 1980 Group Phase 4 0 1 3 1 5
Costa Rica 1982 Runners-up 4 1 1 2 4 6
Australia 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.

Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
Australia 1985 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 15 6
New Zealand 1986 Runners-up 4 2 2 0 11 3
Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
Argentina 1988 Group stage 5 3 0 2 6 4

UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
Germany 1992 Qualifying round
England 1993 First qualifying round
Spain 1994 First qualifying round
Greece 1995 First qualifying round
France 1996 First qualifying round
Iceland 1997 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 6
Cyprus 1998 Second qualifying round
Sweden 1999 First qualifying round
Germany 2000 First qualifying round
Finland 2001 Second qualifying round

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Edition Round MP W D L GF GA Squad
Norway 2002 First qualifying round
Liechtenstein 2003 Second qualifying round
Switzerland 2004 Second qualifying round
Northern Ireland 2005 Elite round
Poland 2006 Elite round
Austria 2007 Elite round
Czech Republic 2008 Elite round
Ukraine 2009 First qualifying round
France 2010 First qualifying round
Romania 2011 Elite round
Estonia 2012 Elite round
Lithuania 2013 First qualifying round
Hungary 2014 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 8 Squad
Greece 2015 First qualifying round
Germany2016 Elite round
Georgia (country)2017 Elite round
Finland2018 First qualifying round
Armenia2019 Elite round
Northern Ireland 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - - - - - - -
Romania 2021 - - - - - - -
Slovakia 2022 Qualified for the Final tournmaent via the Elite round

Honours

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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) Cyprus  0–1  Israel Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
18:00 (19:00 IST) Report Abed 77' Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)
13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) Israel  6–0  Moldova Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
18:40 (19:40 IST) Senior 6'
Turgeman 27'
Gluh 75'
Abed 81', 90+4'
Mucha 89' (pen.)
Report Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino)
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Israel  1–4  Netherlands Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
16:00 (17:00 IST) Ibrahim Salman 36' Report Jimenez 11'
Emegha 45+3'
Simons 54' (pen.)
De Jong 66'
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
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
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
23 March 2022 (2022-03-23) Israel  0–0  Hungary ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
19:30 Report Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)
26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) Turkey  1–3  Israel ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
16:00 Elmaz 42' (pen.) Report Turgeman 32', 35'
Edri 66'
Referee: Mohammed Al-emara (Finland)
29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) Scotland  0–1  Israel Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr, Hungary
17:45 Report Revivo 88' Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria)

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)

Coaching staff

As of March 2022[1][2]
Position Name
Manager Israel Ofir Haim[1][2]
Assistant Manager Israel Itay Mordechai[2]
Assistant Manager Israel Eyal Gidron[1]
Goalkeeper Coach Israel Guy Solomon[1]
Fitness Coach Israel Ofer Eckstein[1]

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the all-away Elite Round matches of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification against Hungary, Turkey, and Scotland, on March 2022.[3][12]

Caps and goals updated as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Scotland.[13][12]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Lior Gliklich (2003-01-02) January 2, 2003 (age 21) 8 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
1GK Tomer Tzarfati (2003-10-16) October 16, 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Israel Maccabi Netanya

2DF Roy Revivo (2003-05-22) May 22, 2003 (age 21) 14 1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF Sean Edri (2003-10-24) October 24, 2003 (age 20) 13 1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF Ilay Tomer (2004-04-08) April 8, 2004 (age 20) 12 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF Stav Lemkin (2003-04-02) April 2, 2003 (age 21) 10 1 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
2DF Or Israelov (2004-09-02) September 2, 2004 (age 19) 9 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
2DF Maor Yashilirmak (2005-01-16) January 16, 2005 (age 19) 4 0 Israel F.C. Ashdod
2DF Ilay Faingold (2004-08-23) August 23, 2004 (age 19) 4 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa

3MF Noam Mucha (2003-07-30) July 30, 2003 (age 21) 14 1 Israel F.C. Ashdod
3MF Oscar Gluh (2004-01-04) January 4, 2004 (age 20) 11 1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
3MF Tal Archel (2003-06-10) June 10, 2003 (age 21) 11 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
3MF El-Yam Kanzapolsky (2003-12-22) December 22, 2003 (age 20) 10 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
3MF Ilay Madmon (captain[3][2]) (2003-02-23) February 23, 2003 (age 21) 9 0 Israel Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
3MF Eden Otachi (2003-01-01) January 1, 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa

4FW Ariel Lugasi (2004-11-24) November 24, 2004 (age 19) 13 2 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
4FW Dor David Turgeman (2003-10-24) October 24, 2003 (age 20) 11 5 Israel Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam
4FW Ahmed Ibrahim Salman (2004-03-22) March 22, 2004 (age 20) 12 1 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
4FW Idan Toklomati Gorno (2004-08-09) August 9, 2004 (age 19) 10 0 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
4FW Omer Senior (2003-02-23) February 23, 2003 (age 21) 9 1 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
4FW Sagi Genis (2004-01-10) January 10, 2004 (age 20) 4 1 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team since the first qualifiying 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 21) 4 0 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva v.  Netherlands, 16 November 2021

DF Yonatan Kay Laish (2004-01-27) 27 January 2004 (age 20) 7 1 Israel Maccabi Haifa v.  Netherlands, 16 November 2021
DF Khaled Zaid (2004-12-05) 5 December 2004 (age 19) 5 0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva v.  Netherlands, 16 November 2021

MF Tai Abed (2004-08-03) 3 August 2004 (age 20) 5 3 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv v.  Netherlands, 16 November 2021

See also

References