Israel women's national football team
Association | Israel Football Association | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Meir Nachmias | ||
Captain | Adva Twil | ||
Most caps | Karin Sendel (50) | ||
Top scorer | Silvi Jan (30) | ||
Home stadium | Ramat Gan Stadium | ||
FIFA code | ISR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 63 4 (22 June 2018) | ||
Highest | 53 (March 2017) | ||
Lowest | 72 (August 2003) | ||
First international | |||
Netherlands 12–0 Israel (Zaandam, Netherlands; 27 August 1977) (Unofficial) Israel 0–7 Romania (Bat Yam, Israel; 2 November 1997) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Israel 12–1 Estonia (Herzliya, Israel; 9 October 2004) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Israel 0–13 Poland (Ramat Gan, Israel; 24 February 1998) |
The Israel women's national football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל לנשים) represents Israel in international women's football. The Israel women's national football team was established in 1997. Women's Football in Israel was developed as an upside down pyramid by first opening the national team and then after 2 years opening the first women's football league in Israel. Women's Football in Israel is struggling to develop because it is lacking investment.
History
Women's football in Israel first appeared in 1970, with several clubs being formed in the following years. However, these clubs folded, except for the M.I.L.N (Moa'don Israeli LeKaduregel Nashim (Hebrew: מועדון ישראלי לכדורגל נשים, lit. Israeli Club for Women's Football)), which continued touring and playing exhibition matches in Israel and abroad.[1] During this period a team representing Israel played a match against Netherlands, losing 0–12.[2]
In 1997, following FIFA orders, the IFA established a women's national team ahead of the 1999 FIFA women's World Cup. Rony Schneider was appointed as team manager and supervised a series of trials, which resulted in a 26 women squad, which played its first official match against Romania on 2 November 1997.[3]
As of April 2015, the national team played 95 matches (31 wins, 7 draws, 57 loses), scoring 111 goals. The team is yet to make an appearance in either the World Cup or the Women's Euro.
Ranking history
Year | End rank | Best rank | Worst rank |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | 70 | 70 | 72 |
2004 | 71 | 69 | 71 |
2005 | 67 | 67 | 71 |
2006 | 63 | 63 | 68 |
2007 | 63 | 61 | 64 |
2008 | 60 | 60 | 63 |
2009 | 57 | 56 | 57 |
2010 | 61 | 58 | 61 |
2011 | 65 | 60 | 65 |
2012 | 62 | 60 | 63 |
2013 | 55 | 55 | 61 |
2014 | 55 | 55 | 62 |
2015 | 59 | 57 | 59 |
2016 | 55 | 55 | 56 |
2017 | TBA | 53 | 62 |
Source: [4]
Competition history
World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1991 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1995 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1999 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | 7 | 6 | 31 | |
2003 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |
2007 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
2011 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | 20 | |
2015 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | - | 6 | 9 | 27 | |
2019 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 42 | 98 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Israel was entered into the UEFA Group 8 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.[5][6]
- Standings
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Romania | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
Slovakia | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 5 |
Hungary | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 9 |
Israel | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 31 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 55 |
- Matches
Israel was entered into the UEFA Group 8 qualifying round, finishing in third place.[9]
In addition to Israel competing, Israeli referee Rachel Cohen worked the Group 3 match between Belgium and Finland,[10] and Group 4 between Republic of Ireland and Scotland.[11]
- Standings
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wales | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
Israel | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
Estonia | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
Moldova | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
- Matches
Israel was entered into the UEFA Group 6 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.
In addition to Israel competing, Israeli referee Lilach Asulin worked the Group 1 match between Northern Ireland and Estonia.[13]
- Standings
Template:2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6
- Matches
Israel | 1 – 0 | Kazakhstan |
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Erez 42' | Report |
Israel | 1 – 2 | Switzerland |
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Abbé 76' (o.g.) | Report | Maendly 55' Abbé 90+1' |
Israel | 1 – 6 | Russia |
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Cohen 47' | Report | Poryadina 10' Fomina 29', 89' Savchenkova 62' Kurochkina 81' Kozhnikova 85' |
Israel | 0 – 3 | Republic of Ireland |
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Report | O'Sullivan 32', 52' O'Brien 81' |
Switzerland | 6 – 0 | Israel |
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Abbé 8', 64' Barqui 14' (o.g.) Stein 68' Dickenmann 71' Crnogorcevic 90+3' |
Report |
Kazakhstan | 0 – 1 | Israel |
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Report | Sofer 71' |
Russia | 4 – 0 | Israel |
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Kurochkina 5' (pen.) Skotnikova 24' Kozhnikova 31' Sochneva 80' |
Report |
Republic of Ireland | 3 – 0 | Israel |
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O'Sullivan 59', 64', 80' | Report |
- Roster
Coach: Meir Nachmias
- Merav Shamir
- Michal Ravitz
- Moran Lavi
- Adva Tawil
- Sarit Shenar
- Tal Shino
- Moran Fridman
- Or Erez
- Shirli Ohana
- Oshrat Eni
- Tali Hanan
- Sapir Kadori
- Shay Sade
- Naama Cohen
- Lee Sima Falkon
- Ortal Shamilov
- Yifat Cohen
- Sivan Fhima
- Goalscorers
1 goal
Israel competed in the UEFA Group 3 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.[14]
In addition to Israel competing, Israeli referee Lilach Asulin worked the Group 1 match between Slovenia and Republic of Ireland,[15] Group 4 between Northern Ireland and Faroe Islands,[16] Group 5 between Albania and Belgium,[17] and Group 7 between Bulgaria and Finland.[18]
- Standings
Template:2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 3
- Matches
Israel | 0–5 | Switzerland |
---|---|---|
Report | Humm 6', 28', 36' Dickenmann 45' (pen.) Crnogorčević 90+3' |
Israel | 0–1 | Iceland |
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Report | Brynjarsdóttir 60' |
Switzerland | 9–0 | Israel |
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Humm 29' Kiwic 32' Bachmann 35', 39' Moser 37' Bürki 59', 84', 86' Abbé 90+1' |
Report |
Serbia | 3–0 | Israel |
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Smiljković 31', 34' Bradić 82' |
Report |
Iceland | 3–0 | Israel |
---|---|---|
Brynjarsdóttir 2' Friðriksdóttir 26' Gunnarsdóttir 90+1' |
Report |
- Roster
Coach: Meir Nachmias
- Hanit Schwartz
- Mairav Shamir
- Maya Barqui
- Na'ama Cohen
- Shani David
- Moran Fridman
- Michal Ravitz
- Shay Sade
- Daniel Sofer
- Lee Falkon
- Tal Isaev
- Moran Lavi
- Shir Levo
- Diana Redman
- Sapir Sarusi
- Karin Sendel
- Arava Shahaf
- Adva Twil
- Shelly Israel
- Roni Shimrich
- Goalscorers
2 goals
1 goal
European Championship
UEFA Women's Championship | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1991 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1993 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1995 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1997 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
2001 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 26 | |
2005 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | |
2009 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 35 | |
2013 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 36 | |
2017 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 40 | 112 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Israel was entered into the Group 6 qualifying round, finishing in second place.[22][23]
- Standings
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belarus | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
Israel | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 |
Estonia | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
Wales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Matches
Israel | 12–1 | Estonia |
---|---|---|
Israel 6' Didich 12' Ohana 29', 65', 76' Jan 46', 62', 68', 71', 84' Dayan 49', 66' |
Report | Vaher 69' |
Israel | 0–2 | Belarus |
---|---|---|
Report | Kuzniatsova 42', 90+2' |
- Goalscorers
7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
1 goal
- Standings
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Israel | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
Armenia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Latvia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
- Matches
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–5 | Israel |
---|---|---|
Škrbić 27' Fetahović 46' |
Report | Gian 13' Shenar 23', 40', 81', 89' |
- Goalscorers
6 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Standings
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norway | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 |
Russia | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 |
Austria | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 |
Poland | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | −9 |
Israel | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 33 | −30 |
- Matches
Israel | 0–6 | Russia |
---|---|---|
Report | Kurochkina 29' Kremleva 45' Mokshanova 54' 59' 70' Chmatchkova 79' |
Israel | 0–3 | Norway |
---|---|---|
Report | Gulbrandsen 50' 73' Wiik 78' |
Norway | 7–0 | Israel |
---|---|---|
Wiik 12' 45' Gulbrandsen 19' 82' Mykjåland 52' Christensen 54' Nordby 75' (pen.) |
Report |
Russia | 4–0 | Israel |
---|---|---|
Letyushova 9' 22' Mokshanova 59' (pen.) Barbashina 67' |
Report |
- Goalscorers
1 goal
Israel was entered into the Group 4 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.[24]
- Standings
Team qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 | |
Team competes in Play-off round |
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- Matches
Republic of Ireland | 2 – 0 | Israel |
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D. O'Sullivan 74' Grant 87' |
Report |
Israel | 0 – 2 | Republic of Ireland |
---|---|---|
Report | O'Sullivan 65' Russell 67' |
- Goalscorers
1 goal
1 own goal
- Roster
Coach: Meir Nachmias
Israel was entered into the Group 8 qualifying round, and finished in last place.[25]
- Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 22 | Final tournament |
2 | Austria | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 17 | |
3 | Wales | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 11 | |
4 | Kazakhstan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 4 | |
5 | Israel | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 2 |
- Matches
Israel | 0–0 | Kazakhstan |
---|---|---|
Report |
Israel | 0–1 | Norway |
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Report | Ad. Hegerberg 25' |
Kazakhstan | 1–0 | Israel |
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Yalova 69' | Report |
Norway | 5–0 | Israel |
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Ad. Hegerberg 43', 48', 52' Bøe Risa 71' Herlovsen 80' |
Report |
- Goalscorers
1 goal
1 own goal
- Roster
Source: [26]
Current squad
- As of 8 September 2016[26]
Coaches
- Rony Schneider (1997–2004)
- Alon Schreier (2004–2008)
- Mair Nachmias (current)
References
- ^ MILN 1970–1991, IFA Template:He icon
- ^ Vriendschappelijk 1973–82, oefeninterland, seizoen 1977/'78 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine onsoranje.nl Template:Nl icon
- ^ A New Era in Football in the Country – Women's Football Rony Schneider, 19 July 1998, IFA Template:He icon
- ^ FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings
- ^ European Qualifying for Women's World Cup 1999
- ^ FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - Preliminaries - European Zone
- ^ European Qualifying for Women's World Cup 2003
- ^ FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003
- ^ 2007 Women's World Cup Preliminaries
- ^ Belgium v Finland
- ^ Republic of Ireland v Scotland
- ^ https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=wal/women/matches/index.html#year2006
- ^ Northern Ireland and Estonia
- ^ Qualifying round - Group 3
- ^ Slovenia v Republic of Ireland
- ^ Northern Ireland v Faroe Islands
- ^ Albania and Belgium
- ^ Bulgaria v Finland
- ^ Malta v Israel match report, UEFA.com, 7 May 2014.
- ^ European Women Championship 2001
- ^ 1999-01 UEFA Women's EURO
- ^ 2003-05 UEFA Women's EURO
- ^ European Women Championship 2005
- ^ Qualifying group stage - Group 4
- ^ Qualifying group stage Group 8
- ^ a b Women's National Football Team – Squad IFA Template:He icon