Israel national football team
The Israel National Football Team is the national football team of Israel and is controlled by the Israel Football Association.
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| Nickname(s) | הכחולים-לבנים (The Blues and Whites) הנבחרת (The Chosen Team) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Israel Football Association (IFA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe; 1980–81; 1991–present) OFC (Oceania; 1985–89) AFC (Asia; 1954–74) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Alon Hazan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Eli Dasa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Yossi Benayoun (101)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Eran Zahavi (33)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Teddy Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Netanya Stadium Turner Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | ISR | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 (Taiwan) [[File:{{{flag alias-1988}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] (Wellington, New Zealand; 23 March 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt 7–1 Mandatory Palestine (Cairo, Egypt; 16 March 1934)  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 |  Silver Medal (1974) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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They Play in Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, and in Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv. Israel had one World Cup appearance in 1970.
Most appearances
Top 12 Israeli players with most national apperances.
Bold players are active players.
| Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Career |
| 1 | Yossi Benayoun | 102 | 24 | 1998-2017 |
| 2 | Tal Ben Haim | 96 | 1 | 2002-active |
| 3 | Arik Benado | 94 | 0 | 1995-2007 |
| 4 | Alon Harazi | 89 | 17 | 1992-2006 |
| 5 | Amir Schelach | 85 | 0 | 1992-2001 |
| 6 | Mordechai Spiegler | 83 | 33 | 1963-1977 |
| Nir Klinger | 83 | 2 | 1987-1997 | |
| 8 | Avi Nimni | 80 | 17 | 1992-2005 |
| 9 | Eyal Berkovic | 78 | 9 | 1992-2004 |
| Tal Benin | 78 | 12 | 1990-2003 | |
| Itzhak Shum | 78 | 10 | 1969-1981 | |
| Dudu Aouate | 78 | 0 | 1999-2013 |
Top scorers
| Pos | Player | Goals | Apps | Career |
| 1 | Mordechai Spiegler | 32 | 83 | |
| 2 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | 24 | ||
| 3 | Ronen Harazi | 23 | ||
| 4 | Nahum Stelmach | 22 | ||
| 5 | Shiye Glazer | 18 | ||
| 5 | Giora Spiegel | 18 | ||
| 5 | Yossi Benayoun | 18 | ||
| 8 | Alon Mizrahi | 17 | ||
| 8 | Eli Ohana | 17 |
Israel National Football Team Media
Israel winning the 1964 AFC Asian Cup
1970's Israel national team at the Bloomfield Stadium of Tel Aviv, Israel
Ronny Rosenthal playing for Israel at the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (Oceania) against New Zealand
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Turner Stadium
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The old Maccabiah Stadium in Tel Aviv
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References
- ↑ "The Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ↑ "The Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
