Israel national football team

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The Israel national football team (Template:Langx) 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.

History

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Early history

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1948 the team became the national football team of Israel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

Asian Football Confederation membership

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Israel winning the 1964 AFC Asian Cup

Muslim and Arab countries boycotting Israel

Israel was one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) following its independence in 1948.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After the 1974 Asian Games in Iran, and Israel's 0–1 tense loss to Iran in the finals,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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).<ref name="israel">Template:Cite news</ref>

Israel's last years in the AFC

Israel competed at the 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.

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1970's Israel national team at the Bloomfield Stadium of Tel Aviv, Israel

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="israel"/> The vote coincided with the 1974 Asian Games, where the football competition was marred by the refusal of both North Korea<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.

Years in exile

First steps in UEFA

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.

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Ronny Rosenthal playing for Israel at the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (Oceania) against New Zealand

First steps in OFC

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).

UEFA membership

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2018, Willi Ruttensteiner was appointed as technical director. A national football academy was founded and three supporting development centers were established.<ref>Willi Ruttensteiner ist nicht mehr Teamchef von Israel Template:Webarchive, der Standard, 2022-02-07.</ref>

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.

Home stadium

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 Gaza war, Israel played most of their home matches in Hungary.

Active stadiums

Template:Tooltip	Image	Stadium	Capacity	Location	First match	Last match
51	File:Bloomfield Stadium, January 2022 - 42.jpg UEFA Template:Rating	Bloomfield Stadium	29,400	Tel Aviv, Israel	17 May 1964	12 September 2023
14	File:TeddyStadiumJerusalemِApr172023 03.jpg UEFA Template:Rating	Teddy Stadium	31,733	Jerusalem, Israel	12 February 1992	19 June 2023
12	File:PikiWiki Israel 59466 sami ofer stadium (cropped 3).jpg UEFA Template:Rating	Sammy Ofer Stadium	30,950	Haifa, Israel	16 November 2014	2 June 2022
9	File:Netanya-Stadium 39 (cropped 2).jpg UEFA Template:Rating	Netanya Stadium	13,610	Netanya, Israel	6 February 2013	29 March 2022
4	File:Turner Stadium 08.jpg UEFA Template:Rating	Turner Stadium	16,126	Be'er Sheva, Israel	14 October 2018	12 October 2021

Inactive stadiums

Template:Tooltip	Image	Stadium	Capacity	Location	First match	Last match
137	File:Ramat Gan Ramat Gan Stadium 3.jpg	Ramat Gan Stadium	41,583	Ramat Gan, Israel	8 March 1954	15 October 2013
3	File:אצטדיון המכביה בתל אביב 1935 - iדר דוד עופרi btm233 (colour).jpeg	Maccabiah Stadium	20,000	Tel Aviv, Israel	30 July 1949	28 October 1950

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier	Origin	Period
Umbro	United Kingdom	1970
Diadora	Italy	1992–1995
Adidas	Germany	2008–2018
Puma	Germany	1985–1989 1996–2008 2018–2024
Reebok	United States	2025–

Results and fixtures

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

Coaching staff

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Ran Ben Shimon is the current official head coach of Israel.

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

Coaching history

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Manager	Years as manager	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Win%<ref>Win% is rounded to two decimal places</ref>
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Egon Pollak	1948
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Lajos Hess	1949
Template:Flagicon László Székely	1950
Template:Flagicon Jerry Beit haLevi	1953–54
Template:Flagicon Jackie Gibbons	1956
Template:Flagicon Jerry Beit haLevi	1957
Template:Flagicon Moshe Varon	1958
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Gyula Mándi	1959–63
Template:Flagicon George Ainsley	1963–64
Template:Flagicon Yosef Merimovich	1964
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Gyula Mándi	1964
Template:Flagicon Yosef Merimovich	1964–65
Template:Flagicon Milovan Ćirić	1965–68
Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Scheffer	1968–70
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Edmond Schmilovich	1970–73
Template:Flagicon David Schweitzer	1973–77
Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Scheffer	1978–79
Template:Flagicon Jack Mansell	1980–81
Template:Flagicon Yosef Merimovich	1983–86
Template:Flagicon Miljenko Mihić	1986–88
Template:Flagicon Itzhak Schneor Template:Flagicon Ya'akov Grundman	1988–92
Template:Flagicon Shlomo Scharf	1992–2000
Template:Flagicon Richard Møller Nielsen	2000–02
Template:Flagicon Avram Grant	2002–06
Template:Flagicon Dror Kashtan	2006–10
Template:Flagicon Eli Ohana (caretaker)	2010
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Luis Fernández	2010–11
Template:Flagicon Eli Guttman	2011–15
Template:Flagicon Alon Hazan (caretaker)	2016
Template:Flagicon Elisha Levy	2016–2017
Template:Flagicon Alon Hazan (caretaker)	2018
Template:Flagicon Andi Herzog<ref name="Andreas Herzog / head coach: eu-football.info">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 2018–2019 Template:WDL
Template:Flagicon Willibald Ruttensteiner<ref name="Willi Ruttensteiner / head coach: eu-football.info">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="endTimeCoachWillie-startTimeCoachBalbul">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 2020–7 February 2022 Template:WDL
Template:Flagicon Gadi Brumer<ref name="Brumer and Harazi">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (caretaker) || 17 March 2022 – 29 March 2022 Template:WDL
Template:Flagicon Alon Hazan<ref name="AlonHazan-ManagerSquadStats eu-football.info"/><ref name="AlonHazan-intially-HeadCoach-26April2022">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 8 May 2022 – 27 March 2024 Template:WDL
Template:Flagicon Ran Ben Shimon	23 May 2024 – present

Players

Current squad

The following players were called for friendly match against Lithuania on November 13 and 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Moldova on November 16.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Caps and goals are correct as of November 16 2025, after the match against Moldova.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Israel squad within the last twelve months.

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^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
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Records

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Players in bold are still active with Israel.

Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Most capped players

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Yossi Benayoun is Israel's most capped player with 101 appearances.

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Yossi BenayounTemplate:Efn	101	23	1998–2017
2	Tal Ben HaimTemplate:Efn	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 BaninTemplate:Efn	77	12	1990–2003

Top goalscorers

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Eran Zahavi is Israel's top scorer with 35 goals.

Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Eran Zahavi (list)	35	74	{{#expr:35/74 round 2}}	2010–2024
2	Mordechai SpieglerTemplate:Efn	24	57	{{#expr:24/57 round 2}}	1964–1977
3	Ronen Harazi	23	52	{{#expr:23/52 round 2}}	1992–1999
	Yossi BenayounTemplate:Efn	23	101	{{#expr:23/101 round 2}}	1998–2017
5	Nahum StelmachTemplate:Efn	19	45	{{#expr:19/45 round 2}}	1956–1968
6	Alon Mizrahi	17	37	{{#expr:17/37 round 2}}	1992–2001
	Tomer Hemed	17	38	{{#expr:17/38 round 2}}	2011–2019
	Eli OhanaTemplate:Efn	17	50	{{#expr:17/50 round 2}}	1984–1997
	Avi Nimni	17	80	{{#expr:17/80 round 2}}	1992–2005
10	Yehoshua FeigenbaumTemplate:Efn	15	36	{{#expr:15/36 round 2}}	1966–1977
	Mu'nas Dabbur	15	40	{{#expr:15/40 round 2}}	2014–2022

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Tooltip	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Squad		Outcome	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Confederation
As Template:Fb											As Template:Fb
Template:Flagicon 1930	Did not enter										Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1934	Did not qualify										2nd	2	0	0	2	2	11	Africa/Asia
Template:Flagicon 1938											2nd	2	0	0	2	1	4	Europe
As Template:Fb											As Template:Fb
Template:Flagicon 1950	Did not qualify										2nd	2	0	0	2	2	11	Europe
Template:Flagicon 1954											3rd	4	0	0	4	0	5
Template:Flagicon 1958											Play-off	2	0	0	2	0	4	CAF/AFC
Template:Flagicon 1962											Final Round	6	3	1	2	13	14	UEFA
Template:Flagicon 1966											3rd	4	0	0	4	1	12
Template:Flagicon 1970	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	1	3	Squad		Final Round	4	3	1	0	8	1	AFC/OFC
Template:Flagicon 1974	Did not qualify										Zone A Final	6	4	1	1	12	2
Template:Flagicon 1978											First round	4	2	1	1	5	3
Template:Flagicon 1982											5th	8	1	3	4	6	10	UEFA
Template:Flagicon 1986											2nd	6	3	1	2	17	6	OFC
Template:Flagicon 1990											Play-off	6	1	4	1	5	5
Template:Flagicon 1994											6th	10	1	3	6	10	27	UEFA
Template:Flagicon 1998											3rd	8	4	1	3	9	7
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002											3rd	8	3	3	2	11	7
Template:Flagicon 2006											3rd	10	4	6	0	15	10
Template:Flagicon 2010											4th	10	4	4	2	20	10
Template:Flagicon 2014											3rd	10	3	5	2	19	14
Template:Flagicon 2018											4th	10	4	0	6	10	15
Template:Flagicon 2022											3rd	10	5	1	4	23	21
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026											3rd	8	4	0	4	19	20
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030	To be determined
Template:Flagicon 2034
Total	Template:Tooltip	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	3	—		Final Round	138	47	35	56	199	200	—

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Squad		Outcome	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
1960–1992	Not a UEFA member										Not a UEFA member
Template:Flagicon 1996	Did not qualify										5th	10	3	3	4	13	13
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000											Play-offs	8	4	1	3	25	9
Template:Flagicon 2004											3rd	8	2	3	3	9	11
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2008											4th	12	7	2	3	20	12
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012											3rd	10	5	1	4	13	11
Template:Flagicon 2016											4th	10	4	1	5	16	14
Template:Flagicon 2020											Play-offs	11	3	3	5	16	18
Template:Flagicon 2024											Play-offs	11	4	3	4	12	15
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2028	To be determined										To be determined
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2032
Total	—										Play-offs	80	32	17	31	124	103

UEFA Nations League

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League phase													Finals
Season	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip		Year	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip*	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Squad
2018–19	C	1	2nd	4	2	0	2	6	5	Template:Rise	30th		Template:Flagicon 2019	Did not qualify
2020–21	B	2	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	7	Template:Same position	25th		Template:Flagicon 2021
2022–23	B	2	1st	4	2	2	0	8	6	Template:Rise	17th		Template:Flagicon 2023
2024–25	A	2	4th	6	1	1	4	5	13	Template:Down	TBD		Template:Flagicon 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

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Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	Template:Tooltip	L	GF	GA	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1952	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1956
Template:Flagicon 1960	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1964
Template:Flagicon 1968	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	9	7	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1972	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1976	Quarter-finals	6th	4	0	3	1	4	7	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1980	Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1984	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1988
1992–present	Competition played as an Under-23 competition
Total	Quarter-finals	2/10	8	2	4	2	13	14	—

AFC Asian Cup

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AFC Asian Cup record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1956	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	6	5	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1960	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	6	4	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1964	Champions	3	3	0	0	5	1	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1968	Third place	4	2	0	2	11	5	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1972	Withdrew+
Total	1 Title	13	9	0	4	28	15	—

+ Israel qualified as hosts but later withdrew. Thailand replaced them later.

• Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Asian Games

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Asian Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1951	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1954
Template:Flagicon 1958	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	6	3	Squad
Template:Flagicon 1962	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1966
Template:Flagicon 1970
Template:Flagicon 1974	Runners-up	7	6	0	1	24	4	Squad
Total	2/13	10	8	0	2	30	7	–

FIFA World Ranking history

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Honours

Continental

• AFC Asian Cup
  • Template:Gold1 Champions (1): 1964
  • Template:Silver2 Runners-up (2): 1956, 1960
  • Template:Bronze3 Third place (1): 1968

• Asian Games¹
  • Template:Silver2 Silver Medal (1): 1974

Summary

Competition	Template:Gold1	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3	Total
AFC Asian Cup	1	2	1	4
Total	1	2	1	4

Notes

1. Competition organized by OCA, officially not recognized by FIFA.

See also

• 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

External links

• 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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