Israel National Football Team Profile

Profile of the Israel national football team history top score most caps players most appearances, IFA Israel football association was founded on 1928 and represents governing body for football in Israel for international competition and is controlled by IFA. Became a member of UEFA Affiliation in 1994 and FIFA Affiliation in 1929.

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 Israel's 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. Official international footballing contacts started in 1934. Since then, Israel have participated regularly in the qualifying competitions for the FIFA World Cup, reaching the final round in Mexico in 1970. As for the Olympic Games, Israel were among the last 16 for the first time in 1968, also in Mexico, and then again at Montreal in 1976.

IFA Israel Football Association
Nation: Israel	Founded: 1928
UEFA Affiliation: 1994	FIFA Affiliation: 1929
Web: http://www.football.org.il	Phone: +972 3 617 1500

Israel were an active member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) from 1956 onwards. In 1964 they won the AFC Asian Cup as hosts, and their youth teams lifted the AFC Youth Championship six times (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971 and 1972). However, Israel left the AFC in 1974 because of political issues.

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.

National Football Of Israel

• Data :

- Nickname: Blue-Whites
- Association: IFA Israel football association
- Home Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
- Address: Ramat Gan Stadium 299, Aba Hilell Street P.O. Box 3591 52134 RAMAT GAN
- Fax: +972 3 570 2044
- FIFA Code: ISR

• Honours

- AFC Asian Cup
1. Champions (1) 1964
2. Runners-up (2) 1956, 1960

• AFC Asian Cup Record

Israel AFC Asian Cup Participations
Host	Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
	1956	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	6	5
	1960	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	6	4
	1964	Champions	3	3	0	0	5	1
	1968	Third-Place	4	2	0	2	11	5
	1972	withdrew
Total	=	4/15	13	9	0	4	28	15

Note: 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.

• UEFA European Championship Record

- The Israel national team has never qualified for a finals tournament of the UEFA European Championship since 1996-2012, while it was in 1960-1992 as part of AFC.

• FIFA World Cup Record

Israel FIFA World Cup Participations
Host	Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
	1970	Group-Stage	3	0	2	1	1	3

• Top Score

Top Scorers of The Israel National Football Team
Players	Goals	Caps	Periods
Mordechai Spiegler	33	83	1963-1977
Yehoshua Feigenbaum	24	50	1966-1977
Yossi Benayoun	24	90	1998-?
Ronen Harazi	23	53	1992-1999
Nahum Stelmach	22	61	1956-1968
Gidi Damti	21	69	1971-1981
Giora Spiegel	18	44	1965-1980
Yehoshua Glazer	18	35	1949-1961
Eli Ohana	17	51	1984-1997
Avi Nimni	17	80	1992-2005

• Most Appearances

Most Caps of The Israel National Football Team
Players	Caps	Periods
Arik Benado	94	1995-2007
Yossi Benayoun	90	1998-?
Alon Harazi	89	1992-2006
Amir Schelach	85	1992-2001
Mordechai Spiegler	83	1963-1977
Nir Klinger	83	1987-1997
Avi Nimni	80	1992-2005
Tal Banin	78	1990-2003
Itzhak Shum	78	1969-1981
Eyal Berkovic	78	1992-2004

Israel National Football Team Profile.