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Israel national football team

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Israel
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)הכחולים-לבנים (The Skyblues and Whites)
הנבחרת (The Chosen Team)
AssociationIsrael Football Association (IFA)
ConfederationAFC (Asia; 1954–74)
OFC (Oceania; 1985–89)
UEFA (Europe; 1980–81; 1991–present)
Head coachAlon Hazan
CaptainEli Dasa
Most capsYossi Benayoun (101)[1]
Top scorerEran Zahavi (33)[2]
Home stadiumTeddy Stadium
Sammy Ofer Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium
Netanya Stadium
Turner Stadium
FIFA codeISR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current81 Decrease 1 (19 September 2024)
Highest16 (October 2008)
Lowest109 (January 2018)
First international
 Egypt 5–0 Mandatory Palestine 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) 
(Wellington, New Zealand; 23 March 1988)
Biggest defeat
 Egypt 7–1 Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine
(Cairo, Egypt; 16 March 1934)

 Germany 7–1 Israel 
Kaiserslautern, Germany; 13 February 2002)

The Israel National Football Team is the national football team of Israel and is controlled by the Israel Football Association.

They Play in Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, and in Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv. Israel has been a member of UEFA since 1994. The national team was not recognized by FIFA until 1948. The same year, they played their first FIFA-recognized match in a 3–1 humiliating defeat to the American under-20 team in a friendly.

Most appearances

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Top 12 Israeli players with most national apperances.

Bold players are active players.

Pos Player Apps Goals Career
1 Yossi Benayoun 101 23 1998-2017
2 Tal Ben Haim 96 1 2002-active
3 Arik Benado 94 0 1995-2007
4 Alon Harazi 89 1 1992-2006
5 Amir Schelach 85 0 1992-2001
6 Mordechai Spiegler 83 24 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

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Pos Player Goals Apps Career
1 Mordechai Spiegler 24 83
2 Yehoshua Feigenbaum 15
3 Ronen Harazi 23
4 Nahum Stelmach 19
5 Shiye Glazer 18
5 Giora Spiegel 18
5 Yossi Benayoun 18
8 Alon Mizrahi 17
8 Eli Ohana 17

References

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  1. "The Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  2. "The Israel Football Association". Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  3. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.