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In 1948 the team became the national football team of Israel. [5] 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.
The Football Association in Israel / Palestine was established on 14 August 1928 and was accepted as a member of FIFA a year later in 1929. The Home Association (now the Israel Football Association) wanted to send a national team to the first World Cup in Uruguay, but because of the boycott imposed by the Association English Football FIFA at the time the order was given by the British ...
Most appearances: 20 seasons, joint record: Beitar Jerusalem (1999–present); Maccabi Haifa (1999–present); Maccabi Tel Aviv (1999–present); Most consecutive seasons in the Premier League: 20 seasons, joint record:
Israel ranks 75th of 200 countries in FIFA rankings and Israel is a limited market for kit sales, the newspaper added. But the news comes amid calls for consumer boycotts of Israel amid its ...
Turkey’s national football association also condemned Jehezkel’s behavior, which it described as “completely unacceptable.” Israel’s former Prime Minister Naftali Bennet shared his ...
Records in this section refer to Eretz Israel football team from its first official game in 1934 to 1948 and to the Israel national football team since Israel Declaration of Independence in 1948. The page is updated where necessary after each Israel match, and is correct as of 15 November 2015.
Famous matches of the Israeli football team include the 1-2 and 0-1 defeat against Iran respectively in 1968 AFC Asian Cup and 1974 Asian Games, both held in Tehran when Israel and Iran were on friendly terms, the 3–2 win in France in the 1994 World Cup qualification, which ended up disqualifying the French team from the World Cup in the ...
Israel’s national teams and club sides Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, who are both competing in Europe, must find alternative venues outside the country to fulfil their UEFA fixtures ...