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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 ...
' The Association of Football in Israel ') is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes a variety of association football leagues where the highest level is the Israeli Premier League; as well as national cups such as the Israel State Cup, the Toto Cup, and the Israel Super Cup; also, the Israel national football team.
Israel's soccer teams play domestic games at home despite the Israel-Hamas war. But European soccer body UEFA has ruled that the war with Hamas means Israel cannot host international games.
The Israeli national soccer team on Sunday played its first match since the Israel-Hamas war started, losing 1-0 against Kosovo in a European Championship qualifying match.
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 ...
Israeli teams first appeared in the Intertoto Cup in 1976, with Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Beitar Jerusalem, champions and runners-up in the previous season, debuting.In 1979, due to the cost of travelling to Europe, only one team, Maccabi Netanya was entered into the competition, [1] [2] [3] and between 1980 and 1992 the two Israeli entrants played in one group to reduce travelling expenses. [4]
Israel (in white) line up ahead of a friendly match against the Soviet Union in 1956 The Israel national football team has represented Israel in international association football since 1934, when it played its first official game (as Mandatory Palestine or Eretz Israel —"Land of Israel") against Egypt. It is fielded by the Israel Football Association (IFA), which has governed football in ...