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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 ...
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]
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 PFA changed its name to the Israel Football Association (IFA) following the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. [1] The IFA was a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) from 1954 until 1974, when it was expelled due to political pressure from Arab and Muslim members that refused to play against Israel. From then until 1992 ...
The delayed Kosovo-Israel game could prevent UEFA making the qualifying playoffs draw on Nov. 23 as scheduled. ... Israel started playing in the competition as a UEFA member in Euro 1996 ...
Shmuel Ben Dror went down in history as the first goal scorer in the history of the Israeli national team. In 1967, Hapoel Tel Aviv became the first club to win the Asian Club Championships . In the 2001–02 UEFA Cup Hapoel reached the quarter-finals after knocking out Chelsea , Lokomotiv Moscow and Parma .
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 ...
UEFA is the organiser of two of the most prestigious competitions in international football: The UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. The main competition for men's national teams is the UEFA European Championship (also known as the Euro), which started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960 , and was known as the European ...