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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 ...
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'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 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.
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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.
Israel national football team navigational boxes (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Israel national football team" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.