Israel national football team

Israel

Nickname(s)	הכחולים-לבנים (The Skyblues and Whites) הנבחרת (The Chosen Team)
Association	Israel Football Association (IFA)
Confederation	AFC (Asia; 1954–74) OFC (Oceania; 1985–89) UEFA (Europe; 1980–81; 1991–present)
Head coach	Alon Hazan
Captain	Eli Dasa
Most caps	Yossi Benayoun (101)[1]
Top scorer	Eran Zahavi (33)[2]
Home stadium	Teddy Stadium Sammy Ofer Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Netanya Stadium Turner Stadium
FIFA code	ISR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	81 1 (19 September 2024)
Highest	16 (October 2008)
Lowest	109 (January 2018)
First international
Egypt 5–0 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 (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.

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.