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Israel Under-19/Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationIsrael Football Association (IFA)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachU19/U20: Ofir Haim[1][2][3]
CaptainU20: Ilay Madmon[4][5][6]
Most capsU19: Maor Buzaglo[7][8] (35)
U20: Roy Nawi[9][10] (7)
Top scorerU19: Maor Buzaglo[11][8] (21)
U20: Anan Khalaily[12][10] (3)
Home stadiumNetanya Stadium
FIFA codeISR
First colours
Second colours
First international
U19:  Romania 1–1 Israel 
(Herzliya, Israel; 10 March 2001)[13]
U20:  Australia 0–0 Israel Israel
(Asunción, Paraguay; 9 February 1978)
Biggest win
U19:  Israel 9–0 Liechtenstein 
(Petah Tikva, Israel; 13 October 2013)[14][15]
U20: Israel Israel 6–0 Papua New Guinea 
(Sydney, Australia; 17 February 1985)
Biggest defeat
U19:  Portugal 7–1 Israel 
(Ferreiras, Portugal; 28 May 2012)
U20:  Paraguay 3–0 Israel Israel
(Asunción, Paraguay; 11 February 1978)
AFC (Asia) Championship
Appearances9 (first in 1964)
Best resultWinners (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972)
OFC (Oceania) Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1985)
Best resultRunners-up (1985, 1986)
UEFA (Europe) Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1997)
Best resultRunners-up (2022)
FIFA World Youth Championship
Intercontinental play-off
Appearances4 (first in 1978)
Best resultRunners-up (1982, 1990)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultThird place 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2023)

In Israeli football (soccer), the Israel national under-19 football team (Hebrew: נבחרת (הנוער של) ישראל בכדורגל עד גיל 19) and the Israel national under-20 football team (נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל עד גיל 20); or simply Israel Under-19s, Israel U19s; Israel Under-20s, Israel U20s - both squads are also regarded as the feeders for the Israel national under-21 team.

This team is for Israeli players aged 19 (or under) at the start of a two-year UEFA European Under-19 Championship campaign) so players may be up to 20 years old, such as in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In addition to the Israel's senior squad, there are also the Israeli squads for U-21 players, and other youth teams such as, the U-18, the U-17, and the U-16. Players are not level or nation static so can compete at any level as long as they are eligible; U19s do not relinquish level or nation association while competing and can compete on senior side, then back to U19s, and "youth level' or senior level with another nation.[citation needed]

As of 2021, the Israel U19 home ground is the Netanya Stadium in the city of Netanya, Israel.

History

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The idea to form a youth team first came about in 1957, as the IFA (Israel Football Association) considered entering a team to the 1958 UEFA European Under-18 Championship tournament.[16] The youth team played its debut match against its England equivalent on 20 May 1962, losing 1–3.[17] Two days later, the Israeli squad recorded its first victory, winning 2–1 in a rematch in England.[18]

In 1964, the youth team participated for its debut time in the AFC Youth Championship tournament, sharing the cup with Burma in its first tournament in 1964. The team continued to win the title five more times in the next 8 years, before Israel was boycotted by Muslim and Arab countries along with North Korea, that voted against its participation in AFC tournaments during the 1970s.[19]

Until 1992, the youth team's only official tournaments were FIFA Youth Championship qualification tournaments, twice participating in the process in the OFC U-20 Championship and once in the South American Youth Football Championship. At the same period of time, to give the youth squad its share of international matches, the IFA established an annual tournament for under-18 teams, which was held in December and January between 1974 and 1989 (after which the tournament became a tournament for under-17 teams).[20]

In 1992, as Israel was admitted to UEFA, the squad began participating in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (an under-18 tournament until 2002), appearing in the final tournament in 1997 and 2014 and in 2022.[21]

Israel qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup by virtue of its performance at the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, finishing 2nd place after a loss to England in the final, 1–3 after extra time (1–1 at full time).[21] Throughout the FIFA U-20 World Cup, Israel started against Colombia, which they lost 1–2. Then, they drew against Senegal 1–1. They came back from behind with 10-men to beat Japan 2–1, which secured Israel a spot in the knockout stage. Israel advanced out of the first knockout round with a 1–0 win against Uzbekistan. In the quarter-finals, they came from behind twice to defeat 5-time South American champions Brazil 3–2 in extra time.[22] However, they lost to Uruguay in the semi-finals 0–1.[23] Israel went on to defeat South Korea 3–1 to secure third place in their FIFA U-20 World Cup debut.[24]

Results and fixtures – Israel U-20

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  Win   Draw   Loss

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Group stage

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The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

All times are in Israel Summer Time (Israel Daylight Time, IDT), although the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup is entirely held at Argentina.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Knockout stage
2 Israel Israel 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Senegal 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) Israel Israel 1–2  Colombia Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina
21:00 (Israel Summer Time) Turgeman 57' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) Senegal  1–1 Israel Israel Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina
21:00 (Israel Summer Time) P. Diop 80' Report B. N'Diaye 58' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) Japan  1–2 Israel Israel Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina
00:00 (Israel Summer Time) Sakamoto 45+1' Report
Attendance: 7,581
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advanced to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
 
 United States4
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 New Zealand0
 
 United States0
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Gambia0
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Uruguay1
 
 Uruguay1
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
Israel Israel0
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
3 June – San Juan
 
Israel Israel1
 
Israel Israel (a.e.t.)3
 
31 May – La Plata
 
 Brazil2
 
 Brazil4
 
11 June – La Plata
 
 Tunisia1
 
 Uruguay1
 
31 May – San Juan
 
 Italy0
 
 Colombia5
 
3 June – San Juan
 
 Slovakia1
 
 Colombia 1
 
31 May – La Plata
 
 Italy3
 
 England1
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Italy2
 
 Italy2
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 South Korea1 Third place play-off
 
 Ecuador2
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero11 June – La Plata
 
 South Korea3
 
 South Korea1Israel Israel3
 
31 May – San Juan
 
 Nigeria0  South Korea1
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 Nigeria2
 

Round of 16 (Eight-finals)

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30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) Uzbekistan  0–1 Israel Israel Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina
00:00 (Israel Summer Time) Report Khalaily 90+7' Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

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3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) Israel Israel 3–2 (a.e.t.)  Brazil Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina
20:30 (Israel Summer Time)
Report Attendance: 1,765
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Semi-finals

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8 June 2023 (2023-06-08) Uruguay  1–0 Israel Israel Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina
20:30 (Israel Summer Time) Duarte 61' Report Attendance: 27,860
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Third place play-off

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11 June 2023 (2023-06-11) Israel Israel 3–1  South Korea Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina
20:30 (Israel Summer Time)
Report Attendance: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

International records

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FIFA U-20 World Cup

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FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[25]
Argentina 2023 Third place Third Place 7 4 1 2 11 8
Chile 2025 Did not qualify
Total Third place 3rd 7 4 1 2 11 8

AFC U-19 Championship

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Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
South Vietnam 1964 Champions* 4 3 1 0 10 0
Japan 1965 Champions 6 6 0 0 32 4
Philippines 1966 Champions* 5 3 2 0 16 2
Thailand 1967 Champions 5 4 1 0 14 1
South Korea 1968 Third Place* 7 4 2 1 16 2
Thailand 1969 Fourth Place 6 4 0 2 8 3
Philippines 1970 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 10 1
Japan 1971 Champions 6 5 1 0 12 1
Thailand 1972 Champions 6 6 0 0 20 0
Total 9/9 49 37 8 4 138 14
  • Champions* : Title shared
  • DNP : Did Not Participate
  • DNQ : Did not qualify

FIFA World Youth Championship Intercontinental play-off

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Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
Paraguay 1978 Group Phase 4 0 2 2 1 5
Argentina 1980 Group Phase 4 0 1 3 1 5
Costa Rica 1982 Runners-up 4 1 1 2 4 6
Australia 1990 Runners-up* 2 1 0 1 2 2

* Despite both matches of Israel against Australia being hosted in the same city of Sydney, Australia – Australia still won on away goals.

Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
Australia 1985 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 15 6
New Zealand 1986 Runners-up 4 2 2 0 11 3
Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
Argentina 1988 Group stage 5 3 0 2 6 4

UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
Germany 1992 Qualifying round
England 1993 First qualifying round
Spain 1994 First qualifying round
Greece 1995 First qualifying round
France 1996 First qualifying round
Iceland 1997 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 6
Cyprus 1998 Second qualifying round
Sweden 1999 First qualifying round
Germany 2000 First qualifying round
Finland 2001 Second qualifying round

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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Edition Round MP W D L GF GA Squad
Norway 2002 First qualifying round
Liechtenstein 2003 Second qualifying round
Switzerland 2004 Second qualifying round
Northern Ireland 2005 Elite round
Poland 2006 Elite round
Austria 2007 Elite round
Czech Republic 2008 Elite round
Ukraine 2009 First qualifying round
France 2010 First qualifying round
Romania 2011 Elite round
Estonia 2012 Elite round
Lithuania 2013 First qualifying round
Hungary 2014 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 8 Squad
Greece 2015 First qualifying round
Germany 2016 Elite round
Georgia (country) 2017 Elite round
Finland 2018 First qualifying round
Armenia 2019 Elite round
Northern Ireland 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Romania 2021
Slovakia 2022 Runners-up 5 2 1 2 9 9 Squad
Malta 2023 Elite round
Northern Ireland 2024 Elite round
Total 2/21 8 2 1 5 10 17

Results and fixtures – Israel U-19

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  Win   Draw   Loss

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

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Qualifiers

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Qualifying Round – Group 4
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Elite round
2  Israel (H) 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  Cyprus 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
4  Moldova 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) Cyprus  0–1  Israel Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
18:00 (19:00 IST) Report Abed-Kassus 77' Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)
13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) Israel  6–0  Moldova Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
18:40 (19:40 IST) Senior 6'
Turgeman 27'
Gloukh 75'
Abed-Kassus 81', 90+4'
Muche 89' (pen.)
Report Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino)
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Israel  1–4  Netherlands Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
16:00 (17:00 IST) Ibrahim Salman 36' Report Jimenez 11'
Emegha 45+3'
Simons 54' (pen.)
De Jong 66'
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Elite Round – Group 1
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Final tournament
2  Hungary (H) 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
23 March 2022 (2022-03-23) Israel  0–0  Hungary ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
19:30 Report Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)
26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) Turkey  1–3  Israel ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
16:00 Elmaz 42' (pen.) Report Turgeman 32', 35'
Edri 66'
Referee: Mohammed Al-emara (Finland)
29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) Scotland  0–1  Israel Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr, Hungary
17:45 Report Revivo 88' Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria)

Qualified teams for the final tournament

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Slovakia Hosts 2nd 2002 Third place (2002)
 Romania Elite round Group 4 winners 2nd 2011 Group Stage (2011)
 Italy Elite round Group 5 winners 8th 2019 Champions (2003)
 Israel Elite round Group 1 winners 2nd 2014 Group Stage (2014)
 France Elite round Group 2 winners 12th 2019 Champions (2005, 2010, 2016)
 England Elite round Group 3 winners 11th 2018 Champions (2017)
 Austria Elite round Group 7 winners 8th 2016 Semi-finals (2003, 2006, 2014)

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship - Final tournament

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Group stage

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The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022.[26]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Israel 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Austria 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3 FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: UEFA
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19) Serbia  2–2  Israel Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
17:30
Report Attendance: 945
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
22 June 2022 (2022-06-22) Israel  4–2  Austria Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
17:30
Report
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
25 June 2022 (2022-06-25) Israel  0–1  England Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
20:00 Report
Attendance: 933
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 June – DAC Aréna
 
 
 France1
 
1 July – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
 Israel2
 
 Israel1
 
28 June – NTC Senec
 
 England (a.e.t.)3
 
 England2
 
 
 Italy1
 

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

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Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Semi-finals

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28 June 2022 (2022-06-28) France  1–2  Israel DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
20:00 Virginius 62' Report
Attendance: 1,226
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Final

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1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) Israel  1–3 (a.e.t.)  England Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia
20:00
Report
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Coaching staff – U-19 with U-20

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As of May 2023[1][2][3]
Position Name
Head coach Israel Ofir Haim
Assistant managers Israel Itay Mordechai
Israel Eyal Gidron
Goalkeeping Coach Israel Guy Solomon
Fitness Coaches Israel Ofer Eckstein
Israel Yehuda "Udi" Ben-Simhon (U-20 only)
Technical manager Israel Asi Meir
Head doctor Israel Miki Zager
Physiotherapist Israel Ronen Grundman (U-20 only)
Physiotherapist/Masseur Israel Igor Lomovsky
Masseur Israel Nissan Refael Davidi

Players

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Current squad

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The following players were called for the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches against Albania, Northern Ireland and Denamrk, on 13, 16 and 19 November 2024; respectively.[27]

Caps and goals are correct as of 19 November 2024, after the match against Denamrk.[28]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Roey Levi (2006-08-01) 1 August 2006 (age 18) 5 0 Israel F.C. Ashdod
18 1GK Daniel Cohen (2006-08-01) 1 August 2006 (age 18) 1 0 Israel Maccabi Netanya

2 2DF Noam Schwarz (2006-07-15) 15 July 2006 (age 18) 5 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
3 2DF Daniel Tishler (2006-09-28) 28 September 2006 (age 18) 5 1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
4 2DF Moran Waheb (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 18) 5 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa
5 2DF Tomer Lannes Arbel (2006-02-06) 6 February 2006 (age 18) 4 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa
13 2DF Itay Baruch (2007-04-01) 1 April 2007 (age 17) 3 0 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
14 2DF Amit Banay (2006-02-01) 1 February 2006 (age 18) 2 0 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
20 2DF Ahmad Abu Moch (2006-12-01) 1 December 2006 (age 17) 3 0 Israel F.C. Ashdod

6 3MF Itay Ehud (2006-09-21) 21 September 2006 (age 18) 4 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa
8 3MF Ido Ouli (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18) 13 4 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
10 3MF Liran Hazan (2006-05-10) 10 May 2006 (age 18) 11 6 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
12 3MF Yaniv Peretz (2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 17) 3 0 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva
15 3MF Roei Magor (2007-03-01) 1 March 2007 (age 17) 5 1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
16 3MF Yuval Ranon (2006-02-11) 11 February 2006 (age 18) 4 0 Germany Werder Bremen

7 4FW Eyad Khalaily (2006-07-02) 2 July 2006 (age 18) 6 1 Israel Maccabi Haifa
9 4FW Sayed Abu Farchi (2006-05-11) 11 May 2006 (age 18) 12 3 Israel Maccabi Bnei Reineh
11 4FW Karem Zoabi (2006-05-03) 3 May 2006 (age 18) 12 2 Portugal Rio Ave
17 4FW Jad Shibli (2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 18) 4 1 Israel Maccabi Haifa
19 4FW Yehuda Balay (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18) 13 2 Israel Hapoel Ramat HaSharon

Current Under-19 squad

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Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

DF Ofer Gelbard (2006-01-29) 29 January 2006 (age 18) 5 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2024
DF Benny Feldman (2006-11-01) 1 November 2006 (age 18) 1 0 Israel Maccabi Netanya v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2024

MF Lotem Asras (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18) 2 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2024
MF Ofek Mishan (2006-12-01) 1 December 2006 (age 17) 1 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2024

FW Ori Malka (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18) 2 1 Israel F.C. Ashdod v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2024
FW Ori Hassan (2006-05-01) 1 May 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Israel Bnei Yehuda v.  Norway, 26 March 2024

Honours

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See also

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References

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Head-to-head record

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The following table shows Israel's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.