Israel national under-19 football team

Israel Under-19
Association	Israel Football Association (IFA)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ofir Haim[1][2]
Captain	Ilay Madmoun[3][4][5]
Most caps	Maor Buzaglo[6][7] (35)
Top scorer	Maor Buzaglo[8][7] (21)
Home stadium	Netanya Stadium
FIFA code	ISR
First international
	Israel 1–3 England ; (20 May 1962)
Biggest win
	Israel 14–0 San Marino ; (Israel; 1997)
Biggest defeat
	Portugal 7–1 Israel ; (Ferreiras, Portugal; 28 May 2012)
AFC (Asia) Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1964)
Best result	Winners (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972)
OFC (Oceania) Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1985)
Best result	Runners-up (1985, 1986)
UEFA (Europe) Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1997)
Best result	Runners-up (2022)
FIFA World Youth Championship; Intercontinental play-off
Appearances	4 (first in 1978)
Best result	Runners-up (1982, 1990)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	TBD (2023)

Israel's national under-19 football team (Hebrew: נבחרת הנוער של ישראל בכדורגל עד גיל 19), also known as Israel Under-19s or Israel U19s, is regarded as the feeder team for the Israel national under-21 football 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. Also in existence are teams for Under-21s and Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-17s, and Under-16s. 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 country.

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

History

The idea to form a youth team first came about in 1957, as the IFA considered entering a team to the 1958 UEFA European Under-18 Championship tournament.[9] The youth team, an U19 squad, played its debut match against its England equivalent on 20 May 1962, losing 1–3.[10] Two days later, the team recorded its first victory, winning 2–1 in a rematch.[11]

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. The team continued to win the title five more times in the next 8 years, before Israel was banned from participating in AFC tournaments.[12]

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).[13]

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

Israel qualified for the 2023 U20 World Cup by virtue of its performance at the 2022 U19 European Championships.[14]

International records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[15]
2023	qualified
Total	N/A	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC U-19 Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1964	Champions*	4	3	1	0	10	0
1965	Champions	6	6	0	0	32	4
1966	Champions*	5	3	2	0	16	2
1967	Champions	5	4	1	0	14	1
1968	Third Place*	7	4	2	1	16	2
1969	Fourth Place	6	4	0	2	8	3
1970	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	10	1
1971	Champions	6	5	1	0	12	1
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

Afc 2026

FIFA World Youth Championship Intercontinental play-off

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Group Phase	4	0	2	2	1	5
1980	Group Phase	4	0	1	3	1	5
1982	Runners-up	4	1	1	2	4	6
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.

OFC U-20 Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	15	6
1986	Runners-up	4	2	2	0	11	3

South American Youth Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1988	Group stage	5	3	0	2	6	4

UEFA European Under-18 Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Qualifying round
1993	First qualifying round
1994	First qualifying round
1995	First qualifying round
1996	First qualifying round
1997	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6
1998	Second qualifying round
1999	First qualifying round
2000	First qualifying round
2001	Second qualifying round

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2002	First qualifying round
2003	Second qualifying round
2004	Second qualifying round
2005	Elite round
2006	Elite round
2007	Elite round
2008	Elite round
2009	First qualifying round
2010	First qualifying round
2011	Elite round
2012	Elite round
2013	First qualifying round
2014	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	Squad
2015	First qualifying round
2016	Elite round
2017	Elite round
2018	First qualifying round
2019	Elite round
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Runners-up	5	2	1	2	9	9	Squad
Total	2/19	8	2	1	5	10	17

Honours

AFC U-19 Championship:
- Winners (6): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972
- Third Place (1): 1968
- Fourth Place (1): 1969
OFC Championship:
- Runners-up (2): 1985, 1986
UEFA European Under-19 Championship:
- Runners-up (1): 2022

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Qualifiers

Qualifying Round – Group 4

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	Elite round
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) Host

10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)	Cyprus	0–1	Israel	Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
18:00 (19:00 IST)		Report	Abed 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' Gluh 75' Abed 81', 90+4' Mucha 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

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) Host

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

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

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022.[16]

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

Group B

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	Knockout stage and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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	Lazetić 8' Leković 90+3'	Report	Gluh 16' Ibrahim 74'	Attendance: 945 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

22 June 2022 (2022-06-22)	Israel	4–2	Austria	Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
17:30	Abed 5' Lugasi 29' Madmon 52' (pen.) Gluh 54'	Report	Jasic 24' Demir 76'	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	Delap 6'	Attendance: 933 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

28 June – DAC Aréna

France	1
		1 July – Anton Malatinský Stadium
Israel	2
		Israel	1
28 June – NTC Senec
		England (a.e.t.)	3
England	2

Italy	1

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

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

Semi-finals

28 June 2022 (2022-06-28)	France	1–2	Israel	DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
20:00	Virginius 62'	Report	Touré 29' (o.g.) Kancepolsky 57'	Attendance: 1,226 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Final

1 July 2022 (2022-07-01)	Israel	1–3 (a.e.t.)	England	Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia
20:00	Gluh 40'	Report	Doyle 52' Chukwuemeka 108' Ramsey 116'	Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Coaching staff

As of March 2022[1][2]

Position	Name
Head coach	Ofir Haim
Assistant manager	Itay Mordechai
Assistant manager	Eyal Gidron
Goalkeeping Coach	Guy Solomon
Fitness Coach	Ofer Eckstein
Technical manager	Asi Meir
Head doctor	Miki Zager
Physiotherapist	Igor Lomovskiy

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.[17]
Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
Opposition: Poland, Serbia and Latvia
Caps and goals correct as of: 22 March 2023, after the match against Poland

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Ofek Melika	(2005-01-23) 23 January 2005	7	0	Hapoel Ra'anana
1GK	Roei Amedi	(2004-03-25) 25 March 2004	1	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv

2DF	Ilay Feingold	(2004-08-23) 23 August 2004	18	1	Maccabi Haifa
2DF	Or Israelov	(2004-09-02) 2 September 2004	18	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2DF	Yonatan Laish	(2004-01-27) 27 January 2004	15	1	Maccabi Haifa
2DF	Shavit Elgabi	(2005-06-15) 15 June 2005	8	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2DF	Noam Ben Harush	(2005-05-13) 13 May 2005	7	0	Beitar Nes Tubruk
2DF	Guy Deznet	(2005-11-01) 1 November 2005	3	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2DF	Denis Kulikov	(2004-08-24) 24 August 2004	3	0	Maccabi Netanya
2DF	Nikita Stoioanov	(2005-08-24) 24 August 2005	2	0	Maccabi Netanya

3MF	Tai Abed	(2004-08-03) 3 August 2004	14	4	PSV Eindhoven
3MF	Roy Navi	(2004-03-04) 4 March 2004	14	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
3MF	Ran Binyamin	(2004-02-06) 6 February 2004	9	4	Hapoel Tel Aviv
3MF	Roee Alkokin	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004	7	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
3MF	Adi Yona	(2004-04-17) 17 April 2004	6	0	Beitar Jerusalem
3MF	Ziv Ben Shimol	(2004-01-27) 27 January 2004	4	0	Maccabi Haifa
3MF	Hamza Shibli	Unknown	2	0	Maccabi Haifa

4FW	Ariel Lugassy	(2004-11-24) 24 November 2004	24	6	Maccabi Petah Tikva
4FW	Ahmed Salman	(2004-03-22) 22 March 2004	21	2	Maccabi Netanya
4FW	Idan Gorno	(2004-08-09) 9 August 2004	15	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
4FW	Anan Khalaili	(2004-09-03) 3 September 2004	10	0	Maccabi Haifa
4FW	Sagi Genis	(2004-01-10) 10 January 2004	9	2	Hapoel Tel Aviv

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last twelve months and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nitai Greis	(2004-07-08) 8 July 2004	1	0	Maccabi Haifa	v. Croatia, 22 November 2022

DF	Ilay Tomer	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004	20	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v. Croatia, 22 November 2022
DF	Adir Kordova	(2004-01-31) 31 January 2004	2	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v. Croatia, 22 November 2022
DF	Maor Yesilirmak	(2005-01-16) January 16, 2005	4	0	MS Ashdod	v. Scotland, 29 March 2022

MF	Dagats Worko	(2004-08-01) 1 August 2004	0	0	Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim	v. Croatia, 22 November 2022
MF	El-Yam Kancepolsky	(2003-12-22) December 22, 2003	16	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	v. France, 28 June 2022
MF	Oscar Gloukh	(2004-04-01) April 1, 2004	15	3	Red Bull Salzburg	v. France, 28 June 2022

FW	Liad Ramot	(2004-04-22) 22 April 2004	1	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	v. Croatia, 22 November 2022
FW	Orel Baye	(2004-03-02) 2 March 2004	4	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v. France, 28 June 2022

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