Israel national under-17 football team explained

Israel under-17
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Fifa Trigramme:ISR
Association:Israel Football Association
Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Gadi Brumer
Most Caps:Mohammad Ghadir
Omer Peretz
(17 each)
Top Scorer:Maor Buzaglo (9)
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U17wc Apps:0
Regional Cup Apps:11
Regional Cup Best:Third place (1996)

The Israel national under-17 football team represents Israel in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Israel Football Association.

The team is for Israeli players aged 17 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-17 Football Championship cycle, so players can be up to 17 years old.

Competition history

Although the Israel Football Association became a member of UEFA as late as 1994, Israel U-16s took part in several European youth championships since the late 1980s, beginning with the 1987 European U-16 tournament, for which they qualified but failed to progress past the group stage after a defeat to Turkey U16s and draws against Denmark and Greece.[1]

The team managed to qualify for six other European U-16 championships (including five consecutive appearances between 1996 and 2000) before UEFA's renaming of youth levels in 2001. Since then, Israel U17s only qualified twice for the final tournament, in 2003 and 2005. Their best result in the under-16 era came in the 1996 European U-16 Championship where they won third place, beating Greece in a third-place play-off match.[2]

European Championship

Under-16 format

YearRoundGPWDLGSGAGD
1987Group stage302112-1
1988did not enter
1989did not qualify
1990did not enter
1991did not qualify
1992Group stage3111330
1993did not qualify
1994
1995
1996Third place6402109+1
1997Group stage300338–5
1998Quarter-finals412156–1
1999Quarter-finals4202810–2
2000Group stage301237–4
2001did not qualify
Total7/1533156123646–10

Under-17 format

YearRoundGPWDLGSGAGD
2002did not qualify
2003Group stage300319–8
2004did not qualify
2005Group stage300339–6
2006did not qualify
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018Group stage300317–6
2019did not qualify
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[3] [4]
2021
2022Group stage310234–1
2023did not qualify
2024withdrew
Total4/19121011829–21

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads:

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European U-16 Championship 1987. Garin. Erik. 28 June 2006. RSSSF. 19 December 2010.
  2. Web site: European U-16 Championship 1996. Garin. Erik. 7 December 2003. RSSSF. 19 December 2010.
  3. Web site: U17 finals in Estonia cancelled. UEFA. 18 March 2020. 22 August 2021.
  4. Web site: 2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled. UEFA. 18 December 2020. 22 August 2021.
  5. Web site: נבחרת ישראל עד גיל 17 . 23 March 2023 . ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל . Hebrew.