| Israel Under-19/Under-20 | |
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| Fifa Trigramme: | ISR |
| Association: | Israel Football Association (IFA) |
| Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
| Coach: | U19/U20: Ofir Haim |
| Captain: | U20: Ilay Madmon[1] [2] [3] |
| Most Caps: | U19: Maor Buzaglo[4] [5] (35) U20: Roy Nawi[6] [7] (7) |
| Top Scorer: | U19: Maor Buzaglo[8] (21) U20: Anan Khalaily[9] (3) |
| Home Stadium: | Netanya Stadium |
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| First Game: | U19: 1–1 (Herzliya, Israel; 10 March 2001)[10] U20: 0–0  Israel(Asunción, Paraguay; 9 February 1978) |
| Largest Win: | U19: 9–0 (Petah Tikva, Israel; 13 October 2013)[11] [12] U20: Israel 6–0 (Sydney, Australia; 17 February 1985) |
| Largest Loss: | U19: 7–1 (Ferreiras, Portugal; 28 May 2012) U20: 3–0 Israel(Asunción, Paraguay; 11 February 1978) |
| Regional Name: | AFC (Asia) Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 9 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1964 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Winners (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | OFC (Oceania) Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 2 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 1985 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Runners-up (1985, 1986) |
| 3Rdregional Name: | UEFA (Europe) Championship |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 3 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 1997 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Runners-up (2022) |
| 4Thregional Name: | FIFA World Youth Championship Intercontinental play-off |
| 4Thregional Cup Apps: | 4 |
| 4Thregional Cup First: | 1978 |
| 4Thregional Cup Best: | Runners-up (1982, 1990) |
| 5Thregional Name: | South American Championship |
| 5Thregional Cup First: | 1988 |
| 5Thregional Cup Best: | Group stage (1988) |
| U20wc Apps: | 1 |
| U20wc First: | 2023 |
| U20wc Best: | Third place (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 (Hebrew: 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.
As of 2021, the Israel U19 home ground is the Netanya Stadium in the city of Netanya, Israel.
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.[13] The youth team played its debut match against its England equivalent on 20 May 1962, losing 1–3.[14] Two days later, the Israeli squad recorded its first victory, winning 2–1 in a rematch in England.[15]
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.[16]
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).[17]
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.
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).[18] 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.[19] However, they lost to Uruguay in the semi-finals 0–1.[20] Israel went on to defeat South Korea 3–1 to secure third place in their FIFA U-20 World Cup debut.[21]
See main article: 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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.
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.
| Year | Round | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1977 | did not qualify | |||||||||
 1979 | ||||||||||
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 1983 | ||||||||||
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 2001 | ||||||||||
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 2009 | ||||||||||
 2011 | ||||||||||
 2013 | ||||||||||
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 2017 | ||||||||||
 2019 | ||||||||||
 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[22] | |||||||||
| 2023 | Third place | Third Place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 2025 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| Total | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | ||
| Edition | Round | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions* | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Champions* | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Third Place* | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Fourth Place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9/9 | 49 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 138 | 14 |
| 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 | |
| Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1990 | Runners-up* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Edition | Round | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | ||
| Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
 2022 | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | Squad | |
 2023 | Elite round | ||||||||
| 2024 | Elite round | ||||||||
| Total | 2/21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||
See main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
See main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.
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 | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | (2002) | ||||
| 2011 | (2011) | ||||
| 2019 | (2003) | ||||
| 2014 | (2014) | ||||
| 2019 | (2005, 2010, 2016) | ||||
| 2018 | (2017) | ||||
| 2016 | (2003, 2006, 2014) |
The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022.[23]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Ofir Haim | |
| Assistant managers | Itay Mordechai | |
| Eyal Gidron | ||
| Goalkeeping Coach | Guy Solomon | |
| Fitness Coaches | Ofer Eckstein | |
| Yehuda "Udi" Ben-Simhon (U-20 only) | ||
| Technical manager | Asi Meir | |
| Head doctor | Miki Zager | |
| Physiotherapist | Ronen Grundman (U-20 only) | |
| Physiotherapist/Masseur | Igor Lomovsky | |
| Masseur | Nissan Refael Davidi |
The following players were called for the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Norway on 20, 23 and 26 March 2024; respectively.[27]
Caps and goals are correct as of 23 March 2024, after the match against Montenegro.[28]