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Israel

UEFA. Played 502 since 16 Mar 1934: won 181, drawn 118, lost 203. Elo 1675, ranked 68 in the world; peak 1768 in 2008. Titles: 1 Asian Cup.

1Asian Cup

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Results and fixtures

Squad

The following players were called up for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League B matches against Austria, Republic of Ireland (twice) and Kosovo on 24, 27 September, 1 and 4 October 2026.

Players
24
Average age
25.7
Caps between them
496
Most from one club
Maccabi Haifa (4)

Where they play

12 at home · 10 abroad in 5 other countries

  • Israel 12
  • United States 5
  • England 2
  • Greece 1
  • Italy 1
  • Romania 1

Average club rating 1599 (ClubElo; 22 of 24 players' clubs rated, mainly European). Highest-rated club: Crystal Palace, ranked 38 by ClubElo.

No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
Omri GlazerMaccabi Haifa30230
Assaf TzurHapoel Tel Aviv2820
Niv EliasiLevadiakos(Greece)2400
Defenders
Eli DasaMaccabi Haifa33811
Raz ShlomoMaccabi Tel Aviv27242
Roy RevivoElche23231
Idan NachmiasHapoel Be'er Sheva29210
Anan KhalailiCrystal Palace(England)22190
Guy MizrahiHapoel Be'er Sheva25101
Nikita StoinovDinamo București(Romania)2160
Ilay FeingoldNew England Revolution(United States)2250
Midfielders
Dor PeretzMaccabi Tel Aviv315910
Oscar GloukhAjax22335
Gabi KanichowskyMaccabi Tel Aviv29231
Eliel PeretzHapoel Be'er Sheva29181
Omri GandelmanLecce(Italy)2672
Ethan AzoulayMaccabi Haifa2450
Yarin LeviMaccabi Haifa2150
Forwards
Manor SolomonWest Ham United(England)27538
Tai BariboD.C. United(United States)28254
Dor TurgemanNew England Revolution(United States)23222
Liel AbadaCharlotte(United States)25211
Yarden ShuaBeitar Jerusalem2792
Sayed Abu FarchiColorado Rapids(United States)2021

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Israel national football team (CC BY-SA), caps correct as of 4 October 2026; page last edited 21 Oct 2026. Read daily.

Nations League chances: Group B3

TeamPromotedPlay-off A/BStays in BPlay-off B/CPts
Austria89%10%1%–12.0
Kosovo3%42%47%7%8.1
Republic of Ireland8%47%43%3%7.3
Israel–1%9%90%3.6

The rest of the league phase played out 10,000 times with FixtureShark’s model (IP1, built on Elo ratings). Ties split by goal difference and goals scored, not head-to-head.

Tournament history

World Cup: 1 appearance

Furthest round reached, finals tournaments and Nations League only (qualifiers are not shown).

Rating over time

130016001800193419802026Peak 1755 (2008)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Israel v Romania: played 24, won 5, drawn 7, lost 12; goals 24–36. First met 7 Dec 1966, last 18 Nov 2023.

Latest 15 of 24 meetings.

Record by competition

Israel by competition
Friendly225745596
FIFA World Cup qualification140493556
UEFA Euro qualification82321733
UEFA Nations League247710
AFC Asian Cup13904
Asian Games10802
AFC Asian Cup qualification5221
FIFA World Cup3021

Top scorers

  1. Eran Zahavi 31
  2. Yossi Benayoun 17
  3. Tomer Hemed 14
  4. Mu'nas Dabbur 11
  5. Ronen Harazi 10
  6. Haim Revivo 10
  7. Nahum Stelmach 9
  8. Mordechai Spiegler 9
  9. Elyaniv Barda 9
  10. Dor Peretz 9

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.