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The Holy XI
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Dror Kashtan ( 2006 -)
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Amir Shelah (86)
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Mordechai Spiegler (32)
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Egypt 7 - 1 Palestine/Eretz Israel<br/>( Cairo , Egypt March 16 , 1934 )<br/> USA 3 - 1 Israel<br/>( New York City , USA September 26 , 1948 )
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Israel 9 - 0 Taiwan <br/>( Wellington , New Zealand March 23 , 1988 )
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Egypt 7 - 1 Palestine/Eretz Israel<br/>( Cairo , Egypt March 16 , 1934 )<br/> Germany 7 - 1 Israel</br>( Kaiserslautern , Germany February 13 , 2002 )
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The is the only team to have participated in four different continents: Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania in the Football World Cup qualifiers, before finally settling for Europe as a full member of
UEFA . The
Israel Football Association (IFA) was founded in
1928 , 20 years before the creation of the state of
Israel . IFA was accepted as a full member to FIFA in
1929 . IFA first dealt with local leagues, but later also managed the national team that was created to participate in the
World Cup qualifications (participated in
1934 ,
1938 as '''Palestine/Eretz Israel national team''').
Israel played its first official game in
1934 in the world cup qualifiers losing 1-7 to
Egypt . The team's first goal ever was scored by
Avraham Nudelmann . Upon creation of the State of Israel in
1948 , IFA became the official association of the new state. The Israel national team's first game as an independent state was on
September 26 , 1948, against the
USA (result: 1-3 in favor of the USA).
In
1964 Israel hosted the
Asian Nations Cup and won 2-1 against
South Korea . In
1968 Israel went to their first
Olympic Games and lost to
Bulgaria by a draw in the quarterfinals. In
1970 Israel qualified for their first and only
World Cup , but only got two points after draws with
Sweden and finalist
Italy and a loss to
Uruguay . In
1976 , Israel went to their second
Olympic Games and lost in the quarterfinals again, this time against
Brazil . In
1989 , Israel made it to the
Playoffs Of WC Italy 1990 from the top of the
Oceania group, to play against
Colombia who qualified from the South American group, but was denied. (1-0, 0-0). In 2000, Israel made it to the playoffs of
Euro 2000 , but was beaten by
Denmark .
In
2006 World Cup Qualifying , Israel finished third in European zone Group Four behind
France and
Switzerland despite being unbeaten in their 10 matches after four wins and six draws, and failed to qualify for the
Finals . Coach
Avraham Grant decided to resign on
26 October 2005 . His contract is due to run out in June
2006 .
- 1930 - ''Did not enter''
- 1934 to 1938 - ''Did not qualify (as Palestine/Eretz Yisrael)''
- 1950 to 1966 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1970 - Round 1
- 1974 to 2006 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1956 - Second place
- 1960 - Second place
- 1964 -
- 1968 - Third place
- 1972 onwards - ''Did not enter, no longer member of AFC ''
1.
Mordechai Spiegler : 32
2.
Yehosua (Shye) Figenboim : 24
3.
Ronen Harazi : 23
4.
Nahom Stelmach : 22
5.
Gidi Damti : 21
6.
Shye Glazer : 18
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Giora Spiegel : 18
8.
Alon Mizrahi : 17
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Eli Ohana : 17
