Israel at the 1970 FIFA World Cup

At the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Israel participated for the first time. Israel qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1970, along with El Salvador and Morocco.[1]

Israel at international football competitions
Teams
Results

Although it was reported in the build-up to the final draw that seedings would be used, as had been the case at the previous two World Cup Finals,[2][3] the FIFA Organising Committee ultimately announced that there would be no seeding of teams.[4] Instead the sixteen teams were divided into four 'geographical groupings', which also took into account the teams' strengths and even political considerations;[5] the system ensured that Israel and Morocco would not be drawn to face each other after Morocco had earlier threatened to withdraw from the tournament, as they had done from the Olympic football tournament two years earlier,[6] if that were the case.[7]

1970 Qualifying Round
Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

1970 Qualifying Round 1

During the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Israel received a First Round bye in the first round and moved directly to the second round.

1970 Qualifying Round 2

In the second round, North Korea, quarter-finalists at the previous tournament, were disqualified after refusing to play in Israel for political reasons.[8][9]

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Israel 4220060+6
2  New Zealand 0200206−6
—  North Korea withdrew
28 September 1969 Israel  4–0  New Zealand Tel Aviv, Israel[10]
Spiegler  48'
Spiegel  65'
Feigenbaum  72', 86'		 Referee: Nassiri (Iran)
1 October 1969 Israel  2–0  New Zealand Tel Aviv, Israel[10]
Spiegler  24'
Spiegel  33'		 Referee: Nassiri (Iran)

1970 Qualifying Final Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Israel  2–1  Australia 1–0 1–1
4 December 1969 Israel  1–0  Australia Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Zeman  16' (o.g.) Report Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
14 December 1969 Australia  1–1  Israel Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney
Watkiss  88'  79' Spiegler Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

1970 FIFA World Cup Group 2
Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 312010+14
 Uruguay 311121+13
 Sweden 31112203
 Israel 302113−22

Uruguay vs Israel
2 June 1970 Uruguay  2–0  Israel Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
16:00 Maneiro  23'
Mujica  50'		 Report Attendance: 20,654
Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland)
Uruguay
Israel
GK1Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF4Luis Ubiña
DF2Atilio Ancheta
DF3Roberto Matosas
DF6Juan Mujica
MF7Luis Cubilla
MF5Julio Montero Castillo
MF8Pedro Rocha (c) 12'
FW9Víctor Espárrago
FW10Ildo Maneiro
FW21Julio Losada
Substitutions:
FW20Julio César Cortés 12'
Manager:
Juan Hohberg
GK1Itzhak Vissoker
DF12Yisha'ayahu Schwager
DF4David Primo
DF14Danny Shmulevich-Rom 57'
DF5Zvi Rosen
MF6Shmuel Rosenthal
MF8Giora Spiegel
MF10Mordechai Spiegler (c)
MF7Itzhak Shum
FW9Yehoshua Feigenbaum
FW15Rachamim Talbi 46'
Substitutions:
DF2Shraga Bar 46'
DF16Yochanan Vollach 57'
Manager:
Emmanuel Scheffer


Assistant referees:
Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)

Sweden vs Israel
7 June 1970 Sweden  1–1  Israel Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca
12:00 Turesson  53' Report Spiegler  56' Attendance: 9,624
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
Sweden
Israel
GK12Sven-Gunnar Larsson
DF2Hans Selander
DF3Kurt Axelsson
DF20Jan Olsson
DF5Roland Grip
MF6Tommy Svensson (c)
MF7Bo Larsson
MF16Tomas Nordahl
FW18Tom Turesson
FW9Ove Kindvall
FW11Örjan Persson 75'
Substitutions:
FW22Sten Pålsson 75'
Manager:
Orvar Bergmark
GK1Itzhak Vissoker
DF2Shraga Bar
DF4David Primo
DF16Yochanan Vollach 51'
DF5Zvi Rosen
MF12Yisha'ayahu Schwager
MF6Shmuel Rosenthal
MF7Itzhak Shum
FW10Mordechai Spiegler (c)
FW8Giora Spiegel
FW9Yehoshua Feigenbaum
Substitutions:
MF19Roni Shuruk 51'
Manager:
Emmanuel Scheffer


Assistant referees:
Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)
Josip-Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia)

Italy vs Israel
11 June 1970 Italy  0–0  Israel Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca
16:00 Report Attendance: 9,890
Referee: Ayrton Vieira de Moraes (Brazil)
Italy
Irael
GK1Enrico Albertosi
DF2Tarcisio Burgnich
DF5Pierluigi Cera
DF8Roberto Rosato
DF3Giacinto Facchetti (c)
MF10Mario Bertini
MF16Giancarlo De Sisti
MF15Alessandro Mazzola
FW13Angelo Domenghini 46'
FW20Roberto Boninsegna
FW11Luigi Riva
Substitutions:
MF14Gianni Rivera 46'
Manager:
Ferruccio Valcareggi
GK1Itzhak Vissoker
DF2Shraga Bar
DF4David Primo
DF12Yisha'ayahu Schwager
DF6Shmuel Rosenthal
MF5Zvi Rosen
MF3Menachem Bello
MF7Itzhak Shum
FW10Mordechai Spiegler (c)
FW8Giora Spiegel
FW9Yehoshua Feigenbaum 46'
Substitutions:
FW14Dani Shmulevich-Rom 46'
Manager:
Emmanuel Scheffer


Assistant referees:
Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Squad

Head coach: Emmanuel Scheffer

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Yitzchak Vissoker (1944-09-18)18 September 1944 (aged 25) 17 Hapoel Petah Tikva
2 2DF Shraga Bar (1948-03-24)24 March 1948 (aged 22) 13 Maccabi Netanya
3 2DF Menachem Bello (1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 22) 25 Maccabi Tel Aviv
4 3MF David Primo (1946-05-05)5 May 1946 (aged 24) 18 Hapoel Tel Aviv
5 2DF Zvi Rosen (1947-06-23)23 June 1947 (aged 22) 16 Maccabi Tel Aviv
6 2DF Shmuel Rosenthal (1947-04-22)22 April 1947 (aged 23) 23 Hapoel Petah Tikva
7 3MF Itzhak Shum (1948-09-01)1 September 1948 (aged 21) 8 Hapoel Kfar Saba
8 4FW Giora Spiegel (1947-07-27)27 July 1947 (aged 22) 19 Maccabi Tel Aviv
9 4FW Yehoshua Feigenbaum (1947-12-05)5 December 1947 (aged 22) 15 Hapoel Tel Aviv
10 4FW Mordechai Spiegler (1944-08-19)19 August 1944 (aged 25) 36 Maccabi Netanya
11 3MF George Borba (1944-07-12)12 July 1944 (aged 25) 10 Hapoel Tel Aviv
12 3MF Yisha'ayahu Schwager (1946-02-10)10 February 1946 (aged 24) 6 Maccabi Haifa
13 4FW Yechezekel Chazom (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) 4 Hapoel Tel Aviv
14 3MF Danny Shmulevich-Rom (1940-11-29)29 November 1940 (aged 29) 24 Maccabi Haifa
15 4FW Rachamim Talbi (1943-05-17)17 May 1943 (aged 27) 25 Maccabi Tel Aviv
16 2DF Yochanan Vollach (1945-05-14)14 May 1945 (aged 25) 4 Hapoel Haifa
17 4FW Eli Ben Rimoz (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) 2 Hapoel Jerusalem
18 3MF Moshe Romano (1946-05-06)6 May 1946 (aged 24) 6 Shimshon Tel Aviv
19 3MF Roni Shuruk (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 24) 8 Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
20 2DF David Karako (1945-02-11)11 February 1945 (aged 25) 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv
21 1GK Yechiel Hameiri (1946-08-20)20 August 1946 (aged 23) 1 Hapoel Haifa
22 1GK Yair Nossovsky (1937-06-29)29 June 1937 (aged 32) 3 Hapoel Kfar Saba

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7" (PDF). FIFA. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
  2. "Ability and politics govern the draw". The Times. London. 19 December 1969. p. 11.
  3. "Top teams to be seeded". The Times. London. 8 January 1970. p. 11.
  4. "FIFA World Cup: Seeded teams 1930–2010" (PDF). FIFA. November 2009.
  5. "Brasil, Alemanha e Italia querem o Grupo Dois" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 11 January 1970.
  6. "Football at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Football". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  7. "Africa in the FIFA World Cup: Part 3 – The Seventies". Currybet.net. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  8. "North Korea out". The Times. London. 5 July 1969. p. 7.
  9. Glanville, Brian (2010). The Story of the World Cup. Faber and Faber. p. 167.
  10. Both matches were played in Israel.
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