Israel national under-17 football team

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.

 Israel under-17
AssociationIsrael Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coach Gadi Brumer
Most capsMohammad Ghadir, Omer Peretz (17)
Top scorerMaor Buzaglo (9)
FIFA codeISR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances0
European U-17 championships
Appearances9 (first in 1987)
Best resultThird place, 1996

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 realignment 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]

Under-16 format

Year Round GP W D L GS GA GD
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-final412156–1
1999Quarter-final4202810–2
2000Group stage301237–4
2001Did not qualify
Total7/1533156123646–10

Under-17 format

Year Round GP W D L GS GA GD
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
2018Qualified
Total2/176006418–14

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

References

  1. Garin, Erik (28 June 2006). "European U-16 Championship 1987". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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