Israel national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Israel women's 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

Association	Israel Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gadi Brumer
Most caps	Mohammad Ghadir Omer Peretz (17 each)
Top scorer	Maor Buzaglo (9)
FIFA code	ISR
First colours Second colours
European U-17 Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1987)
Best result	Third place (1996)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	0

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]

European Championship

Under-16 format

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1987	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
1988	did not enter
1989	did not qualify
1990	did not enter
1991	did not qualify
1992	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
1993	did not qualify
1994
1995
1996	Third place	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1
1997	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	8	–5
1998	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	5	6	–1
1999	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	8	10	–2
2000	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	7	–4
2001	did not qualify
Total	7/15	33	15	6	12	36	46	–10

Under-17 format

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
2002	did not qualify
2003	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	9	–8
2004	did not qualify
2005	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	9	–6
2006	did not qualify
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6
2019	did not qualify
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe^[3]^[4]
2021
2022	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1
2023	to be determined
2024
Total	4/19	12	1	0	11	8	29	–21

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

• 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad
• 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.^[5]
• Match dates: 25-31 October 2022
• Opposition:   Georgia,   Lithuania and   England
• Caps and goals correct as of: 26 September 2022, after the match against   Germany

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Liran Dayan	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Ashdod
	1GK	Itay Hemi	(2006-05-29) 29 May 2006 (age 16)	2	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	2DF	Amit Banay	(2006-02-01) 1 February 2006 (age 17)	2	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	2DF	Yarin Itzhak	(2006-08-01) 1 August 2006 (age 16)	1	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	2DF	Amit Kredi	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 16)	2	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	2DF	Tomer Lannes	(2006-02-06) 6 February 2006 (age 17)	2	0	Hapoel Hadera
	2DF	Yuval Paz Tondovsky	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 16)	1	0	Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim
	2DF	Adir Waheb	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 16)	2	0	Maccabi Haifa
	3MF	Liam Atzmi	(2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 (age 16)	1	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	3MF	Itay Ehud	(2006-09-21) 21 September 2006 (age 16)	2	0	Maccabi Haifa
	3MF	Liran Hazan	(2006-05-10) 10 May 2006 (age 16)	2	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	3MF	Ido Oli	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 17)	3	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	3MF	Yarin Shyovitz	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	3MF	Adi Tzur	(2006-04-01) 1 April 2006 (age 16)	0	0	Maccabi Haifa
	3MF	Avishay Tzuriel	(2006-10-13) 13 October 2006 (age 16)	2	1	Hapoel Jerusalem
	4FW	Sayd Abu Farhi	(2006-05-01) 1 May 2006 (age 16)	3	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	4FW	Yehuda Balay	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	4FW	Yuval Ranon	(2006-02-11) 11 February 2006 (age 17)	2	0	Werder Bremen
	4FW	Anas Sarsur	(2006-04-01) 1 April 2006 (age 16)	2	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	4FW	Karem Zoabi	(2006-05-03) 3 May 2006 (age 16)	8	1	Hapoel Jerusalem

See also

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship
• Israel national football team
• Israel national under-21 football team
• Israel national under-19 football team
• Israel national under-18 football team
• Israel national under-16 football team

References

1. Garin, Erik (28 June 2006). "European U-16 Championship 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
2. Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1996". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
3. "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
4. "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
5. "הנבחרת עד גיל 17 בהדרכתו של גדי ברומר תחל מחר בגיאורגיה את שלב המוקדמות במפגשים מול גיאורגיה, ליטא ואנגליה" (in Hebrew). ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

External links

• Official website of the Israel Football Federation