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In Israeli football (soccer), the Israel national under-19 football team (Hebrew: נבחרת (הנוער של) ישראל בכדורגל עד גיל 19) and the Israel national under-20 football team (נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל עד גיל 20); or simply Israel Under-19s, Israel U19s; Israel Under-20s, Israel U20s - both squads are also regarded as the feeders for the Israel national under-21 team.
This team is for Israeli players aged 19 (or under) at the start of a two-year UEFA European Under-19 Championship campaign) so players may be up to 20 years old, such as in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In addition to the Israel's senior squad, there are also the Israeli squads for U-21 players, and other youth teams such as, the U-18, the U-17, and the U-16. Players are not level or nation static so can compete at any level as long as they are eligible; U19s do not relinquish level or nation association while competing and can compete on senior side, then back to U19s, and "youth level' or senior level with another nation.[citation needed]
As of 2021, the Israel U19 home ground is the Netanya Stadium in the city of Netanya, Israel.
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History
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The idea to form a youth team first came about in 1957, as the IFA (Israel Football Association) considered entering a team to the 1958 UEFA European Under-18 Championship tournament.[16] The youth team played its debut match against its England equivalent on 20 May 1962, losing 1–3.[17] Two days later, the Israeli squad recorded its first victory, winning 2–1 in a rematch in England.[18]
In 1964, the youth team participated for its debut time in the AFC Youth Championship tournament, sharing the cup with Burma in its first tournament in 1964. The team continued to win the title five more times in the next 8 years, before Israel was boycotted by Muslim and Arab countries along with North Korea, that voted against its participation in AFC tournaments during the 1970s.[19]
Until 1992, the youth team's only official tournaments were FIFA Youth Championship qualification tournaments, twice participating in the process in the OFC U-20 Championship and once in the South American Youth Football Championship. At the same period of time, to give the youth squad its share of international matches, the IFA established an annual tournament for under-18 teams, which was held in December and January between 1974 and 1989 (after which the tournament became a tournament for under-17 teams).[20]
In 1992, as Israel was admitted to UEFA, the squad began participating in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (an under-18 tournament until 2002), appearing in the final tournament in 1997 and 2014 and in 2022.[21]
Israel qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup by virtue of its performance at the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, finishing 2nd place after a loss to England in the final, 1–3 after extra time (1–1 at full time).[21] Throughout the FIFA U-20 World Cup, Israel started against Colombia, which they lost 1–2. Then, they drew against Senegal 1–1. They came back from behind with 10-men to beat Japan 2–1, which secured Israel a spot in the knockout stage. Israel advanced out of the first knockout round with a 1–0 win against Uzbekistan. In the quarter-finals, they came from behind twice to defeat 5-time South American champions Brazil 3–2 in extra time.[22] However, they lost to Uruguay in the semi-finals 0–1.[23] Israel went on to defeat South Korea 3–1 to secure third place in their FIFA U-20 World Cup debut.[24]
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Results and fixtures – Israel U-20
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2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Group stage
The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.
All times are in Israel Summer Time (Israel Daylight Time, IDT), although the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup is entirely held at Argentina.
Group C
21 May 2023 | Israel ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina |
21:00 (Israel Summer Time) | Turgeman ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 7,613 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica) |
24 May 2023 | Senegal ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina |
21:00 (Israel Summer Time) | P. Diop ![]() |
Report | B. N'Diaye ![]() |
Attendance: 2,078 Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina) |
27 May 2023 | Japan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina |
00:00 (Israel Summer Time) | Sakamoto ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Piero Maza (Chile) |
The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advanced to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
30 May – Mendoza | ||||||||||||||
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4 June – Santiago del Estero | ||||||||||||||
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1 June – Santiago del Estero | ||||||||||||||
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8 June – La Plata | ||||||||||||||
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30 May – Mendoza | ||||||||||||||
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3 June – San Juan | ||||||||||||||
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31 May – La Plata | ||||||||||||||
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11 June – La Plata | ||||||||||||||
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31 May – San Juan | ||||||||||||||
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3 June – San Juan | ||||||||||||||
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31 May – La Plata | ||||||||||||||
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8 June – La Plata | ||||||||||||||
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1 June – Santiago del Estero | ||||||||||||||
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4 June – Santiago del Estero | 11 June – La Plata | |||||||||||||
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31 May – San Juan | ||||||||||||||
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Round of 16 (Eight-finals)
30 May 2023 | Uzbekistan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina |
00:00 (Israel Summer Time) | Report | Khalaily ![]() |
Attendance: 10,492 Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina) |
Quarter-finals
3 June 2023 | Israel ![]() | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina |
20:30 (Israel Summer Time) | Report |
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Attendance: 1,765 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica) |
Semi-finals
8 June 2023 | Uruguay ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina |
20:30 (Israel Summer Time) | Duarte ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 27,860 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain) |
Third place play-off
11 June 2023 | Israel ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina |
20:30 (Israel Summer Time) | Report |
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Attendance: Ramon Abatti (Brazil) |
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International records
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FIFA U-20 World Cup
AFC U-19 Championship
- Champions* : Title shared
- DNP : Did Not Participate
- DNQ : Did not qualify
FIFA World Youth Championship Intercontinental play-off
* Despite both matches of Israel against Australia being hosted in the same city of Sydney, Australia – Australia still won on away goals.
OFC U-20 Championship
South American Youth Football Championship
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
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Results and fixtures – Israel U-19
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2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Qualifiers
Qualifying Round – Group 4
10 November 2021 | Cyprus ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel |
18:00 (19:00 IST) | Report | Abed-Kassus ![]() |
Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan) |
13 November 2021 | Israel ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel |
18:40 (19:40 IST) | Senior ![]() Turgeman ![]() Gloukh ![]() Abed-Kassus ![]() Muche ![]() |
Report | Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino) |
16 November 2021 | Israel ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel |
16:00 (17:00 IST) | Ibrahim Salman ![]() |
Report | Jimenez ![]() Emegha ![]() Simons ![]() De Jong ![]() |
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia) |
Elite Round – Group 1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
23 March 2022 | Israel ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | ETO Park, Győr, Hungary |
19:30 | Report | Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta) |
Qualified teams for the final tournament
The following teams qualified for the final tournament of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).
2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship - Final tournament
Group stage
The final tournament schedule was announced on 28 April 2022.[26]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Group B
Source: UEFA
19 June 2022 | Serbia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia |
17:30 | Report |
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Attendance: 945 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal) |
22 June 2022 | Israel ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia |
17:30 |
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Report | Attendance: 1,026 Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium) |
25 June 2022 | Israel ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia |
20:00 | Report |
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Attendance: 933 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia) |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
28 June – DAC Aréna | ||||||
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1 July – Anton Malatinský Stadium | ||||||
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28 June – NTC Senec | ||||||
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FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off
Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
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Coaching staff – U-19 with U-20
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Players
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Current squad
The following players were called for the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches against Serbia, Norway and Belgium, on 19, 22 and 25 March 2025; respectively.[27]
Caps and goals are correct as of 19 March 2025, after the match against Serbia.[28]
Current Under-19 squad
- The following Israeli U-19 players were called-up ahead of the friendly matches in March 2024.[29][citation needed]
- Caps and goals correct as of: 28 February 2024, after the match against Georgia[citation needed]
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Honours
- FIFA U-20 World Cup:
- Third Place (1): 2023
- AFC U-19 Championship (Asia):
- OFC Championship (Oceania):
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship (Europe):
- Runners-up (1): 2022
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