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Israel national under-19 football team
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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.

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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

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Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) Israel Israel 1–2  Colombia Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina
21:00 (Israel Summer Time) Turgeman 57' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 7,613
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
24 May 2023 (2023-05-24) Senegal  1–1 Israel Israel Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina
21:00 (Israel Summer Time) P. Diop 80' Report B. N'Diaye 58' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) Japan  1–2 Israel Israel Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina
00:00 (Israel Summer Time) Sakamoto 45+1' 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 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
 
 United States4
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 New Zealand0
 
 United States0
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Gambia0
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Uruguay1
 
 Uruguay1
 
30 May – Mendoza
 
Israel Israel0
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
3 June – San Juan
 
Israel Israel1
 
Israel Israel (a.e.t.)3
 
31 May – La Plata
 
 Brazil2
 
 Brazil4
 
11 June – La Plata
 
 Tunisia1
 
 Uruguay1
 
31 May – San Juan
 
 Italy0
 
 Colombia5
 
3 June – San Juan
 
 Slovakia1
 
 Colombia 1
 
31 May – La Plata
 
 Italy3
 
 England1
 
8 June – La Plata
 
 Italy2
 
 Italy2
 
1 June – Santiago del Estero
 
 South Korea1 Third place play-off
 
 Ecuador2
 
4 June – Santiago del Estero11 June – La Plata
 
 South Korea3
 
 South Korea1Israel Israel3
 
31 May – San Juan
 
 Nigeria0  South Korea1
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 Nigeria2
 

Round of 16 (Eight-finals)

30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) Uzbekistan  0–1 Israel Israel Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina
00:00 (Israel Summer Time) Report Khalaily 90+7' Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

Quarter-finals

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) Israel Israel 3–2 (a.e.t.)  Brazil Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina
20:30 (Israel Summer Time)
Report Attendance: 1,765
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Semi-finals

8 June 2023 (2023-06-08) Uruguay  1–0 Israel Israel Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina
20:30 (Israel Summer Time) Duarte 61' Report Attendance: 27,860
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Third place play-off

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11) Israel Israel 3–1  South Korea Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata, Argentina
20:30 (Israel Summer Time)
Report Attendance: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
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International records

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FIFA U-20 World Cup

AFC U-19 Championship

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  • Champions* : Title shared
  • DNP : Did Not Participate
  • DNQ : Did not qualify

FIFA World Youth Championship Intercontinental play-off

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* 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

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South American Youth Football Championship

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UEFA European Under-18 Championship

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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
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Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) Cyprus  0–1  Israel Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
18:00 (19:00 IST) Report Abed-Kassus 77' Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)
13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) Israel  6–0  Moldova Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
18:40 (19:40 IST) Senior 6'
Turgeman 27'
Gloukh 75'
Abed-Kassus 81', 90+4'
Muche 89' (pen.)
Report Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino)
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) Israel  1–4  Netherlands Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
16:00 (17:00 IST) Ibrahim Salman 36' Report Jimenez 11'
Emegha 45+3'
Simons 54' (pen.)
De Jong 66'
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Elite Round – Group 1
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Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
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23 March 2022 (2022-03-23) Israel  0–0  Hungary ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
19:30 Report Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)
26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) Turkey  1–3  Israel ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
16:00 Elmaz 42' (pen.) Report Turgeman 32', 35'
Edri 66'
Referee: Mohammed Al-emara (Finland)
29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) Scotland  0–1  Israel Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr, Hungary
17:45 Report Revivo 88' Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria)

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).

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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

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19 June 2022 (2022-06-19) Serbia  2–2  Israel Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
17:30
Report Attendance: 945
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
22 June 2022 (2022-06-22) Israel  4–2  Austria Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
17:30
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Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
25 June 2022 (2022-06-25) Israel  0–1  England Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
20:00 Report
Attendance: 933
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 June – DAC Aréna
 
 
 France1
 
1 July – Anton Malatinský Stadium
 
 Israel2
 
 Israel1
 
28 June – NTC Senec
 
 England (a.e.t.)3
 
 England2
 
 
 Italy1
 

FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off

Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Semi-finals

28 June 2022 (2022-06-28) France  1–2  Israel DAC Aréna, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
20:00 Virginius 62' Report
Attendance: 1,226
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Final

1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) Israel  1–3 (a.e.t.)  England Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia
20:00
Report
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
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Coaching staff – U-19 with U-20

As of May 2023[1][2][3]
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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]

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Current Under-19 squad

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Honours

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Head-to-head record

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