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.
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| Association | Israel Football Association | ||
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Gadi Brumer | ||
| Most caps | Mohammad Ghadir Omer Peretz (17 each) | ||
| Top scorer | Maor Buzaglo (9) | ||
| FIFA code | ISR | ||
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| 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
editAlthough 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 renaming 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
editUnder-16 format
edit| 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
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 1995
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 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
edit| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
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| 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
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| 2008
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| 2009
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 2010
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 2011
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 2012
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 2013
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 2014
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 2015
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 2016
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 2017
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| 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
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| 2022 |
Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 |
 2023 |
did not qualify | |||||||
| 2024 |
withdrew | |||||||
| Total | 4/19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 29 | –21 |
Past squads
edit- UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.[5]
- Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
- Opposition:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Belarus and 
Serbia - Caps and goals correct as of: 22 March 2023, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina
Recent call-ups
edit| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Itay Hemi | 29 May 2006 | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva
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v. England, 31 October 2022
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| DF | Tomer Lannes | 6 February 2006 | 2 | 0 | Hapoel Hadera
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v. England, 31 October 2022
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| DF | Yarin Itzhak | 1 August 2006 | 1 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva
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v. England, 31 October 2022
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| DF | Yuval Paz Tondovsky | 1 June 2006 | 1 | 0 | Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim
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v. England, 31 October 2022
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| MF | Avishay Tzuriel | 13 October 2006 | 2 | 1 | Hapoel Jerusalem
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v. England, 31 October 2022
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| MF | Yarin Shyovitz | 30 January 2006 | 0 | 0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv
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v. England, 31 October 2022
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| MF | Adi Tzur | 1 April 2006 | 0 | 0 | Maccabi Haifa
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v. England, 31 October 2022
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| FW | Anas Sarsur | 1 April 2006 | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva
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v. England, 31 October 2022
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Garin, Erik (28 June 2006). "European U-16 Championship 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1996". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "נבחרת ישראל עד גיל 17" (in Hebrew). ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל. Retrieved 23 March 2023.