Israel national under-17 football team

 Israel under-17

Association	Israel Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ofer Fabian
FIFA code	ISR
First colours Second colours
European U-17 championships
Appearances	9 (First in 1987)
Best result	Third place, 1996

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.

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 19 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
1987	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	2
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
1993	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1994	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1995	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	Third place	6	4	0	2	10	9
1997	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	8
1998	Quarter-final	4	1	2	1	5	6
1999	Quarter-final	4	2	0	2	8	10
2000	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	7
2001	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	7/15	26	8	6	12	12	45

Under-17 format

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	9
2004	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	9
2006	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2/12	6	0	0	6	4	18

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship squads

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

References

External links

• Official website of the Israel Football Federation

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