Israel Olympic football team

Not to be confused with Israel national under-21 football team.

Israel Olympic

Nickname(s)הנבחרת האולימפית (The Olympic Chosen Team)
התכולים-לבנים (The Skyblue and Whites)[1]
AssociationIsrael Football Association
Other affiliationSummer Olympics
FIFA
ConfederationUEFA (Europe; 1990s–present)
Head coachGuy Luzon[2]
CaptainOmri Gandelman[2]
FIFA codeISR
First colours
Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 1968)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1968, 1976)

The Israel Olympic football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל האולימפית, also known as Israel under-23 national football team) represents Israel in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The team is one of the Israeli youth football teams, and is only constituted when Israel qualifies for a Summer Olympics Games.

Israel is making its third Olympic appearance, representing Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in football in Paris, France, coached by Guy Luzon.[2]

History

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Previously, the Israel national team competed in two Olympic Games, in 1968 and 1976, reaching the quarter-final in both times. Since age limit has been set for participants under the age of 23 starting from the 1992 Olympic Games, Israel had experienced a long absence from the Olympic football tournament, failing to qualify.[3]

In the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Israel U21 reached the quarter-finals and then defeat the host Georgia 4–3 in a penalty shootout after 0–0 after 120 minutes, thus advancing to the semi-finals for the first time in its history.[4] This achievement also helped secure the team's qualification to the 2024 Olympic Games.[3][5]

2024 Summer Olympics

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For the draw, Israel were in Pot 4 with Dominican Republic, Ukraine and Guinea. Israel was drawn to Group D with Japan, Paraguay and Mali. Its opening match of the tournament was against Mali and finished 1-1. The second match was a 4–2 loss to Paraguay with Omri Gandelman and Oscar Gloukh scoring the goals for Israel.[6] Needing to defeat Japan to have any chance to advance, Israel conceded a late goal to lose 1-0 and so finished last in its group. Israel finished 15th at the tournament, just ahead of Guinea.

Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of all match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

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24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) Summer Olympics – Group stage Mali  1–1  Israel Paris, France
22:00
  • Doumbia 63'
 Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) Summer Olympics – Group stage Israel  2–4  Paraguay Paris, France
20:00
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) Summer Olympics – Group stage Israel  0-1  Japan Nantes, France
22:00 Report Hosoya Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Head coaches

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As of 25 July 2024
Manager Nation Year Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win %
Guy Luzon[2] Israel 2024 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

Players

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Current squad

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Omer Nir'on (2001-04-17)17 April 2001 (aged 23) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Netanya
1GK Niv Eliasi (2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (aged 22) 0 0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2DF Ilay Feingold (2004-08-23)23 August 2004 (aged 19) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa
2DF Roy Revivo (2003-05-22)22 May 2003 (aged 21) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF Noam Ben Harush (2005-05-13)13 May 2005 (aged 19) 0 0 Israel Hapoel Haifa
2DF Sean Goldberg* (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 29) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa
2DF Or Israelov (2004-09-02)2 September 2004 (aged 19) 0 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
2DF Stav Lemkin (2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 21) 0 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
3MF Ido Shahar (2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
3MF Ayano Preda (2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 22) 0 0 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
3MF Ethan Azoulay (2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 22) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Netanya
3MF Omri Gandelman* (captain[2]) (2000-05-16)16 May 2000 (aged 24) 0 0 Belgium Gent
3MF Adi Yona (2004-04-17)17 April 2004 (aged 20) 0 0 Israel Beitar Jerusalem
3MF Oscar Gloukh (2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 20) 0 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
4FW Osher Davida (2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 23) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
4FW Liel Abada (2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 United States Charlotte FC
4FW Elad Madmon (2004-02-10)10 February 2004 (aged 20) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
4FW Dor Turgeman (2003-10-24)24 October 2003 (aged 20) 0 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv

* Overage player.

Overage players in Olympic Games

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Note: The year of the tournament represents the year in which it ends.

Tournament Player 1 Player 2
2024
 Sean Goldberg* (DF) Omri Gandelman* (MF & captain[2])

Summer Olympics record

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  Gold medalists    Silver medalists    Bronze medalists  

Summer Olympics Qualification
Year Host Round Pld W D L F A Squad Pos. Pld W D L F A
1956 to 1988 See Israel national football team See Israel national football team
1992  Spain Did not qualify See Israel national under-21 football team
1996  United States
2000  Australia
2004  Greece
2008  China
2012  United Kingdom
2016  Brazil
2020  Japan
2024  France Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 6 Squad
2028  United States To be determined
Total Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 6 —
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs publication The Flag and the Emblem Archived 2007-04-17 at the Wayback Machine by art historian Alec Mishory, wherein he quotes "The Provisional Council of State Proclamation of the Flag of the State of Israel" made on 28 October 1948 by Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker.
  2. ^ a b c d e f https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/football/men/gpd-000100--
  3. ^ a b "Israel qualifies for Paris Olympics, will face England in Euro U-21 semifinal". Times of Israel. 2 July 2023.
  4. ^ "מסע הקסם נמשך: הנבחרת הצעירה גברה על גיאורגיה בדרך לחצי גמר היורו". Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ "הישג ענק: נבחרת ישראל תשתתף באולימפיאדה". Sports 5 Channel (in Hebrew). 1 July 2023.
  6. ^ Amy Spiro (July 28, 2024). "Judo, soccer, swimming and more: Results from Israel’s first full day at the Olympics," The Times of Israel.
  7. ^ "סרטון סגל הנבחרת לאולימפיאדה הוא הסיפור של כולנו כאן, החיים בין הכאב לתקווה. …" [The video of the squad for the Olympics is the story of all of us here, living between pain and hope...]. Facebook (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. 23 May 2023.
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