Israel Olympic football team

National sports 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]
Association| Israel Football Association
Other affiliation| Summer Olympics
FIFA
Confederation| UEFA (Europe; 1990s–present)
Head coach| Guy Luzon[2]
Captain| Omri Gandelman[2]
FIFA code| ISR

First colours

Second colours

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Olympic Games
Appearances| 3 (first in 1968)
Best result| Quarter-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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Mali v  Israel 24 July 2024 (2024-7-24) Summer Olympics – Group stage|  Mali | 1–1|  Israel | Paris, France

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* Doumbia 63'

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* H. Diallo 56' (o.g.)

| Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Israel v  Paraguay 27 July 2024 (2024-7-27) Summer Olympics – Group stage|  Israel | 2–4|  Paraguay | Paris, France

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* Gandelman 53'
* Gloukh 80'

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* M. Fernández 25', 90+6'
* Enciso 69'
* Balbuena 90+3'

| Stadium: Parc des Princes
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Israel v  Japan 30 July 2024 (2024-7-30) Summer Olympics – Group stage|  Israel | 0-1|  Japan | Nantes, France

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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 %

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Guy Luzon[2] |  | 2024  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0

## Players

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### Current squad

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* The following players were called up for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club

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| 1GK | Omer Nir'on |  (2001-04-17)17 April 2001 (aged 23)  | 0  | 0  |  Maccabi Netanya
| 1GK | Niv Eliasi |  (2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (aged 22)  | 0  | 0  |  Hapoel Be'er Sheva

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| 2DF | Ilay Feingold |  (2004-08-23)23 August 2004 (aged 19)  | 0  | 0  |  Maccabi Haifa
| 2DF | Roy Revivo |  (2003-05-22)22 May 2003 (aged 21)  | 0  | 0  |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 2DF | Noam Ben Harush |  (2005-05-13)13 May 2005 (aged 19)  | 0  | 0  |  Hapoel Haifa
| 2DF | Sean Goldberg*  |  (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 29)  | 0  | 0  |  Maccabi Haifa
| 2DF | Or Israelov |  (2004-09-02)2 September 2004 (aged 19)  | 0  | 0  |  Hapoel Tel Aviv
| 2DF | Stav Lemkin |  (2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 21)  | 0  | 0  |  Shakhtar Donetsk

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| 3MF | Ido Shahar |  (2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22)  | 0  | 0  |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 3MF | Ayano Preda |  (2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 22)  | 0  | 0  |  Hapoel Jerusalem
| 3MF | Ethan Azoulay |  (2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 22)  | 0  | 0  |  Maccabi Netanya
| 3MF | Omri Gandelman* (captain[2]) |  (2000-05-16)16 May 2000 (aged 24)  | 0  | 0  |  Gent
| 3MF | Adi Yona |  (2004-04-17)17 April 2004 (aged 20)  | 0  | 0  |  Beitar Jerusalem
| 3MF | Oscar Gloukh |  (2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 20)  | 0  | 0  |  Red Bull Salzburg
| 3MF | Yanir Ben Eliezer |  (2006-06-11)11 June 2006 (aged 18)  | 0  | 0  |  Hougang United

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| 4FW | Osher Davida |  (2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 23)  | 0  | 0  |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 4FW | Liel Abada |  (2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 22)  | 0  | 0  |  Charlotte FC
| 4FW | Elad Madmon |  (2004-02-10)10 February 2004 (aged 20)  | 0  | 0  |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
| 4FW | Dor Turgeman |  (2003-10-24)24 October 2003 (aged 20)  | 0  | 0  |  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

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| Sean Goldberg* (DF)  | Omri Gandelman* (MF & captain[2])

## Summer Olympics record

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Gold medalists Silver medalists Bronze medalists

Summer Olympics |  | Qualification

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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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* Israel portal
* Association football portal

* Football at the Summer Olympics
* Israel national football team – senior men's squad
* Israel national under-21 football team
* Israel national under-20 football team
* Israel national under-19 football team
* Israel national under-18 football team
* Israel national under-17 football team
* Israel national under-16 football team

## 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.

## External links

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* IFA official website
* 2024 Paris football schedule. digitalhub.fifa.com

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Israel men's football squad – 2024 Summer Olympics

* 1 Nir'on
* 2 Feingold
* 3 Goldberg
* 4 Lemkin
* 5 Revivo
* 6 Gandelman
* 7 Davida
* 8 Azoulay
* 9 Turgeman
* 10 Gloukh
* 11 Abada
* 12 Ben Harush
* 13 Madmon
* 14 Preda
* 15 Yona
* 16 Israelov
* 17 Shahar
* 18 Eliasi
* 22 Sason
* Coach: Luzon

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Israel national football team

General|

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Women|

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