Israel national under-17 football team
National association football team
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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.
Omer Peretz
(17 each)
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| Association | Israel Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 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
Under-16 format
| 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 | ||||||||
 1995 | ||||||||
 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
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| 2008 | ||||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||
 2010 | ||||||||
 2011 | ||||||||
 2012 | ||||||||
 2013 | ||||||||
 2014 | ||||||||
 2015 | ||||||||
 2016 | ||||||||
 2017 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 |
 2023 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2024 | withdrew | |||||||
 2025 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2026 | ||||||||
 2027 | To be determined | |||||||
 2028 | ||||||||
 2029 | ||||||||
| Total | 4/19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 29 | –21 |
Past squads
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
Players
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.
- Match dates: 25, 28 and 31 March 2026
- Opposition: Estonia, England and Faroe Islands
- Caps and goals correct as of: 31 March 2026, after the match against Faroe Islands
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Yanal Bazdog | 4 June 2009 | 7 | 0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
| GK | Emanuel Luca | 1 August 2009 | 5 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| DF | Sahar Lavi | 23 May 2009 | 13 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| DF | Tamir Bar | 3 December 2009 | 10 | 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| DF | Tomer Peleg | 11 May 2009 | 10 | 1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| DF | Shai Vacsman | 26 October 2009 | 9 | 0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
| DF | Noam Shmuel | 15 September 2009 | 8 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| DF | Artyom Demchuk | 1 April 2009 | 1 | 0 | Maccabi Haifa | |
| MF | Ben Dajani | 15 April 2009 | 12 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| MF | Idan Dadia | 23 July 2009 | 11 | 3 | Hapoel Haifa | |
| MF | Ido Berko | 31 July 2009 | 10 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| MF | Daniel Ben-Shushan | 1 January 2009 | 9 | 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| MF | Fuad Ganayem | 1 July 2009 | 6 | 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
| MF | Ido Yosef | 1 August 2009 | 6 | 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| MF | Daniel Dudi | 1 July 2009 | 4 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| MF | Noam Goldenberg | 22 January 2010 | 2 | 1 | Maccabi Haifa | |
| MF | Noam Nuna | 1 November 2009 | 2 | 0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
| FW | Erez Didi | 24 August 2009 | 11 | 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| FW | Ben Zuares | 5 October 2009 | 10 | 1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | |
| FW | Yarin Abuhatzera | 1 July 2010 | 5 | 2 | Maccabi Netanya | |
Recent call-ups
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Yuval Holckener | 25 May 2009 | 1 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
v.  France, 14 October 2025 |
| DF | Itay Kerem | 1 April 2009 | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
v.  Greece, 16 February 2026 |
| DF | Idan Tairi | 8 March 2009 | 5 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
v. France, 14 October 2025 |
| DF | Tal Burko | 2 March 2009 | 4 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
v. France, 14 October 2025 |
| DF | Zohar Segev | 1 August 2009 | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Netanya |
v.  Venezuela, 9 September 2025 |
| MF | Omer Kanchiorek | 1 March 2009 | 3 | 0 | Maccabi Haifa |
v. Greece, 16 February 2026 |
| MF | Dor Goldstein | 1 April 2009 | 3 | 0 | Maccabi Haifa |
v. Greece, 16 February 2026 |
| MF | Amit Newton | 1 February 2010 | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Haifa |
v. Greece, 16 February 2026 |
| MF | Yagel Tarshish | 24 March 2009 | 4 | 1 | Maccabi Haifa |
v. France, 14 October 2025 |
| MF | Harel Bechor | 25 March 2009 | 4 | 0 | Maccabi Netanya |
v. France, 14 October 2025 |
| FW | Noam Azrane | 2 November 2010 | 8 | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
v. Greece, 16 February 2026 |
| FW | Shalev Janah | 13 April 2009 | 4 | 0 | Maccabi Netanya |
v. France, 14 October 2025 |