Israel national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Israel women's national under-17 football team.

Israel under-17

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
First colours Second colours
European U-17 Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1987 )
Best result	Third place (1996)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	0

Goalkeeper Daniel Peretz and midfielder Dan Glazer both played numerous games for the Israel national under-17 football team

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 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
Total	4/19	12	1	0	11	8	29	–21

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads

• 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad
• 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad
• 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad
• 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.
• Match dates: 19, 22 and 25 March 2025
• Opposition: England, Northern Ireland and Slovenia
• Caps and goals correct as of: 22 March 2025, after the match against Northern Ireland

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Ilai Potapov	(2008-05-01) 1 May 2008 (age 17)	10	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	1 GK	Ido Zavaro	(2008-03-06) 6 March 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	2 DF	Liran Shpigel	(2008-04-27) 27 April 2008 (age 17)	17	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	2 DF	Liroy Avrevaya	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 (age 17)	12	3	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	2 DF	Gay Gavriel Eligulashvili	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 17)	9	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	2 DF	Yehonatan Kucher	(2008-03-31) 31 March 2008 (age 17)	9	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	2 DF	Eido Aharon	(2008-03-02) 2 March 2008 (age 17)	7	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	2 DF	Sahar Lavi	(2009-05-23) 23 May 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	3 MF	Itamar Chosyd	(2008-08-26) 26 August 2008 (age 16)	11	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	3 MF	Eran Ginat	(2008-04-07) 7 April 2008 (age 17)	11	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	3 MF	Ofek Chiproot	(2008-01-15) 15 January 2008 (age 17)	10	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	3 MF	Noam Yaakov	(2008-10-15) 15 October 2008 (age 16)	8	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	3 MF	Amitay Yamin	(2008-01-07) 7 January 2008 (age 17)	8	0	Ashdod
	3 MF	Orian Goren	(2009-03-15) 15 March 2009 (age 16)	6	1	Barcelona
	3 MF	Noam Cohen	(2008-08-26) 26 August 2008 (age 16)	3	1	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	4 FW	Ilay Ben Simon	(2009-03-30) 30 March 2009 (age 16)	11	4	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	4 FW	Ori Ben Lulu	(2008-03-12) 12 March 2008 (age 17)	10	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	4 FW	Adam Grimberg	(2009-09-07) 7 September 2009 (age 15)	4	2	Maccabi Haifa
	4 FW	Liam Luski	(2009-01-23) 23 January 2009 (age 16)	4	1	Maccabi Haifa
	4 FW	Noam George	(2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 (age 17)	4	0	Bnei Yehuda

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

See also

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship
• Israel national football team
• Israel national under-21 football team
• Israel national under-19 football team
• Israel national under-18 football team
• Israel national under-16 football team

References

1. Garin, Erik (28 June 2006). "European U-16 Championship 1987". RSSSF . Retrieved 19 December 2010.
2. Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1996". RSSSF . Retrieved 19 December 2010.
3. "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
4. "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

External links

• Official website of the Israel Football Federation