Israel women's national football team
The Israel women's national football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל לנשים) represents Israel in international women's football. The Israel women's national football team was established in 1997. Women's Football in Israel was developed as an upside down pyramid by first opening the national team and then after 2 years opening the first women's football league in Israel. Women's Football in Israel is struggling to develop because it is lacking investment.
Association | Israel Football Association | ||
---|---|---|---|
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Gabriel Burstein | ||
Captain | Karin Sendel, Shay Sade | ||
Most caps | Karin Sendel (50) | ||
Top scorer | Silvi Jan (30) | ||
FIFA code | ISR | ||
| |||
FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 67 | ||
Highest | 53 (March 2017) | ||
Lowest | 72 (August 2003) | ||
First international | |||
(Zaandam, Netherlands; 27 August 1977) (Unofficial) (Bat Yam, Israel; 2 November 1997) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Herzliya, Israel; 9 October 2004) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Ramat Gan, Israel; 24 February 1998) |
History
Women's football in Israel first appeared in 1970, with several clubs being formed in the following years. However, these clubs folded, except for the M.I.L.N (Moa'don Israeli LeKaduregel Nashim (Hebrew: מועדון ישראלי לכדורגל נשים, lit. Israeli Club for Women's Football)), which continued touring and playing exhibition matches in Israel and abroad.[2] During this period a team representing Israel played a match against Netherlands, losing 0–12.[3]
In 1997, following FIFA orders, the IFA established a women's national team ahead of the 1999 FIFA women's World Cup. Rony Schneider was appointed as team manager and supervised a series of trials, which resulted in a 26 women squad, which played its first official match against Romania on 2 November 1997.[4]
As of April 2015, the national team played 95 matches (31 wins, 7 draws, 57 losses), scoring 111 goals. The team is yet to make an appearance in either the World Cup or the Women's Euro.
Ranking history
Year | End rank | Best rank | Worst rank |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | 70 | 70 | 72 |
2004 | 71 | 69 | 71 |
2005 | 67 | 67 | 71 |
2006 | 63 | 63 | 68 |
2007 | 63 | 61 | 64 |
2008 | 60 | 60 | 63 |
2009 | 57 | 56 | 57 |
2010 | 61 | 58 | 61 |
2011 | 65 | 60 | 65 |
2012 | 62 | 60 | 63 |
2013 | 55 | 55 | 61 |
2014 | 55 | 55 | 62 |
2015 | 59 | 57 | 59 |
2016 | 55 | 55 | 56 |
2017 | 62 | 53 | 62 |
2018 | 64 | 64 | |
2019 | 63 | 63 | |
Source: [5]
Competition history
World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | 7 | 6 | 31 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | 20 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | - | 6 | 9 | 27 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 42 | 98 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Israel was entered into the UEFA Group 8 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.[6][7]
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 18 | |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 5 | +28 | 17 | |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 9 | +23 | 16 | |
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 31 | −25 | 3 | |
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 55 | −50 | 3 |
- Matches
Israel was entered into the UEFA Group 7 qualifying round, finishing in third place.[8][9]
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 24 | |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 13 | |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 13 | |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 8 | |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 36 | −32 | 0 |
- Matches
Estonia | 2–5 | |
---|---|---|
Mletsin Morkovkina |
Jan Shenar |
Israel was entered into the UEFA Group 8 qualifying round, finishing in third place.[10]
In addition to Israel competing, Israeli referee Rachel Cohen worked the Group 3 match between Belgium and Finland,[11] and Group 4 between Republic of Ireland and Scotland.[12]
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 14 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 4 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 |
- Matches
Estonia | 2–5 | |
---|---|---|
Morkovkina |
Jan Shino Shenar |
Israel was entered into the UEFA Group 6 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.
In addition to Israel competing, Israeli referee Lilach Asulin worked the Group 1 match between Northern Ireland and Estonia.[14]
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 21 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 8–0 | ||
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 19 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | ||
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 6 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 0 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
- Matches
Israel | 1 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
Erez |
Report |
Israel | 1 – 2 | |
---|---|---|
Abbé |
Report | Maendly Abbé |
Israel | 1 – 6 | |
---|---|---|
Cohen |
Report | Poryadina Fomina Savchenkova Kurochkina Kozhnikova |
Israel | 0 – 3 | |
---|---|---|
Report | O'Sullivan O'Brien |
Switzerland | 6 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
Abbé Barqui Stein Dickenmann Crnogorcevic |
Report |
Kazakhstan | 0 – 1 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Sofer |
Russia | 4 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
Kurochkina Skotnikova Kozhnikova Sochneva |
Report |
Republic of Ireland | 3 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
O'Sullivan |
Report |
- Roster
Coach: Meir Nachmias
- Merav Shamir
- Michal Ravitz
- Moran Lavi
- Adva Tawil
- Sarit Shenar
- Tal Shino
- Moran Fridman
- Or Erez
- Shirli Ohana
- Oshrat Eni
- Tali Hanan
- Sapir Kadori
- Shay Sade
- Naama Cohen
- Lee Sima Falkon
- Ortal Shamilov
- Yifat Cohen
- Sivan Fhima
- Goalscorers
1 goal
- Or Erez
- Caroline Abbé
- Yifat Cohen
- Danielle Sofer
Israel competed in the UEFA Group 3 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.[15]
In addition to Israel competing, Israeli referee Lilach Asulin worked the Group 1 match between Slovenia and Republic of Ireland,[16] Group 4 between Northern Ireland and Faroe Islands,[17] Group 5 between Albania and Belgium,[18] and Group 7 between Bulgaria and Finland.[19]
- Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 1 | +52 | 28 | Women's World Cup | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 9–0 | 9–0 | 11–0 | ||
2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 19 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 9–1 | 5–0 | |||
3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 18 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 8–0 | |||
4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 12 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–5 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||
5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 10 | 0–7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 5–0 | |||
6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 55 | −55 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–8 | 0–5 | 0–3[lower-alpha 1] | 0–3 | — |
- Israel were awarded a 3–0 win. The match originally ended 2–0 to Israel.
- Matches
Israel | 0–5 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Humm Dickenmann Crnogorčević |
Israel | 0–1 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Brynjarsdóttir |
Malta | 0–3 Awarded[lower-alpha 1] | |
---|---|---|
Report | M. Fridman Lavi |
Switzerland | 9–0 | |
---|---|---|
Humm Kiwic Bachmann Moser Bürki Abbé |
Report |
Serbia | 3–0 | |
---|---|---|
Smiljković Bradić |
Report |
Iceland | 3–0 | |
---|---|---|
Brynjarsdóttir Friðriksdóttir Gunnarsdóttir |
Report |
- Israel were awarded a 3–0 win. The match originally ended 2–0 to Israel.[20]
- Current squad
Coach: Meir Nachmias
- Hanit Schwartz
- Mairav Shamir
- Maya Barqui
- Na'ama Cohen
- Shani David
- Moran Fridman
- Michal Ravitz
- Shay Sade (Captain)
- Daniel Sofer
- Lee Falkon
- Tal Isaev
- Moran Lavi
- Shir Levo
- Diana Redman
- Sapir Sarusi
- Karin Sendel (Captain)
- Arava Shahaf
- Adva Twil
- Shelly Israel
- Roni Shimrich
- Goalscorers
2 goals
1 goal
European Championship
UEFA Women's Championship | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 26 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 35 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 36 | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 40 | 112 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Israel was entered into the Group 7 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.[21][22]
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5 | +29 | 22 | |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 16 | |
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 15 | |
8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 26 | −21 | 6 | |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 38 | −32 | 0 |
- Matches
- Goalscorers
2 goals
- Inna Didich
1 goal
- Silvi Jan
- Keren Knafo
- Sarit Shenar
Israel was entered into the Group 6 qualifying round, finishing in second place.[23][24]
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 16 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 11 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 4 | |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Matches
Israel | 12–1 | |
---|---|---|
Israel Didich Ohana Jan Dayan |
Report | Vaher |
- Goalscorers
7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
1 goal
- Tamara Kochen
- Sarit Shenar
- Inna Didich
- Rachel Shelina Israel
- Ayala Truelove
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
- Matches
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–5 | |
---|---|---|
Škrbić Fetahović |
Report | Gian Shenar |
- Goalscorers
6 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 22 | |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 19 | |
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 9 | |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 7 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 1 |
- Matches
Israel | 0–6 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Kurochkina Kremleva Mokshanova Chmatchkova |
Austria | 5–0 | |
---|---|---|
Wenninger Burger Celouch |
Report |
Norway | 7–0 | |
---|---|---|
Wiik Gulbrandsen Mykjåland Christensen Nordby |
Report |
Russia | 4–0 | |
---|---|---|
Letyushova Mokshanova Barbashina |
Report |
- Goalscorers
1 goal
- Or Erez
- Rachel Shelina Israel
- Shirli Ohana
Israel was entered into the Group 4 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.[25]
- Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | +30 | 24 | Qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 | |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 16 | Competes in Play-off round | |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 10 | ||
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 9 | ||
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 |
- Matches
Republic of Ireland | 2 – 0 | |
---|---|---|
D. O'Sullivan Grant |
Report |
Israel | 0 – 2 | |
---|---|---|
Report | O'Sullivan Russell |
- Goalscorers
1 goal
1 own goal
- Roster
Coach: Meir Nachmias
- Merav Shamir
- Michal Ravitz
- Diana Redman
- Naama Cohen
- Sarit Shenar
- Rachel Shelina
- Adva Tawil
- Moran Fridman
- Oshrat Eni
- Moran Lavi
- Lee Sima Falkon
- Sapir Kadori
- Tal Isaev
- Yifat Cohen
- Tal Mahlev
- Maya Barqui
- Tal Shino
- Tal Sofer
Israel was entered into the Group 8 qualifying round, and finished in last place.[26]
- Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 22 | Final tournament | |
2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 17 | ||
3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 11 | ||
4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 4 | ||
5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 2 |
- Matches
Israel | 0–0 | |
---|---|---|
Report |
Israel | 0–1 | |
---|---|---|
Report | Ad. Hegerberg |
Kazakhstan | 1–0 | |
---|---|---|
Yalova |
Report |
Norway | 5–0 | |
---|---|---|
Ad. Hegerberg Bøe Risa Herlovsen |
Report |
- Goalscorers
1 goal
1 own goal
- Roster
Source: [27]
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the Euro 2021 qualification fixtures against
- As of 10 March 2020[27]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Amit Cohen | 22 July 1999 | 5 | 0 | |
18 | GK | Fortuna Rubin | 4 June 1996 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Lia Barkai | 5 April 1999 | 10 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Shahar Nakav | 12 April 1997 | 23 | 0 | |
8 | DF | Shani David | 7 June 1991 | 21 | 0 | |
13 | DF | Ranin Salameh | 16 August 1995 | 1 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Roni Shimrich | 15 August 1993 | 18 | 0 | |
17 | DF | Nora Abu Shanab | 9 December 1987 | 12 | 0 | |
21 | DF | Shira Elinav | 26 April 2000 | 7 | 1 | |
3 | MF | Opal Sofer | 20 May 1997 | 12 | 0 | |
4 | MF | Arava Shahaf | 28 April 1990 | 30 | 3 | |
5 | MF | Michal Been | 4 October 1994 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Meytal Sharabi | 23 March 2000 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Marian Awad | 29 October 1996 | 13 | 3 | |
16 | MF | Karin Sendel | 26 October 1988 | 58 | 1 | |
10 | FW | Karin Rahamim | 23 June 1989 | 2 | 0 | |
11 | FW | Lee Falkon | 7 May 1992 | 43 | 7 | |
19 | FW | Reut Revaha | 21 May 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
20 | FW | Rahel Shtainshnaider | 10 February 1994 | 4 | 0 |
Recent call ups
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Hanit Schwartz | 23 October 1987 | 15 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Shay Sade | 16 April 1990 | 32 | 1 | v. | |
DF | Irena Kuznetsov | 24 April 2002 | 5 | 1 | v. | |
DF | Daniel Sofer | 14 January 1988 | 23 | 3 | v. | |
DF | Keren Goor | 28 July 1998 | 7 | 1 | v. | |
MF | Sharon Beck | 22 March 1995 | 6 | 1 | v. | |
MF | Tal Isaev | 20 December 1993 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Vered Cohen | 23 May 1988 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Itaf Alkisi | 1 October 2001 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Maya Shimrich | 15 August 1993 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Eden Avital | 25 March 1997 | 6 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Mor Efraim | 18 January 1988 | 3 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Danielle Schulmann | 22 December 1989 | 9 | 0 | v. |
Coaches
- Rony Schneider (1997–2004)
- Alon Schreier (2004–2008)
- Mair Nachmias (2008-2019)
- Gabriel Burstein (current)
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