Israel women's national football team
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| Association | Israel Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Meir Nachmias | ||
| Captain | Adva Twil | ||
| Most caps | Sarit Shenar (39) | ||
| Top scorer | Silvi Jan (30) | ||
| Home stadium | Ramat Gan Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | ISR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current |
55  4 (25 March 2016) | ||
| Highest | 55 (June–December 2014, March 2016) | ||
| Lowest | 72 (August 2003) | ||
| First international | |||
|
 Israel 0–7  Romania (Bat Yam, Israel; 2 November 1997) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Israel 12–1  Estonia (Herzliya, Israel; 9 October 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Israel 0–13  Poland (Ramat Gan, Israel; 24 February 1998) | |||
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.
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.[1] During this period a team representing Israel played a match against Netherlands, losing 0–12.[2]
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.[3]
As of April 2015, the national team played 95 matches (31 wins, 7 draws, 57 loses), scoring 111 goals. The team is yet to make an appearance in either the World Cup or the Women's Euro.
Honours
World Cup record
| World Cup Finals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 1995 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 1999 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2007 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 2011 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 2015 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 0/7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Performance in European Championship
- 1991 : Did not enter
- 1993 : Did not enter
- 1995 : Did not enter
- 1997 : Did not enter
- 2001 : Did not enter
- 2005 : Did not qualify
- 2009 : Did not qualify
- 2013 : Did not qualify
Current squad
As of March 2015 [4]
Coaches
- Mair Nachmias current
- Alon Schreier 2004–2008
- Rony Schneider 1997–2004
Overall official record
| Competition | Stage | Result | Opponent | Position | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 WC qualification | Regular Stage (Class B) | 0–7 0–4 | Romania | 4 / 5 | |
| 0–4 0–5 |  Slovakia | ||||
| 5–0 1–4 |  Bosnia | Jan (4), Hajaj / Biran | |||
| 0–5 0–2 |  Hungary | ||||
| 2001 EC qualification | Regular Stage (Class B) | 0–5 0–1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belarus | 4 / 5 | |
| 2–1 2–1 | Estonia | Jan, Knafo[5] / Didich (2) | |||
| 0–4 1–5 | Romania | Shenar | |||
| 0–5 0–4 | Slovakia | ||||
| 2003 WC qualification | Regular Stage (Class B) | 5–2 3–0 | Estonia | 3 / 5 | Jan (4), Shenar / Didich, Jan, Shenar |
| 0–4 2–1 |  Croatia | Ozeri, Didich | |||
| 1–0 1–1 | Romania | Jan / Shenar | |||
| 0–2 0–4 | Poland | ||||
| 2005 EC qualification | Regular Stage (Class B) | 4–1 12–1 | Estonia | 2 / 4 | Kochen, Dayan, Jan, Shenar / Jan (5), Ohana (3) Dayan (2), Didich, Israel |
| 0–0 3–1 |  Kazakhstan | Fahima, Jan, Dayan | |||
| 1–1 0–2 | Belarus | Liran | |||
| 2007 WC qualification | Regular Stage (Class B) | 5–2 1–0 | Estonia | 2 / 4 | Jan (3), Shino, Shenar / Jan |
| 2–0 1–0 |  Moldova | Dayan, V. Cohen / Jan | |||
| 1–1 1–3 |  Wales | Israel / Ohana | |||
| 2009 EC qualification | Preliminary Stage | 3–0 |  Latvia | 1 / 4 | Fahima, Jan, Shenar |
| 1–0 |  Armenia | Shenar | |||
| 5–2 | Bosnia | Shenar (4), Jan | |||
| Regular Stage | 2–2 1–4 | Poland | 5 / 5 | Erez, Israel / Ohana | |
| 0–6 0–4 |  Russia | ||||
| 0–3 0–7 |  Norway | ||||
| 0–5 0–2 |  Austria | ||||
| 2011 WC qualification | Regular Stage | 1–0 1–0 | Kazakhstan | 4 / 5 | Erez / Sofer |
| 1–2 0–6 |  Switzerland | Abbé (o.g.) | |||
| 1–6 0–4 | Russia | Y. Cohen | |||
| 0–3 0–3 |  Ireland | ||||
| 2013 EC qualification | Regular Stage | 0–5 0–5 |  France | 5 / 5 | |
| 1–6 0–8 |  Scotland | Lavi | |||
| 0–2 0–2 | Ireland | ||||
| 0–2 0–5 | Wales | ||||
| 2015 WC qualification | Regular Stage | 2–0 3–0* |  Malta | 4 / 6 | Sofer, Israel / Fridman, Lavi |
| 3–1 0–3 |  Serbia | Fridman, Falkon, Sofer | |||
| 0–5 0–9 | Switzerland | ||||
| 0–1 0–3 |  Iceland | ||||
| 0–5 1–0 |  Denmark | Falkon |
References
- ↑ MILN 1970–1991, IFA (Hebrew)
- ↑ Vriendschappelijk 1973–82, oefeninterland, seizoen 1977/'78 onsoranje.nl (Dutch)
- ↑ A New Era in Football in the Country – Women's Football Rony Schneider, 19 July 1998, IFA (Hebrew)
- ↑ Women's National Football Team – Squad IFA (Hebrew)
- ↑ Uefa Women's Championship Qualification 1999–2001 Avraham Kochen, Women's Football in Israel (Hebrew)
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