List of Israel international footballers

This article is about Israel national football team players with at least 20 appearances. For a list of all national team players, see Israel international footballers. For the current national team squad, see Current squad.

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Israel (in white) line up ahead of a friendly match against the Soviet Union in 1956

The Israel national football team has represented Israel in international association football since 1934, when it played its first official game (as Mandatory Palestine or Eretz Israel—"Land of Israel") against Egypt. It is fielded by the Israel Football Association (IFA), which has governed football in the country since 1928, and has borne its present name since the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948. Israel competed as a member of the Asian Football Confederation from 1956 until 1974, when it was expelled for political reasons; it then played without formal affiliation to any regional bloc for two decades. In 1994 the IFA was made a full member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), enabling the inclusion of Israeli teams in UEFA competitions.

Since 1934, more than 480 players have appeared for the Israel national team; those 105 with 20 or more caps are listed here. The Israel national team's only major honour is the AFC Asian Cup, which it hosted and won in 1964. It has qualified for the FIFA World Cup final tournament once, in 1970, and for the Summer Olympic Games twice, in 1968 and in 1976.

Israel's all-time top goalscorer is Mordechai Spiegler, who scored 33 international goals in 83 matches between 1963 and 1977. Yossi Benayoun, a midfielder, holds the record for the most national team appearances, having played for Israel 96 times between 1998 and 2014. The team's highest-capped goalkeeper, Dudu Aouate, represented Israel 78 times between 1999 and 2013. The most-capped player of Arab-Israeli background is Walid Badir, who appeared for the national side 74 times between 1997 and 2007, scoring 12 goals.

Players

Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup, Summer Olympic Games, AFC Asian Cup, and UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. The statistics given here include some matches recognised as official by the Israel Football Association (IFA), but not by FIFA; the tallies maintained by FIFA for a given player may be slightly lower than the IFA's. The years given in the column marked "national team career" are those of each player's first and last international cap. Players are initially listed by number of caps, then number of goals scored. Where two or more players have the same number of caps and goals scored, they are initially listed alphabetically. Statistics are correct as of the match played on 31 March 2015 .

Key

	Still eligible for the national team
	Played on the team that won the 1964 AFC Asian Cup
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

Yossi Benayoun is the most-capped Israel international, having appeared in 96 matches, while scoring 24 goals.

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Arik Benado is the second most-capped Israel international, having appeared in 94 matches.

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Mordechai Spiegler is the all-time leading goalscorer, with 33 goals in 83 games.

Avi Nimni scored 17 goals in 80 international games.

Walid Badir is the most-capped player of Arab-Israeli origin, with 74 caps and 12 goals.

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Itzhak Vissoker is a goalkeeper with 69 international caps.

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Tal Ben Haim has so far played for Israel 91 times, scoring once.

Israel national team footballers with at least 20 appearances

#	Name	Position	National team career	Caps	Goals	Ref
1	Yossi Benayoun	MF	1998–2014	96	24
2	Arik Benado	DF	1995–2007	94	0
3	Tal Ben Haim	DF	2002–2015	86	1
4	Alon Harazi	DF	1992–2006	89	2
5	Amir Schelach	DF	1992–2001	85	0
6	Mordechai Spiegler	FW	1963–1977	83	33
7	Nir Klinger	MF	1987–1997	83	2
8	Avi Nimni	MF	1992–2005	80	17
9	Tal Banin	MF	1990–2003	78	12
10	Itzhak Shum	MF	1969–1981	78	10
11	Eyal Berkovic	MF	1992–2004	78	9
12	Dudu Aouate	GK	1999–2013	78	0
13	Walid Badir	DF	1997–2007	74	12
14	Alon Hazan	MF	1990–2000	72	5
15	Gidi Damti	FW	1971–1981	69	21
16	Idan Tal	MF	1998–2007	69	5
17	Itzhak Vissoker	GK	1963–1976	69	0
18	Bonni Ginzburg	GK	1984–1996	68	0
19	Haim Revivo	MF	1992–2003	67	15
20	Avi Cohen	DF	1976–1988	64	1
21	Uri Malmilian	MF	1975–1990	62	16
22	Nahum Stelmach	FW	1956–1968	61	22
23	Ronny Rosenthal	FW	1984–1997	60	11
24	Zvi Rosen	DF	1968–1975	58	5
25	Menachem Bello	DF	1965–1975	57	0
26	Adoram Keisi	DF	1994–2006	54	4
27	Ronen Harazi	FW	1992–1999	53	23
28	Eli Ohana	FW	1984–1997	51	17
29	Haim Bar	DF	1974–1983	51	1
30	Nir Davidovich	GK	1998–2010	51	0
31	Yehoshua Feigenbaum	FW	1966–1977	50	24
32	Roby Young	MF	1961–1969	50	8
33	Shimon Gershon	DF	1999–2008	50	4
34	Moshe Sinai	MF	1981–1990	47	7
35	Rachamim Talbi	FW	1965–1973	45	10
36	Giora Spiegel	MF	1965–1980	44	18
37	Shmuel Rosenthal	MF	1965–1973	43	2
38	Rafi Cohen	GK	1992–2000	43	0
39	Amatzia Levkovich	DF	1957–1965	42	1
40	Vicky Peretz	FW	1973–1983	40	14
41	Bibras Natkho	MF	2010–2015	39	1
42	Felix Halfon	DF	1992–1998	38	0
43	David Primo	DF	1964–1976	38	0
44	Alon Mizrahi	FW	1992–2001	37	16
45	Elyaniv Barda	FW	2007–2015	37	12
46	Omer Golan	FW	2004–2010	37	8
47	George Borba	MF	1966–1973	37	7
48	Yisha'ayahu Schwager	DF	1966–1974	37	0
49	Ben Sahar	FW	2007–2015	36	6
50	Gal Alberman	MF	2002–2012	36	1
51	Gideon Tish	MF	1958–1964	36	1
52	Yehoshua Glazer	FW	1949–1961	35	18
53	Lior Refaelov	FW	2007–2015	35	5
54	Yossi Abukasis	MF	1996–2003	35	3
55	Shraga Bar	FW	1968–1972	34	1
56	Ran Ben Shimon	MF	1992–1999	34	0
57	Reuven Atar	MF	1989–1997	33	3
58	Rifaat Turk	MF	1976–1986	33	3
59	Avi Cohen	DF	1987–1992	32	5
60	Efraim Davidi	DF	1983–1990	32	0
61	Yoav Ziv	DF	2006–2012	32	0
62	Itzik Zohar	MF	1992–2000	31	9
63	Yaniv Katan	FW	2000–2009	31	5
64	David Amsalem	DF	1992–1999	31	0
65	Ya'akov Hodorov	GK	1949–1964	31	0
66	Avraham Menchel	MF	1959–1963	30	7
67	Moshe Glam	DF	1993–1997	30	2
68	David Pizanti	DF	1983–1989	30	0
69	Pini Balili	FW	2000–2007	29	7
70	Ya'akov Ekhoiz	DF	1980–1986	29	0
71	Danny Shmulevich-Rom	FW	1960–1970	29	0
72	Zahi Armeli	FW	1983–1986	28	10
73	Dedi Ben Dayan	DF	2000–2012	28	1
74	Omri Afek	MF	2002–2006	27	5
75	Eli Driks	FW	1987–1996	27	4
76	Dekel Keinan	DF	2007–2013	27	0
77	Yuval Spungin	DF	2007–2014	27	0
78	Eran Zahavi	MF	2010–2015	26	3
79	Yaron Oz	MF	1973–1977	26	2
80	Gil Vermouth	MF	2009–2014	26	2
81	Beram Kayal	MF	2008–2014	26	1
82	Moshe Leon	DF	1962–1977	26	1
83	Rami Gershon	DF	2010–2015	25	2
84	Yosef Goldstein	MF	1953–1961	25	1
85	Eli Leventhal	MF	1974–1977	25	1
86	Klemi Saban	DF	2004–2010	25	1
87	Yehuda Amar	DF	1987–1993	25	0
88	Arie Haviv	GK	1978–1985	25	0
89	Itay Shechter	FW	2009–2014	24	5
90	Gadi Brumer	DF	1993–2002	24	2
91	Shlomo Kirat	DF	1978–1985	24	0
92	Meir Nimni	DF	1974–1977	24	0
93	Moshe Schweitzer	MF	1974–1977	23	8
94	Shalom Tikva	FW	1986–1994	23	6
95	Ofer Talker	DF	1997–2001	23	1
96	Haim Levin	GK	1963–1969	22	0
97	Roberto Colautti	FW	2006–2010	21	6
98	Jan Talesnikov	MF	1998–2000	21	4
99	Gad Machnes	DF	1978–1985	21	1
100	Tamir Cohen	MF	2007–2011	21	0
101	Michael Zandberg	MF	2002–2007	20	4
102	Eli Cohen	MF	1983–1989	20	3
103	Nir Alon	DF	1988–1989	20	1
104	Yaron Parselani	DF	1983–1989	20	0
105	Eitan Tibi	DF	2012–2015	20	0

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

• National Team at the Israel Football Association website