Israel women's national football team

Israel

Association	Israel Football Association
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Meir Nachmias
Captain	Adva Twil
Most caps	Maya Barqui (45)
Top scorer	Silvi Jan (30)
Home stadium	Ramat Gan Stadium
FIFA code	ISR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	56 1 (August 2016)
Highest	55 (June–December 2014, March 2016)
Lowest	72 (August 2003)
First international
Netherlands 12–0  Israel (Zaandam, Netherlands; 27 August 1977) (Unofficial)  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.

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	TBA	55	56

Source: ^[4]

Honours

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
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	1	-	7	6	31
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	4	1	3	12	14
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	4	1	1	11	6
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	2	-	6	4	20
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		10	4	-	6	9	27
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		40	15	2	23	42	98

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Performance in 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
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	2	0	6	5	26
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	3	2	1	20	6
2009	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		11	3	1	7	12	35
2013	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	0	0	8	1	36
2017	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	0	2	4	2	9
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		39	8	5	26	40	112

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

As of 8 September 2016^[5]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Hanit Schwartz	23 October 1987	15	0	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
	GK	Mairav Shamir	18 January 1988	32	0	MSV Duisburg
	DF	Maya Barqui	22 September 1985	45	0	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
	DF	Shani David	7 June 1991	8	0	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
	DF	Moran Fridman	30 January 1990	38	2	Unattached
	DF	Shahar Nakav	12 April 1997	7	0	Unattached
	DF	Shai Pearl	1 March 1997	6	0	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
	DF	Michal Ravitz	21 August 1986	44	0	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
	DF	Shay Sade	16 April 1990	32	1	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
	DF	Daniel Sofer	14 January 1988	23	3	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
	MF	Lee Falkon	7 May 1992	32	5	MSV Duisburg
	MF	Shir Levo	25 June 1988	7	0	F.C. Kiryat Gat
	MF	Alina Metkalov	17 March 1998	2	0	Unattached
	MF	Diana Redman	2 July 1984	24	0	Santa Teresa CD
	MF	Karin Sendel	26 October 1988	36	0	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
	MF	Arava Shahaf	28 April 1990	17	1	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
	MF	Opal Sofer	20 May 1996	1	0	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
	MF	Adva Twil	26 June 1985	37	0	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
	FW	Eden Avital	25 March 1997	6	0	ASA Tel Aviv
	FW	Mor Efraim	18 January 1988	3	0	F.C. Kiryat Gat
	FW	Roni Shimrich	15 August 1993	7	0	F.C. Ramat HaSharon

Coaches

• Mair Nachmias current
• Alon Schreier 2004–2008
• Rony Schneider 1997–2004

Overall official results

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	Belarus	4 / 5
		2–1 / 2–1	Estonia		Jan, Knafo[6] / 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
2017 EC qualification	Regular Stage	0-0 / 0-1	Kazakhstan	5 / 5
		0-1 / 0-4	Austria		/ Barqui (own goal)
		2-2 / 0-4	Wales		Falkon, Shelina
		0-1 / 5-0	Norway

References

1. MILN 1970–1991, IFA (Hebrew)
2. Vriendschappelijk 1973–82, oefeninterland, seizoen 1977/'78 onsoranje.nl (Dutch)
3. A New Era in Football in the Country – Women's Football Rony Schneider, 19 July 1998, IFA (Hebrew)
4. FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings
5. Women's National Football Team – Squad IFA (Hebrew)
6. Uefa Women's Championship Qualification 1999–2001 Avraham Kochen, Women's Football in Israel (Hebrew)

External links

• IFA
• FIFA profile