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.
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.
European Championship
Under-16 format YearRoundGPWDLGSGAGD 1987Group stage302112-1 1988did not enter 1989did not qualify 1990did not enter 1991did not qualify 1992Group stage3111330 1993did not qualify 1994 1995 1996Third place6402109+1 1997Group stage300338–5 1998Quarter-finals412156–1 1999Quarter-finals4202810–2 2000Group stage301237–4 2001did not qualifyTotal7/1533156123646–10
Under-17 format YearRoundGPWDLGSGAGD 2002did not qualify 2003Group stage300319–8 2004did not qualify 2005Group stage300339–6 2006did not qualify 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Group stage300317–6 2019did not qualify 2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe 2021 2022Group stage310234–1 2023did not qualify 2024withdrew 2025Did not qualify 2026 2027To be determined 2028 2029Total4/19121011829–21
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 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches. Match dates: 25, 28 and 31 March 2026 Opposition: Estonia, England and Faroe Islands Caps and goals correct as of: 31 March 2026, after the match against Faroe Islands
Recent call-ups
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
External links of the Israel Football Federation