Israel Olympic football team

Not to be confused with Israel national under-21 football team.

The Israel Olympic football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל האולימפית, also known as Israel under-23 national football team) represents Israel in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The team is one of the Israeli youth football teams, and is only constituted when Israel qualifies for a Summer Olympics Games.

Israel Olympic

Nickname(s)	הנבחרת האולימפית (The Olympic Chosen Team) התכולים-לבנים (The Skyblue and Whites)[1]
Association	Israel Football Association
Other affiliation	Summer Olympics FIFA
Confederation	UEFA (Europe; 1990s–present)
Head coach	Guy Luzon[2]
Captain	Omri Gandelman[2]
FIFA code	ISR
First colours Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1968)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1968, 1976)

Israel is making its third Olympic appearance, representing Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in football in Paris, France, coached by Guy Luzon.^[2]

History

Previously, the Israel national team competed in two Olympic Games, in 1968 and 1976, reaching the quarter-final in both times. Since age limit has been set for participants under the age of 23 starting from the 1992 Olympic Games, Israel had experienced a long absence from the Olympic football tournament, failing to qualify.^[3]

In the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Israel U21 reached the quarter-finals and then defeat the host Georgia 4–3 in a penalty shootout after 0–0 after 120 minutes, thus advancing to the semi-finals for the first time in its history.^[4] This achievement also helped secure the team's qualification to the 2024 Olympic Games.^[3][5]

2024 Summer Olympics

For the draw, Israel were in Pot 4 with Dominican Republic, Ukraine and Guinea. Israel was drawn to Group D with Japan, Paraguay and Mali. Its opening match of the tournament was against Mali and finished 1-1. The second match was a 4–2 loss to Paraguay with Omri Gandelman and Oscar Gloukh scoring the goals for Israel.^[6] Needing to defeat Japan to have any chance to advance, Israel conceded a late goal to lose 1-0 and so finished last in its group. Israel finished 15th at the tournament, just ahead of Guinea.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of all match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

Mali  v  Israel

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) Summer Olympics – Group stage	Mali	1–1	Israel	Paris, France
22:00	Doumbia 63'	Report	H. Diallo 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Israel  v  Paraguay

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) Summer Olympics – Group stage	Israel	2–4	Paraguay	Paris, France
20:00	Gandelman 53' Gloukh 80'	Report	M. Fernández 25', 90+6' Enciso 69' Balbuena 90+3'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Israel  v  Japan

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) Summer Olympics – Group stage	Israel	0-1	Japan	Nantes, France
22:00		Report	Hosoya	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Head coaches

As of 25 July 2024

Manager	Nation	Year	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Guy Luzon[2]		2024	1	0	1	0	1	1	0

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Omer Nir'on	(2001-04-17)17 April 2001 (aged 23)	0	0	Maccabi Netanya
	1GK	Niv Eliasi	(2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	2DF	Ilay Feingold	(2004-08-23)23 August 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Maccabi Haifa
	2DF	Roy Revivo	(2003-05-22)22 May 2003 (aged 21)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	2DF	Noam Ben Harush	(2005-05-13)13 May 2005 (aged 19)	0	0	Hapoel Haifa
	2DF	Sean Goldberg*	(1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 29)	0	0	Maccabi Haifa
	2DF	Or Israelov	(2004-09-02)2 September 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	2DF	Stav Lemkin	(2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 21)	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
	3MF	Ido Shahar	(2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	3MF	Ayano Preda	(2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Hapoel Jerusalem
	3MF	Ethan Azoulay	(2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Maccabi Netanya
	3MF	Omri Gandelman* (captain[2])	(2000-05-16)16 May 2000 (aged 24)	0	0	Gent
	3MF	Adi Yona	(2004-04-17)17 April 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Beitar Jerusalem
	3MF	Oscar Gloukh	(2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	3MF	Yanir Ben Eliezer	(2006-06-11)11 June 2006 (aged 18)	0	0	Hougang United
	4FW	Osher Davida	(2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 23)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	4FW	Liel Abada	(2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Charlotte FC
	4FW	Elad Madmon	(2004-02-10)10 February 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	4FW	Dor Turgeman	(2003-10-24)24 October 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv

* Overage player.

Overage players in Olympic Games

Note: The year of the tournament represents the year in which it ends.

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2
2024	Sean Goldberg* (DF)	Omri Gandelman* (MF & captain[2])

Summer Olympics record

  Gold medalists    Silver medalists    Bronze medalists  

Summer Olympics											Qualification
Year	Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad		Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	F	A
1956 to 1988		See Israel national football team									See Israel national football team
1992	Spain	Did not qualify									See Israel national under-21 football team
1996	United States
2000	Australia
2004	Greece
2008	China
2012	United Kingdom
2016	Brazil
2020	Japan
2024	France	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	6	Squad
2028	United States	To be determined
Total		Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	6	—

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

See also

• Israel portal
• Association football portal

• Football at the Summer Olympics
• Israel national football team – senior men's squad
• Israel national under-21 football team
• Israel national under-20 football team
• Israel national under-19 football team
• Israel national under-18 football team
• Israel national under-17 football team
• Israel national under-16 football team