Athletics national side
Israel U21
National team · Israel
«The Young Team»
Yossi Benayoun won eleven caps for the side between 1998 and 2001, scoring five goals.
The team was formed in 1990, once Israel had been accepted as a full UEFA member, and played its first match that November in Xanthi, drawing 2–2 with Greece. Qualification for the European Under-21 Championship finals followed three times: in 2007, when Israel beat France in the play-offs to get there; in 2013, as hosts, where a 1–0 win over England took them to third place in the group; and in 2023.
That tournament turned on a penalty shoot-out against the host nation, Georgia, in the quarter-finals — a goalless draw settled 4–3 — before England ended it in the semi-finals, 3–0. The defeat still carried the team into the Olympic football tournament in Paris the following year.
Two names sit apart from the rest in the record books: Alon Mizrahi, with fifteen goals, remains the leading scorer at this level, and Arieh Bandu's 39 appearances have not been matched.
Israel's under-21s are based at HaMoshava Stadium in Petah Tikva, a ground with room for around 11,500.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 29 Sep | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Slovenia U21
A
|
3:2 | W |
| 31 Mar | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Bosnia-Herzegovina U21
H
|
0:0 | D |
| 26 Mar | Friendlies |
Hungary U21
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 18 Nov 2025 | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Netherlands U21
H
|
3:1 | W |
| 14 Nov 2025 | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Norway U21
A
|
3:0 | W |
| 10 Oct 2025 | UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification |
Slovenia U21
H
|
1:1 | D |
Standing
UEFA U21 Championship - QualificationGroup stage · Group G
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Norway U21
|
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18:5 | 16 |
| 2 |
 Israel U21
|
7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9:9 | 10 |
| 3 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina U21
|
7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3:7 | 7 |
| 4 |
Netherlands U21
|
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7:8 | 6 |
| 5 |
Slovenia U21
|
7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5:13 | 5 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 42| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 42 | 19 | 23 |
| Scored | 46 | 19 | 27 |
| Conceded | 54 | 23 | 31 |
| Scored per game | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Conceded per game | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Difference | −8 | −4 | −4 |
Fixtures of Israel U21
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29 Sep
Slovenia U21
A
3:2
W
-
31 Mar
Bosnia-Herzegovina U21
H
0:0
D
-
26 Mar
Hungary U21
A
1:0
W
-
18 Nov
Netherlands U21
H
3:1
W
-
14 Nov
Norway U21
A
3:0
W
-
10 Oct
Slovenia U21
H
1:1
D
-
9 Sep
Netherlands U21
A
2:2
D
-
5 Sep
Bosnia-Herzegovina U21
A
0:0
D
Honours of Israel U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2013 1