# Israel at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of the Israel national team's results at the FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for the tournament on one occasion, in 1970. Israel qualified for the 1970 World Cup as an Asian team. Nowadays Israel competes in the European zone, as well as a full member of UEFA since the 1990s.

## History

Both in 1934 and in 1938, Mandatory Palestine competed in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In 1970, Israel national football team competed in the FIFA World Cup final-tournament, for the very first time. FIFA states in reference to this 1930s Palestine Mandate team that Asia's (AFC's) 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions during the 1930s, was actually the forerunner of current Europe's (UEFA's) Israel national team; and as such bears no-relation to the national team of the Palestinian Authority whatsoever. Therefore, the region currently referred to as Palestine (Israel) is confusingly considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualification".

## Record at the FIFA World Cup

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| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Confederation |
| As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) | As Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) |
| 1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1934 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | Africa/Asia |
| 1938 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Europe |
| As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel | As Israel |
| 1950 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | Europe |
| 1954 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3rd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Europe |
| 1958 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Play-off | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | CAF/AFC |
| 1962 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Final Round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | UEFA |
| 1966 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3rd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | UEFA |
| 1970 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Squad | Final Round | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | AFC/OFC |
| 1974 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Zone A Final | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | AFC/OFC |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | First round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | AFC/OFC |
| 1982 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 5th | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | UEFA |
| 1986 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | OFC |
| 1990 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Play-off | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | OFC |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6th | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | UEFA |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3rd | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | UEFA |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3rd | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | UEFA |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3rd | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 10 | UEFA |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4th | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | UEFA |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3rd | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | UEFA |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4th | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | UEFA |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | UEFA |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | | UEFA |
| 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | UEFA |
    *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

### By Match

| World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Scorers |
| 1970 | Group stage | Uruguay | 0–2 | L | Puebla | — |
| 1970 | Group stage | Sweden | 1–1 | D | Toluca | M. Spiegler |
| 1970 | Group stage | Italy | 0–0 | D | Toluca | — |

### Record by Opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team) :
| Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## 1970 FIFA World Cup

At the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Israel participated for the first time. Israel qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1970, along with El Salvador and Morocco.
Although it was reported in the build-up to the final draw that seedings would be used, as had been the case at the previous two World Cup Finals, the FIFA Organising Committee ultimately announced that there would be no seeding of teams. Instead, the sixteen teams were divided into four 'geographical groupings', which also took into account the teams' strengths and even political considerations; the system ensured that Israel and Morocco would not be drawn to face each other after Morocco had earlier threatened to withdraw from the tournament, as they had done from the Olympic football tournament two years earlier, if that were the case.

### 1970 Qualifying Round
#### 1970 Qualifying Round 1

During the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Israel received a First round bye in the first round and moved directly to the Second round.

#### 1970 Qualifying Round 2

In the second round, North Korea, quarter-finalists at the previous tournament, were disqualified after refusing to play in Israel for political reasons.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 | Advance to Final round |
| 2 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 3 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Qualification for 1970 FIFA World Cup |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |

#### 1970 Qualifying Final Round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Israel | 2–1 | Australia | 1–0 | 1–1 |

### 1970 FIFA World Cup Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Israel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| Uruguay | Israel |
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz :
| DF | 4 | Luis Ubiña |
| DF | 2 | Atilio Ancheta |
| DF | 3 | Roberto Matosas |
| DF | 6 | Juan Mujica |
| MF | 7 | Luis Cubilla |
| MF | 5 | Julio Montero Castillo |
| MF | 8 | Pedro Rocha (c) | 12' |
| FW | 9 | Víctor Espárrago |
| FW | 10 | Ildo Maneiro |
| FW | 21 | Julio Losada |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 20 | Julio César Cortés | 12' |
| Manager: |||
| Juan Hohberg ||||
Itzhak Vissoker :
| DF | 12 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager |
| DF | 4 | David Primo |
| DF | 14 | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | 57' |
| DF | 5 | Zvi Rosen |
| MF | 6 | Shmuel Rosenthal |
| MF | 8 | Giora Spiegel |
| MF | 10 | Mordechai Spiegler (c) |
| MF | 7 | Itzhak Shum |
| FW | 9 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum |
| FW | 15 | Rachamim Talbi | 46' |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 2 | Shraga Bar | 46' |
| DF | 16 | Yochanan Vollach | 57' |
| Manager: |||
| Emmanuel Scheffer ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
* Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
| Sweden | Israel |
Sven-Gunnar Larsson :
| DF | 2 | Hans Selander |
| DF | 3 | Kurt Axelsson |
| DF | 20 | Jan Olsson |
| DF | 5 | Roland Grip |
| MF | 6 | Tommy Svensson (c) |
| MF | 7 | Bo Larsson |
| MF | 16 | Tomas Nordahl |
| FW | 18 | Tom Turesson |
| FW | 9 | Ove Kindvall |
| FW | 11 | Örjan Persson | 75' |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 22 | Sten Pålsson | 75' |
| Manager: |||
| Orvar Bergmark ||||
Itzhak Vissoker :
| DF | 2 | Shraga Bar |
| DF | 4 | David Primo |
| DF | 16 | Yochanan Vollach | 51' |
| DF | 5 | Zvi Rosen |
| MF | 12 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager |
| MF | 6 | Shmuel Rosenthal |
| MF | 7 | Itzhak Shum |
| FW | 10 | Mordechai Spiegler (c) |
| FW | 8 | Giora Spiegel |
| FW | 9 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 19 | Roni Shuruk | 51' |
| Manager: |||
| Emmanuel Scheffer ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)
* Josip-Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia)
| Italy | Israel |
Enrico Albertosi :
| DF | 2 | Tarcisio Burgnich |
| DF | 5 | Pierluigi Cera |
| DF | 8 | Roberto Rosato |
| DF | 3 | Giacinto Facchetti (c) |
| MF | 10 | Mario Bertini |
| MF | 16 | Giancarlo De Sisti |
| MF | 15 | Alessandro Mazzola |
| FW | 13 | Angelo Domenghini | 46' |
| FW | 20 | Roberto Boninsegna |
| FW | 11 | Luigi Riva |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 14 | Gianni Rivera | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Ferruccio Valcareggi ||||
Itzhak Vissoker :
| DF | 2 | Shraga Bar |
| DF | 4 | David Primo |
| DF | 12 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager |
| DF | 6 | Shmuel Rosenthal |
| MF | 5 | Zvi Rosen |
| MF | 3 | Menachem Bello |
| MF | 7 | Itzhak Shum |
| FW | 10 | Mordechai Spiegler (c) |
| FW | 8 | Giora Spiegel |
| FW | 9 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | 46' |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 14 | Dani Shmulevich-Rom | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Emmanuel Scheffer ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
* Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
Head coach: Emmanuel Scheffer
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Yitzchak Vissoker | (1944-09-18)18 September 1944 (aged 25) | 17 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| 2 | 2DF | Shraga Bar | (1948-03-24)24 March 1948 (aged 22) | 13 | Maccabi Netanya |
| 3 | 2DF | Menachem Bello | (1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 22) | 25 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 4 | 3MF | David Primo | (1946-05-05)5 May 1946 (aged 24) | 18 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 5 | 2DF | Zvi Rosen | (1947-06-23)23 June 1947 (aged 22) | 16 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 6 | 2DF | Shmuel Rosenthal | (1947-04-22)22 April 1947 (aged 23) | 23 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| 7 | 3MF | Itzhak Shum | (1948-09-01)1 September 1948 (aged 21) | 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| 8 | 4FW | Giora Spiegel | (1947-07-27)27 July 1947 (aged 22) | 19 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 9 | 4FW | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | (1947-12-05)5 December 1947 (aged 22) | 15 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 10 | 4FW | Mordechai Spiegler | (1944-08-19)19 August 1944 (aged 25) | 36 | Maccabi Netanya |
| 11 | 3MF | George Borba | (1944-07-12)12 July 1944 (aged 25) | 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 12 | 3MF | Yisha'ayahu Schwager | (1946-02-10)10 February 1946 (aged 24) | 6 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 13 | 4FW | Yechezekel Chazom | (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) | 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 14 | 3MF | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | (1940-11-29)29 November 1940 (aged 29) | 24 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 15 | 4FW | Rachamim Talbi | (1943-05-17)17 May 1943 (aged 27) | 25 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 16 | 2DF | Yochanan Vollach | (1945-05-14)14 May 1945 (aged 25) | 4 | Hapoel Haifa |
| 17 | 4FW | Eli Ben Rimoz | (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) | 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| 18 | 3MF | Moshe Romano | (1946-05-06)6 May 1946 (aged 24) | 6 | Shimshon Tel Aviv |
| 19 | 3MF | Roni Shuruk | (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 24) | 8 | Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan |
| 20 | 2DF | David Karako | (1945-02-11)11 February 1945 (aged 25) | 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 21 | 1GK | Yechiel Hameiri | (1946-08-20)20 August 1946 (aged 23) | 1 | Hapoel Haifa |
| 22 | 1GK | Yair Nossovsky | (1937-06-29)29 June 1937 (aged 32) | 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |

## Qualifier history

Through the 2014 qualifier, Israel has entered the qualifiers for the World Cup on 19 occasions. In 1934 and 1938 Palestine, under the British Mandate, competed. As Israel was established in place of Palestine in 1948, Israel began competing in 1950. In all years but 1970 Israel failed to qualify for the World Cup.
At the 1934 FIFA World Cup, Mandatory Palestine competed in the Africa and Asia Group 12 qualifying round. Mandatory Palestine finished in second place and was eliminated.
The Palestine football team consisted of nine British footballers, six Jewish footballers and one Arab footballer. FIFA states in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team that the 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team and as such bears no relation to the national team of the Palestinian authority. However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers".

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 1 | Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5.500 | 4 |
| 2 | Palestine, British Mandate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0.182 | 0 |
| — | Turkey (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |

### Squad

Coaches: Egon Pollak, Shimon Ratner
16/03/1934:
GK: Willy Berger (Hapoel Tel Aviv) DF: Avraham Reznik (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Pinhas Fiedler (Maccabi Hasmonean) MF: Zalman Friedman (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Gedalyahu Fuchs (Hapoel Haifa), Yohanan Sukenik (Hapoel Tel Aviv) FW: Amnon Harlap (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Ferenc Kraus (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Paul Kastenbaum (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Haim Reich, Avraham Nudelman (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
06/04/1934: GK: Willy Berger (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
DF: David Weinberg (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Pinhas Fiedler (Maccabi Hasmonean)
MF: Zalman Friedman (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Gedalyahu Fuchs (Hapoel Haifa), Yohanan Sukenik (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
FW: Amnon Harlap (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Ya'akov Levi-Meir (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Ya'akov Zelivanski (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Haim Reich, Avraham Nudelman (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
At the 1938 FIFA World Cup, Mandatory Palestine competed in the UEFA Group 6 qualifying round. Hungary as the strongest team of this group was seeded. Greece and Mandatory Palestine would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with Hungary playing against the winner at home. Mandatory Palestine lost to Greece in the First Round, and finished in third and last place.
In 1938 World Cup marked the second (1934 being the first) and final time Mandatory Palestine competed in the World Cup. FIFA states in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team that the 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team and as such bears no relation to the national team of the Palestinian authority.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 1 | Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.000 | 4 |
| 2 | Palestine, British Mandate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 | 0 |

### Matches
   ### Game 1

       Mandatory Palestine vs Greece
| Palestine (British Mandate) | 1 — 3 (final score after 90 minutes) | Greece |
| Manager: Egon Pollak Team: 01 - GK - Julius Klein 02 - DF - Avraham Beit haLevi 03 - DF - Avraham Reznik (capt.) 04 - MF - Yosef Libermann 05 - MF - Yohanan Sukenik 06 - MF - Menahem Mirmovich 07 - FW - Mila Ginzburg 08 - FW - Shuka Brashedski 09 - FW - Peri Neufeld 10 - FW - Gaul Machlis 11 - FW - Avraham Nudelmann Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:  ? Scorers: 1-2 Peri Neufeld (36') | Half-time: 1-2 Competition: World Cup qualifier 1938 (Group 5) Date: Saturday 22 January 1938 Kick off: 3.30 p.m. Venue: Maccabiah Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 5000 Referee: Mohamed Youssef EGY Assistants: ? Match rules: 90 minutes substitutes ? | Manager: Kostas Negrepontis Team: 01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos 02 - DF - Georgios Gasparis 03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos 04 - MF - Anastassios Kritikos 05 - MF - Antonis Kasimatis sub 46' 06 - MF - Konstantinos Gikas 07 - FW - Antonis Migiakis (capt.) 08 - FW - Dimitris Baltatsis 09 - FW - Kleanthis Vikelidis 10 - FW - Kleanthis Maropoulos 11 - FW - Theologis Symeonidis Substitutes: 12 - MF - Spyros Kontoulis on 46' Unused Substitutes:  ? Scorers: 0-1 Kleanthis Vikelidis (15') 0-2 Kleanthis Vikelidis (30') 1-3 Antonis Migiakis (73') |

   ### Game 2

       Greece vs Mandatory Palestine
| Greece | 1 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes) | Palestine (British Mandate) |
| Manager: Kostas Negrepontis Team: 01 - GK - Spyros Sklavounos sub 15' 02 - DF - Georgios Gasparis 03 - DF - Georgios Papadopoulos 04 - MF - Anastassios Kritikos 05 - MF - Spyros Kontoulis 06 - MF - Konstantinos Gikas 07 - FW - Antonis Migiakis (capt.) 08 - FW - Spyros Depountis 09 - FW - Kleanthis Vikelidis 10 - FW - Kleanthis Maropoulos 11 - FW - Vassilis Manetas Substitutes: 12 - GK - Nikolaos Sotiriadis on 15' Unused Substitutes:  ? Scorers: 1-0 Kleanthis Vikelidis (86', pen.) | Half-time: 0-0 Competition: World Cup qualifier 1938 (Group 5) Date: Sunday 20 February 1938 Kick off: 3 p.m. Venue: Leoforos Alexandras, Athens Attendance: 12000 Referee: Mika Popović YUG Assistants: ? Match rules: 90 minutes substitutes ? | Manager: Egon Pollak Team: 01 - GK - Israel Elsner 02 - DF - Avraham Beit haLevi 03 - DF - Avraham Reznik (capt.) 06 - MF - Yosef Libermann 05 - MF - Gdalyahu Fuchs 04 - MF - Menahem Mirmovich 08 - FW - Yona Stern 10 - FW - Jerry Beit haLevi 09 - FW - Peri Neufeld 07 - FW - Gaul Machlis 11 - FW - Natan Panz Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:  ? Scorers: - |

### Squad

Head coach: Egon Pollak
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | Club |
| DF | Avraham Beit haLevi | 1915 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| FW | Jerry Beit haLevi | 14 November 1912 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| FW | Shuka Brashedski | 1914 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | Hapoel Haifa |
| GK | Israel Elsner | 1909 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| MF | Gdalyahu Fuchs | 1911 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | Hapoel Haifa |
| FW | Mila Ginzburg | 1918 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| GK | Julius Klein | 1907 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | Hapoel Haifa |
| MF | Yosef Libermann | 1909 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| FW | Gaul Machlis | 1918 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| MF | Menahem Mirmovich | 1919 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| FW | Peri Neufeld | 1913 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| FW | Avraham Nudelmann | 1910 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| FW | Natan Pentz | 1917 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| DF | Avraham Reznik | 1909 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| FW | Yona Stern | 1908 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | Hapoel Haifa |
| MF | Yohanan Sukenik | 1910 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
At the 1950 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 3 qualifying round. Israel finished in third and last place.
This World Cup was the first for Israel, although they previously competed in 1934 and 1938 as Mandatory Palestine. FIFA states in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team that the 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team and as such bears no relation to the national team of the Palestinian authority.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 4 |
| 2 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
Source:

### Matches

Israel competed in Group 3, which had 3 teams each. The strongest team, France, was seeded. The winner of the First Round would move on to the Final Round. Israel lost to Yugoslavia in the First Round and was eliminated.
At the 1954 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 10 qualifying round. Israel finished in third and last place.

### Standings

| Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | | | | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Yugoslavia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 8 | X | 1:0 | 1:0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2. | Greece | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0:1 | X | 1:0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. | Israel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | 0:1 | 0:2 | X | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Matches

At the 1958 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the Africa and Asia qualification round. The round was conducted in a knockout stage format. Israel won its group by default because its three opponents, Turkey, Indonesia and Sudan, refused to play.
The national team was placed in the African/Asian zone and was drawn to play against Turkey in the first round. However, Turkey withdrew in protest of being placed in the African/Asian zone (instead of the European Zone), and Israel advanced to the second round without playing a match, along with Indonesia, Egypt and Sudan. Israel was drawn to play Indonesia, but, as Indonesia refused to play in Israel and as FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground, Indonesia withdrew and Israel advanced to the regional finals, again without playing a match, alongside Sudan. In the final round, Sudan refused to play Israel for political reasons and withdrew. FIFA had imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match, after it had happened in several previous World Cups. Wales, which finished second in its group behind Czechoslovakia, was drawn into a play-off, which they won.

### CAF / AFC Preliminary Round - Group 2

Turkey refused to compete in the Asian group, so Israel advanced to the Second Round automatically.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1 | Israel | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced |
| — | Turkey | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |

### CAF / AFC second round

Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground. Israel advanced to the Final Round automatically.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1= | Israel | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced |
| 1= | Sudan | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced |
| — | Egypt | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
| — | Indonesia | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |

### CAF / AFC Final Round

Sudan refused to play against Israel for political reasons, so Israel would technically qualify automatically, but before the qualification rounds began, FIFA ruled that no team would qualify without playing at least one match (except for the defending champions and the hosts), and Israel had yet to play any.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1 | Israel | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced | advanced |
| — | Sudan | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |

### UEFA / AFC Play-off

A special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA Groups, where the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. After Belgium refused, Wales, the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up.

   ### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Wales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |

   ### Matches

At the 1962 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 7 qualifying round. The round was conducted in a knockout stage format. The five teams in this group played in a knockout stage on a home-and-away basis, with Israel finishing in second place, after losing to Italy in the finals.

### Bracket

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Final | Final |
| Italy | - | | |
| bye | - | | |
| bye | - | Italy | - |
| | | Romania | withdrew |
| Romania | - | Romania | withdrew |
| bye | - | | | | |
| bye | - | | | Italy | 4 6 |
| | | | | Israel | 2 0 |
| Ethiopia | - | | | Israel | 2 0 |
| bye | - | | | | |
| bye | - | Ethiopia | 0 2 | | |
| | | Israel | 1 3 |
| Israel | 1 6 | Israel | 1 3 |
| Cyprus | 1 1 | | |

### Matches
   ### First Round

Israel defeated Cyprus to advance to the Second Round.

   ### Second round

Israel defeated Ethiopia to advance to the Final Round.

   ### Final round

Israel lost to Italy in the Final Round to be eliminated.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 4 |
| Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |

### Squad

Head coach: Gyula Mándi
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | | | Club |
| | Aharon Amar | 1937 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | Maccabi Haifa F.C. |
| | Mordechai Benbinisti | | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. |
| FW | Yehoshua Glazer | 29 December 1927 | 2 | 3 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | - | - | Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. |
| | Yosef Goldstein | | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. |
| | Yaacov Grundman | | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. |
| GK | Ya'akov Hodorov | 16 June 1927 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. |
| | Boaz Kofman | | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| FW | Shlomo Levi | | 4 | 3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Hapoel Haifa F.C. |
| | Amatsia Levkovich | | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. |
| | Avraham Menchel | 12 December 1935 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Haifa F.C. |
| | Zvi Muisescu | | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | |
| | Shlomo Nahari | | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | - | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| | Shalom Peterburg | | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| FW | Zecharia Ratzabi | | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| FW | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | 29 November 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | Maccabi Haifa F.C. |
| FW | Nahum Stelmach | 19 July 1936 | 5 | 4 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| | Zvi Tendler | | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Haifa F.C. |
| | Gidon Tish | | 5 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. |
| GK | Yaacov Visoker | | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| | Uri Weinberg | | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | - | - | Hapoel Haifa F.C. |
| | Reuven Young | | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Haifa F.C. |
At the 1966 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 1 qualifying round, finishing in third and last place. Israeli referee Menachem Ashkenazi also participated in the World Cup, officiating the Group 1 game between France and Mexico, as well as the Quarter-finals game between Portugal and North Korea.

### Standings

| Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | | | | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Belgium | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | X | 5:0 | 1:0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2. | Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | 3:0 | X | 4:0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 3. | Israel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 | 0:5 | 1:2 | X | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

### Squad

Head coach: Milovan Ćirić
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
| MF | Haim Bahar | 9 April 1943 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| DF | Menahem Bello | 26 December 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| MF | Itzhak Englander | 30 April 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Hapoel Haifa |
| FW | Yehezkel Hazum | 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. |
| FW | Boaz Kofman | 23 May 1935 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| DF | Moshe Leon | 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Jaffa |
| GK | Haim Levin | 3 March 1937 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| DF | Amatsia Levkovich | September 1938 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| FW | Yosef Mahalal | 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv |
| GK | Yair Nosovski | 29 June 1937 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| MF | Haim Nurieli | 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| DF | David Primo | 5 May 1946 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| FW | Moshe Romano | 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Shimshon Tel Aviv |
| MF | Shmuel Rosenthal | 22 April 1947 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. |
| MF | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | 29 November 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Haifa |
| MF | Giora Spiegel | 27 July 1947 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| FW | Mordechai Spiegler | 19 August 1944 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Maccabi Netanya |
| FW | Nahum Stelmach | 19 July 1936 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| MF | Rahamim Talbi | 17 May 1943 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| MF | Reuven Young | 15 May 1942 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | Hapoel Haifa |
| FW | Gadi Zelniker | 12 March 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Hakoah Ramat Gan |
At the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the AFC and OFC qualifying round, losing in the Zone A finals. The 1974 World Cup was Israel's last as an official member of the AFC, as they resigned the Asian Games Federation in 1974.

### Classification matches

Based on the results of the classification match Israel was assigned to Group 2 with Thailand and Malaysia.

### Group 2

Israel finished in first place in Group 2, moving on to the semi-finals with South Korea.

   ### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 5 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |

   ### Matches
### Semifinals

Israel, defeating Japan in the semifinals, advanced to the Zone A finals to face South Korea.

### Finals

In the Zone A finals, Israel lost to South Korea, who moved on to the AFC/OFC Final round.
At the 1978 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the AFC and OFC Group 2 qualifying round, finishing in second place. Israel, despite resigning the Asian Games Federation in 1974, was still assigned to compete in the AFC and OFC qualifying round.
Additionally Israeli referee, Abraham Klein, worked games in Group 1, Group A and the third place match.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
| — | North Korea (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Matches

At the 1982 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 6 qualifying round, finishing in fifth and last place.
Israel was previously part of the Asian Games Federation until it was disbanded in 1981. In 1982 Israel was barred joining the new Olympic Council of Asia, Israel opted to join the European Olympic Committees in the early 1990s. The 1982 World Cup Israel was not yet part of the continent group, however was assigned to it.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Scotland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 |
| 2 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| 3 | Sweden | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 |
| 4 | Portugal | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 |
| 5 | Israel | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 |

### 3 goals

* Benny Tabak

### 2 goals

* Gidi Damti

### 1 goal

* Moshe Sinai
At the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the OFC qualification round, finishing in second place.
Israel was previously part of the Asian Games Federation until it was disbanded in 1981. In 1982 Israel was barred joining the new Olympic Council of Asia, Israel opted to join the European Olympic Committees in the early 1990s. The 1986 World Cup Israel was not yet part of a continent group, therefore joining OFC.

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Australia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 10 | Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Israel | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 7 | | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 | | 0–7 | 0–6 | 1–5 | — |

### 5 goals

* Zahi Armeli

### 3 goals

* Rifaat Turk
* Avi Cohen
* Eli Ohana

### 2 goals

* Uri Malmilian

### 1 goal

* Moshe Selecter
At the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the OFC qualification round, finishing in first place. Israel went on to face Colombia in the CONMBOL vs. OFC playoff, losing 1–0.
Israel was previously part of the Asian Games Federation until it was disbanded in 1981. In 1982 Israel was barred joining the new Olympic Council of Asia, Israel opted to join the European Olympic Committees in the early 1990s. The 1990 World Cup Israel was not yet part of a continent group, therefore joining OFC.

### OFC qualification
   ### Round 1

In round 1, Israel received a bye and advanced to the final round directly. The remaining four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round.

   ### Round 2

In round 2 Israel competed against Australia and New Zealand, finishing in first place.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Israel | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Inter-confederation play-offs | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | | 1–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | — |

   ### Goal Scorers
### 2 goals

* Ronny Rosenthal
* Eli Ohana

### 1 goal

* Nir Klinger

### CONMEBOL vs OFC playoff

Israel, as the winning team of the OFC qualification tournament played the CONMEBOL group winner with the weakest record in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Colombia | 1–0 | Israel | 1–0 | 0–0 |
At the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 6 qualifying round, finishing in sixth and last place. Israel was previously part of the Asian Games Federation until it was disbanded in 1981. In 1982 Israel was barred joining the new Olympic Council of Asia, Israel opted to join the European Olympic Committees in the early 1990s. The 1994 World Cup was the first in which Israel competed in Europe.

### Standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 15 |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 14 |
| France | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 |
| Austria | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 8 |
| Finland | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 5 |
| Israel | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 5 |

### Goalscorers
   ### 3 goals

* Ronen Harazi

   ### 2 goals

* Itzik Zohar
* Ronny Rosenthal

   ### 1 goal

* Tal Banin
* Eyal Berkovic
* Reuven Atar
At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 5 qualifying round, finishing in third place.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 18 |
| 2 | Russia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 17 |
| 3 | Israel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 10 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 |

### Goalscorers
   ### 3 goals

* Eli Ohana

   ### 2 goals

* Tal Banin
* Itzik Zohar

   ### 1 goal

* Ronen Harazi
* Gadi Brumer
At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 7 qualifying round, finishing in third place.

### Standings

| Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | Final table | | | | | | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Spain | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 20 | - | 4:0 | 2:0 | 4:1 | 5:0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 2. | Austria | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 15 | 1:1 | - | 2:1 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 3. | Israel | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | 1:1 | 1:1 | - | 3:1 | 2:0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1:2 | 1:1 | 0:0 | - | 5:0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 5. | Liechtenstein | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | -23 | 0 | 0:2 | 0:1 | 0:3 | 0:3 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |

### Goalscorers
   ### 2 goals

* Haim Revivo

   ### 1 goal

* Yossi Abuksis
* Pini Balili
* Eyal Berkovich
* Yaniv Katan
* Alon Mizrahi
* Avi Nimni
* Idan Tal
* Shimon Gershon
* Michael Baur
At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 4 qualifying round, finishing in third place.

### Standings

* Legend
* Group winners and two best runners-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
* Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | | |
| France | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 20 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 18 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Israel | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 18 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Republic of Ireland | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 17 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Cyprus | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 |
| Faroe Islands | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |

### Goalscorers
   ### 4 goals

* Yossi Benayoun

   ### 3 goals

* Adoram Keisi
* Avi Nimni

   ### 2 goals

* Walid Badir

   ### 1 goal

* Michael Zandberg
* Yaniv Katan
* Avi Yehiel
* Abbas Suan
At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group 2 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 21 | Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 2 | Greece | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 20 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Latvia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 17 | |
| 4 | Israel | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 16 | |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 5 | |
| 6 | Moldova | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 3 | |

### Matches

The match schedule was established at a meeting in Israel on 8 January 2008.

### 6 goals

* Elyaniv Barda

### 4 goals

* Omer Golan

### 3 goals

* Yossi Benayoun
* Ben Sahar

### 1 goal

* Aviram Baruchyan
* David Ben Dayan
* Klemi Saban
* Salim Tuama

### Attendance

| Team | Highest | Lowest | Average |
| Israel | 38,000 | 7,038 | 20,668 |
At the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Israel competed in the UEFA Group F qualifying round, finishing in third place.

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Russia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 22 | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Portugal | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 21 | Advance to second round | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Israel | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 14 | | 0–4 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 9 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Northern Ireland | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 7 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 6 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — |

### Matches

The match schedule was determined at a meeting in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, on 25 November 2011.

### Goalscorers
   ### 6 goals

* Eden Ben Basat
* Tomer Hemed

   ### 1 goal

* Rami Gershon
* Maor Melikson
* Bibras Natcho
* Maharan Radi
* Lior Refaelov
* Itay Shechter
* Eran Zahavi

## Record players

Ten players were fielded in all three of Israel's group matches in 1970 by coach Emmanuel Scheffer, making them record World Cup players for their country.
| Rank | Player | Matches |
| 1 | Shraga Bar | 3 |
| 1 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | 3 |
| 1 | David Primo | 3 |
| 1 | Zvi Rosen | 3 |
| 1 | Shmuel Rosenthal | 3 |
| 1 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager | 3 |
| 1 | Itzhak Shum | 3 |
| 1 | Giora Spiegel | 3 |
| 1 | Mordechai Spiegler | 3 |
| 1 | Itzhak Vissoker | 3 |

## Goalscorers

Israel's sole international goal at a FIFA World Cup final-tournament was scored by team captain Mordechai Spiegler in their 1–1 draw against Sweden on 7 June 1970.