Israel national football team records
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This article lists various football records in relation to the Israel national football team.
Records in this section refer to Eretz Israel football team from its first official game in 1934 to 1948 and to the Israel national football team since Israel Declaration of Independence in 1948.
The page is updated where necessary after each Israel match, and is correct as of 15 November 2015.
Appearances
- Most appearances: Yossi Benayoun, 96; 18 November 1998 – 1 June 2014
- Longest Israel career: Uri Malmilian, 15 years 236 days; 15 January 1975 – 9 October 1990
- Youngest player: Gai Assulin, 16 years 350 days; 26 March 2008, vs. Chile
- Oldest player: Ya'akov Hodorov, 36 years 335 days; 17 May 1974, vs. England U21
Goals
- First goal (as Eretz Israel): Avraham Nudelman; 16 March 1934, 1–7 vs. Egypt
- First goal (as Israel): Shmuel Ben-Dror; 26 September 1948, 1–3 vs. USA Olympic Team
- Most goals: Mordechai Spiegler, 33; 29 December 1963 – 20 March 1977
- Most goals in a match: Mordechai Spiegler, 4; 25 September 1968, 4–0 vs. USA
- Youngest scorer: Ben Sahar, 17 years 206 days; 28 March 2007, vs. Estonia
- Oldest scorer: Avi Nimni, 33 years 231 days; 7 September 2005, vs. Faroe Islands
- Youngest player to score a Hat-trick: Shlomi Arbeitman; 18 years 270 days, 18 February 2004, vs. Azerbaijan
- Scoring in most consecutive matches: Yehoshua Feigenbaum, 5; 28 May 1974 – 9 October 1974
- Most goals on debut: Shlomi Arbeitman, 3; 18 February 2004, 6–0 vs. Azerbaijan
- Most different goalscorers in one match: 6,[1] 18 January 1991, 7–0 vs. Estonia
Managers
- Most AFC Asian Cup wins: Yosef Merimovich, 1
Notes
- ↑ The goalscorers were Avi Nimni, Avi Tikva, Ronen Harazi, Alon Mizrahi, Ofer Shitrit, and Jan Talesnikov.