This file lists the unofficial games played by Israel national team against representative sides (national, Olympic, B, junior, amateurs and army), provinces, cities selections, foreign clubs and others. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise. Games against opponent national FAs representative teams (national, Olympic, B, junior and others) appear in bold. Note: The file includes also games played by Israel Olympic team which were not recognized by IFA as official (as opposed to other games played by the Olympic team which IFA recognized as official). In such games a note is attached.
Date Opponent Venue Result 12/01/1924 Hakoah Wien (Austria) Home 0-3 14/01/1925 Hakoah Wien (Austria) Home 2-4
Date Opponent Venue Result 04/04/1930 Cairo XI (Egypt) Away 0-5 [1] 06/04/1930 Alexandria XI (Egypt) Away 0-2 [1] 08/04/1930 British Army XI Egypt 2-5 [1] 25/06/1932 Tersana (Egypt) Home 2-2 02/04/1933 Cairo Schools XI (Egypt) Home 1-1 07/02/1934 British Army XI Home 3-1 03/03/1934 TAC (Romania) Home 3-1 10/03/1934 British Air Force XI Home 7-2 18/03/1934 Alexandria XI (Egypt) Away 0-0 07/04/1934 Egypt Home 2-2 [2] 15/06/1935 Tersana (Egypt) Home 2-2 [3] 07/04/1936 Bocskai (Hungary) Home 2-4 08/04/1936 Bocskai (Hungary) Home 1-1 11/04/1936 Bocskai (Hungary) Home 3-3 16/01/1937 Admira (Austria) Home 1-7 [3] 10/02/1937 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Home 2-0 [3] [4] 17/02/1937 British Army XI Home 4-2 03/03/1937 British Army XI Home 2-0 10/11/1937 99th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment Home 3-0 [4] 17/11/1937 British Army XI Home 5-2 20/11/1937 British Army XI Home 3-1 05/01/1938 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Home 3-4 [4] 08/01/1938 First Vienna FC (Austria) Home 0-1 11/01/1938 First Vienna FC (Austria) Home 0-4 23/02/1938 Piraeus XI (Greece) Away 2-0 [5] [6] 26/02/1938 Alexandria XI (Egypt) Away 4-1 [7] 26/12/1941 The "Wanderers" (Britain) Home 3-8 [8] 26/09/1942 Polish Army Carpathian Brigade XI Home 3-2 [5] [9] 19/06/1943 Egyptian Army XI Home 1-3 [5] 04/02/1947 MTK (Hungary) Home 3-1 [5] Remarks: [1] The selection consisted of 9 British, 6 Jewish (boycotted by Hapoel) and one Arab. [2] Officially played by Tel-Aviv XI and Cairo XI, but actually played by the national teams. [3] British Mandate of Palestine consisted of Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Maccabi Tel-Aviv players. [4] The opponent was a British army team. [5] Officially played by Tel-Aviv XI, but actually it was Israel national team (British Mandate of Palestine before 1948). [6] Piraeus XI consisted of players from the teams of Olympiakos and Ethnikos. [7] Alexandria XI consisted of Egyptian, Italian and Greek players. [8] The Wanderers was an army combined team, composed from players from the English and Scottish leagues. British Mandate of Palestine fielded a mixed team consisted of 7 Jewish, 2 British, 1 Arab and 1 Greek. [9] Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Beitar Tel-Aviv players didn't appear to the game.
Date Opponent Venue Result Competition 07/10/1948 USA Military Academy XI Away 9-0 14/10/1948 USA Olympic Away 1-4 [1] 17/10/1948 New York XI (USA) Away 2-3 [2] 23/07/1949 Cyprus Home 3-3 [3] 27/07/1949 Cyprus Home 2-2 [3] 25/08/1949 Macedonia XI (Yugoslavia) Away 2-3 [4] 26/08/1949 Sarajevo XI (Yugoslavia) Away 1-5 [4] 20/09/1949 Yugoslavia Home 1-4 [5] 22/09/1949 Yugoslavia Home 0-4 [6] 20/02/1950 JRV Naša Krila Zemun (Yugoslavia) Home 0-1 [7] [IDF] 28/09/1950 Switzerland Maccabi XI Home 9-1 Maccabia Games 1950 01/10/1950 England Maccabi XI Home 2-1 Maccabia Games 1950 04/10/1950 France Maccabi XI Home 5-2 Maccabia Games 1950 05/10/1950 South Africa Maccabi XI Home 2-1 Maccabia Games 1950 31/10/1950 Turkey Home 1-2 [8] 06/12/1950 Turkey Away 0-2 [8] 06/07/1951 Athens XI (Greece) Turkey 1-2 [9] Istanbul Inter-Cities Tournament 07/07/1951 Istanbul XI (Turkey) Away 1-8 [9] Istanbul Inter-Cities Tournament 27/01/1952 Çetinkaya Türk (Cyprus) Away 0-6 [10] [IDF] 30/01/1952 APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) Away 1-3 [10] [IDF] 18/06/1952 Ankara XI (Turkey) Home 2-1 [11] 05/11/1952 Athens XI (Greece) Home 5-0 [12] 08/11/1952 Athens XI (Greece) Home 1-3 [12] 21/09/1953 England Maccabi XI Home 3-1 Maccabia Games 1953 22/09/1953 Finland Maccabi XI Home 5-0 Maccabia Games 1953 23/09/1953 Switzerland Maccabi XI Home 2-0 Maccabia Games 1953 25/09/1953 France Maccabi XI Home 5-0 Maccabia Games 1953 27/09/1953 South Africa Maccabi XI Home 4-0 Maccabia Games 1953 28/09/1953 England Maccabi XI Home 8-1 Maccabia Games 1953 29/09/1953 Rest of the World Maccabi XI Home 0-0 [13] 03/04/1954 Southern Transvaal XI (South Africa) Away 1-1 [14] 06/04/1954 Western Province XI (South Africa) Away 7-4 [14] 10/04/1954 Eastren Province XI (South Africa) Away 2-0 [14] 14/04/1954 Border XI (South Africa) Away 10-1 17/04/1954 Natal XI (South Africa) Away 1-1 21/04/1954 Southern Transvaal XI (South Africa) Away 1-0 [14] 25/04/1954 Lourenço Marques XI (Mozambique) Away 2-0 03/05/1954 Northern Rhodesia Away 0-0 [15] 05/05/1954 Southern Rhodesia Away 1-2 [15] 09/05/1954 Southern Rhodesia Away 2-1 [15] 04/02/1956 FK Sarajevo (Yugoslavia) Home 3-3 15/02/1956 Kapfenberger SV (Austria) Home 2-1 29/04/1956 American Soccer League XI (USA) Away 2-1 07/05/1956 Sunderland (England) Home 1-1 10/05/1956 Rampla Juniors (Uruguay) Home 0-2 13/06/1956 São Cristóvão (Brazil) Home 0-0 20/06/1956 First Vienna FC (Austria) Home 1-1 11/02/1957 Austria Wien (Austria) Home 0-2 12/03/1957 Újpest (Hungary) Home 0-3 06/05/1957 French Army XI Home 3-1 [IDF] 08/01/1958 Copenhagen XI (Denmark) Home 2-1 29/01/1958 SC Wacker (Austria) Home 2-2 03/06/1959 Standard Liège (Belgium) Home 0-3 13/06/1959 América (Brazil) Home 0-1 24/06/1959 Poland B Away 1-1 [16] 22/09/1959 Omonia (Cyprus) Home 5-1 11/11/1959 Football Metropolitan Federation Amateurs (Brazil) Home 1-0 [17] 09/02/1960 Partizan Beograd (Yugoslavia) Home 1-2 20/04/1960 Vasas Budapest (Hungary) Home 0-3 15/02/1961 Galatasaray (Turkey) Home 0-0 04/05/1961 Chelsea FC (England) Home 0-2 05/09/1961 Juventus FC (Italy) Home 3-3 09/05/1962 FC Sedan (France) Home 1-1 27/05/1962 Tottenham Hotspur (England) Home 1-2 16/01/1963 OFK Beograd (Yugoslavia) Home 0-2 27/02/1963 Dinamo Bucureşti (Romania) Home 0-2 10/04/1963 Atlanta (Argentina) Home 1-0 30/04/1963 Universidad de Chile (Chile) Home 1-0 22/10/1963 Sparta Rotterdam (Netherlands) Home 1-3 29/10/1963 IFK Göteborg (Sweden) Home 0-1 25/11/1963 AIK (Sweden) Home 3-1 17/12/1963 Bucharest XI (Romania) Home 1-1 [18] 19/02/1964 FC Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) Home 0-4 10/03/1964 MTK (Hungary) Home 1-1 01/04/1964 Peñarol (Uruguay) Home 1-3 29/04/1964 Bulgaria Home 1-1 [19] 06/05/1965 Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) Away - [20] 31/08/1965 Torino (Italy) Home 2-1 12/10/1965 Arsenal (England) Home 2-2 07/12/1965 Spartak Moscow (USSR) Home 0-2 14/12/1965 Spartak Moscow (USSR) Home 0-1 09/02/1966 Steaua Bucureşti (Romania) Home 1-0 16/02/1966 Steaua Bucureşti (Romania) Home 0-4 10/05/1966 Finland B Away 0-1 12/05/1966 Finland U-23 Away 2-0 13/09/1967 Romania Away 1-3 [21] 09/10/1967 Ontario National Soccer League XI (Canada) Away 3-1 12/10/1967 Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals (USA) Away 2-0 15/10/1967 American Soccer League XI (USA) Away 3-1 17/10/1967 Italian-American League XI (USA) Away 2-0 13/12/1967 Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) Home 1-6 14/08/1968 Davos (Switzerland) Away 11-0 18/08/1968 Vaduz (Liechtenstein) Away 5-1 21/08/1968 FC Luzern (Switzerland) Away 4-3 20/09/1968 Colorado XI (USA) Away 11-1 22/09/1968 Oakland Clippers (USA) Away 1-2 29/09/1968 California XI (USA) Away 5-3 03/10/1968 Necaxa (Mexico) Away 1-1 [22] 08/10/1968 Seguridad Social León (Mexico) Away 11-0 [23] 27/10/1968 New York XI (USA) Away 1-1 [24] 25/12/1968 Romania Home 4-5 [25] 31/12/1968 Romania Home 1-0 [25] 23/02/1969 Sweden Home 1-0 [26] 09/04/1969 Italy div. 3 U-23 Home 2-0 [27] 07/08/1969 River Plate (Argentina) Home 0-0 12/08/1969 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Away 0-3 15/08/1969 Eintracht Braunschweig (West Germany) Away 3-0 [28] 17/08/1969 TuS Bremerhaven 93 (West Germany) Away 8-4 29/08/1969 Göteborg XI (Sweden) Away 1-1 26/11/1969 Austria Wien (Austria) Home 2-3 25/02/1970 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 0-6 25/03/1970 Ethiopia Away 1-1 [29] 10/05/1970 New York XI (USA) Away 4-4 16/05/1970 Adams State College XI (USA) Away 21-0 [30] 20/05/1970 Denver XI (USA) Away 8-3 25/06/1970 California XI (USA) Away 5-3 15/12/1970 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 0-1 19/01/1971 Crystal Palace (England) Home 0-0 05/05/1971 Wolverhampton Wanderers (England) Home 1-3 26/05/1971 Celtic FC (Scotland) Home 0-1 08/09/1971 Netherlands U-23 Away 0-2 14/09/1971 FC Zürich (Switzerland) Away 0-2 17/11/1971 Sydney Hakoah (Australia) Away 2-0 07/12/1971 Rangers (Scotland) Home 0-0 21/12/1971 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 2-3 02/02/1972 Sheffield United (England) Home 0-0 11/10/1972 Independiente (Argentina) Home 0-0 07/11/1972 Argentina div. 2 XI Home 3-2 [31] 20/12/1972 Romania Home 2-1 [24] 27/12/1972 Panathinaïkos (Greece) Home 1-0 09/01/1973 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 4-3 07/02/1973 Sporting CP (Portugal) Home 0-1 28/03/1973 Romania Away 1-3 [24] 04/04/1973 West Ham United (England) Away 2-3 02/05/1973 West Ham United (England) Home 2-2 22/01/1974 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 0-1 07/05/1974 Hertha BSC Berlin (West Germany) Away 1-1 13/08/1974 Steagul Roşu Braşov (Romania) Away 4-0 [32] 14/08/1974 Tractorul Braşov (Romania) Away 3-0 15/08/1974 Carpaţi Braşov (Romania) Away 2-0 26/11/1974 Ipswich Town (England) Home 1-1 21/01/1975 Manchester City (England) Home 0-2 07/05/1975 Stoke City (England) Home 4-0 20/05/1975 Philadelphia Atoms (USA) Away 1-0 22/05/1975 Cosmos New York (USA) Away 1-1 25/05/1975 Miami Toros (USA) Away 2-2 27/05/1975 Chicago Sting (USA) Away 2-2 01/06/1975 California XI (USA) Away 4-1 [33] 03/06/1975 Dallas Tornado (USA) Away 0-0 06/06/1975 Cleveland Cobras (USA) Away 4-1 31/07/1975 OGC Nice (France) Away 0-3 03/08/1975 RC Strasbourg (France) Away 0-0 05/08/1975 FC Mulhouse (France) Away 2-1 27/08/1975 FC Amsterdam (Netherlands) Away 3-1 29/08/1975 VV Aalsmeer (Netherlands) Away 2-1 31/08/1975 FC Amsterdam U-23 (Netherlands) Away 3-0 02/09/1975 FC Groningen (Netherlands) Away 1-4 09/09/1975 FC Amsterdam (Netherlands) Home 1-0 27/06/1976 London Maccabi (England) Away 6-1 08/07/1976 Cleveland Cobras (USA) Away 5-0 11/07/1976 Long Island XI (USA) Away 9-0 11/01/1977 Bayern München (West Germany) Home 2-0 16/10/1977 Paris Saint-Germain (France) Away 1-2 29/12/1977 FC Köln (West Germany) Home 0-0 13/02/1978 Denmark Home 1-0 [Oly] 07/03/1978 IK Skovbakken (Denmark) Home 1-1 [Oly] 08/05/1978 Anderlecht (Belgium) Away 1-2 05/09/1978 Alemannia Aachen (West Germany) Away 2-0 07/09/1978 Sittard Sports Schools XI (Netherlands) Away 4-0 03/01/1979 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 1-1 10/01/1979 Hibernian (Scotland) Home 1-1 04/09/1979 Eintracht Frankfurt (West Germany) Home 1-3 09/01/1980 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 0-2 05/02/1980 Everton (England) Home 1-1 26/02/1980 Brighton & Hove Albion (England) Home 1-2 25/11/1980 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Away 4-1 04/02/1981 Austria Home 1-0 [34] 06/10/1981 Eintracht Frankfurt (West Germany) Home 0-3 24/05/1982 Everton (England) Home 1-1 26/05/1982 Everton (England) Home 0-0 [Oly] 02/11/1982 Grasshopper Club (Switzerland) Away 2-3 [Oly] 07/11/1982 Tyrol XI (Austria) Away 2-0 [Oly] [35] 30/11/1982 Austria U-19 Home 1-0 [Oly] 22/12/1982 Tottenham Hotspur (England) Home 2-2 22/12/1982 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 1-3 [Oly] 10/01/1983 Bavaria Amateurs XI (West Germany) Home 2-2 [Oly] 24/01/1983 Servette Genève (Switzerland) Home 0-1 [Oly] 01/02/1983 Grasshopper Club (Switzerland) Home 2-2 [Oly] 08/02/1983 Grasshopper Club (Switzerland) Home 0-2 [Oly] 19/04/1983 Watford (England) Away 2-2 [Oly] 05/05/1983 TSV 1860 München (West Germany) Away 1-0 [Oly] 07/05/1983 MTV Ingolstadt (West Germany) Away 0-1 [Oly] 16/05/1983 Liverpool (England) Home 4-3 11/10/1983 Watford (England) Home 1-0 [Oly] 18/10/1983 Ipswich Town (England) Home 2-2 [Oly] 06/02/1984 FC Argeş Piteşti (Romania) Home 0-1 [36] 13/02/1984 FC Argeş Piteşti (Romania) Home 2-1 28/03/1984 AIK (Sweden) Home 0-1 16/05/1984 Santos (Brazil) Home 2-1 22/05/1984 Liverpool (England) Home 1-4 14/05/1985 Anderlecht (Belgium) Home 1-1 22/05/1985 Vasco da Gama (Brazil) Home 4-2 25/07/1985 TSV Ampfing (West Germany) Away 6-2 28/07/1985 SpVgg Unterhaching (West Germany) Away 0-2 31/07/1985 Bayern München Amateure (West Germany) Away 4-1 05/08/1985 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Away 3-7 08/08/1985 Den Bosch (Netherlands) Away 3-1 10/08/1985 NEC (Netherlands) Away 0-2 11/08/1985 DRC (Netherlands) Away 9-1 [37] 13/08/1985 Go Ahead Eagles (Netherlands) Away 3-4 11/05/1987 Liverpool (England) Home 3-0 08/02/1988 Poland Home 2-1 [38] 20/12/1988 Aston Villa (England) Home 1-0 24/01/1989 Dynamo Kyiv (USSR) Home 0-4 12/09/1989 Standard Liège (Belgium) Home 2-0 26/09/1989 Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) Home 1-1 12/05/1992 AC Milan (Italy) Home 0-2 27/01/1993 Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) Home 2-0 29/07/1996 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) Away 0-4 30/07/1996 FC Herborn (Germany) Away 6-0 10/07/1997 Hertha BSC Berlin (Germany) Austria 2-2 12/07/1997 FC Košice (Slovakia) Austria 0-2 03/08/1999 Fulham (England) Away 0-2 29/01/2003 CSKA Moscow (Russia) Home 1-0 02/02/2005 CSKA Moscow (Russia) Home 0-1 02/10/2007 Israeli League Foreigners XI Home 4-2 [39] 26/01/2011 Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) Home 3-2 [40] Remarks: [IDF] Organized by the Israel Defense Forces with no relation to IFA. The IDF line-up was based on players from the Israel national team who were called by IDF just for the game. [Oly] Israel fielded its Olympic team (without players who had participated in World Cup matches). [1] Israel stood as Israel Defense Forces XI. USA Olympic was strengthened by some professional players. [2] Israel stood as Israel Defense Forces XI. Officially played against "New York All-Star Professionals", composed by professional players from New York who played in the ASL, strengthened by one player from a New Jersy college team and 3 USA Olympians. [3] Officially played by Tel-Aviv XI and Nicosia XI, but actually played by the national teams. [4] Officially played by Tel-Aviv XI, but actually it was Israel national team. [5] Officially played by Tel-Aviv XI and Belgrade XI. Tel-Aviv XI was actually Israel (using many reserve players). Belgrade XI was actually Yugoslavia. [6] Officially played by Tel-Aviv & Haifa XI and Belgrade XI. Tel-Aviv XI was actually Israel (using many reserve players). Belgrade XI was actually Yugoslavia. [7] Played as IDF XI, officially against Yugoslav Air Force XI. [8] Officially played by Tel-Aviv XI and Istanbul XI, but actually played by the national teams. [9] Israel stood as Tel-Aviv XI. Only players from Tel-Aviv were used. [10] Played as IDF Schools XI. [11] Officially played by Tel-Aviv XI, but actually it was Israel national team. Ankara XI consisted of players from the league of Ankara. [12] Officially played by Tel-Aviv District XI, but actually it was Israel national team. Athens XI consisted of players from AEK, Panionios and Apollon Athina. [13] 40 minutes exhibition game [14] The game lasted 80 minutes. [15] Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia were not affiliated to FIFA. [16] Officially played by Lodz XI and Tel-Aviv XI, but actually played between Poland B and Israel. [17] Football Metropolitan Federation Amateurs consisted of players from Rio de Janeiro with an average age of 22. [18] Bucharest XI consisted of players from Petrolul Ploieşti and Progresul Bucureşti. [19] Officially played against Sofia XI. Both teams missed some key players. [20] The game was abandoned after 65 minutes. Red Star Belgrade led 2-1. [21] Officially played against "Romania League XI". Romania missed some key players. [22] The game lasted 30 minutes. [23] The first half lasted only 35 minutes due to referee mistake, so the whole game lasted only 80 minutes. [24] New York XI consisted of players from New York Generals (North American Soccer League), Inter (American Soccer League) and New York Ukrainians (German-American League). [25] Officially played against "Romania League XI". [26] Officially played against "Sweden League XI". Sweden fielded a team based on reserve players. [27] Italy div. 3 U-23 was composed from U-23 players from the Italian third level (Serie C). [28] The game lasted 50 minutes. [29] Israel fielded a team based on reserve players. The game is recognized as official by the Ethiopian FA. [30] Adams State College XI consisted of 9 players from the college, strengthened by 2 Israelis. The second half lasted only 35 minutes so the whole game lasted only 80 minutes. Israel fielded only 10 players in the second half. [31] Argentina div. 2 XI consisted of players from the Argentinian second level (Primiera B). [32] Steagul Roşu Braşov fielded its youth team strengthened by some senior players. [33] Played on a small field of 70x55 meters. [34] Both sides fielded weakened teams. [35] Tyrol XI consisted of amateur players from the Austrian third and fourth levels, strengthened by 3 professional players from the first level club of Wacker Innsbruck. [36] Israel fielded a weakened team with many players from the Olympic team. [37] The game lasted 70 minutes. [38] Played by a mixed national and U-23 team, officially played by Israel B (although Israel didn't have a "B" national team). [39] Exhibition game for the children of Sderot and Gaza perimeter. [40] The game was divided to 3 parts of 30 minutes.
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