Israel national football team
Rank Player Career Goals Caps Average
1 Mordechai Spiegler 1963-1977 33 83 0.39
2 Yehoshua Feigenbaum 1966-1977 24 50 0.48
2 Yossi Benayoun 1998-2017 24 102 0.24
4 Ronen Harazi 1992-1999 23 53 0.43
5 Nahum Stelmach 1956-1968 22 61 0.36
6 Gidi Damti 1971-1981 21 69 0.30
7 Eran Zahavi 2010- present 19 50 0.38
8 Giora Spiegel 1965-1980 18 44 0.40
8 Yehoshua Glazer 1949-1961 18 35 0.51
9 Eli Ohana 1984-1997 17 51 0.33
9 Avi Nimni 1992-2005 17 80 0.21
9 Tomer Hemed 2011- present 17 37 0.46
Records -- Top goalscorers
Mordechai Spiegler ( middle ) is Israel 's top scorer with 33 goals . As of 10 June 2019 , the ten players with the most goals [ 2 ] for Israel are :
The Israel national football team (, ) represents Israel in international football, and is governed by the Israel Football Association (IFA). Israel's national team is the direct successor of the Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel) national football team, which played five internationals in 1934-1940, and was managed by the Eretz Israel Football Association. Israel has competed in FIFA World Cup qualifiers in three different confederations, competing in the Asian Football Confederation before settling in Europe as a member of the Union of European Football Associations in 1994. The Israeli side qualified for their only FIFA World Cup to date in 1970. Israel has also hosted and won the AFC Asian Cup in 1964, and was a finalist in 1956 and 1960.