Israel at the 1968 AFC Asian Cup

Israel at international football competitions

Teams
Results

Israel competed at the 1968 AFC Asian Cup. This was the fourth AFC Asian Cup and Israel’s fourth and last appearance.[1]

After the 1968 tournament Israel did not compete in a regional football tournament for many years. Israel was expelled from the AFC in the early 1970s and eventually became a member of UEFA.[2] After joining the UEFA Israel began competing in the UEFA European Championship in 1996.

Qualification – West Zone 1

Israel qualified for the tournament by default after all other teams in their zone withdrew from the tournament.[3]

Tournament results

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 4400112+98
 Burma 421154+15
 Israel 4202115+64
 Republic of China 4022310−72
 Hong Kong 4013211−91

Matches

Goal scorers

With 4 goals, Giora Spiegel and Moshe Romano of Israel tied with Homayoun Behzadi of Iran as the top scorers of the tournament.

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Squad

Head coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milovan Ćirić

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Itzhak Vissoker (1944-09-18)18 September 1944 (aged 23) 14 0 Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva
1GK Haim Levin (1937-03-03)3 March 1937 (aged 27) 15 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF Menahem Bello (1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 20) 14 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF Dani Shmulevich (1940-11-29)29 November 1940 (aged 27) 23 0 Israel Maccabi Haifa
2DF Itzhak Marili (1945-05-12)12 May 1945 (aged 22) 2 0 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
2DF David Karako (1944-02-11)11 February 1944 (aged 24) 3 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF Itzhak Drucker (1947-06-03)3 June 1947 (aged 20) 6 0 Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva
2DF Zvi Rosen (1947-06-23)23 June 1947 (aged 20) 2 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
3MF Dani Borsuk (1944-02-16)16 February 1944 (aged 24) 6 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
3MF Haim Nurieli (1943-05-01)1 May 1943 (aged 25) 2 0 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
3MF Moshe Asis (1943-10-09)9 October 1943 (aged 24) 13 1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
3MF Shmuel Rosenthal (1947-04-22)22 April 1947 (aged 21) 14 1 Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva
4FW George Borba (1944-07-12)12 July 1944 (aged 23) 9 4 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
4FW Giora Spiegel (1947-07-27)27 July 1947 (aged 20) 10 5 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
4FW Mordechai Spiegler (1944-08-19)19 August 1944 (aged 23) 27 13 Israel Maccabi Netanya
4FW Moshe Romano (1946-05-06)6 May 1946 (aged 22) 5 1 Israel Shimshon Tel Aviv
4FW Rahamim Talbi (1943-05-17)17 May 1943 (aged 24) 18 5 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
4FW Roby Young (1942-05-15)15 May 1942 (aged 25) 37 5 Israel Hapoel Haifa

References

  1. ↑ Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956-1988)
  2. ↑ "About the IFA". The Israel Football Association. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Asian Nations Cup 1968
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