Category Archives: Israel nat’l team
Friendly For The Very First Time
======================================================= Although the amateur national teams of the two countries actually combined to forge a 1-1 draw at Frechen almost two decades earlier in September of 1969, the very first meeting between the senior sides of the Deutscher Fussball Bund … Continue reading
Important Game Of Genuine Goodwill – Germany vs Israel
======================================================== A sliding Germany defender PER MERTESACKER (17) confronts his teammate this past season with London-based English Premier League outfit FC Arsenal, Israel captain YOSSI BENAYOUN (15), as Bayern Munich defender HOLGER BADSTUBER (14) moves in to clean up during … Continue reading
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“Der Erste Israeli Der Bundesliga” – English Translation
======================================================== Bayern Munich star midfielder ULI HOENESS (left), who won both the 1972 UEFA European Championships and the 1974 FIFA World Cup titles with the senior national team of West Germany and also represented the Bundesrepublik Deutschland at the 1972 … Continue reading
Ukraine Outlast Israel, Remain Unbeaten
======================================================= Ukraine defender VITALY MANDZIUK (16) of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk shields the ball from Israel striker BEN SAHAR (17) of French outfit AJ Auxerre as visiting substitute goalkeeper ANDRIY DYKAN (31) of Russian side FC Spartak Moscow advances in a … Continue reading
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Israel v Ukraine
======================================================== European-based talent dominates the squad that incoming trainer ELI GUTTMAN has selected to begin his tenure in charge of the national team as ISRAEL welcome 2012 UEFA European Championships co-host UKRAINE to the new HaMoshava Stadium in Petah Tikvah … Continue reading
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Montreal ’76 : Brazil v Israel
======================================================= 21-year-old defender EDINHO of FC Fluminese, who later went on to appear in the final tournaments of three FIFA World Cups, anchored the backline for the Brazilian Olympic XI in the quarterfinal match with Israel at the 1976 Summer … Continue reading
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Montreal ’76 : Games of Group B
======================================================= Italy midfielder MARCO TARDELLI of FC Juventus Turin stretches out his leg in an attempt to tackle the ball away from his future colleague in Serie A, the talented but still 22-year-old midfielder MICHEL PLATINI of AS Nancy, during … Continue reading
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Montreal ’76 : Israelis Eager To Engage
======================================================== Israel midfielder/defender AVI COHEN, who later spent two trail-blazing seasons in England with FC Liverpool and had another in Scotland with Glasgow Rangers later on in the 1980s, made his international debut at the football tournament of the 1976 … Continue reading
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Not Welcome In The Arab Neighborhood
======================================================= The Startelf for the “European Selection” squad pose for the team photograph just prior to the start of the Tournoi International de Paris semi-final match opposite the Olympic XI of Brazil on June 23, 1976, at the Parc des … Continue reading
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Israeli Frontiersman Paves Way In West Germany
================================================================ A most symbolic sight as contemporary West German superstar GUENTER NETZER and pioneering Israeli World Cup standout SHMUEL ROSENTHAL (right) of North Rhine-Westphalian club Borussia Monchengladbach, reigning at the time as two-time defending Bundesliga champions, pause together for the … Continue reading
