Mandatory Palestine national football team

Mandatory Palestine
נבחרת ארץ ישראל
Nickname(s) Eretz Israel
(Land of Israel)
Association Eretz Israel Football Association (PFA)
Head coach Shimon Ratner (1934 WCQ)
Egon Pollak (1938 WCQ)
Arthur Baar (1940 Friendly)
Captain Avraham Reznik (1934-1938)
Pinhas Fiedler (1934)
Gdalyahu Fuchs (1938)
Most caps Gdalyahu Fuchs (4)
Top scorer Werner Caspi (2)
Home stadium Hapoel Ground, Jaffa, Tel Aviv (1928)
Maccabiah Stadium, Tel Aviv (1932–1948)
Elo ranking
Highest 60 (March 1934)
Lowest 71 (April 1940)
First international
 Egypt 7–1 Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine
(Cairo, Egypt; 16 March 1934)
Biggest win
Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine 5–1 Greater Lebanon
(Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine; 27 April 1940)
Biggest defeat
 Egypt 7–1 Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine
(Cairo, Egypt; 16 March 1934)

The Mandatory Palestine national football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ארץ ישראל בכדורגל, Nivheret Eretz Yisrael Bekhadurgel- lit. "Land of Israel national football team"; also: התאחדות ארץ ישראלית למשחק כדור-רגל, Hitachduth Eretz Yisraelit Lekhadur Regel – lit. "The Land of Israel Association of Football") represented the British Mandate of Palestine in international football competitions[1] and was managed by the Eretz Israel Football Association.[upper-alpha 1]

The team used to play in the Maccabiah Stadium and Hapoel Ground, both are located in Tel Aviv, Israel.

History

Mandatory Palestine during its tour in Egypt in 1931.

Football was introduced to Palestine by the British military during its occupation of the territory in World War I. After the war, the sport's development was continued by "European Jews who had been exposed to soccer in their native countries".[2] Palestinian Arabs, specifically those of Islamic beliefs, refrained from participating in football's early formation due to their resistance to "Western cultural institutions".[3]

The Eretz Israel Football Association was founded in August 1928 and applied for membership in FIFA. It was accepted to FIFA on 6 June 1929 as the Eretz Israel Football Association.[4][5] It was the first of 14 sports organizations which absorbed hundreds of leading sportsmen who immigrated in the wake of antisemitism in Europe.[6]

Mandatory Palestine end up playing five international games before the end of the British Mandate in 1948 which resulted in Israel independence. During those five games, the national team fielded only Jewish players. Three anthems were played before each match: the British "God Save the Queen", the Jewish (and future Israeli) "Hatikvah" and the opposing team's anthem.[7]

In 1948 the team became, officially, the national team of Israel.

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter – – – – – –
Italy 1934 Did Not Qualify 2 0 0 2 2 11
France 1938 2 0 0 2 1 4
Total Qualifiers N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 15

1934 World Cup Qualification

Egypt qualified for the final round.

1938 World Cup Qualification

Greece qualified for the final round.

Squad

1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification

16/3/1934 and 6/4/1934[8]
Coach: Mandatory PalestineAustria Egon Pollak, Mandatory PalestinePoland Shimon Ratner

Player Position
Mandatory Palestine Willy Berger GK
Mandatory Palestine Avraham Reznik DF
Mandatory Palestine Pinhas Fiedler DF
Mandatory Palestine Zalman Friedmann MF
Mandatory Palestine Gdalyahu Fuchs MF
Mandatory Palestine Yohanan Sukenik MF
Mandatory Palestine Amnon Harlap FW
Mandatory Palestine Perry Kraus -
Mandatory Palestine Paul Kastenbaum -
Mandatory Palestine Haim Reich -
Mandatory Palestine Avraham Nudelmann FW
Mandatory Palestine David Weinberg -
Mandatory Palestine Yaacov Levi-Meir -
Mandatory Palestine Yaacov Zelibanski -

22/1/1938 and 20/02/1938[8]
Coach: Mandatory PalestineAustria Egon Pollak

Player Position
Mandatory Palestine Julius Klein GK
Mandatory Palestine Israel Elsner GK
Mandatory Palestine Avraham Beit-Halevi DF
Mandatory Palestine Avraham Reznik DF
Mandatory Palestine Yosef Liebermann MF
Mandatory Palestine Yohanan Sukenik MF
Mandatory Palestine Menahem Mirmovich MF
Mandatory Palestine Gdalyahu Fuchs MF
Mandatory Palestine Mila Ginzburg FW
Mandatory Palestine Shuka Brashedski FW
Mandatory Palestine Perry Neufeld FW
Mandatory Palestine Gaul Machlis FW
Mandatory Palestine Avraham Nudelmann FW
Mandatory Palestine Yona Stern FW
Mandatory Palestine Jerry Beit-Halevi FW
Mandatory Palestine Nathan Pentz FW

Last squad

22/01/1940
Coach: Mandatory PalestineAustria Arthur Baar

Player
Mandatory Palestine Binyamin Mizrahi
Mandatory Palestine Yaacov Breir
Mandatory Palestine Shalom Shalomzon
Mandatory Palestine Zalman Friedmann
Mandatory Palestine Zvi Fuchs
Mandatory Palestine Lonia Dvorin
Mandatory Palestine Haim Reich
Mandatory Palestine Herbert Meitner
Mandatory Palestine Zvi Erlich
Mandatory Palestine Werner Caspi
Mandatory Palestine Avraham Schneiderowitz
Mandatory Palestine Gaul Machlis

Managers

Friendly matches

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ According to the Israel Football Association, the name of the association was "Eretz Israel Football Association".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 Henshaw 1979, p. 387.
  3. ↑ Henshaw 1979, p. 386.
  4. ↑ Foundation and Affiliation year in Association Information of Israel at FIFA official website
  5. ↑ Foundation and FIFA affiliation years on association information of Israel at UEFA website
  6. ↑ Griver, Simon (June 1999). "Sports in Israel". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Palestine – International Results – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  8. 1 2 British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934-1948

Bibliography

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