Israel at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
# Israel at the 1970 FIFA World Cup

At the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Israel participated for the first time. Israel qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1970, along with El Salvador and Morocco.

Although it was reported in the build-up to the final draw that seedings would be used, as had been the case at the previous two World Cup Finals, the FIFA Organising Committee ultimately announced that there would be no seeding of teams. Instead the sixteen teams were divided into four 'geographical groupings', which also took into account the teams' strengths and even political considerations; the system ensured that Israel and Morocco would not be drawn to face each other, after Morocco had earlier threatened to withdraw from the tournament, as they had done from the Olympic football tournament two years earlier, if that were the case.

## 1970 Qualifying Round

### 1970 Qualifying Round 1

During the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification Israel received a First Round bye in the first round and moved directly to the second round.

### 1970 Qualifying Round 2

In the second round, North Korea, quarter-finalists at the previous tournament, were disqualified after refusing to play in Israel for political reasons.

| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
| — | North Korea | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |

### 1970 Qualifying Final Round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Israel | 2–1 | Australia | 1–0 | 1–1 |

## 1970 FIFA World Cup Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |

### Uruguay vs Israel

| Uruguay | Israel |
| - | - |

Ladislao Mazurkiewicz :

| DF | 4 | Luis Ubiña |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Atilio Ancheta |
| DF | 3 | Roberto Matosas |
| DF | 6 | Juan Mujica |
| MF | 7 | Luis Cubilla |
| MF | 5 | Julio Montero Castillo |
| MF | 8 | Pedro Rocha (c) | 12' |
| FW | 9 | Víctor Espárrago |
| FW | 10 | Ildo Maneiro |
| FW | 21 | Julio Losada |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 20 | Julio César Cortés | 12' |
| Manager: |||
| Juan Hohberg ||||

Itzhak Vissoker :

| DF | 12 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 4 | David Primo |
| DF | 14 | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | 57' |
| DF | 5 | Zvi Rosen |
| MF | 6 | Shmuel Rosenthal |
| MF | 8 | Giora Spiegel |
| MF | 10 | Mordechai Spiegler (c) |
| MF | 7 | Itzhak Shum |
| FW | 9 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum |
| FW | 15 | Rachamim Talbi | 46' |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 2 | Shraga Bar | 46' |
| DF | 16 | Yochanan Vollach | 57' |
| Manager: |||
| Emmanuel Scheffer ||||

* Assistant referees:
* Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
* Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)

### Sweden vs Israel

| Sweden | Israel |
| - | - |

Sven-Gunnar Larsson :

| DF | 2 | Hans Selander |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Kurt Axelsson |
| DF | 20 | Jan Olsson |
| DF | 5 | Roland Grip |
| MF | 6 | Tommy Svensson (c) |
| MF | 7 | Bo Larsson |
| MF | 16 | Tomas Nordahl |
| FW | 18 | Tom Turesson |
| FW | 9 | Ove Kindvall |
| FW | 11 | Örjan Persson | 75' |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 22 | Sten Pålsson | 75' |
| Manager: |||
| Orvar Bergmark ||||

Itzhak Vissoker :

| DF | 2 | Shraga Bar |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 4 | David Primo |
| DF | 16 | Yochanan Vollach | 51' |
| DF | 5 | Zvi Rosen |
| MF | 12 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager |
| MF | 6 | Shmuel Rosenthal |
| MF | 7 | Itzhak Shum |
| FW | 10 | Mordechai Spiegler (c) |
| FW | 8 | Giora Spiegel |
| FW | 9 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 19 | Roni Shuruk | 51' |
| Manager: |||
| Emmanuel Scheffer ||||

* Assistant referees:
* Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)
* Josip-Drago Horvat (Yugoslavia)

### Italy vs Israel

| Italy | Irael |
| - | - |

Enrico Albertosi :

| DF | 2 | Tarcisio Burgnich |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Pierluigi Cera |
| DF | 8 | Roberto Rosato |
| DF | 3 | Giacinto Facchetti (c) |
| MF | 10 | Mario Bertini |
| MF | 16 | Giancarlo De Sisti |
| MF | 15 | Alessandro Mazzola |
| FW | 13 | Angelo Domenghini | 46' |
| FW | 20 | Roberto Boninsegna |
| FW | 11 | Gigi Riva |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 14 | Gianni Rivera | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Ferruccio Valcareggi ||||

Itzhak Vissoker :

| DF | 2 | Shraga Bar |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 4 | David Primo |
| DF | 12 | Yisha'ayahu Schwager |
| DF | 6 | Shmuel Rosenthal |
| MF | 5 | Zvi Rosen |
| MF | 3 | Menachem Bello |
| MF | 7 | Itzhak Shum |
| FW | 10 | Mordechai Spiegler (c) |
| FW | 8 | Giora Spiegel |
| FW | 9 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | 46' |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 14 | Dani Shmulevich-Rom | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Emmanuel Scheffer ||||

* Assistant referees:
* Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
* Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

## Squad

Head coach: Emmanuel Scheffer

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1GK | Yitzchak Vissoker | (1944-09-18)18 September 1944 (aged 25) | 17 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| 2 | 2DF | Shraga Bar | (1948-03-24)24 March 1948 (aged 22) | 13 | Maccabi Netanya |
| 3 | 2DF | Menachem Bello | (1947-12-26)26 December 1947 (aged 22) | 25 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 4 | 3MF | David Primo | (1946-05-05)5 May 1946 (aged 24) | 18 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 5 | 2DF | Zvi Rosen | (1947-06-23)23 June 1947 (aged 22) | 16 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 6 | 2DF | Shmuel Rosenthal | (1947-04-22)22 April 1947 (aged 23) | 23 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
| 7 | 3MF | Itzhak Shum | (1948-09-01)1 September 1948 (aged 21) | 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| 8 | 4FW | Giora Spiegel | (1947-07-27)27 July 1947 (aged 22) | 19 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 9 | 4FW | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | (1947-12-05)5 December 1947 (aged 22) | 15 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 10 | 4FW | Mordechai Spiegler | (1944-08-19)19 August 1944 (aged 25) | 36 | Maccabi Netanya |
| 11 | 3MF | George Borba | (1944-07-12)12 July 1944 (aged 25) | 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 12 | 3MF | Yisha'ayahu Schwager | (1946-02-10)10 February 1946 (aged 24) | 6 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 13 | 4FW | Yechezekel Chazom | (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) | 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 14 | 3MF | Danny Shmulevich-Rom | (1940-11-29)29 November 1940 (aged 29) | 24 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 15 | 4FW | Rachamim Talbi | (1943-05-17)17 May 1943 (aged 27) | 25 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 16 | 2DF | Yochanan Vollach | (1945-05-14)14 May 1945 (aged 25) | 4 | Hapoel Haifa |
| 17 | 4FW | Eli Ben Rimoz | (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23) | 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| 18 | 3MF | Moshe Romano | (1946-05-06)6 May 1946 (aged 24) | 6 | Shimshon Tel Aviv |
| 19 | 3MF | Roni Shuruk | (1946-02-24)24 February 1946 (aged 24) | 8 | Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan |
| 20 | 2DF | David Karako | (1945-02-11)11 February 1945 (aged 25) | 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 21 | 1GK | Yechiel Hameiri | (1946-08-20)20 August 1946 (aged 23) | 1 | Hapoel Haifa |
| 22 | 1GK | Yair Nossovsky | (1937-06-29)29 June 1937 (aged 32) | 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
