Levy looks to new generation

Levite captain
Levy, whose side won the Valery Lubanovsky tournament in Kiev for the second successive season earlier last month, has turned to a group primarily consisting of U19 graduates for the two matches. Hapoel Kfar Sava FC goalkeeper Ohad Levite, who was an unused substitute in the finals this summer, has been named as team captain, while Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC midfielder Lior Gan and Maccabi Haifa FC defender Shai Maymon are the most experienced players in the squad with 17 and 12 appearances respectively.

Brief appearances
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC full-back Dani Bondarv and Nitzan Damari of Maccabi Petah-Tikva FC, both of whom made late appearances as substitutes in the 4-0 defeat by Portugal in the Netherlands in June, represent the remaining survivors of the previous squad while the rest consists mostly of players who narrowly missed out on qualification to the U19 finals.

Israel squad
Goalkeepers: Ohad Levite (Hapoel Kfar Sava FC), Itamar Nitzan (Maccabi Hertzliya FC).

Defenders: Shai Maymon (Maccabi Haifa FC), Dani Bondarv (Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC), Nitzan Damari (Maccabi Petah-Tikva FC), Shimon Harush (Hapoel Haifa FC), Shmuel Kozokin (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Shai Hadad (Beitar Jerusalem FC).

Midfielders: Lior Gan (Maccabi Tel-Aviv), Biram Kayal (Maccabi Haifa FC), Bibras Natcho (Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC), Maor Buzaglo (Bnei Sakhnin FC), Eran Zehavi (Ironi Ramat Hasharon FC), Oshri Roash (Hapoel Haifa FC), Hisham Kiwan (Hapoel Haifa FC), Avi Rikan (Maccabi Hertzliya FC).

Forwards: Hen Azriel (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Etey Schachter (Maccabi Netanya FC), Moshe Ben Lulu (Ashdod FC), Dovev Gabay (Maccabi Petah-Tikva FC).