Group G has Spain (12th), Italy (17th), Albania (36th), Israel (51st), FYR Macedonia (105th), and Liechtenstein (147th). The previous sentence has each country's July 2015 FIFA Ranking. Israel is grouped with two of the last three World Cup winners, but neither Spain nor Italy is in the current Top 10. The English announcer at the draw mistakenly said Israel has never been to the World Cup. Israel was in World Cup 1970.
Here is Israel's schedule with the home team listed first: 5 September 2016: Israel-Italy 6 October 2016: FYR Macedonia-Israel 9 October 2016: Israel-Liechtenstein 12 November 2016: Albania-Israel 24 March 2017: Spain-Israel 11 June 11 2017: Israel-Albania 2 September 2017: Israel-FYR Macedonia 5 September 2017: Italy-Israel 6 October 2017: Liechtenstein-Israel 9 October 2017: Israel-Spain
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y...-latin-flavour-as-giants-collide-2670514.html is titled "Group G preview: Latin flavour as giants collide."
LOL, bring back avram grant and quick (doubt he'll leave ghana). If israel don't get blown out in 4-5 games , it'll be considered a success. Israel will finish very low. especially with how they've been playing
need a new coach who can get some practice during this wc qualifier and have a good team for the next euro qualifier after this wc