EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS King Baudouin Stadium - Brussels Tuesday 13 October 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Belgium Group B - Matchday -3 Israel Last updated 12/07/2021 15:50CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Belgium - Israel Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 31/03/2015 QR (GS) Israel - Belgium 0-1 Jerusalem Fellaini 9 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Van Himst 24, 33, 69, 10/11/1965 QR (GS) Israel - Belgium 0-5 Ramat Gan Thio 31, Puis 48 09/05/1965 QR (GS) Belgium - Israel 1-0 Brussels Jurion 24 (P) Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Belgium - - - - 1 1 0 0 - - - - 1 1 0 0 1 0 Israel 1 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 1 FIFA* Belgium 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 6 0 Israel 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 6 Friendlies Belgium - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 2 0 1 5 3 Israel - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 0 2 3 5 Total Belgium 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 6 5 0 1 12 3 Israel 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - - - - 6 1 0 5 3 12 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Belgium - Israel Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Match background Belgium will look to maintain a five-year unbeaten home run in competitive games when they welcome Israel in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group B. • Belgium, two points ahead of second-placed Wales, booked their place in France with a 4-1 triumph in Andorra on 10 October. With Wales having the head-to-head advantage, Belgium need to beat Israel to ensure they top the section. • Israel slipped to fourth behind Bosnia and Herzegovina after losing at home to Cyprus on 10 October and must now win and hope the Bosnians drop points in Cyprus in order to claim a play-off place. Previous meetings • Marouane Fellaini's early goal proved decisive as Belgium beat Israel 1-0 in Jerusalem in March, though they had to play the final 26 minutes with ten men following the dismissal of Vincent Kompany. • The nations have met six times, with Belgium's record in those games W5 D0 L1 (W1 D0 L0 in Belgium). • The teams' only previous competitive encounter in Belgium came in 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Armand Jurion's penalty (24) gave Constant Vanden Stock's Belgium a 1-0 win against Milovan Ćirić's Israel in Brussels on 9 May 1965. Form guide • Belgium are unbeaten in 13 home qualifiers (W8 D5), a run spanning over five years, since a 1-0 loss to Germany in September 2010. • Israel have lost only once away in this qualifying campaign (W2 D1 L1), 3-1 in Bosnia and Herzegovina in June. Disciplinary • The latest booking list is available here: http://www.uefa.org/disciplinary/disciplinary-cases/booking-lists/index.html. Trivia and links • Israel goalkeeper Ofir Marciano (R. Mouscron-Péruwelz) plays in Belgium. • Israel have had the edge in terms of their seven UEFA age-group competition meetings, with four wins to Belgium's three. The Under-16 side that beat Belgium 2-0 in a 1987 qualifier in Ciney remain the only Israeli team – club or national – to have defeated a Belgium selection on Belgian soil in a UEFA men's game. Israeli teams' record in Belgium reads W1 D2 L9. • In the 14 UEFA club competition meetings between sides from these nations, Belgian clubs' record is W9 D2 L3. Most recently, R. Charleroi SC beat Beitar Jerusalem FC home and away in this season's UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. 3 Belgium - Israel Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Squad list Belgium Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jean-François Gillet 31/05/1979 36 Mechelen - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Simon Mignolet 06/08/1988 27 Liverpool - 1 0 0 0 15 - - Matz Sels 26/02/1992 23 Gent - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Nicolas Lombaerts 20/03/1985 30 Zenit - 6 0 0 0 35 3 - Vincent Kompany 10/04/1986 29 Man. City - 6 0 0 0 70 4 - Toby Alderweireld 02/03/1989 26 Tottenham - 9 0 0 0 50 1 - Jan Vertonghen 24/04/1987 28 Tottenham - 9 0 0 0 73 5 - Dedryck Boyata 28/11/1990 24 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Luis Cavanda 02/01/1991 24 Trabzonspor - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Thomas Meunier 12/09/1991 24 Club Brugge - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Jordan Lukaku 25/07/1994 21 Oostende - 1 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders - Axel Witsel 12/01/1989 26 Zenit - 7 0 0 0 62 6 - Marouane Fellaini 22/11/1987 27 Man. United - 7 4 0 0 65 15 - Sven Kums 26/02/1988 27 Gent - 0 0 0 0 - - - Eden Hazard 07/01/1991 24 Chelsea - 8 4 0 0 60 11 - Radja Nainggolan 04/05/1988 27 Roma - 8 2 0 0 15 4 - Kevin De Bruyne 28/06/1991 24 Man. City - 9 4 0 0 36 10 - Dries Mertens 06/05/1987 28 Napoli - 8 2 0 0 41 7 - Nacer Chadli 02/08/1989 26 Tottenham - 4 1 0 0 32 4 Forwards - Romelu Lukaku 13/05/1993 22 Everton - 4 0 0 0 39 11 - Divock Origi 18/04/1995 20 Liverpool - 6 1 0 0 16 3 - Zakaria Bakkali 26/01/1996 19 Valencia - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Laurent Depoitre 07/12/1988 26 Gent - 1 1 0 0 1 1 Coach - Marc Wilmots 22/02/1969 46 - 9 0 0 0 40 - 4 Belgium - Israel Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Israel Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers H. Kiryat - Guy Haimov 09/03/1986 29 - 0 0 0 0 1 - Shmona - Barak Levi 07/01/1993 22 M. Netanya - 0 0 0 0 - - Mouscron- - Ofir Marciano 07/10/1989 26 - 9 0 0 0 9 - Péruwelz Defenders - Tal Ben Haim I 31/03/1982 33 M. Tel-Aviv - 9 0 0 0 90 1 H. Kiryat - Oded Elkayam 09/02/1988 27 - 0 0 0 0 - - Shmona - Eytan Tibi 16/11/1987 27 M. Tel-Aviv - 7 0 0 0 23 - - Orel Dgani 08/01/1989 26 M. Haifa - 5 0 0 0 7 - - Omri Ben Harush 07/03/1990 25 M. Tel-Aviv - 7 0 0 0 13 - H. Beer - Shir Tzedek 22/08/1989 26 - 0 0 0 0 3 - Sheva H. Beer - Ofir Davidzada 05/05/1991 24 - 1 0 0 0 4 - Sheva Midfielders - Gil Vermouth 05/08/1985 30 M. Tel-Aviv - 4 1 0 0 26 2 - Avraham Rikan 10/09/1988 27 M. Tel-Aviv - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Beram Kayal 02/05/1988 27 Brighton - 3 0 0 0 28 1 H. Beer - Maor Melikson 30/10/1984 30 - 2 0 0 0 20 3 Sheva - Sheran Yeini 08/12/1986 28 Vitesse - 5 0 0 0 15 - - Eran Zahavi 25/07/1987 28 M. Tel-Aviv - 9 2 0 0 29 4 - Roi Kehat 12/05/1992 23 Austria Wien - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Dor Peretz 17/05/1995 20 M. Tel-Aviv - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - Tomer Hemed 02/05/1987 28 Brighton - 6 2 0 0 20 11 - Omer Damari 24/03/1989 26 Salzburg - 5 5 0 0 19 9 - Tal Ben Haim II 05/08/1989 26 M. Tel-Aviv - 9 2 0 0 16 3 - Munas Dabbur 14/05/1992 23 Grasshoppers - 3 1 0 0 4 1 Coach - Eli Gutman 24/02/1958 57 - 9 0 0 0 30 - 5 Belgium - Israel Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Head coach Marc Wilmots Date of birth: 22 February 1969 Nationality: Belgian Playing career: K. Sint-Truidense VV, KV Mechelen, R. Standard de Liège, FC Schalke 04, FC Girondins de Bordeaux Coaching career: FC Schalke 04, K. Sint-Truidense VV, Belgium • Started out at Sint-Truiden in 1985 and joined Mechelen in 1988, appearing as a substitute in the first leg of that year's UEFA Super Cup as the Belgian side defeated PSV Eindhoven. A forward before later moving into midfield, Wilmots helped Mechelen clinch the Belgian title in 1988/89 ahead of a switch to Standard, where he lifted the Belgian Cup in 1993. • Signed for Schalke after five years with Standard, scoring the winner in the first leg of the 1997 UEFA Cup final against FC Internazionale Milano and then converting the decisive spot kick in the second-leg shoot-out. Wilmots ended his career with Schalke – picking up the German Cup in 2002 – after a short stint at Bordeaux. • Notched 28 goals in 70 outings for Belgium, including two at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and three in South Korea/Japan in 2002; he also featured at the 1994 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000.