.Preview Italy vs Israel, Tuesday 14 October 2025, World Cup Qualifier
Italy – Israel 
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Italy faces off against Israel in the World Cup Qualifiers Group I on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy. Italy must secure a victory over Israel to get closer to at least a playoff position, as it strives to avoid missing a third consecutive World Cup.
Here’s the current scenario: Italy sits in second place in its group with 12 points, trailing the flawless Norway, which has 18 points, and leading Israel by three points, who has 9 points. Both teams have played one match more than the Azzurri.
To clarify, only the group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup 2026 next year. The team finishing in second place will move on to a playoff. This is the same stage where Italy, a four-time champion, was knocked out during the qualifying rounds for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Therefore, the pressure is on Italy to secure a win against Israel.
Gennaro Gattuso has the chance to become the fifth coach of the Italian men’s national team to win all four of his matches, joining the ranks of Azeglio Vicini, Antonio Conte, Edmondo Fabbri, and Schiavio-Piola.
✅ Here are the Standings (BEFORE THE GAME).
Norway 18 points (6 games played), Italy 12 points (5), Israel 9 points (6), Estonia 3 points (6), Moldova 0 (5)
👉 Previous games between Italy and Israel
✅ Sep 8, 2025, Europe, Qualification, Group round
Israel 4 – 5 Italy
- ✅ Oct 14, 2024, UEFA Nations League A, Group Stage
Italy 4 – 1 Israel - . ✅ Sep 9, 2024, UEFA Nations League A, Group Stage
Israel 1 – 2 Italy
.✅ Sep 5, 2017, Europe, Qualification, Group G
Italy 1 – 0 Israel
✅ Sep 5, 2016, Europe, Qualification, Group G
Israel 1 – 3 Italy
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Ticket option for Italy National team games
Moldova – Italy Tickets,
2025-11-13, FIFA World Cup Qualification, Zimbro, Chisinau, Moldova
Italy – Norway Tickets,
2025-11-16, FIFA World Cup Qualification, Stadio San Siro (Giuseppe Meazza), Milan, Italy.
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👉 Italy vs Israel possible lineups
ITALY (3-5-2): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Calafiori; Cambiaso, Barella, Cristante, Tonali, Dimarco; Raspadori, Mateo Retegui.
ISRAEL (5-4-1): Glazer; Dasa, Mizrahi, Blorian, Baltaxa, Revivo; Gloukh, E. Peretz, Abu Fani, Solomon; Baribo.
👉 ITALY – ISRAEL Match Officials
Referee: Clément Turpin FRA.
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos FRA.
Assistant Referee 2: Benjamin Pages FRA.
Fourth Official: François Letexier FRA.
Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy FRA.
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bram Van Driessche BEL.
UEFA Referee Observer: Herbert Fandel GER.
UEFA Delegate: Balázs Makray HUN.
🇮🇹👉 ITALY SQUAD LIST
GOALKEEPERS: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham).
DEFENDERS: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Diego Coppola (Brighton & Hove Albion), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Matteo Gabbia (Milan), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham).
MIDFIELDERS: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Fiorentina), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle).
FORWARDS: Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Moise Kean (Fiorentina), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Atletico Madrid), Mateo Retegui (Al-Qadsiah), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).
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Italy vs Israel Match Officials
2026 World Cup Qualifying
🇮🇹 Italy – Israel 🇮🇱
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Bluenergy Stadium
Udine, Italy