Women's football in Israel

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Women's football in Israel
FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 Qualifying Round Austria vs. Israel November 23, 2017 BSFZ-Arena Maria Enzersdorf
Country	Israel
Governing body	Israel Football Association
National team(s)	Women's national team
National competitions
Israeli Women's Cup
Club competitions
Ligat Nashim
International competitions
FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA Women's Championship

Women's football in Israel is gaining popularity but female players often play abroad to improve their skills.^[1]

Some of the barriers that prevent the sport from growing include prejudice against women for playing soccer.^[2][3] Other main causes are lack of budgets, sponsors and proper budget management. As in any competitive sports field, lack of transparency is always a big barrier on its own and creates a hidden competition among the athletes.

Israeli women's football suffers from years of neglect from the authorities and was always the last in terms of priority. The main effort to improve and establish a future for this sport was in the hand of the managers and private people that usually were struggling alone to collect budget to create youth teams in the different clubs in order to create a future generation.

The Israel Football Association (IFA) is the governing body of football in the State of Israel. All professional football clubs must be members, and hundreds of semi-professional and amateur clubs also belong.^[4][5]

In 2019, the state announced that it would grant women's soccer the same funding it grants men.^[6]