However, these clubs folded, except for the M.I.L.N (Moa'don Israeli LeKaduregel Nashim (Hebrew: מועדון ישראלי לכדורגל נשים, lit.

Israeli Club for Women's Football)), which continued touring and playing exhibition matches in Israel and abroad.

Rony Schneider was appointed as team manager and supervised a series of trials, which resulted in a 26 women squad, which played its first official match against Romania on 2 November 1997.

In addition to Israel competing, Israeli referee Lilach Asulin worked the Group 1 match between Northern Ireland and Estonia.

[24] Coach: Meir Nachmias 1 goal Israel competed in the UEFA Group 3 qualifying round, finishing in fourth place.