Norway 5-0 Israel: Italy hopes crushed by Haaland hat-trick

It was an extraordinary start to the game, as Dan Biton’s foul prompted the referee to point to the spot after just four minutes.

Haaland stepped up and saw the penalty saved by Daniel Peretz, but VAR spotted the goalkeeper had his feet off the line and so it had to be retaken.

On this occasion too, Haaland was denied by a great one-handed save, frustrating Norway. It was the first time Haaland had failed to convert a spot-kick during a competitive match.

Group I

Rank	Teams	Played	Goal difference	Points
1	Norway	6	26	18
2	Italy	4	5	9
3	Israel	6	-1	9
4	Estonia	5	-8	3
5	Moldova	5	-22	0

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They did eventually break through when Antonio Nusa failed to get on the end of an Alexander Sorloth cross to the back post, it instead bounced in off Israel’s Anan Khalaili.

Orjan Nyland had saves to make too, twice in a row on Biton and Roy Revivo, but moments later Haaland’s delicate angled drive doubled the Norwegian lead on a Sorloth disguised pass.

Barely a minute had passed when the third goal arrived when Nusa robbed a player, his roll across for Haaland was intercepted, and in trying to clear it, Daniel Peretz kicked the ball against teammate Idan Nachmias, who scored an own goal before crashing back-first into the upright.

Haaland had to wait until the hour mark to double his tally with a header from eight yards, then completing his hat-trick with a header from the tightest of angles at the far stick, both on crosses from the very impressive Nusa.

That treble means the Manchester City striker has now scored a ridiculous 51 goals in 46 senior caps for Norway.

Norway 5-0 Israel

Khalaili og 18 (N), Haaland 27, 63, 72 (N), Nachmias og 29 (N)

Saved penalty: Haaland 6 (N)

11-10-2025 17:00 MatchDay 7 Ullevaal Stadion

Norway

Israel 5 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Erling Haaland

6'     Anan Khalaili 18'     Erling Haaland (Assist: Alexander Sörloth) 27'     Idan Nachmias

28'     2nd half

Erling Haaland (Assist: Antonio Nusa)		63'
Erling Haaland (Assist: Antonio Nusa)

72'     Norway Israel

Starting lineups

1

Ørjan Nyland Goalkeeper 5 David Möller Wolfe Defender 76' 14

Julian Ryerson Defender 3

Kristoffer Ajer Defender 17 Torbjørn Heggem Defender 6

Patrick Berg Midfielder 76' 8

Sander Berge Midfielder 7

Alexander Sörloth Attacker 77' 20 Antonio Nusa Attacker 85' 9

Erling Haaland Attacker 22

Oscar Bobb Attacker 76' 1

Daniel Peretz Goalkeeper 2

Eli Dasa Defender 71' 5

Idan Nachmias Defender 32' 21 Or Blorian Defender 3 Roy Revivo Defender 20

Dan Biton Midfielder 71' 15 Eliel Peretz Midfielder 16

Mohammed Abu Fani Midfielder 46' 11 Oscar Gloukh Midfielder

87' 13 Anan Khalaili Attacker 10

Manor Solomon Attacker

Substitutes

21

Andreas Hanche-Olsen Defender 2

Marcus Pedersen Defender 23 Kristian Arnstad Midfielder 13 Egil Selvik Goalkeeper 12 Mathias Dyngeland Goalkeeper 16 Felix Horn Myhre Midfielder 4 Eivind Helland Defender 15 Fredrik Björkan Defender 76' 19 Aron Dönnum Attacker 76' 18 Thelo Aasgaard Midfielder 76' 11

Jörgen Strand Larsen Attacker 77' 10 Andreas Schjelderup Midfielder 85' 18 Omri Glazer Goalkeeper 6 Omri Gandelman Midfielder 17 Denny Gropper Defender 8 Ethane Azoulay Midfielder 7 Yarden Shua Attacker 23 Assaf Tzur Goalkeeper 22 Stav Turiel Attacker 4

Matan Baltaxa Defender 32' 12 Itamar Noy Midfielder 46' 9 Tai Baribo Attacker 71' 14

Guy Mizrahi Defender 71' 19

Dor Turgeman Attacker

87'