Women's team will represent Israel at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin

For the first time in Israel, an Israeli women's team will represent Israel at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin

The head coach will be former female player, Silvi Jan. The team will represent Israel at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin in June 2023.

Special Olympics, Athena - the center for the promotion of women's sports in Israel and the football association - jointly announced the establishment of a women's team that will represent Israel at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin in June 2023. This historic move is underway thanks to the mobilization of all the bodies together. This will be the first football team for women with cognitive disabilities (Down syndrome, autism, cognitive impairment, developmental intellectual disabilities)
The women's team that will be formed will have the opportunity to train under a professional training team led by former player Silvi Jan. Monthly trainings, a meeting with the stars of the Israeli national team and also: representing the State of Israel at the 2023 World Games.

Silvi Jan: "I am very excited to coach the Special Olympics team and to give my experience as a professional football player and coach to girls and women. Those who know me know that I have always loved challenges. I am a Viennese at heart and that is how I enter this position. I may look tough on the outside, but I am full of love and giving, especially to the population with needs special. The same population that has a high soul, innocence and integrity. Achievements for this special group in