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Athletics national side
Palestine
National team · Palestine
«Al-Fursan»
52
Matches
15
wins
16
draws
21
losses
59–64
Goals
−5
Difference
1.1
Scored per game
Form
D
4 Dec 2025 · Home Tunisia · 2:2
D
7 Dec 2025 · Away Syria · 0:0
L
11 Dec 2025 · Home Saudi Arabia · 1:2
D
6 Jun · Away Kyrgyzstan · 0:0
D
9 Jun · Away Kyrgyzstan · 0:0
D
24 Sep · Home New Zealand · 2:2
Oday Dabbagh scored a hat-trick against Bangladesh in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, then added two more against Hong Kong at the 2024 Asian Cup. The Palestinian Football Association took shape in 1962, though a federation had organised matches as far back as the British Mandate years, and it took until June 1998 for FIFA to grant full membership. The first game played under that recognition ended in a 3–1 defeat to Lebanon, with Ricardo Carugati in charge.
The breakthrough came in 2014, when Ashraf Nu'man's goal beat the Philippines 1–0 in the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup and sent Palestine to the Asian Cup for the first time. A quarter-final run followed at the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup in Qatar, under coach Ihab Abu Jazar.
Red remains the colour of the home kit, white of the away one, and the rivalry with Jordan sharpens whenever the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) Championship or Asian Cup qualifiers put the two sides in the same group. The Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in Al-Ram, in the Jerusalem Governorate of the West Bank, holds some 12,500 people for the nights when qualification is on the line.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 28 Sep | Friendlies |
Turkmenistan
A
|
||
| 24 Sep | Friendlies |
New Zealand
H
|
2:2 | D |
| 9 Jun | Friendlies |
Kyrgyzstan
A
|
0:0 | D |
| 6 Jun | Friendlies |
Kenya
H
|
||
| 6 Jun | Friendlies |
Kyrgyzstan
A
|
0:0 | D |
| 1 Jun | Friendlies |
Tajikistan
A
|
Standing
Asian CupGroup stage · Group C
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Iran
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:2 | 9 |
| 2 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5:4 | 4 |
| 3 |
 Palestine
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5:5 | 4 |
| 4 |
 Hong Kong
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1:7 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 52
52
Matches
15
wins
16
draws
21
losses
59–64
Goals
−5
Difference
1.1
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 52 | 20 | 32 |
| Scored | 59 | 36 | 23 |
| Conceded | 64 | 19 | 45 |
| Scored per game | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| Difference | −5 | +17 | −22 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
Enzo Agustín Manzur
Midfielder
1 Matches
Emilio Saba
Defender
1 Matches
Hamed Hemdan
Midfielder
1 Matches
Ameed Sawafta
Midfielder
1 Matches
Badr Yousef Mohammed Moussa
Midfielder
1 Matches
Khalied Alnabrisi
Forward
1 Matches
Oday Ibrahim Mohammad Dabbagh
Forward
1 Matches
Moustafa Zeidan Khalili
Midfielder
1 Matches
Squad of Palestine
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | |
Enzo Agustín Manzur |
Midfielder | 25 | 1 |
| 17 |  |
Emilio Saba |
Defender | 25 | 1 |
| 6 | Hamed Hemdan |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 7 | Ameed Sawafta |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 8 | Badr Yousef Mohammed Moussa |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 9 | Khalied Alnabrisi |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 11 | Oday Ibrahim Mohammad Dabbagh |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 24 | Moustafa Zeidan Khalili |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
 Francisco Politino |
Midfielder | 1 | |||
| 6 |  Oday Ali Abdulrahim Kharoub |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 17 |  Tamer Mohammed Sobhi Seyam |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 5 |  Musab Al Battat |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 3 |  Mohammed Nuaman Abdelfatah Saleh |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 2 |  Wajdi Nabhan |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 4 |  K. El Haija |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 1 |  Abed Yassin |
Goalkeeper | 1 | ||
| 10 |  Zaid Qunbar |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 48 |  Rami Hamada |
Goalkeeper | 1 | ||
| 1 |  Mahdi Assi |
Goalkeeper | 1 | ||
| 19 |  Mohammed Balah |
Forward | 1 |
Fixtures of Palestine
-
28 Sep · 13:00
Tajikistan
A
Friendlies
-
2 Oct · 12:35
China
A
Friendlies
-
28 Sep
Turkmenistan
A
-
24 Sep
New Zealand
H
2:2
D
-
9 Jun
Kyrgyzstan
A
0:0
D
-
6 Jun
Kenya
H
-
6 Jun
Kyrgyzstan
A
0:0
D
-
1 Jun
Tajikistan
A
-
31 Mar
Mauritania
H
-
27 Mar
Benin
A
Honours of Palestine
- Challenge Cup 2014 1
- Arab Games 1999 1