Palestine national under-20 football team

The Palestine national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب فلسطين تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم) is the national under-20 football team of Palestine and is controlled by the Palestinian Football Association. The team also serves as the national under-19 football team of Palestine.

Palestine Under-20
AssociationPFA
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachHusam Younis
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codePLE
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Iraq 3–1 Palestine 
(Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; 28 July 2002)
Biggest win
 Guam 0–5 Palestine 
(Muang Xai, Laos; 11 September 2022)
Biggest defeat
Palestine  0–8 Japan 
(Muang Xai, Laos 16 September 2022)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances0
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances0

The team is yet to qualify for both the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the AFC U-20 Asian Cup. However, Palestine's biggest achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 2022 Arab Cup U-20.[1]

History

In July 2022, Palestine beat Sudan in the Arab Cup 5–3 to achieve its first victory in the history of the tournament.[2] Palestine missed out yet again on a chance for a AFC U-20 Asian Cup finals appearance despite recording two wins and a draw. However, they suffered a heavy defeat, their worst ever by Japan.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup record Qualification record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not enter Did not enter
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003 Did not qualify The 2002 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Netherlands 2005 The 2004 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Canada 2007 The 2006 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Egypt 2009 Disqualified Disqualified
Colombia 2011 Did not qualify The 2010 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Turkey 2013 The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
New Zealand 2015 The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
South Korea 2017 The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Poland 2019 The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Indonesia 2023 The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/23 – – – – – – – Total – – – – – –

AFC U-20 Asian Cup
AFC U-20 Asian Cup record Qualification record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
Malaysia 1959 Did not enter Did not enter
Malaysia 1960
Thailand 1961
Thailand 1962
Malaysia 1963
South Vietnam 1964
Japan 1965
Philippines 1966
Thailand 1967
South Korea 1968
Thailand 1969
Philippines 1970
Japan 1971
Thailand 1972
Iran 1973
Thailand 1974
Kuwait 1975
Thailand 1976
Iran 1977
Bangladesh 1978
Thailand 1980
Thailand 1982
United Arab Emirates 1985
Saudi Arabia 1986
Qatar 1988
Indonesia 1990
United Arab Emirates 1992
Indonesia 1994
South Korea 1996
Thailand 1998
Iran 2000
Qatar 2002 Did not qualify 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 3 8
Malaysia 2004 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 2 13
India 2006 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 0 9
Saudi Arabia 2008 Disqualified Disqualified
China 2010 Did not qualify 3rd of 5 5 1 1 3 7 11
United Arab Emirates 2012 5th of 5 4 0 0 4 1 6
Myanmar 2014 2nd of 3 2 0 1 1 1 2
Bahrain 2016 2nd of 4 3 2 0 1 3 5
Indonesia 2018 3rd of 3 3 0 0 3 2 9
Uzbekistan 2020 3rd of 5 4 2 1 1 10 7
Uzbekistan 2023 3rd of 5 4 2 1 1 8 10
Total – 0/41 – – – – – – – Total 31 7 4 20 37 80

Arab Cup U-20
Arab Cup U-20 record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Morocco 2011 Group stage 9 of 10 4 0 0 4 1 8 Squad
Jordan 2012 Did not participate
Qatar 2014 Cancelled
Saudi Arabia 2020 Group stage 15 of 16 3 0 0 3 2 9 Squad
Egypt 2021 Did not participate
Saudi Arabia 2022 Semi-finals 4 of 18 4 1 1 2 6 10 Squad
Total Best: Semi-finals 3 / 5 11 1 1 9 9 27 –

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2022 Arab Cup U-20.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Mahmoud Al-Tibi State of Palestine Khadamat Al Shatea
1GK Karim Sheikh Qassem France Metz
2DF Amr Rizk State of Palestine Gaza Sporting Club
2DF Khaled Abu Al-Heija (2005-11-13) 13 November 2005 Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
2DF Yousef Al Shubasi England Brentford
2DF Jamal Al-Badarin (2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 Bulgaria Rozova Dolina Kazanlak
3MF Monir Al Badarin (2005-07-08) 8 July 2005 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
3MF Mahdi Fatahi (2003-08-15) 15 August 2003 Denmark Næstved Boldklub
3MF Wael Safi State of Palestine Shabab Al Ubeidiya
3MF Muayyad Awad State of Palestine Shabab Al Ubeidiya
3MF Mohammad Sundoqa State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
Qais Al-Khattab
3MF Mohammad Shaltef State of Palestine Al-Bireh Institute
Muhannad Abu Lehiya State of Palestine
3MF Yazan Sharhah State of Palestine Thaqafi Tulkarem
3MF Muhannad Hassanein State of Palestine Khidmat Rafah
3MF Qais Taha State of Palestine Thaqafi Tulkarem
Esslam Al-Kafafi (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 Sweden KSF Prespa Birlik
4FW Wissam Bakkar Germany Berliner AK 07
4FW Danny Derbas (2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 Sweden Degerfors IF
4FW Mohammad Mahmoud (2005-02-13) 13 February 2005 Germany VfL Bochum
4FW Ahmed Shedeed State of Palestine Ahli Al-Khaleel

See also

References
  1. ""فدائي" الشباب يتأهل لنصف نهائي كأس العرب". وكالة الصحافة الفلسطينية. July 31, 2022.
  2. @FutbolPalestine (25 July 2022). "Palestine's U20 team won its first ever game at an Arab Cup in a game for the ages, defeating Sudan 5-3. Highligh…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "إعلان القائمة النهائية لمنتخب شباب فلسطين في كأس العرب". 20 July 2022.
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