Palestine women's national under-20 football team

The Palestine women's national under-20 football team, colloquially known as "The Redeemers" (Arabic: الفدائيات),[1] is the official national team that represents Palestine in football for young women. The team is controlled by the Palestinian Football Association. It is sometimes referred to as the under-19 or under-18 national team.

Palestine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)الفدائيات
AssociationPalestinian Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachJina Khannouf
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codePLE
First international
Jordan  8–0  Palestine
(Amman, Jordan; 18 October 2012)
Biggest win
Palestine  7–0  Kuwait
(Isa Town, Bahrain; 31 December 2019)
Biggest defeat
Myanmar  10–0  Palestine
(Yangon, Myanmar; 20 December 2016)

The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup and has not achieved any achievement so far.

History

The women's national team played its first competitive match against Jordan on 18 October 2012 during the Asian Cup qualifiers. It ended with an 8–0 loss.[2] They lost to Iran by the same margin in the following game, and they tied Tajikistan 2–2 in the penultimate game to earn Palestine its first-ever point. By goal differential versus Tajikistan, Palestine came in bottom.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-20 Women's 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
Canada 2002 Did not enter Did not enter
Thailand 2004
Russia 2006
Chile 2008
Germany 2010
Japan 2012
Canada 2014 Did not qualify The 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Papua New Guinea 2016 The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
France 2018 The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Costa Rica 2022 Withdrew Withdrew
Colombia 2024 Did not qualify The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
Total–0/11––––––– Total––––––

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
AFC U-20 Women's 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
India 2002 Did not enter Did not enter
China 2004
Malaysia 2006
China 2007
China 2009
Vietnam 2011
China 2013 Did not qualify 4th of 43012218
China 2015 Did not qualify 3th of 3201106
China 2017 Did not qualify 4th of 43003025
Thailand 2019 Withdrew Withdrew
Uzbekistan 2024 Did not qualify 2nd of 3210137
Total–0/11––––––– Total10127556

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s)

and year

 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
Lebanon 2018 Third-place3rd of 3200217
Bahrain 2019 Fourth-place4th of 74103109
Lebanon 2022 Withdrew
TotalBest: third-place2/361051116

Recent results and matches

2023
8 March 2023 2024 AFC U-20 qualification Palestine  0–6    Nepal Al-Ram, Palestine
15:00 UTC+2 Report
  • Shahi 22' (pen.), 68', 75', 85'
  • Rai 30', 81'
 Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
10 March 2023 2024 AFC U-20 qualification Northern Mariana Islands  1–3  Palestine Al-Ram, Palestine
15:00 UTC+2
  • K. Chavez 87'
 Report
  • Qassis 50', 90+6'
  • El Zamamiri 61'
 Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand)

See also

References
  1. "التطوير الفني هدف "شابات فلسطين" في غرب آسيا".
  2. "Jordan U19 vs. Palestine U19 - 18 October 2012 - Soccerway".
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