Palestine women's national under-20 football 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 Palestine women's national under-20 football team, colloquially known as "The Redeemers" (Arabic: الفدائيات), 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.

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. 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
2002 Did not enter Did not enter
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014 Did not qualify The 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2016 The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2018 The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2022 Withdrew Withdrew
2024 Did not qualify The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
2026 To be determined The 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total 0/12 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
2002 Did not enter Did not enter
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013 Did not qualify 4th of 4 3 0 1 2 2 18
2015 Did not qualify 3th of 3 2 0 1 1 0 6
2017 Did not qualify 4th of 4 3 0 0 3 0 25
2019 Withdrew Withdrew
2024 Did not qualify 2nd of 3 2 1 0 1 3 7
Total 0/11 Total 10 1 2 7 5 56

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

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

and year

Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA
2018 Third-place 3rd of 3 2 0 0 2 1 7
2019 Fourth-place 4th of 7 4 1 0 3 10 9
2022 Withdrew
Total Best: third-place 2/3 6 1 0 5 11 16

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