Palestine national football team
national association football team
Palestine national football team is the national football team of Palestine.
| Nickname(s) | أسود كنعان (Lions of Canaan)[1] الفدائيون (The Fedayeen) الفرسان (The Knights) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Palestinian Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Noureddine Ould Ali | ||
| Captain | Abdelatif Bahdari | ||
| Most caps | Ramzi Saleh (68) [2] | ||
| Top scorer | Fahed Attal (14)[2] | ||
| Home stadium | Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | PLE | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 93  1 (22 December 2022)[3] | ||
| Highest | 73 (February–March 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 191 (April–August 1999) | ||
| First international | |||
 Egypt 8–1 Palestine  (Alexandria, Egypt; 26 July 1953) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Palestine 11–0 Guam  (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 1 April 2006) Palestine 10–0 Bhutan  (Hebron, Palestine; 10 October 2017)  Northern Mariana Islands 0–9 Palestine (Kathmandu, Nepal; 4 March 2013) Palestine 9–1 Vatican City  (Al-Khader, Palestine; 12 June 2011) Palestine 8–0 Chinese Taipei  (Al Wakrah, Qatar; 18 February 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Egypt 8–1 Palestine (Alexandria, Egypt; 26 July 1953)  Iran 7–0 Palestine (Tehran, Iran; 5 October 2011) | |||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2015) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2015 and 2019) | ||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Smale, Simon. "Who the Socceroos are facing as the Asian Cup kicks off, and when to watch". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Player Database". www.footballpalestine.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
