Palestine women's national under-20 football team

Palestine

Nickname(s)	الفدائيات
Association	Palestinian Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Jina Khannouf
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	PLE
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),^[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.

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
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

Palestine  v    Nepal

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)

Northern Mariana Islands  v  Palestine

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

• Palestine women's national football team
• Palestine women's national under-17 football team
• Palestine national under-20 football team
• Women's football in Palestine
• Football in Palestine

References