Palestine women's national under-20 football team

Palestine
Nickname	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 9–0 Kuwait; (Aqaba, Jordan; 6 April 2025)
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.

While team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, it has won the WAFF U-20 Girls Championship in 2025.

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.

Current squad

The following 21 players were selected for the 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship in Aqaba, Jordan.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
		Layana Abou Zarzour		[[]]
		Najwa Sabagh		Serreyyeh
		Tala Alali		[[]]
		Hala Balbaisi		Serreyyeh
11	4FW	Miral Qassis	(2006-07-22) 22 July 2006 (age 19)	Zamalek
9		Rand Halawani		[[]]
4		Rein Maliha		Serreyyeh
		Tala Qirsh		Serreyyeh
		Reham Ghrouf		[[]]
12		Selina Ghneim		[[]]
		Laurena Naber		[[]]
14		Saba Elzamamiri	(2007-01-15) 15 January 2007 (age 19)	[[]]
6	4FW	Narin Abu Asfar	(2008-01-12) 12 January 2008 (age 18)	Rosengård
10	3MF	Rania Sansur	(2006-04-24) 24 April 2006 (age 20)	Audax Italiano
7	3MF	Dina Abdeen	(2006-11-21) 21 November 2006 (age 19)	South County
		Farah Shaheen		Petra Club
8		Malak Barakat	(2006-03-16) 16 March 2006 (age 20)	Nashama Al-Mustaqbal
20		Pia Kassis	(2008-09-26) 26 September 2008 (age 17)	Eleven Football Pro
1	1GK	Mirave Marouf		[[]]
		Yara Mansour		[[]]

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	Did not qualify									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									3rd 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
2026	To be determined
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
2024	Third-place	3rd of 4	3	1	1	1	3	3
2025	Champions	1st of 4	4	1	2	1	8	4
Total	Best: Champions	4/5	13	3	3	7	22	23

Recent results and matches

2024

28 November 2024 (2024-11-28) 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship	Palestine	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00	Abu Asfar 42', 90+3'	Report (PFA) Report (WAFF)	Al-Shnaifi 74'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)

2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship	Syria	Voided (3–1)	Palestine	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00	Mohammed 25' Kassis 35' (o.g.) Amer 48'	Report (WAFF)	Abdeen 55'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

4 December 2024 (2024-12-04) 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship	Palestine	1–1	Lebanon	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00	Barakat 45'	Report (WAFF)	Hasno 7'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)

2025

6 April 2025 (2025-04-06) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Kuwait	0–9	Palestine	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00		Report	Abdeen 13', 52' N. Phillips 17', 67' Qassis 42', 62', 65' Abu Asfar 48' Asad 53'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Ammar Abo Alo (Syria)

8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Palestine	0–3	Jordan	Aqaba, Jordan
19:00		Report Report (JFA)	Shqair 59' Al-Khawaja 72' Tamimi 79'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Haneen Marei (Lebanon)

10 April 2025 (2025-04-10) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Palestine	1–1	Syria	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00	N. Phillips 8'	Report	Al-Jany 83'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Esraa Al-Mbaiden (Jordan)

12 April 2025 (2025-04-12) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Jordan	1–1 (2–4 p)	Palestine	Aqaba, Jordan
15:00	Abbaas 77'	Report	Ghneim 50'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Doumouh Al-Bakkar (Lebanon)
	Penalties
	Abbaas Al-Saheli Silawi Shqair		Sansur Abdeen Asad N. Phillips Qassis

References

↑ "التطوير الفني هدف "شابات فلسطين" في غرب آسيا". Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
↑ "Jordan U19 vs. Palestine U19 - 18 October 2012 - Soccerway".
↑ "الجهاز الفني لمنتخب الشابات يعلن القائمة المشاركة في بطولة غرب آسيا". pfa.ps (in Arabic). Palestine Football Association. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.

[1] "التطوير الفني هدف "شابات فلسطين" في غرب آسيا". Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

[2] "Jordan U19 vs. Palestine U19 - 18 October 2012 - Soccerway".

[3] "الجهاز الفني لمنتخب الشابات يعلن القائمة المشاركة في بطولة غرب آسيا". pfa.ps (in Arabic). Palestine Football Association. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.

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