After much speculation and fanfare, Makram Dabboub finally revealed his Asian Cup qualifying squad. The national team is due to play Mongolia, Yemen, and Philippines in the space of one week between June 8th and June 14th. Before flying to…
The popular discourse surrounding the West Bank Premier League (WBPL) is that the standard has fallen off a cliff over the last couple of years. There are many indicators of this decline from the double edged sword of players moving…
Palestine will play their qualification matches in Mongolia as they attempt to qualify for their third successive Asian Cup finals. Palestine will kickoff qualifying on June 8th against hosts Mongolia followed by a match against Yemen on June 11th. Their…
After much silence we now know what Palestine’s path to the 2023 Asian Cup Finals will look like. The qualification tournament was delayed several times as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally meant to take place over six match…
The headlines since the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup have been dominated by one player and one player alone. Hosam Aiesh. The Swedish born winger/wing back was the subject of much speculation throughout 2017 and 2018 after he formally declared for…
This past month saw a flurry of transfer activity involving Palestinian players. Below is a summary of all the moves we saw over the last thirty days: Kaddoura stays put In a surprise move, Palestine’s second choice goalkeeper did not…
Another major tournament, another major failure for Palestine. The past seven years can be characterized, as Charles Dickens once put it, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Palestinian football has improved and evolved since…
Starting XI (4-4-2): Amr Kaddoura, Mohammed Saleh, Yaser Hamed Mayor, Abdelatif Bahdari, Mohammed Khalil (Ahmed Qatmish); Mahmoud Abu Warda, Odai Kharoub, Mohammed Rashid, Tamer Seyam; Khaled Salem (Mahmoud Eid), Reebal Dahamshe Substitutions: 80’ Mahmoud Eid FOR Khaled Salem 80’ Ahmed…
What: 2021 FIFA Arab Cup When: Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 Where: 974 Stadium, Doha, Qatar Kickoff: 5 PM Jerusalem Time Previous Encounters 14.10.1976| Palestine 2:1 Jordan| 1976 Pan Arab Games* 06.06.1997| Palestine 1:1 Jordan| Friendly* 26.07|1997| Palestine 1:1 Jordan| 1998…
Starting XI (4-3-3): Amr Kaddoura, Mohammed Saleh, Yaser Hamed Mayor, Abdelatif Bahdari, Mohammed Khalil; Mohammed Rashid (Mohammed Darweesh), Mohammed Yamin (Odai Kharoub), Mahmoud Abu Warda; Layth Kharoub (Mahmoud Eid), Khaled Salem (Reebal Dahamshe), Tamer Seyam Substitutions: 46’ Odai Kharoub FOR…
