Hilal’s AFC Cup dream comes to an end
Heroic effort comes to an end Hilal Al-Quds succumbed to a 2-0 loss to Wehdat on Tuesday evening sealing their exit from the 2019 AFC Cup. The capital side could have topped Group A with a win and advanced to…
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Hilal Al-Quds keep AFC Cup hopes alive
The Asian Football Confederation did Hilal Al-Quds no favors. Nor did Asia’s governing body uphold its own decisions in regards to neutral grounds. Al-Nejmeh and Al-Jaish dictated the terms of conduct and that is what Palestine’s reigning champions had to…
Hilal Al-Quds and Al-Nejmeh to play on neutral ground in AFC Cup
Football Palestine has learned that the AFC has chosen to move both home and away matches between Hilal Al-Quds and Al-Nejmeh of Lebanon to a neutral location. The Lebanese side had refused to travel to Palestine to face the Palestinian…
Late penalty kick denies Palestine spot at AFC U23 Finals, Olympics
A talented generation of footballers will be denied the chance of appearing at the AFC U23 Championship for the second time running. A tightly contested affair ended 2-0 in favor of Bahrain with the deciding moment coming after Hani Abdallah…
Palestine edge Bangladesh 1-0 in Olympic qualifying
Palestine secured their second straight win of 2020 Olympic qualifying on Sunday, edging Bangladesh 1-0, and taking an important step to returning to the AFC U23 Championship Finals. Unlike when the two teams met two years ago in Hebron, this…
Palestine open Olympic qualifying with 9-0 rout of Sri Lanka
Palestine’s road to Tokyo 2020 got off to the best possible start on Friday afternoon with a historic rout of a hapless Sri Lanka side. The goals came early and often with Mahmoud Awesat netting the first goal after just…
Palestine’s U23 Team begin Tokyo 2020 campaign this week
Palestine have never been known for their great youth teams but the optics all changed in the summer of 2017 when Ayman Sandouqa and the Olympic team clinched a first ever berth at the AFC U23 Championships. At the finals…
Palestine’s Beach Soccer Team one win away from World Cup
There were always signs that Palestine’s beach Soccer Team was capable of competing at the Asian level but few would have expected Al-Fida’i to be where they are now. For a brief period at the beginning of the decade Palestine…
اتحاد كرة القدم الفلسطيني و استشراف المستقبل لتقدم المنتخب
الان و قد هدأت الأمور و تمخضت بطولة آسيا عن خروج المنتخب الفلسطيني و اضطررنا لقبول هذا. الواقع والتعامل معه بعقلانية وتقيم مهني آن الأوان ان يتم الإجابة بموضوعية و بطريقة عملية و علمية على التساؤل ما هو واقع حال…
For Palestine to progress; the PFA needs to invest in a manager with a vision
The dust has settled and most of us have begrudgingly coming to terms with Palestine’s exit from the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Now we must ask where does the national team go from here and how reasonable is it to…