Newly acquired Jabal Al-Mukaber goalkeeper Majdi Khalaila Jamal Mahmoud has begun working out which 23 players to take to Nepal with their opening game against the hosts less than 50 days away. Due to the tournament not being held in…
The current surge of able midfielders notwithstanding, we have yet to see a player in the mold of Roberto Kettlun wear the Palestine shirt. Making his debut in the 2002 Pan-Arab cup in Kuwait, the Chilean-Palestinian wowed audiences with his…
Palestine will make history once again next month when it faces its first UEFA side since re-entering FIFA in 1998. The friendly will take place next month on the first official FIFA match day of 2012 (February 29th) with Dubai…
It takes time to build a national team. It also takes vision, superior communication skills, and a little bit of luck as well. At the time of writing, many of the world’s most established sides are in transition. Argentina, Egypt,…
The 24 hour news channels would have kept us entertained otherwise, but we had a lot to cover in 2011. It would be a disservice not to provide you with a recap of what was a roller-coaster year. So lets…
Ranking evolution – 2011 (source: FIFA.com) 2011 Results (source: FIFA.com) – click to enlargeNote: Jordan and Libya Pan Arab Games matches not FIFA recognized, by request of their FAsAlso not included: unofficial friendlies with Pakistan & South Africa’s development squad…
Below is a quick rundown of how each player preformed at the Pan Arab Games. Instead of rating players on a scale of 1-10 they are in general categories. IMPROVING Haitham Dheeb: Played the most minutes and started every single…
Palestine Starting XI: Toufic Ali; Harbi, Al-Masri, Dheeb, Fares; Abu Saleh, Ismail, Kawre’, Nu’man; Amour; Alyan. Substitutions: Alyan <-> Obeid / Kawre’ <-> Khader Youssef / Dheeb <-> Abu Bilal What it Means: Palestine finish in fourth place, a more…
What: Bronze Medal Match, 2011 Pan Arab Games When: December 22nd, 2011 Where: Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar Kickoff: 1630 GMT TV: Al-Jazeera/Al-Kass Stream Previous Encounters: 08/10/2003 Kuwait 4:0 Palestine 05/10/2003 Kuwait 2:1 Palestine 25/12/2002 Kuwait 3:3 Palestine Kuwait and Palestine…
Palestine Starting XI: Saidawi (c), Abu Saleh, Al-Masri, Dheeb, Fares; Ismail, Kahder Youssef; Amour, El-Khatib, Zatara; Nu’man. Subs: Al-Masri <-> Harbi / Zatara <-> Abu Bilal / Amour <-> Salem Goals: Ashraf Nu’man 40′ (p.) What it Means: Palestine will…
