2012 Calendar
Nepal 2012: March 8-19th The most important tourney in 2012 for the Palestinian National Team is the Challenge Cup, due to be held in Nepal in six weeks. The eventual winner will qualify directly for the 2015 Asian Cup, so…
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Ali El-Khatib on the verge of controversial move to Hapoel Haifa
Ali El-Khatib during his trial at Hapoel Haifa [UPDATE 01/28/2012]: Ali El-Khatib made his debut against Maccabi Netanya coming off the bench in the second half. Ali El-Khatib has caused quite a stir this season. The 22 year-old winger has…
Mahmoud hands opportunity to fringe players
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…
Interview: Roberto ‘The Maestro’ Kettlun
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 to face Azerbaijan in Dubai
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…
Two months in, Jamal Mahmoud has outdone predecessors and colleagues
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,…
2011: A Review (National Team)
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…
Snapshot – 2011
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…
Assessing player performance at Pan Arab Games
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…
Rapid Reaction: Palestine 0 (0-3 aet) 0 Kuwait (Pan Arab Games)
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…