According to the Palestine Football Association, Palestine was the first Asian Arab team to participate in international competition. They are of course referring to the 1934 and 1938 World Cup qualifiers. In 1928 the Palestine Football Association was established in…
It’s not often we get to celebrate victories of the non-moral variety here at Football Palestine. Indeed, the last time the senior team recorded a win was in 2006 during the Challenge Cup, triumphing 4-0 over Cambodia. June 2006 saw…
Last week the Olympic team hosted Tunisia who became the second country to play in Palestine. The game ended 3-0 in favor of the Tunisians. Despite the loss, it seems that development of the Olympic team has been made a…
No doubt this match will be hugely overshadowed by all the World Cup qualifying playoffs. The Olympic teams of Palestine and Tunisia face off on the 18th of November at the Faisal Husseini stadium.
According to Ramattan news agency, the PFA is in contact with the football bodies of 6 Arab countries(Lebanon, Syria, KSA, Qatar, Yemen, Kuwait) to arrange friendly matches.
I find it amusing how some in the ‘western’ media try to sensationalize happenings in the Middle East and elsewhere based on cultural differences….Remember when that journalist threw a shoe at Bush? Reading articles on cnn.com and others, youd notice…
On October 26th 2009 in a repeat of their male counterpart’s encounter on the same day last year, Palestine and Jordan’s womens national teams faced off in a friendly in the Faisal-Husseini stadium. The match ended in a 2-2 draw,…
We have discussed before the steps needed to be taken to ensure future successes…we could say that this is a continuation of that discussion.I have always maintained that the defense is the most important element of a team. It provides…
So Palestine was knocked out of World Cup Qualifying two years ago, but go ahead and celebrate because Israel has just been officially knocked out of qualifying by virtue of Greece’s 2-1 victory over Luxembourg and Israel’s 0-0 draw against…
As my co-poster ‘Fernando’ predicted, excellent support for the team. Those fans in the stands, thats what its all about…
