National Team manager Jamal Mahmoud has announced that Palestine will play a total of four friendlies ahead of the 2012 WAFF Championship. The biennial tournament is slated to run from December 8-20 and will take place in Kuwait. Palestine have…
Group A rivals, Kuwait won the 2010 edition at the first time of asking. By all accounts Palestine lucked out in yesterday’s 2012 WAFF Championship draw; that’s not to say that they should be celebrating a first-ever semifinal berth just…
The draw for the 7th edition of the West Asian Football Federation Championship was announced today and not everything went totally to plan. The United Arab Emirates, in the midst of a rebuilding process after crashing out of World Cup…
Friend of the blog Juan Carlos Galindo recently interviewed National Team CB Omar Jarun for his blog De Penalty. Below are pertinent excerpts translated from Spanish. For those interested in Galindo’s coverage of Palestinian Football his articles are available here, here,…
Yesterday we assessed the potential fortunes of the eight returning WBPL teams. Today, we’ll be looking at how the four newly promoted teams will fare in their new surroundings: Ahli Al-Khaleel (AAK) Key Man: Khaldoun Al-Halman IN: Baha Dhiyab (GK/Jabal…
After a three-month layoff, domestic football is back! We’ve been treated to two great Cup Finals to open this season with Shabab Al-Dhahrieh beating league champions Hilal Al-Quds in the Super Cup and Al-Am’ary returning to its title-winning ways with…
I’ve put together this list to keep track of the growing amount of Palestinian players playing their football abroad. Only players previously uncapped by a national side will be included (please do not mention the Sharbini brothers). Belgium (1): Omar…
Jordan bound: Ismail Amour After much speculation, Ismail Amour, regarded as on of the premier talents in the WBPL has elected to move abroad. Al-Yarmouk (JOR) did not disclose the transfer fee paid to Al-Am’ary to secure the services of…
Jarun (R), Charleroi’s latest Zebra Two well-travelled and experienced Palestinian National Team players have found new clubs this past week. Omar Jarun who had spent the past three years in the Polish First Division with Flota Swinoujscie, Pogon Szczecin, and…
It’s been pretty slow going on the national team front since the culmination of the Arab Nations Cup which can only mean one thing- the silly season is here! Below is a synopsis of all the transfer action and rumors. …
