As a part of Palestine’s quest to qualify for their second straight Asian Cup campaign, Football Palestine is launching a video series entitled Palestine: Road to UAE 2019 highlighting the team’s endeavors. Part one of the six part series is now available on…
Raed Assaf- back at the helm again. Shabab Al-Khaleel breathed easy this weekend with a 2-0 win over Shabab Al-Dora. The stress was so visible on the faces of the defending champions that goalkeeper Ghanem Mahajneh burst into tears upon…
Palestine, for the first time in a long time, have a teen sensation on their hands. Given the less than spectacular youth development scheme this comes as a bit of a rarity. So called “young” players in Palestine tend to…
Palestine in their last official game (Friendly vs. Lebanon) Over the weekend, national team manager Abdel Nasser Barakat and the Palestinian Football Association released their plan for Asian Cup qualifying preparation. For the next month, the national team will train…
Anyway you slice it, Palestine dodged a bullet during last month’s Asian Cup qualifying draw avoiding the group of death alongside the likes of Lebanon and Korea DPR. Instead, they have had the fortune of landing in Group D- where…
What started out well for the Hebronite side ended in complete disaster. Protecting a slender 2-1 advantage, Shabab Al-Khaleel knew that a place at the group stage of the AFC Cup would be theirs if they could defend stoutly. Their…
Carlos Salom: first Palestinian to score in both South American cup competitions When the AFC announced a reduction in Palestine’s AFC Cup allocation in December of last year it seemed improbable to envision a week like the one we are…
A second half fight back saw Shabab Al-Khaleel capture an important victory in the first leg of their 2017 AFC Cup playoff vs. Al-Suwaiq. The Omani side gained access to the competition vis-a-vis their status as runners up in the…
