Palestine at the AFC Asian Cup
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Palestine participated in their maiden AFC Asian Cup, the 2015 tournament, held in Australia. It was the first time Palestine qualified for the Asian Cup and in a major tournament, and this performance has been accredited for the rise of Palestine in the international arena, and the team is widely seen as the symbol of unity for Palestinians amidst the conflict between Hamas and Fatah over control of Palestinian Authority.[1] Their second competition appearance came in 2019. Palestine qualified for the Asian Cup for the third consecutive time in 2023. It was the first ever time that Palestine qualified for the knockout round of the Asian Cup bringing hope to Palestinians amidst the Gaza war.[2]
| AFC Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
 1956 to  1996 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 2000 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
 2004 |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||
    2007 |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||
 2011 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 2015 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | |
| 2019 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 8 | |
| 2023 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | |
 2027 | Qualified | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 4/19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 84 | 52 | |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
By match
| AFC Asian Cup History | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Score | Result |
| 2015 | |||
| Round 1 |  Palestine 0 – 4  Japan | Loss | |
| Round 1 | Palestine 1 – 5  Jordan | Loss | |
| Round 1 | Palestine 0 – 2  Iraq | Loss | |
| 2019 | |||
| Round 1 | Palestine 0 – 0  Syria | Draw | |
| Round 1 | Palestine 0 – 3 Australia | Loss | |
| Round 1 | Palestine 0 – 0 Jordan | Draw | |
| 2023 | |||
| Round 1 | Palestine 1 – 4  Iran | Loss | |
| Round 1 | Palestine 1 – 1 United Arab Emirates | Draw | |
| Round 1 | Palestine 3 – 0  Hong Kong | Win | |
| Round of 16 | Palestine 1 – 2 Qatar | Loss | |
