Palestine national under-17 football team
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The Palestine national under-17 football team, represents Palestine in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Palestinian Football Association, the governing body for football in Palestine. The team has yet to qualify for either the FIFA U-17 World Cup or the AFC U-17 Asian Cup.
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| Nickname | الفدائيون (The Fedayeen) | ||
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| Association | Palestinian Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Firas Abu Radwan[1] | ||
| FIFA code | PLE | ||
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| First international | |||
Palestine  0–6  Kuwait(Muscat, Oman; 20 July 1998) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Guam  0–4 Palestine(Cibinong, Indonesia; 9 October 2022) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Oman  11–0 Palestine(Muscat, Oman; 24 July 1998) | |||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| AFC U-17 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
Competition history
FIFA U-17 World Cup Championship record
AFC U-17 Asian Cup record
| AFC U-17 Asian Cup record | AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1985 |
Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 |
Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | ||||||||
 2000 |
Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 |
Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | ||||||||
 2004 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | |||||||||
 2006 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | |||||||||
 2008 |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 26 | −22 | |||||||||
| 2010 |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | −14 | |||||||||
 2012 |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | |||||||||
| 2014 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | |||||||||
 2016 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | |||||||||
 2018 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | |||||||||
 2020 |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | |||||||||
| 2023 |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −6 | |||||||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 34 | 140 | −106 | |
Arab Cup U-17
| Arab Cup U-17 record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 2011 |
Group stage | 8th of 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | – |
 2012 |
Did not participate | ||||||||
| 2014 |
Group stage | 7th of 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | – |
 2021 |
Cancelled | ||||||||
 2022 |
Group stage | 14th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
 2026 |
To be determined | ||||||||
 2027 | |||||||||
 2028 | |||||||||
| 2029 | |||||||||
| Total | Best: Group stage | 3/4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 29 | – |
WAFF U-16 Championship
| WAFF U-16 Championship record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
| 2005 |
Group stage | 6th of 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | – | |
 2007 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
 2009 |
Group stage | 7th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | |
| 2013 |
Group stage | 5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | – | |
| 2015 |
Group stage | 4th of 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | – | |
| 2018 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2019 |
7th-9th place round | 9th of 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | – | |
| 2021 |
Group stage | 8th of 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2022 |
Group stage | 7th of 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | – | |
| 2024 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Total | Best: Group stage | 7/9 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 64 | – | |
Results and fixtures
| 3 September 2024 2024 WAFF U-16 Championship GS | Palestine | 3–0 Awarded[note 1] | Bahrain | Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa |
| 20:00 | Report |
| 5 September 2024 2024 WAFF U-16 Championship GS | Syria | 1–1 | Palestine | Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa |
| 17:00 |
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| 9 September 2024 2024 WAFF U-16 Championship SF | Saudi Arabia | 2-1 | Palestine | Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa |
| 17:00 |
Players
Current Squad
The following 23 players were selected for the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Hamza Fahid Sobhieh | 13 August 2009 |  Stabæk | ||
| 16 | GK | Rayan Al-Torok | 1 April 2011 |  Granada | ||
| 22 | GK | Abdulraheem Ayyad | 7 February 2009 | Joseph Blatter Academy | ||
| 3 | DF | Kamal Hasan | 31 March 2010 | Joseph Blatter Academy | ||
| 4 | DF | Ahmad Hamadna (captain) | 26 March 2009 | Joseph Blatter Academy | ||
| 5 | DF | Talal Ahmad | 1 January 2009 |  Riyadi Abbasiyah | ||
| 15 | DF | Jameel Khair | 19 April 2009 | Orthodoxi Beit Sahour | ||
| 12 | DF | Mohammad Thabet | 5 October 2009 | Shaqba Academy | ||
| 17 | DF | Saleem Arzeqat | Ahli Al-Khaleel | |||
| 2 | DF | Ahmad Abou Lebde | 16 December 2009 |  Næsby BK | ||
| 18 | DF | Mustafa Al-Kabra | 20 March 2009 | Lillestrøm | ||
| 6 | MF | Mohammad Jamhour | 22 April 2010 |  Inter Miami | ||
| 14 | MF | Amin El-Haj | 22 June 2009 |  Berliner AK 07 | ||
| 8 | MF | Adam Amireh | 29 October 2010 | Charlotte FC | ||
| 13 | MF | Omar Jaber | Mamoun Al-Khateeb | |||
| 19 | MF | Jamal Obeid | 17 August 2009 | Thaqafi Tulkarm | ||
| 10 | MF | Zayn Al-Ghazawi | 18 December 2009 |  Le Havre | ||
| 7 | FW | Osaid Anaya | 27 April 2009 | Master Coach Academy | ||
| 21 | FW | Amin Idriss | 31 March 2009 | Tadamon Sour | ||
| 11 | FW | Adam Kafafi | 17 June 2009 | Shabab Al Ahli | ||
| 20 | FW | Mohee Hasasneh | 10 January 2009 | Shabab Al Ubeidiya | ||
| 9 | FW | Yazan Khalefah | 19 February 2010 | Hilal Al-Quds | ||
| 23 | FW | Amir Jomah | 28 June 2009 |  Vasalunds IF | ||