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Palestinian Football Association - Wikipedia

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Palestinian Football Association
AFC

Short name	PFA
Founded	1998; 26 years ago (1998)^[1]
Headquarters	Jerusalem
FIFA affiliation	Provisional: 31 May 1995^[2] Full member: 1998
AFC affiliation	1995 (Provisional member), 1998
WAFF affiliation	2000
President	Jibril Rajoub
Website	pfa.ps

The Palestinian Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة القدم) is the governing body for football in Palestine, and for the men's Palestine national football team and the Palestine women's national football team.^[3]^[4]

History

Palestinian Jewish formation

The Mandatory Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1928 in the British Mandate of Palestine. Its national team, Mandatory Palestine national football team, participated in qualifying rounds for the 1934 Football World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup. In 1948 it changed its name to Israel Football Association.^[5]^[6]

Palestinian Arab formation

A Palestine Football Association representing the Palestinian Arabs was formed in 1962^[7] and has been a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations since that was formed in 1974.^[8]

Palestinian Authority

It was accepted as a member by FIFA in 1998, after the creation of the Palestinian Authority.^[9] The PFA has also been a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 1998, in the West Asian Football Federation.^[7]

On 11 February 2011, the PFA formed the first women's league.^[10]

Divisions

The football division system is parted into two: the West Bank and Gaza Strip. There is a men's West Bank Premier League and a men's Gaza Strip Premier League^[11] as well as a West Bank Women's League.^[12]

Management

President: General Jibril Rajoub
First Vice-president: Ibrahim Abu Saleem
Vice-president: Susan Shalabi, Ziab El Khatib
General Secretary: Omar Abu Hashia

Name	Position	Source
Jibril Rajoub	President	^[13]^[14]
Ibrahim Abu Salim	Vice President	^[13]^[14]
Susan Shalabi Molano	2nd Vice President	^[14]
Ziad Bekai	3rd Vice President	^[14]
Firas Abu Hilal	General Secretary	^[13]^[14]
Ibrahim Eleyan	Treasurer	^[13]
Abdalnasser Barakat	Technical Director	^[13]^[14]
Makram Daboub	Team Coach (Men's)	^[13]^[14]
Ahmad Sharaf	Team Coach (Women's)	^[13]^[14]
Ghassan Jaradat	Media/Communications Manager	^[13]
Anan Waleed	Futsal Coordinator	^[13]
Hussam Al Hussein	Referee Coordinator	^[13]

References

^ FIFA.com. "Member Association – Palestine – FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
^ "Presidential Election Item 13 on FIFA Congress Agenda". fifa.com. FIFA. 16 April 1998. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014.
^ "Soccer is Under Fire in Palestine". vice.com. Vice. 24 June 2014.
^ "Football in Palestine: Power, conflict, and hope". 18 January 2021.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Israel". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
^ [1] - History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year). See page #3, third remark (or page #5, fifth remark), regarding Mandatory Palestine being the forerunner of Israel. Retrieved on 14 April 2020
^ ^a ^b "Palestinian footballers: National team without a state – DW – 11/16/2023". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
^ admin (2021-10-08). "Palestine Goes International: On Palestinian Achievements in Sports throughout the Decades". Palestine Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
^ "Member Association - Palestine". www.fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on January 15, 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
^ "Women's league kicks-off in Palestine". www.the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 February 2011.
^ Khaled, Ali (2015-07-27). "Football in times of crisis: Palestine's game endures in the face of tragedy". The National. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
^ von der Lippe, Gerd (2020-07-02). "'We can!' – women's football in the Occupied West Bank". European Journal for Sport and Society. 17 (3): 214–230. doi:10.1080/16138171.2020.1792073. ISSN 1613-8171.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j FIFA.com. "Member Association - Palestine". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

External links

Official website (in Arabic)
Palestine at the FIFA website

Palestine national football team

History
Palestinian Football Association

Venues

Records and statistics

Team	Statistics By opponent Per manager Records
Individual	Caps Goals Hat-tricks Captaincies

Players

Results

Men's	Official 1998–2009 2010–19 2020–present
Women's	Official

AFC Asian Cup

Other tournaments

Noted matches

2014 AFC Challenge Cup final

Culture

Kit, colours and nickname
- Kit history

Other PFA teams

Men's	Youth U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach
Women's	Senior U-20 U-17

v t e Football in the State of Palestine
Palestinian Football Federation
National teams	Men's All-time record AFC Asian Cup summary Results U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's
League competitions	Gaza Strip Premier League First League Second League West Bank Premier League First League Second League
Cups	Palestine Cup Gaza Strip Cup West Bank Cup Yasser Arafat Cup Super Cups Gaza Strip West Bank
Defunct competitions	Palestine Premier League
Related	Mandatory Palestine national football team

v t e National football associations of Asia (AFC)
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands^† North Korea South Korea Chinese Taipei
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Defunct	South Yemen
^† denote full Member Association is not a FIFA member

Union of Arab Football Associations

International competitions

Club competitions

Youth competitions

Women's competitions

Arab Women's Cup

Women's youth competitions

Arab U-17 Women's Cup

Related competitions

AGCFF / GCC	Arabian Gulf Cup U-23 Championship U-20 Championship U-17 Championship AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League GCC Futsal Cup
UNAF	UNAF Tournament U-23 Tournament U-20 Tournament U-18 Tournament U-17 Tournament U-15 Tournament Futsal tournament Women's tournament U-21 women's tournament U-20 women's tournament CAF W-CL UNAF Qualifiers UNAF Club Cup (defunct) Cup of Champions (defunct) Cup Winners Cup (defunct) Super Cup (defunct) W-Club Tournament (defunct)
CECAFA	CECAFA Cup U-20 Championship U-17 Championship Kagame Interclub Cup
WAGF / WAFF	WAFF Championship West Asian Games
ANOCA, OCA / CAF, AFC	Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Afro-Asian Games Afro-Asian Club Championship
ISSF	Islamic Solidarity Games
IMGC	Mediterranean Games
Other	Palestine Cup (defunct)

National teams

Men's	Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen
Women's	Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen

uafa-ac.com

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