The Palestine women's national under-20 football team, colloquially known as "The Redeemers" (Arabic: الفدائيات),[1] is the official national team that represents Palestine in football for young women. The team is controlled by the Palestinian Football Association. It is sometimes referred to as the under-19 or under-18 national team.
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| Nickname(s) | الفدائيات |
|---|---|
| Association | Palestinian Football Association |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) |
| Head coach | Jina Khannouf |
| Home stadium | Various |
| FIFA code | PLE |
| First international | |
Jordan  8–0  Palestine(Amman, Jordan; 18 October 2012) | |
| Biggest win | |
Palestine 7–0  Kuwait(Isa Town, Bahrain; 31 December 2019) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Myanmar  10–0 Palestine(Yangon, Myanmar; 20 December 2016) | |
The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup and has not achieved any achievement so far.
History edit
The women's national team played its first competitive match against Jordan on 18 October 2012 during the Asian Cup qualifiers. It ended with an 8–0 loss.[2] They lost to Iran by the same margin in the following game, and they tied Tajikistan 2–2 in the penultimate game to earn Palestine its first-ever point. By goal differential versus Tajikistan, Palestine came in bottom.
Competitive record edit
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup edit
| FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 2002
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
 2004
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 2006
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 2008
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 2010
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 2012
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| 2014
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Did not qualify | The 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
 2016
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The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
 2018
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The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
 2022
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Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
 2024
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Did not qualify | The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
 2026
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To be determined | The 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup edit
| AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 2002
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Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
 2004
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 2006
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| 2007
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| 2009
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 2011
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| 2013
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Did not qualify | 4th of 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| 2015
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Did not qualify | 3th of 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2017
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Did not qualify | 4th of 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||
| 2019
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Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
 2024
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Did not qualify | 2nd of 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
| Total | – | 0/11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 56 | |
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship edit
| WAFF U-18 Girls Championship record | ||||||||
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| Host nation(s)
and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 2018
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Third-place | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
 2019
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Fourth-place | 4th of 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| 2022
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Withdrew | |||||||
| Total | Best: third-place | 2/3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Recent results and matches edit
2023 edit
| 8 March 2023 2024 AFC U-20 qualification | Palestine | 0–6 |  Nepal | Al-Ram, Palestine |
| 15:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan) |
| 10 March 2023 2024 AFC U-20 qualification | Northern Mariana Islands  | 1–3 | Palestine | Al-Ram, Palestine |
| 15:00 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand) |