Palestine national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
الفدائيون (The Fedayeen) الفرسان (The Knights) أسود كنعان (Lions of Canaan) |
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| Association | Palestinian Football Association |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) |
| Head coach | Abdel Nasser Barakat |
| Captain | Abdelatif Bahdari |
| Most caps | Ramzi Saleh (107) |
| Top scorer | Fahed Attal, Ashraf Nu'man (14) |
| Home stadium | Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium |
| FIFA code | PLE |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 131  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 85 (July 2014) |
| Lowest | 191 (April–August 1999) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 119 (29 June 2016) |
| Highest | 118 (Spring 2016) |
| Lowest | 159 (October 2011) |
| First international | |
 Egypt 8–1 Palestine  (Alexandria, Egypt; 26 July 1953) |
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| Biggest win | |
Palestine 11–0 Guam  (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 1 April 2006) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Egypt 8–1 Palestine (Alexandria, Egypt; 26 July 1953)  Iran 7–0 Palestine (Tehran, Iran; 5 October 2011) |
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| Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2015) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2015 |
The Palestine national football team (Arabic: منتخب فلسطين لكرة القدم) is the national football team of Palestinian National Authority and represents the Authority in international football.
A football federation in Mandatory Palestine was founded in 1928; However, a team for a future Arab state to be called Palestine was first recognized by FIFA in 1998, after the creation of the Palestinian National Authority. Palestine has yet to qualify for the World Cup. They first qualified for the Asian Cup in May 2014, after beating the Philippines 1–0 in the AFC Challenge Cup final. At the finals in Australia, they were eliminated in the group stage.
The team reached an all-time high position of 85th in the FIFA ranking in July 2014 after winning the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. Following their recognition by FIFA, the team played no official fixtures in the Palestinian territories due to security concerns until a match on 26 October 2008 against Jordan in the newly renovated Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in Al-Ram north of Jerusalem, which finished in a 1–1 draw. In recognition of their efforts the Palestinian Football Federation was awarded FIFA's inaugural Development Award and AFC National Team of the Year.
Palestine applied to, and was admitted into FIFA in 1998. They played their first friendly matches against Lebanon, Jordan and Syria in July 1998. The following year, the team, led by Israeli-Arab coach Azmi Nasser took part in the 1999 Pan Arab Games, in which they won the bronze medal after beating Syria, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, while only losing to hosts Jordan.
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