Palestine women's national under-20 football team

Palestine

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 9–0 Kuwait (Aqaba, Jordan; 6 April 2025)
Biggest defeat
Myanmar 10–0 Palestine (Yangon, Myanmar; 20 December 2016)

The Palestine women's national under-20 football team, colloquially known as "The Redeemers" (Arabic: الفدائيات), 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.

While team has never qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup or the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, it has won the WAFF U-20 Girls Championship in 2025.

History

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. 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.

Current squad

The following 21 players were selected for the 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship in Aqaba, Jordan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
		Layana Abou Zarzour		[[]]
		Najwa Sabagh		Serreyyeh
		Tala Alali		[[]]
		Hala Balbaisi		Serreyyeh
11	4FW	Miral Qassis	(2006-07-22) 22 July 2006	Zamalek
9		Rand Halawani		[[]]
4		Rein Maliha		Serreyyeh
		Tala Qirsh		Serreyyeh
		Reham Ghrouf		[[]]
12		Selina Ghneim		[[]]
		Laurena Naber		[[]]
14		Saba Elzamamiri	(2007-01-15) 15 January 2007	[[]]
6	4FW	Narin Abu Asfar	(2008-01-12) 12 January 2008	Rosengård
10	3MF	Rania Sansur	(2006-04-24) 24 April 2006	Audax Italiano
7	3MF	Dina Abdeen	(2006-11-21) 21 November 2006	South County
		Farah Shaheen		Petra Club
8		Malak Barakat	(2006-03-16) 16 March 2006	Nashama Al-Mustaqbal
20		Pia Kassis	(2008-09-26) 26 September 2008	Eleven Football Pro
1	1GK	Mirave Marouf		[[]]
		Yara Mansour		[[]]

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record											Qualification record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Did not enter										Did not enter
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014	Did not qualify										The 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2016											The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2018											The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship served as the qualifying tournament
2022	Withdrew										Withdrew
2024	Did not qualify										The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
2026	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

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup record											Qualification record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Did not enter										Did not enter
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013	Did not qualify										4th of 4	3	0	1	2	2	18
2015	Did not qualify										3th of 3	2	0	1	1	0	6
2017	Did not qualify										4th of 4	3	0	0	3	0	25
2019	Withdrew										Withdrew
2024	Did not qualify										2nd of 3	2	1	0	1	3	7
2026	To be determined										To be determined
Total	–	0/11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		Total	10	1	2	7	5	56

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship record
Host nation(s) and year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018	Third-place	3rd of 3	2	0	0	2	1	7
2019	Fourth-place	4th of 7	4	1	0	3	10	9
2022	Withdrew
2024	Third-place	3rd of 4	3	1	1	1	3	3
2025	Champions	1st of 4	4	1	2	1	8	4
Total	Best: Champions	4/5	13	3	3	7	22	23

Recent results and matches

2024

Palestine v Saudi Arabia

28 November 2024 (2024-11-28) 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship	Palestine	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00	Abu Asfar 42', 90+3'	Report (PFA) Report (WAFF)	Al-Shnaifi 74'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)

Syria v Palestine

2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship	Syria	Voided (3–1)	Palestine	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00	Mohammed 25' Kassis 35' (o.g.) Amer 48'	Report (WAFF)	Abdeen 55'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

Palestine v Lebanon

4 December 2024 (2024-12-04) 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship	Palestine	1–1	Lebanon	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00	Barakat 45'	Report (WAFF)	Hasno 7'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)

2025

Kuwait v Palestine

6 April 2025 (2025-04-06) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Kuwait	0–9	Palestine	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00		Report	Abdeen 13', 52' N. Phillips 17', 67' Qassis 42', 62', 65' Abu Asfar 48' Asad 53'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Ammar Abo Alo (Syria)

Palestine v Jordan

8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Palestine	0–3	Jordan	Aqaba, Jordan
19:00		Report Report (JFA)	Shqair 59' Al-Khawaja 72' Tamimi 79'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Haneen Marei (Lebanon)

Palestine v Syria

10 April 2025 (2025-04-10) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Palestine	1–1	Syria	Aqaba, Jordan
16:00	N. Phillips 8'	Report	Al-Jany 83'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Esraa Al-Mbaiden (Jordan)

Jordan v Palestine

12 April 2025 (2025-04-12) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Jordan	1–1 (2–4 p)	Palestine	Aqaba, Jordan
15:00	Abbaas 77'	Report	Ghneim 50'	Stadium: Aqaba Stadium Referee: Doumouh Al-Bakkar (Lebanon)
	Penalties
	Abbaas Al-Saheli Silawi Shqair		Sansur Abdeen Asad N. Phillips Qassis

See also

• Palestine women's national football team
• Palestine women's national under-17 football team
• Palestine national under-20 football team
• Women's football in Palestine
• Football in Palestine