Palestine national under-23 football team

The Palestine national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب فلسطين تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم‎), also known as the Palestine Olympic football team (Arabic: منتخب فلسطين الأولمبي لكرة القدم‎), represents Palestine in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games, and the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international football tournament. The team also serves as the national under-22 football team of Palestine.

Palestine under-23
Nickname(s)المنتخب الاولمبي‎ (The Olympic Team)
AssociationPalestinian Football Association
(الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة القدم‎)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachIhab Abu Jazar
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codePLE
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Iran 2–2 Palestine 
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 4 April 2002)
Biggest win
 Palestine 9–0 Sri Lanka 
(Isa Town, Bahrain; 22 March 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Bahrain 5–0 Palestine 
(Beirut, Lebanon; 5 October 2002)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2018)

The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for the Olympics which allows the men's team up to three overage players. The team is controlled by the Palestinian Football Association. The side has never qualified for the Olympic Games. They have participated five times in the Asian Games and once in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[1]

Competitive record

Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games record Qualification record
Host nation,
city and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1908–1988 See Palestine national team See Palestine national team
Barcelona 1992 Did not participate Did not participate
Atlanta 1996
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004 Did not qualify First round win, Second round defeat 4 2 1 1 5 4
Beijing 2008 First round defeat 2 0 1 1 2 3
London 2012 First round win, Second round defeat 4 3 0 1 6 2
Rio 2016 The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Tokyo 2020 The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship served as the qualifying tournament
Paris 2024 To be determined The 2024 AFC U-23 Championship will serve as the qualifying tournament
Los Angeles 2028 The 2028 AFC U-23 Championship will serve as the qualifying tournament
Total – 0/8 – – – – – – – Total 10 5 2 3 13 9

AFC U-23 Asian Cup
AFC U-23 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
2013 Did not qualify 4th of 6 5 1 2 2 3 7
2016 3rd of 5 4 2 0 2 6 4
2018 Quarter-finals 7th of 16 4 1 1 2 8 6 Squad 1st of 4 3 2 1 0 8 4
2020 Did not qualify 2nd of 4 3 2 0 1 10 2
2022 To be determined To be determined
Total Best: Quarter-finals 1/4 4 1 1 2 8 6 – Total 15 7 3 5 27 17

WAFF U-23 Championship
WAFF U-23 Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2015 Group stage 7th of 10 3 1 0 2 2 6
Total Best: group stage 1/1 3 1 0 2 2 6 –

Asian Games
Asian Games record
Host nation,
city and year		 Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1951–1998
 See Palestine national football team
Busan 2002 Group stage 21st of 24 3 0 0 3 0 9 Squad
Doha 2006 Group stage 22nd of 28 3 0 0 3 0 6 Squad
Guangzhou 2010 Group stage 20th of 24 3 0 1 2 0 6 Squad
Incheon 2014 Round of 16 14th of 29 4 2 0 2 5 7 Squad
Indonesia 2018 Round of 16 11th of 25 5 2 2 1 5 4 Squad
Hangzhou 2022 To be determined
Total Best: round of 16 5/5 18 4 3 11 10 32 –

Recent results and matches

Players

Current squad


Previous squads

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Asian Games

See also

References
  1. "Asian U-23 Championship 2018". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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