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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 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.

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

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 (age 18)	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 (age 17)	]
6	4FW	Narin Abu Asfar	(2008-01-12) 12 January 2008 (age 16)	Rosengård
10	3MF	Rania Sansur	(2006-04-24) 24 April 2006 (age 18)	Audax Italiano
7	3MF	Dina Abdeen	(2006-11-21) 21 November 2006 (age 18)	South County
		Farah Shaheen		Petra Club
8		Malak Barakat	(2006-03-16) 16 March 2006 (age 18)	Nashama Al-Mustaqbal
20		Pia Kassis	(2008-09-26) 26 September 2008 (age 16)	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
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
Total	Best: third-place	2/3	6	1	0	5	11	16

Recent results and matches

2023

8 March 2023 2024 AFC U-20 qualification	Palestine	0–6	Nepal	Al-Ram, Palestine
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Shahi 22' (pen.), 68', 75', 85' Rai 30', 81'	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	K. Chavez 87'	Report	Qassis 50', 90+6' El Zamamiri 61'	Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand)

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

References

1. "التطوير الفني هدف "شابات فلسطين" في غرب آسيا".
2. "Jordan U19 vs. Palestine U19 - 18 October 2012 - Soccerway".
3. "الجهاز الفني لمنتخب الشابات يعلن القائمة المشاركة في بطولة غرب آسيا". pfa.ps (in Arabic). Palestine Football Association. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.

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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

• Arabic women's national under-20 association football teams
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• Youth football in Palestine
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