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   (Amman, Jordan; 18 October 2012)
Biggest win
9–0  Kuwait (Aqaba, Jordan; 6 April 2025)
Biggest defeat
Myanmar  10–0   (Yangon, Myanmar; 20 December 2016)

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.

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.

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.

The following 21 players were selected for the 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship in Aqaba, Jordan.^[3]

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		[[]]

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											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 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
Total	–	0/11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		Total	10	1	2	7	5	56

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

  v  Saudi Arabia

28 November 2024 (2024-11-28) 2024 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship		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)

  v  Lebanon

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

Kuwait  v  

6 April 2025 (2025-04-06) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Kuwait	0–9		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)

  v  Jordan

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

  v  Syria

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

Jordan  v  

12 April 2025 (2025-04-12) 2025 WAFF U-20 Girls Championship	Jordan	1–1 (2–4 p)		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

• 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