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| Nickname(s) | أسود كنعان (Lions of Canaan) الفدائيون (The Fedayeen) |
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| Association | Palestinian Football Association |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Head coach | Makram Daboub |
| Asst coach | Fahed Attal |
| Captain | Abdelatif Bahdari |
| Most caps | Abdelatif Bahdari (82) |
| Top scorer | Fahed Attal Ashraf Nu'man (14) |
| Home Stadium | Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium |
| FIFA code | PLE |
| FIFA ranking | 94  (6 October 2022)
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| Highest FIFA ranking | 73  (Feburary – March 2018)
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| Lowest FIFA ranking | 191  (April – August 1999)
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| Elo ranking | 93 (June 2022)
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| Highest Elo ranking | 90 (September 2019)
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| Lowest Elo ranking | 169 (September 2010)
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| First international |  Egypt 8–1 Palestine 
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| Biggest win | Palestine 11–0 Guam 
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| Biggest defeat | Egypt 8–1 Palestine  Iran 8–1 Palestine
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| Asian Cup appearances | 3 (First in 2015) |
| Best result | Group stage (2015, 2019) |
The Palestine national football team has represented the state of Palestine since 1953. An earlier team, the Mandatory Palestine national football team, also represented Palestine but most players were Jewish residents. Palestine have played home games in the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium since 2008. It holds a capacity of 12,500 people. It is also named after politician Faisal Husseini.
Palestine gained FIFA and AFC recognition in 1998. They qualified for both the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup but were eliminated in the group stage. They also have qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup after three consecutive wins. They were the last champions of the AFC Challenge Cup, a competition that whichever team won, would automatically qualify to the AFC Asian Cup.
History[]
- Main article: History of the Palestine national football team
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