The Official Palestine Football Thread [R]

(De La)Redstriker06 · Jan 30, 2006

AFC reject Palestine request to play in Gaza

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Palestine's request to play their home 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers in Gaza was rejected by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Tuesday.

The AFC said on its website that it could not reverse its policy of having Palestine and Iraq play their home matches on neutral territory because of security fears.

'A previous Competitions Committee decision prohibits (the) Palestine and Iraqi football associations from hosting matches on their soil until the security situation improves,' AFC deputy general secretary Paul Mony said.

Palestine Football Association president Ahmed Al-fifi had written to the AFC and football's world governing body FIFA asking for permission to play their home games in Gaza.

Jordan or Qatar now look the most likely venues for Palestine's home Asian Cup qualifiers. They played all of their home 2006 World Cup qualifiers in Doha.

Palestine have been drawn in Group E alongside China, Iraq and Singapore in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers which begin on February 22.

(De La)Redstriker06 · Jan 30, 2006

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What dou you think... I personally think the team should base itself in Jordan becuase there are alot more Palestinians there than in Qatar. Also I have heard that Iraq has based itself in Qatar for the AFC qualifiers. If anyone has any information on the team please post it. I have not gollowed them since the World Cup qulaifying campaign... I heard they had a pretty rough Asian Games I have no idea who they fielded though. I hope the team doesn't drop in quality now that Alferd Riedl has left.

On the bright side though Wehdat are doing amazingly well in the Arabian CL they are through to the semis after beating Al-Nasr 3-2 on aggreagate.
You can see all the goals on the ACL website:

http://82.201.143.69/acl/English/Videos.asp

jonny63 · Jan 31, 2006

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AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifiers: Jordan ‘to host Palestine home matches’
26 January 2006

The Palestine team.

GAZA: The Jordan Football Association has agreed to host Palestine’s home matches for the AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifiers, www.the-afc.com correspondent in Gaza confirmed late Thursday.

Palestine are drawn in Group E alongside China, Iraq and Singapore and will open their account on February 22 against China. They host Singapore on March 1 and this match is likely to be played in Amman although the venues have not been confirmed yet.

Jordan FA Vice-President Nidal Al-Hadid welcomed the Palestine FA’s request to hold the matches in Amman.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian team training camp in Amman is on track with the team set to play friendlies against Al Baqa, Jordan Youth club, Al Wehdat and Al Ramtha in the last week of January and the first week of February.

The team, coached by Hungarian Tomas Fisko, will travel to Aleppo to play Syria on February 5 before traveling to the UAE for a training camp.

http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=4956

Iraq will be playing their matches in UAE...

Mussab86 · Jan 31, 2006

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Good luck to Palestine NT

(De La)Redstriker06 · Jan 31, 2006

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The Chilean Connection: A List of Palestinian NT players playing in Chile.

Roberto Bishara
Position: Defender
Club: Palestino SA
Age: 24 Years
Height: 1.83 m
Left-Footed

Roberto Kettlun Pesce
Position: Forward
Club: Palestino SA
Age: 24 Years
Height: 1.77m
Right-Footed

Pablo Abdala (ARG)
Position: Midfield
Club: Deportes Melipilla
Age: 33 Years
Height: 1.75m

Luis Musrri
Position: Midfield
Club: Universidad De Chile
Age: 35 Years
Height: 1.73m

Bruno Pesce
Position: Centre Back or Holding Midfielder
Club: Rangers de Chile
Age: 25 Years
Height: 1.80 m

Francisco Alam
Position: Defender
Club: Union De San Felipe

Edgardo Abdala
Position: Holding Midfield
Club: Union de San Felipe

Leonardo Zamora
Postion: GK
Club: Everton de Chile

jonny63 · Feb 1, 2006

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Amman (ArabSport)- The national Palestinian football team lost 2-0 to Jordanian foils Shabab Ordon in the friendly match featuring the two on Petra stadium on January 31st.

Jan 29 : 0-0 against Jordan club Baqaa

http://www.jfa.com.jo/english/index.asp

(De La)Redstriker06 · Feb 1, 2006

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Well not the best results... but reports show they are more like scrimmages than actual matches. I guess the real teset is the Match against Syria in Aleppo on teh 7th.

jonny63 · Feb 6, 2006

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Ramtha draw with Palestine
Publish Date : 5/February/2006

Amman (ArabSport)- National Palestinian football team concluded their training camp in Jordan with a 2-2 draw with their foils, Ramtha, at prince Hamzeh complex on the latter gournds.

The match ended yesterday, February 5th, and thus terminated the Palestinians' preparations for the Asian Qualifiers. Ramtha, on the other hand, are preparing for the return leg stage of the Premier League.

Palestine scored in minute five of the first half through Fadi Lafi, while Omar Awaqleh scored for Ramtha in minute eight. Awaqleh then followed with another goal in minute 70, and Fahad Attal scored in 80.

After the match, the Palestinian team left to Syria to meet the Syrian national team on March 7th in Aleppo.

(De La)Redstriker06 · Feb 9, 2006

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3-0 Loss for Palestine, not good news... does anyone here know if Palestine played their Chilean based players, because with that scoreline I'd be shocked. Probably not since they could not be released from their clubs (since its not an official FIFA friendly date). Hopefully with the inclusion of our foriegn base we will put in a better performance in the qualifiers.

Warmup match against Wehdat next.... pick ur loyalties club or country?

jonny63 · Feb 9, 2006

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The Palestinians, meanwhile, arrived in Amman after a friendly against the Syrian national team which they lost 0-3. Palestine will clash with top Jordan outfit Al Wihdat on Friday and play AFC Cup holders Al Faisaly on Sunday. Their last tune-up outing will be against Pakistan on February 18 in Manama.

http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=5042

batch · Feb 9, 2006

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redstriker06 said:

The Chilean Connection: A List of Palestinian NT players playing in Chile.
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Where does the Palestine - Chile connection come from ?

There was a Documentary on TV over here in the UK a few months ago called "Football in the Danger Zone". One of the series was about the Palestine national team.

(De La)Redstriker06 · Feb 11, 2006

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batch said:

Where does the Palestine - Chile connection come from ?

There was a Documentary on TV over here in the UK a few months ago called "Football in the Danger Zone". One of the series was about the Palestine national team.
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The Chilean connection comes from the fact that lots of Palestinians immigrated there during Ottaman rule... and even more joined them after the creation of Israel... the players are allowed to play for Palestine since they all can trace a grandparent back to Palestine...

PS- if that documentary is online anywhere I'd love to see it..
cheers.

nazzo · Feb 12, 2006

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AL-Wehdat forum was hacked by a guy called Dr.3yoon, however the site is back.

(De La)Redstriker06 · Feb 13, 2006

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1-1 Draw with Faisaly of Jordan. Fadi Lafi scored for Palestine...
Palestine plays Bahrain tomorow

Palestine draw with Faisali
Publish Date : 13/February/2006

Amman (ArabSport)- Friendly match featuring Faisali and the national Palestinian football team ended in a 1-1 draw at Israa stadium within both teams' preparations for upcoming enocunters.

Faisali are gearing up for the next stage of the Premier Jordanian Football League, while Palestine are preparing for the Asian Qualifiers.

The level of the game was intermediate, coaches of the teams strove to try out the largest number of players possible, and it should be hinted that Palestine wanted to extend the game to cover three halves.

Faisali's Haytham Shboul scored in minute 36 while Fadi Lafi scored in 73 for Palestine.

The national Palestinian football team will be leaving Amman today, Monday February 13th, to Bahrain, where they are scheduled to meet their Bahraini counterparts in a friendly.

jonny63 · Feb 13, 2006

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Match against Pakistan on Feb 18 ?

(De La)Redstriker06 · Feb 14, 2006

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I don't know for sure... I'll look into it... it would make sense if they are playing in China later on that week.

jonny63 · Feb 15, 2006

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Amman (ArabSport)- National Palestinian footballer, Fahad Attal, receives an offer from Jordanian Wihdat club to play within the team's ranks after the professional display of skills that he menifested during the friendly match featuring the two teams.

Attal expressed his consent to playing with Wihdat, after a call he got from Zyad Shelbayeh. Now the floor is open to formalities and paper work, as well as negotiations over the price and the like.

For a bit of backgorund information about the player, he is 21 years old and is considered the scorer of the Premier Palestinian League. He had received many offers from local Palestinian clubs such as Jabal Mukabber and Hilal Ariha.

http://www.jfa.com.jo/english/index.asp

jonny63 · Feb 15, 2006

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Palestine- Pakistan Feb 18 in Manama , Bahrain. In FIFA fixture list and also mentioned on AFC website.

arefmusa · Feb 15, 2006

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I am glad that there is more people following the Palestinian national team, Inshalha they will do good against China

jonny63 · Feb 16, 2006

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Palestine beat Bahrain 2-0 away

EstebanGranero23 · Feb 16, 2006

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This is definetley a great result for Palestine, but I doubt Bahrain had their A players, and I'm not even sure Palestine had their Chileans.

arefmusa · Feb 16, 2006

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jonny63 said:

Palestine beat Bahrain 2-0 away
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Wow this is very good, but its only afriendly,..... lets see how well we do against China

happy · Feb 16, 2006

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In the match, Allam put Palestine ahead in the 26th minute and substitute striker Fahad Al Atal sealed a surprising victory two minutes before full-time.

happy · Feb 16, 2006

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Some news on China

China player Shao Jiayi to miss China’s AFC Asian Cup 2007 opening qualifier
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http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=5115

(De La)Redstriker06 · Feb 17, 2006

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I think the result is even more impressive if Palestine did not have their Chileans. Because quite honestly were crap without them. Unfortunatley Palestine had a vitrtual full squad and Bahrain were missing some of their Qatar based players... but its a great boost for morale. If we did this agaisnt Bahrain we will most surely destroy Pakistan.