The Palestine Football Association (PFA) finally returned to FIFA in 1998 after 50 years of trying. The association had been formed in 1928 through the initiative of the Zionist sports organisation, Maccabi Organisation of Athletics and Sports founded in 1912 – who wanted to form a Zionist football association affiliated with the football governing body FIFA as part of the Zionist movements claim for the land of Palestine. However under FIFA rules, the organisation had to represent all of the country’s inhabitants (Jews at the time only made up about 12% of the total population), so one Arab delegate was given a position on the 15-man board for the first meeting between the PFA officials (he nor any other Arab official would appear on the PFA board ever again). FIFA admitted the PFA a year later, however by 1934, the dominance of the Zionist officials meant Arab clubs, who consisted of over 75% of the total population of Palestine had no say in the running of the association or the sport in the country.
At the qualifying campaign for the 1934 World Cup in Italy, Palestine took on Arab rivals Egypt, their coach was Polish-born Shimon Ratner “Lumek”, who had immigrated to Palestine after a playing career in Austria with Jewish team Hakoah Wien, while the players, all born outside Palestine, came from Jewish clubs Maccabi Hashmonayim Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa and Hakoah Tel Aviv. No Arab player was selected to take part. As a result the-so called Palestine National Team that participated in international games where the Zionist anthem “Ha-Tikva” was played out alongside the English anthem of “God Save the King” before a game, was boycotted by Arab, Armenian and Christian Palestinians alike – though they would never had a chance of selection with a Zionist coach, appointed by an all-Zionist board of the PFA. Arab clubs founded a rival association, known as the Palestine General Sports Association (PSA), which lasted until the 1936 revolt against the British occupation of Palestine.
The organisation was revived in 1944 by Al-Ahly Sports Club of Jaffa, who formed the PSA, which included 21 clubs in 1944 (and as many as 65 teams in the top divisions two years later). In 1946, an unofficial Palestine national side not recognised by FIFA, featuring both Arab Muslims and Christians as well as Armenians all playing for clubs in the PSA Football League played it’s first match in Syria. In the same year with the help and support of the national FA’s of Egypt, and Lebanon– the PSA made an official proposal to FIFA to be accepted as a member, which was turned down. Months before FIFA’s decision – the PFA fearing that they could lose international legitimacy and at worst be banned from FIFA, invited the Arab teams to the PFA. However the PSA and the Arab teams refused the offer, declaring that they would not join them. In the hope of finding a solution, FIFA jointly headed a conference of the regions Arab FAs, but nothing was solved as the Arab associations protested FIFA’s decision and demanded it reconsider. A year on, FIFA’s executive committee proposed that a ‘new’ neutral association be formed in Palestine during the next conference, an association headed by people who were not Jewish nor Arab. However when the conference was underway, battles in Palestine were already taking place and no decision on the matter were made, and months later the 1948 war ended any hopes of the PSA being affiliated into FIFA.
Between 1948 and 1997, Palestine had an unofficial national side only recognised by the United Arab Football Association (UAFA), and individual Arab FA’s. Palestine did participate in various tournaments during this period, the first in 1953 at the 1st Pan-Arab Games in Alexandria, Egypt, where a team composed mainly from players from the city of Gaza, which at the time had been under the command of Egyptian authorities after the 1948 war. The team’s best performance at the 4th Pan-Arab Games in Cairo, where players from the Diaspora playing in Egypt, and Kuwait and Palestine managed to reach the semi-finals of the competition, by then a Palestine FA had been reformed in 1962 and was situated in Tunis. They also took part in the Palestine Cup (1971, 1973 and 1975), the Arab Cup (1966 and 1992) as well as the Pan-Arab Games in 1953, 1966 and 1976. They were also invited to take part in the 1966 GANEFO Cup (Games of the New Emerging Forces) in Cambodia, which had been formed after the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta when Taiwan and Israel were refused visas for the competition, and led to Indonesia's suspension of the IOC.
After the Oslo Peace accord a match between Palestine and the Variété-Club de France, a team of veteran French national players captained by 38 year-old former France, Saint Etienne and Juventus legend Michel Platini, and including Maxime Bossis, Alain Giresse as well as Rugby player Serge Blanco and Tennis star Yannick Noah, took place. The game played on a dusty pitch in Jericho in front of 10,000 people on October 8, 1993 was part of the Palestine FA’s push for acceptance into FIFA. The game ended in a 1-0 victory for Palestine with a goal from Mahmoud Jarad Sinno. The Palestinian squad were selected from the local leagues throughout the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The PFA became a provisional member of FIFA two years later. In August 1994, Qatari club Al-Wakra became the first Arab team to be allowed into the Palestinian Territories by the Israeli authorities to play a friendly against Palestine at the Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza watched by 3,000 spectators. The same year, Palestine were managed by Algerian coach Ali Miloud, and held training camps in Algeria and France, where they played several unofficial internationals. The national team had also toured France in 1982 and 1990 through the intiative of French sports organisation Workers Sport and Gymnastic Federation or Fédération Sportive et Gymnique du Travail (F.S.G.T.).
One of the pioneers of the rebirth or “resurrection” of the Palestine national team was the late Argentine coach Ricardo Carugati, who arrived in Palestine working as part of the UN White Helmet Initiative Project to develop sporting activities in Gaza in February 1997 wanting to find another meaning to his life after the death of his young daughter. Carugati spent four months coaching youngsters on refugee camps, and was then asked by the president of the PFA to coach the Palestine national side for a match against Jordan for the inauguration of the Jericho Municipal Stadium built with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Japanese Government on June 6, 1997 along with fellow Argentine Raúl Oscar Paglilla, a physical sports instructor. The match played in front of 20,000 spectators and the PLO chairman Yasser Arafat ended in a 0-0 draw. Carugati selected players from the West Bank and Gaza, many of whom would represent their country for several years like 22 year-old Ittihad Al-Shajaiya defender Saeb Jendeya from Gaza, later captain and record appearance holder and 23 year-old striker Ziad Al-Kord from the holy city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) then playing for Ahly Al-Naseriyat. Both would go onto play professionally abroad with Jendeya playing in Jordan with Al-Jazeera (1998-2001) and Hussein Al-Irbid (2001-2003), while Al-Kord, scorer of the first goal in the history of the AFC Champions League played in Saudi Arabia for Nadi Al-Abha (2001-2002) and then in Jordan for Palestinian club Al-Wahdat (2002-2003).
Carugati returned home to Buenos Aires at the end of the project, before resuming his job to work with the national side under the White Helmet Project for six months; his contract was extended for a further six months, and later a year. He went onto coach the Jordanian national side in 2000 but his life was sadly cut short after suffering a heart-attack a year later. Along with Azmi Nassar, an Arab-Israeli, he led Palestine to a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan Arab Games in Amman.
On June 8, 1998, Palestine became a full member of the World Football Governing body FIFA at the 51st Ordinary Congress. Palestine’s first five international matches from 1934 to 1940 are all recognised by FIFA; both PFA and the Israeli Football Association also recognise these matches as each of their own national side’s full internationals.
1934
Egypt - Palestine 7-1 (4-0) World Cup Qualifiers (Sub-Group 5)
(Cairo – British Army Ground - 16.03.1934)
Egypt: Mustafa Kamel Mansour; Ali Mohammed El-Sayed Kaf, Abdel-Hamid Ibrahim “Charlie”,
Hassan Ahmed El-Far, Hassan Raghab, Amin Sabri, Mohammed Latif, Mustafa Kamel Taha,
Abdel-Rahman Fawzi, Mahmoud Mokhtar “El-Titch” (Capt.), Gamal El-Zobeir
Coach: James McRea (Scotland)
Palestine: Willi Berger; Avraham Reznik (Capt.), Pinhas Fiedler, Zalman Friedmann,
Gdalyahu Fuchs, Yohanan Sukenik, Amnon Harlap, Peri Kraus, Paul Kastenbaum,
Haim Reich, Avraham Nudelmann
Coach: Shimon Ratner (Poland)
Scorers: 1-0 Mahmoud Mokhtar “El-Titch”, 2-0 Mahmoud Mokhtar “El-Titch”,
3-0 Mahmoud Mokhtar “El-Titch”, 4-0 Mustafa Kamel Taha, 5-0 Mohammed Latif,
6-0 Mustafa Kamel Taha, 6-1 Avraham Nudelmann, 7-1 Mohammed Latif
Referee: Stanley Wells (England)
Attendance: 13,000
Palestine – Egypt 1-4 (4-0) World Cup Qualifiers (Sub-Group 5)
(Jaffa – Tamarim Field - 06.04.1934)
Palestine: Willi Berger; David Weinberg, Pinhas Fiedler (Capt.), Zalman Friedmann,
Gdalyahu Fuchs, Yohanan Sukenik, Amnon Harlap, Yaacov Levi-Meir, Yaacov Zelibanski,
Haim Reich, Avraham Nudelmann
Coach: Shimon Ratner (Poland)
Egypt: Aziz Fahmi; Ali Mohammed El-Sayed El-Kaf, Abdel-Hamid Ibrahim “Charlie”,
Hassan Ahmed El-Far, Hassan Raghab, Mohammed Farid Bakhati, Mohammed Latif,
Mostafa Kamel Taha, Abdel-Rahman Fawzi, Mahmoud Mokhtar "El-Titch” (Capt.),
Mahmoud Hani Labib
Coach: James McRea (Scotland)
Scorers: 0-1 Mahmoud Mokhtar “El-Titch”, 0-1 Mohammed Latif,
0-3 Mahmoud Mokhtar “El-Titch”, 0-4 Abdul-Rahman Fawzi, 1-4 Yohanan Sukenik
Referee: John Goodski (England)
Attendance: 800
1938
Palestine – Greece 1-3 (1-2) World Cup Qualifiers (Sub-Group 5, Round 1)
(Jaffa – Maccabia Stadium - 22.01.1938)
Palestine: Julius Klein; Avraham Beit-Halevi, Avraham Reznik, Yusef Liebermann,
Yohanan Sukenik, Menahem Mirmovich, Mila Ginzburg, Shuka Brashedski, Perry Neufeld,
Gaul Machlis, Avraham Nudelmann
Coach: Egon Pollak (Austria)
Greece: Spyros Sklavounos; Georgios Gasparis, Georgios Papadopoulos, Anastassios
Kritikos, Antonis Kasimatis (Spyros Kontoulis’ 46), Kostas Gikas, Antonis Migiakis
(Capt.), Dimitris Baltatsis, Kleanthis Vikelidis, Kleanthis Maropoulos, Theologis
Symeonidis
Coach: Kostas Negrepontis
Scorers: 0-1 15’ Kleanthis Vikelidis, 0-2 30’ Kleanthis Vikelidis,
1-2 36’ Perry Neufeld, 1-3 73’ Antonis Migiakis
Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Egypt)
Attendance: 5,000
Greece - Palestine 1-0 (0-0) World Cup Qualifiers (Sub-Group 5, Round 1)
(Athens – Leoforos Alexandras Stadium - 20.02.1934)
Greece: Spyros Sklavounos (Nikos Sotiriadis’ 15), Georgios Gasparis, Georgios
Papadopoulos, Tasos Kritikos, Spyros Kontoulis, Kostas Gikas, Antonis Migiakis
(Capt.), Spyros Depountis, Kleanthis Vikelidis, Kleanthis Maropoulos, Vassilis
Manetas
Coach: Kostas Negrepontis
Palestine: Israel Elsner; Avraham Reznik, Avraham Beit-Halevi, Yusef Liebermann,
Gdalyahu Fuchs, Menahem Mirmovich, Yona Stern, Moshe Beit-Halevi, Perry Neufeld,
Gaul Machlis, Natan Pentz
Coach: Egon Pollak (Austria)
Scorers: 1-0 88’ penalty Kleanthis Vikelidis
Referee: Mika Popovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 12,000
1940
Palestine – Lebanon 5-1 (1-2)
(Jaffa – Maccabia Stadium - 22.01.1940)
Palestine: Binyamin Mizrahi - Yaacov Breir, Shalom Shlomzon, Zalman Friedmann,
Gdalyahu Fuchs (Lonia Dvorin), Haim Reich (Naftali Schwalb), Herbert Meitner,
Zvi Erlich (Itzhak Rosenbaum), Werner Kaspi, Avraham Shneiderovich, Gaul Machlis
Coach: Arthur Baar (Austria)
Lebanon:
Coach:
Scorers: 1-0 1’ Herbert Meitner, 2-0 11’ Avraham Shneiderovich,
3-0 30’ Gaul Machlis, 4-0 35’ Werner Kaspi, 4-1 50’ Ibrahim Mualim,
5-1 60’ Werner Kaspi
Referee:
Attendance: 10,000
1998
Lebanon - Palestine 3-1 (0-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group 4)
(Beirut - Beirut Municipality Stadium - 23.07.1998)
Lebanon:
Coach: Mahmoud Saad (Egypt)
Palestine: Saeb Jendeya
Coach: Ricardo Carugati (Argentina)
Scorers: Ibrahim El-Manasri
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
Syria - Palestine 2-1 (0-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group 4)
(Beirut - Beirut Municipality Stadium - 26.07.1998)
Syria:
Coach:
Palestine:
Coach: Ricardo Carugatii (Argentina)
Scorers: Ziad Al-Kord
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
Jordan - Palestine 1-1 (0-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group 4)
(Beirut - Beirut Municipality Stadium - 29.07.1998)
Jordan:
Coach: Mohammed Awad
Palestine:
Coach: Ricardo Carugati (Argentina)
Scorers: Mohammed Al-Jaish
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
1999
Jordan - Palestine 2-0 (1-0) IV Pan-Arab Games (First Stage, Group 1)
(Amman - - 18.08.1999)
Palestine:
Coach: Ricardo Carugati (Argentina) & Azmi Nassar
Jordan:
Coach: Mohammed Awad
Scorers: 1-0 35’ Abdullah Abu Zemaa, 2-0 58’ Abdullah Abu Zemaa
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
Palestine - UAE 1-0 (1-0) IV Pan-Arab Games (Second Stage, Group 2)
(Irbid - Al-Hassan Stadium - 23.08.1999)
Palestine:
Coach: Ricardo Carugatii (Argentina) & Azmi Nassar
UAE: Muhsin Musabbah; Sultan Rashid, Abdullah Issa, Hassan Suhail (Gharib Hareb’ 56),
Ismail Rashid, Adil Mohammed; Abdul-Rahim Jumaa, Abdul-Salam Jumaa, Hassan Saeed
(Bahkit Saad’ 68); Kadhim Ali, Mohammed Omar (Yassir Salim’ 77).
Coach: Carlos Manuel Queiroz (Portugal)
Scorers: 1-0 35’ Fadi “Abou Latifa” Ali Diab
Cautions:
Expulsions: 79’ Amjad Helmi’, 88’ Nader Al-Nems’ 88
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Attendance: 7,000
Libya - Palestine 2-2 (1-1) IV Pan-Arab Games (Second Stage, Group 2)
(Amman - Amman International Stadium - 25.08.1999)
Libya: Ali Suwaidan; Faisal Abou Shaleh, Khalid Mustapha, Omar Al-Marini, Mahmoud
Shatta; Ezzeddine Faraj (Tariq El-Tayeb’ 38), Farid Mohamed, Riyadh Jumaa
(Khalid Al-Tabib’ 74), Jihad Al-Muntasser; Ahmed Faraj Al-Masli, Khalid Ramadan.
Coach:
Palestine: Loay Husni; Abdul-Raouf Haddad, Saeb Jendeya, Mohammed Al-Sweirki,
Safwan Madhi; Nader Hajjar (Ayad Hajjar’ 69), Fadi “Abou-Latfia” Ali Diab,
Mouyin Al-Maghribi, Samir Latifa; Ibrahim El-Manasri (Samir Fleifel’ 84),
Jamal Abou-Omair.
Coach: Ricardo Carugati (Argentina) & Azmi Nassar
Scorers: 1-0 1’ Ibrahim El-Manasri, 1-1 27’ Ahmed Faraj Al-Masli
2-1 82 pen’ Khalifa Mohammed, 2-2 90’ Safwan Madhi
Cautions:
Expulsions: 33’ Ahmed Faraj Al-Masli, 37’ Abdul-Raouf Haddad
Referee: Mourad Al-Daami (Tunisia)
Attendance:
Ibrahim El-Manasri scored the fastest goal in the history of the Pan Arab Games
after only 15 seconds of the game.
Syria - Palestine 1-1 (1-0) IV Pan-Arab Games (Second Stage, Group 2)
(Amman - Amman International Stadium - 27.08.1999)
Syria: Mohammed Al-Beiruti; Nihad Haj-Mustapha, Ali Khalil (Youssuf Sheikh
Al-Aashra’ 63), Hussam Al-Sayed, Tareq Jabban, Sharif Kurdiya; Khaled Al-Zaher,
Ahmed Azzam (Nabil Al-Shahma’ 46), Ammar Rihawi (Mahmoud Mahmalji’ 72); Mahir
Al-Sayed, Mohammed Afash.
Coach:
Palestine: Loay Husni; Ziad Al-Kord, Nader Hajjar (Ayad Hajjar’ 55), Mohamed
Al-Suwayrki, Nader Al-Nims, Mouyin Al-Maghribi; Saeb Jendeya, Safwan Al-Madhi
(Amjad Helmi’ 76), Ibrahim El-Manasri (Gebran Kahla’ 83); Fadi “Abou-Latfia”
Ali Diab, Samir Latfia.
Coach: Ricardo Carugati (Argentina) & Azmi Nassar
Scorers: 1-0 19’ Mahir Al-Sayed, 1-1 82’ Ziad Al-Kord
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee: Abdul-Wahed Al-Khamisi (Yemen).
Attendance: 8,000
Jordan - Palestine 1-4 (2-0) IV Pan-Arab Games Semi Final
(Amman - Amman International Stadium - 29.08.1999)
Jordan: Mohammed Abou-Dawud; Adnan Awad (Ossama Talal’ 85), Amjad Al-Taher,
Haitham Al-Shboul, Mohanad Mahadin; Faisal Ibrahim, Rafat Ali, Abdullah
Abou-Zemaa, Ali Jumaa (Sufian Abdullah’ 79); Badran Al-Shaqran, Ghanem Hamarsheh.
Coach: Mohammed Awad
Palestine: Ismail Al-Khatib; Saeb Jendeya, Nader Al-Nems, Mouyin Al-Maghribi
(Nader Hajjar’ 34), Amjad Helmi; Mohammed Al-Sweirki, Abdul-Raouf Hajjaj,
Ibrahim El-Manasri (Ayad Hajjar’ 63), Safwan Al-Madhi; Ziad Al-Kord, Fadi Lafi
“Abu Latifa” Ali Diab.
Coach: Ricardo Carugati (Argentina) & Azmi Nassar
Scorers: 1-0 14’ Badran Al-Shaqran, 2-0 41’ Ali Jumaa, 3-0 67’ Badran Al-Shaqran,
4-0 75’ Badran Al-Shaqran, 4-1 90’ Ziad Al-Kord
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee: (Tunisia)
Attendance: 25,000
2000
Qatar - Palestine 1-0 (1-0) Asian Cup Qualfier (Group 4)
(Doha – Al-Sadd Stadium - 31.03.2000)
Qatar:
Coach: Džemal Hadžiabdic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Palestine:
Coach: Azmi Nassar
Scorers: 1-0 16’ Mubarak Mustafa
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
Palestine - Pakistan 2-0 (1-0) Asian Cup Qualfier (Group 4)
(Doha – Al-Sadd Stadium - 02.04.2000)
Palestine: Ibrahim El-Manasri, Jamal Al-Houli, Fadi “Abou Latifa” Ali Diab,
Khaldoun Fahad, Mohammed Al-Jaish
Coach: Azmi Nassar
Pakistan: Mohammad Imtiaz;
Coach:
Scorers: 1-0 1’ Ibrahim El-Manasri, 2-0 62’ Mohammed Al-Jaish
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance: 6,000
Jordan - Palestine 5-1 (4-0) Asian Cup Qualfier (Group 4)
(Doha – Al-Sadd Stadium - 04.04.2000)
Jordan:
Coach: Mohammed Awadh
Palestine:
Coach: Azmi Nassar
Scorers: 1-0 6’ Abdullah Abou Zemaa, 2-0 22’ Abdullah Abou Zemaa,
3-0 35’ Sufian Abdullah, 4-0 37’ Basam Al-Khatib,
5-0 47’ Basam Al-Khatib, 5-1 49’ Khaldoun Fahad
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance: 11,000
Kazakhstan - Palestine 2-0 (1-0) Asian Cup Qualfier (Group 4)
(Doha – Al-Sadd Stadium - 06.04.2000)
Kazakhstan: Oleg Voskoboynikov, Aydar Kumisbekov, Igor Avdeyev, Konstantin Gorovenko,
Yerlan Eleusinov, Sergey Kalabukhin, Aleksey Klishin, Azamat Niyazymbetov
(Andrey Miroshnichenko 78'), Askhat Kadyrkulov, Nurken Mazbayev (Viktor
Zubarev 71'), Oleg Litvinenko.
Coach: Vait Talgayev
Palestine:
Coach: Mansour Hamid “El-Bouri” (Egypt)
Scorers: 1-0 38’ Askhat Kadyrkulov, 2-0 90’ Oleg Litvinenko
Cautions: Mohammed Al-Jaish, Igor Avdeyev
Expulsions: 90’ Igor Avdeyev
Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)
Attendance: 2,500
Syria - Palestine 1-0 (0-0) 2000 West-Asian Championship Group A
(Amman – King Abdullah II Stadium - 24.05.2000)
Syria: Mohammed Al-Beiruti; Mohanad Al-Sheikh Diab, Yanal Abaza, Tariq Al-Jabban,
Bashar Souror, Raghdan Shehada, Loay Talib (Mohanad Al-Bitar), Nihad Al-Haj
Mustafa, Ahmed Azzam, Mohanad Al-Boushi, Salim Barka (Hassan Ibrahim’ 46)
Coach:
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Saeb Jendeya, Haitham Hajjaj, Hamada Eshbeir, Nader Al-Nems,
Amjad Sandouqa, Mohammed Al-Sweirki, Khaldoun Fahad (Ibrahim El-Manasri’ 82),
Mohammed Al-Jaish, Nader Al-Hajjar, Ayman Sandouqa, Fadi Lafi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab.
Coach: Mansour Hamid “El-Bouri” (Egypt)
Scorers: 1-0 80’ Mohanad Al-Bitar
Cautions: Mohanad Al-Boushi, Ibrahim El-Manasri, Amin Sandouqa
Expulsions:
Referee: Victor (Krygystan)
Linesmen: Aoni Al-Hassouna (Jordan), Kirov
Fourth Official: Hazim Issa
Attendance:
Iran - Palestine 1-1 (0-0) 2000 West-Asian Championship Group A
(Amman – King Abdullah II Stadium - 26.05.2000)
Iran: Parviz Broumand, Mehrdad Minavand, Behrouz Rahbarifard, Sattar Hamadani,
Davoud Sayed Abbasi, Hamid Kavianpour, Yadollah Akbari, Ali Karimi,
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Ali Samereh (Leys Nobari 70'), Rasoul Khatibi.
Coach: Jalal Talebi
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Saeb Jendeya, Hamada Eshbeir, Nader Al-Nemes (Khalil Abu
Halaweh’ 66), Amjad Sundoqa, Haytham Hajaj, Mohammed Sweirki, Khaldoon Fahad
(Ibrahim El-Manasri’ 60), Muayed Abdul-Fattah (Ayman Sandouqa’ 44), Fadi Lafi
“Abu Latifa” Ali Diab, Mohammed Al-Jaish
Coach: Mansour Hamid “El-Bouri” (Egypt)
Scorers: 1-0 53’ Ali Samereh, 1-1 90’ Fadi “Abou Latifa” Ali Diab
Cautions: Nader Al-Nemes
Expulsions:
Referee: Talat Najim (Lebanon)
Attendance: 3,000
Kazakhstan - Palestine 3-2 (2-0) 2000 West-Asian Championship Group A
(Amman – King Abdullah II Stadium - 28.05.2000)
Kazakhstan: Naken Kyrykbayev, Aydar Kumisbekov, Vyacheslav Bogatyryov, Aleksandr
Familtsev, Yuriy Krotov (Oleg Lotov 68'), Sergey Kozulin, Konstantin Kotov,
Yevgeniy Sveshnikov (Ruslan Baltiyev 57'), Askhat Kadyrkulov, Dmitriy Galich
(Vladimir Loginov 46'), Yevgeniy Lunyov
Coach: Vait Talgayev
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Hamada Eshbeir, Khalil Abu Halaweh,
Mohammed Al-Sweirki, Haitham Hajjaj, Khaldoun Fahad (Jebran Khala’ 46),
Mohammed Al-Jaish (Adel Al-Farran), Amjad Sandouqa, Fadi Lafi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab,
Amin Sandouqa (Ibrahim El-Manasri’ 46)
Coach: Mansour Hamid “El-Bouri” (Egypt)
Scorers: 1-0 29’ Ashkat Kadyrkulov, 2-0 44’ Vyacheslav Bogatyryov,
2-1 55’ Fadi Lafi “Abou Latifa” Ali Diab, 2-2 81’ Adel Al-Farran,
3-2 88’ Ashkat Kadyrkulov
Cautions: Yuriy Krotov, Vyacheslav Bogatyryov, Sergey Kozulin, Mohammed Al-Jaish,
Hamada Eshbair
Expulsions:
Referee: Salim Mahmoud (Jordan)
Linesmen: Aoni Al-Husni (Jordan) & Malik Shahi (Bahrain)
Fourth Official: Victor (Krygystan)
Attendance: 3,000
2001
Hong Kong - Palestine 1-1 (0-0) World Cup Qualifier (Group 3)
(Hong Kong – National Stadium - 04.03.2001)
Hong Kong: Guoji Xiao, Jizhi Feng, Wai Tak Wong, Sai Ho Cheung (Ching Kwong Yeung’ 66),
Ho Man Chan, Huk Man Yiu (Chi Ho Lee’ 64), Chi Hong Chan, Wai Man Lee, Yue Hung Kwok,
John Moore, Man Chun Szeto
Coach: Arie van der Zouwen (Netherlands)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Hamada Eshbeir, Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Abdul-Raouf Hajjaj,
Mohammed Al-Sweirki (Mohammed Hasanain’ 58), Mohammed Al-Jaish (Fadi “Abou Latifa”
Ali Diab’ 83'), Ziad Al-Kord (Ehab Abu-Jazar’ 77), Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Kair”,
Amjad Sandouqa, Jamal Al-Houli, Ossama Abu Aliya.
Coach: Mustafa Abdul-Ghani Yacoub (Egypt)
Scorers: 1-0 63’ Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Kair”, 1-1 72’ Ho Man Chan
Cautions: 40’ Chi Hong Chan, 57’ Ziad Al-Kord, 64’ Ossama Abu Aliya,
68’ Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Kair”
Expulsions: 89’ John Moore, 89’ Ossama Abu Aliya
Referee: Han Byung-Hwa (South Korea)
Linesmen: Nagi Abdul Salam Mohamed (Yemen), & Kim Hee Wook (South Korea)
Fourth Official: Tajul Islam Mohammad (Bangladesh)
Attendance: 7,000
Palestine – Qatar 1-2 (0-1) World Cup Qualifier (Group 3)
(Hong Kong – National Stadium - 08.03.2001)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Hamada Eshbeir, Nader Al-Nems, Saeb Jendeya, Abdul-Raouf
Hajjaj, Ibrahim El-Manasri (Fadi Lafi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab’ 54), Mohammed Al-Jaish,
Ziad Al-Kord (Khaldoun Fahad’ 75), Emad Ayoub Abou El-Kair, Amjad Sandouqa
(Mohammed Hasanain’ 70), Jamal Al-Houli
Coach: Mustafa Abdul-Ghali Yacoub (Egypt)
Qatar: Amer Al-Kaabi, Dahi Al-Noubi, Saad Sattam Al-Shimmari, Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
(Salman Musabeh Al-Meamari’ 88), Ahmed Mousa (Walid Rasoul Ahmed’ 65), Saoud Fath
Al-Kathiri (Abdul-Nassir Al-Obaidi’ 73), Yousuf Adam Mahmoud, Jassim Al-Tamimi,
Yassir Nadhmi Al-Qusi, Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Al-Naema, Mubarak Mustafa Fazli
Coach: Džemal Hadžiabdic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Scorers: 0-1 31’ Dahi Al-Noubi, 1-1 54’ Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair”,
1-2 65’ Mubarak Fazli
Cautions: 9’ Hamada Eshbeir, 35’ Nader Al-Nems, 37’ Saoud Fath Al-Kathiri,
57’ Dahi Al-Naemi, 72’ Ziad Al-Kord, 77’ Abdul-Nassir Al-Obaidi,
93’ Emad Ayoub “Abou Al-Khair”
Expulsions: None
Referee: Ekachai Tanaddernkao (Thailand)
Linesmen: Kim Hee Wook (South Korea), & Palomo Claro (Philippines)
Fourth Official: Kamikawa Toru (Japan)
Attendance: 5,000
Malaysia – Palestine 0-1 (0-1) World Cup Qualifier (Group 3)
(Hong Kong – National Stadium - 11.03.2001)
Malaysia: Mazlan Wahid, Abdul Malik, Irwan Idrus, Norhafiz Misbah, Batumalai
Rajanikadhn (Khairil Zainal’ 52), Bobby Maihah, Akmal Rakhli, Gilbert Gawing,
Juzaili Samion, Jaafar Salleh (Rusdi Supraman’ 63), Hairuddin Omar
Coach: Allan Harris (England)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Hamada Eshbair, Saeb Jendeya, Abdul-Raouf Hajjaj,
Mohammed Al-Jaish (Ibrahim El-Manasri’ 65), Mohammed Aiswarki (Khaldoun Fahad’ 76),
Fadi Lafi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab (Adel Al-Farran’ 88), Mohammed Hasanain, Amjad
Sandouqa, Jamal Al-Houli, Ossama Abu Aliya
Coach: Mustafa Abdul-Ghali Yacoub (Egypt)
Scorers: 0-1 36’ Mohammed Al-Jaish
Cautions: 69’ Irwan Idrus, 90’ Adel Al-Farran
Expulsions: None
Referee: Mohammad Tajul Islam (Bangladesh)
Linesmen: U Hla Myint Latt (Myanmar), & Kim Hee Wook (South Korea)
Fourth Official: Tanaddernkao Ekachai (Thailand)
Attendance: 4,540
Palestine – Hong Kong 1-0 (0-0) World Cup Qualifier (Group 3)
(Doha – Al-Sadd Stadium - 20.03.2001)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Hamada Eshbeir, Saeb Jendeya, Abdul-Raouf Hajjaj,
Mohammed Aiswarki (Ibrahim El-Manasri’ 83), Mohammed Al-Jaish, Fadi Lafi
“Abu Latifa” Ali Diab (Eman Ayoub Abou El-Kair’ 80), Ziad Al-Kord, Amjad
Sandouqa, Jamal Al-Holi, Ossama Abu Aliya
Coach: Mustafa Abdul-Ghali Yacoub (Egypt)
Hong Kong: Guoji Xiao, Chi Ho Lee (Ch Wing Ho’ 85), Wai Tak Kwok, Sai Ho Cheung,
Chi Hong Chan, Kai Wah Lo, Wai Man Lee, Yue Hung Kwok (Ching Kwong Yeung’ 81),
Yin Cheuk Poon, Man Chun Szeto (Hei Chi Yeung’ 38)
Coach: Arie van der Zouwen (Netherlands)
Scorers: 0-1 59’ Fadi “Abou Latifa” Ali Diab
Cautions: 53’ Sai Ho Cheung, 54’ Amjad Sandouqa
Expulsions: None
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
Linesmen: Al-Ali Saad Sultan (BHR), & Zayakin Victor (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Fuse Naotsugu (JPN)
Attendance: 500
Qatar - Palestine 2-1 (1-1) World Cup Qualifier (Group 3)
(Doha – Al-Sadd Stadium - 23.03.2001)
Qatar: Hussein Al-Rumaihi, Abdul-Nassir Al-Obaidi, Dahi Al-Noubi, Saad Sattam
Al-Shimmari, Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi, Abdul-Aziz Hassan Bujaloof (Meshal
Abdullah’ 88), Saoud Fath Al-Kathiri, Yousuf Mahmoud, Yassir Nadhmi Al-Qaisi
(Mohammed Ghulam Al-Buloushi’ 75), Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Al-Naema, Mubarak
Mustafa Fazli (Jassim Al-Tamimi’ 82)
Coach: Džemal Hadžiabdic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Hamada Eshbair, Saeb Jendeya, Abdul-Raouf Hajjaj,
Mohammed Al-Sweirki, Mohammed Al-Jaish (Fadi Lafi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab’ 58),
Ziad Al-Kord (Khaldoun Fahad’ 68), Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair” (Ibrahim
El-Manasri’ 78), Amjad Sandouqa, Jamal Al-Holi, Ossama Abu Aliya
Coach: Mustafa Abdul-Ghani Yacoub (Egypt)
Scorers: 1-0 24’ Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi, 1-1 29’ Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair”,
2-1 43’ Abdul-Aziz Bujaloof
Cautions: 3’ Yousuf Mahmoud, 27’ Mohammed Al-Jaish, 29’ Abdul-Nassir Al-Obaidi,
43’ Jamal Al-Houli, 63’ Ossama Abu Aliya, 72’ Ramzi Saleh,
89’ Saad Sattam Al-Shimmari
Expulsions: None
Referee: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)
Linesmen: Samsayan Somsak (THA), & Zayakin Victor (KAZ)
Fourth Official: Rahimi Moghadam Rahim (IRN)
Attendance: 4,000
Palestine - Malaysia 3-4 (2-1) World Cup Qualifier (Group 3)
(Doha – Al-Arabi Stadium - 25.03.2001)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Hamada Eshbair, Saeb Jendeya, Abdul-Raouf Hajjaj,
Mohammed Al-Sweirki, Fadi Lafi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab (Mohammed Al-Jaish 60'),
Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair”, Mohammed Hasanain, Jamal Al-Houli, Khaldoun Fahad
(Ibrahim El-Manasri 65'), Ossama Abu Aliya
Coach: Mustafa Abdul-Ghani Yacoub (Egypt)
Malaysia: Mohammed Mustafa, Irwan Idrus, Norhafiz Misbah (Bahtiar Othman 86'),
Batumalai Rajanikadhn, Azahar Ahmad, Bobby Maihah, Rusdi Supraman, Akmal Rakhli,
Gilbert Gawing, Hong Seng Leong, Mazlan Wahid
Coach: Allan Harris (England)
Scorers: 1-0 4’ Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair”, 1-1 21’ Akmal Rakhli,
2-1 30’ Jamal Al-Houli, 2-2 54’ Omar Hairuddin, 2-3 56’ Irwan Idrus,
2-4 68’ Omar Hairuddin, 3-4 90’ Mohammed Al-Jaish
Cautions: 70’ Batumalai Rajanikadhn, 76’ Muhammad Adan
Expulsions: 83’ Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair”
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
Linesmen: Mohammed Arab Kadom(Iraq), & Somsak Samsayan (Thailand)
Fourth Official: Mohamed Salem Said Al-Muflah (Oman)
Attendance: 4,000
2002
Syria - Palestine 2-1 (2-1) West-Asian Championship Group B
(Damascus – Al-Abbyssine Stadium - 30.08.2002)
Syria: Mohammed Al-Beiruti, Raghdan Shehada, Ali Khalil, Tariq Jabban, Yanal Abaza,
Ibrahim Aziza (Hussein Qeshani), Ammar Rihawi (Ahmad Azzam), Nihad Haj Mustafa,
Hassan Ibrahim, Anas Sari, Mahir Al-Sayed (Arafat Mohammed)
Coach: Ahmed Shaar
Palestine: Ramzi Salih, Saeb Jundiya, Mohammed Mahmoud, Rami Assad (Ahmed Abu Daher),
Jamal Al-Houli, Mohammed Abu Habib, Fadi “Abou Latifa” Ali Diab, Ziyad Al-Kordt,
Ehab Abu Jazar (Raji Ashour), Hamada Eshbar, Rami Rabi (Ali Assad)
Coach: Andrzej Wisniewski (Poland)
Scorers: 1-0 21’ Hassan Ibrahim, 2-0 37’ Nihad Haj Mustafa,
2-1 39’ Fadi “Abou Latifa” Ali Diab
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
Iraq - Palestine 2-0 (0-0) West-Asian Championship Group B
(Damascus – Al-Abbyssine Stadium - 01.09.2002)
Iraq: Nour Sabri; Haidar Jabar, Basim Abbas, Haidar Mahmoud (Capt.); Nashat Akram,
Abbas Rahim, Amer Mushraf, Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail, Ali Wahaib (Razzaq Farhan);
Younis Mahmoud (Ahmed Abdul-Jabar), Emad Mohammed (Ghazi Fahad)
Coach: Adnan Hamad
Palestine: Ramzi Salih; Saeb Jendaya (Capt.), Hamada Eshbeir, Mohammed Mahmoud,
Ehab Abu Jazar (Raji Ashour); Rami Raji, Ahmed Abu Daher, Jamal Al-Houli
(Fadi Salim), Mohammed Abu Habib; Fadi “Abou Latifa” Ali Diab, Ziad Al-Kord.
Coach: Andrzej Wisniewski (Poland)
Scorers: 1-0 47’ Ali Wahaib, 2-0 70’ Razzaq Farhan
Cautions: Amer Mushraf, Abbas Rahim
Expulsions:
Referee: (Iran)
Attendance:
Chile - Palestine 3-1 (0-0)
(Santiago – Estadio Santa Laura - 10.12.2002)
Chile:
Coach: Hugo Tocalli
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Hamada Eshbeir, Saeb Jendaya (Capt.), Roberto Bishara;
Pablo Abdala, Jamal Al-Houli, Francisco Alam, Edgardo Abdala, Roberto Kettlun,
Mohammed Al-Sweirki, Ziad Al-Kord.
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Scorers: Marco Avila, Cristián Muñoz 2; Jamal Al-Houli
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
This game is considered as a full international by PFA and ANFP (Asociación Nacional
de Fútbol Profesional de Chile) and FIFA despite Chile being represented by their
Under-20s. This was the first international match that saw the inclusion of five
South American-based Palestinian players, Roberto Bishara and Roberto Kettlun of
Club Deportivo Palestino in Santiago, Francisco Alam (Unión Calera), Edgardo Abdala
(Fernández Vial) and Argentine-born Pablo Abdala of Cobreloa. They had been called
into the national team, by coach Nicola Hadwa, who was born in Palestine but brought
up in Santiago.
Palestine - Jordan 1-1 (1-1) Arab Cup (Group 1)
(Kuwait City – Stadium - 16.12.2002)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Hamada Eshbar, Pablo Abdala, Saeb Jendeya, Jamal Al-Houli,
Mohammed Hasanain (Shaker Asad; Roberto Bishara) Roberto Kettlun, Edgardo Abdala,
Francisco Alam, Mohammed Al-Sweirki (Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair), Ziad Al-Kord.
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Jordan: Amer Shafi, Khalid Saad, Bashar Yassin, Faisal Ibrahim, Saman Helsa
(Rafat Ali), Houseini Al-Sheikh, Muayad Salim, Haitham Al-Sheiboul (Amer Dheb),
Abdullah Abou Zamaa, Hatim Aqil, Anas Al-Zaboun.
Coach: Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt).
Scorers: 1-0 5’ Ziad Al-Kord, 1-1 11’ Hatem Aqil
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee: Hicham Qabrat (Tunisia)
Attendance:
Palestine - Sudan 2-2 (1-0) Arab Cup (Group 1)
(Kuwait City – Stadium - 23.12.2002)
Palestine: Ramzi Salih; Edgardo Abdala, Hamada Eshbar, Mohammed Al-Sweirki,
Roberto Kettlun; Mohammed Al-Jaish, Francisco Alam, Pablo Abdala, Fadi Salem
(Rami Rabi); Ziad Al-Kord, Jamal Al-Houli.
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Sudan: Ammar Makki; Abdullah Bushra (Ahmed Al-Fateh’ 76), Abdul-Rahman Bakri,
Mohammed Bastawi, Salah Al-Dayy (Tajeddine Al-Tijani’ 46), Alem Khamis Farjallah;
Richard Justin (Mosaddaq Alwan Salim’ 68), Haytham Karrar, Mamoun Yaqoub;
Mohammed Ali Othman, Alaeddine Jebril.
Coach:
Scorers: 1-0 31’ Fadi Salem, 1-1 51’ Alem Khamis Farjallah, 2-1 53’ Ziad Al-Kord,
2-2 88’ Tajeddine Al-Tijani.
Cautions: 31’ Mamoun Yaqoub, 39’ Mohammed Al-Sweirki
Expulsions: None
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia).
Linesmen: Ali Malallah (Bahrain) & Ali Al-Khleifi (Qatar).
Fourth Official: Mohamed Omar (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance:
Palestine - Morocco 1-3 (1-0) Arab Cup (Group 1)
(Kuwait City – Stadium - 20.12.2002)
Palestine: Ramzi Salih – Hamada Eshbar, Pablo Abdala, Saeb Jendeya, Jamal Al-Houli
– Rami Mustafa Rabi (Fadi Lafi “Abou-Latifa” Ali Diab’ 46) Roberto Kettlun,
Edgardo Abdala, Francisco Alam; Mohammed Al-Sweirki (Roberto Bishara’ 82),
Ziad Al-Kord.
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Morocco: Tarik El-Jarmouni; Mourad Fellah, Mustapha Talha, Amine Rbati, Mounir
Sawahil (51’ Othman Noayna) – Younes Zerrouk, Ossama Souidi, Saïd Kharazi
(90’ Jalal Al-Qalayi) – Mohammed Armoumen, Mohammed El-Ouardi, Hicham Aboucherouane.
Coach: Mustapha Madih
Scorers: 0-1 30’ Mohammed Armoumen, 0-2 40’ Mohammed Armoumen, 1-2 52’ Ziad Al-Kord,
1-3 88’ Said Al-Kharazi
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee: Mohammed Omar (United Arab Emirates).
Linesmen: Ali Mlallah (Bahrain) & Ahmed Qayed (Yemen).
Fourth Official: Mohamed Zakrini (Algeria).
Attendance: 700
Palestine - Kuwait 3-3 (2-1) Arab Cup (Group 1)
(Kuwait City – Stadium - 25.12.2002)
Palestine: Ramzi Salih, Edgardo Abdala, Saeb Jendeya, Mohammed Al-Sweirki (Hazim
Al-Mohtasib’ 92), Roberto Kettlun , Francisco Alam, Ziyad Al-Kord (Mohammed
Al-Jaish’ 46), Pablo Abdala, Jamal Al-Houli, Shaker Assad( Taysir Sami Mahmoud
Amer’ 77), Roberto Bishara.
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Kuwait: Nawaf Al-Khalidi – Naheir Al-Shemmari, Mussaed Nada, Walid Ali, Youssouf
Al-Youha (Abdullah Nahar), Mohammed Ashkenani, Ahmed Abdullah, Abdullah Wabran
(Saleh Al-Breiki), Bashar Abdullah, Faraj Laheeb.
Coach: Radojko Avramovic (Yugoslavia).
Scorers: 1-0 15’ Shaker Assad, 1-1 30’Mussuad Nada, 2-1 38’ Francisco Alam,
3-1 47’ Mohammed Al-Jaish, 3-2 68’ Bashar Abdullah, 3-3 73’ Bashar Abdullah
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance:
2003
Palestine - Qatar 1-1 (0-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group B)
(Doha – Stadium - 25.12.2002)
Palestine: Leonardo Amro; Saeb Jendeya, Taysir Amer (Mohammed Mansour), Roberto
Kettlun, Pablo Abdala, Roberto Bishara, Patricio Acevedo Mehana, Raúl Alejandro
Naif, Edgardo Abdala, Francisco Alam, Néstor Narbona (Fuad Jose Quesille).
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Qatar: Hussein Rumaihi; Bilal Mohammed, Naif Khater, Mujib Hamid, Salman Musbeh,
Jasem Rashed (Hussain Yasser), Walid Ahmed Muhieddin (Jasem Al-Timimi), Yasser
Nazmi Al-Qaisi(Wisam Rizq), Abdullah Koni, Meshal Abdullah, Sayed Ali Bashir.
Coach:
Scorers: 0-1 47’ Meshal Abdullah, 1-1 90’ Mohammed Mansour
Cautions:
Expulsions: 78’ Abdullah Koni
Referee:
Attendance:
Qatar - Palestine 2-1 (0-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group B)
(Doha – Stadium - 25.12.2002)
Qatar: Salman Ahmed Al-Ansari; Jassim Al-Timimi, Jaffal Rashed, Hussein Yasser
(Ali Al-Merri), Saoud Ghanim, Saoud Fath, Salman Musabeh (Meshal Abdullah),
Sayed Ali Basher, Adel Jadoua (Walid Hamza), Adel Darwish, Walid Ahmed Muhieddin.
Coach:
Palestine: Leonardo Amro, Néstor Narbona (Taysir Amer), Saeb Jendeya, Mohammed
Aziz Mohammed, Raúl Alejandro Naif, Edgardo Abdala, Roberto Kettlun, Pablo Abdala,
Francisco Alam, Roberto Bishara, Mohammed Mansour (Mohammed Al-Sweirki).
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Scorers: 1-0 68’ Walid Muheiddin, 1-1 77’ Edgardo Abdala, 2-1 90’ Walid Hamza
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
Kuwait - Palestine 2-1 (0-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group B)
(Kuwait City – Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Al-Qadissiya - 25.12.2002)
Kuwait: Shehab Kankouni; Jamal Mubarak, Musaed Nada, Yaqoub Taher, Ali Abdul-Ridha,
Hamad Tayar, Khaled Abdul-Quddous, Abdullah Wabran (Jarah Al-Atiqi), Bader Mutawa
(Youssouf Al-Youha), Bashar Abdallah, Muhamad Fahad.
Coach: Paulo Cesar Caregiani
Palestine: Leonardo Amro; Saeb Jendeya, Taysir Amer (Raúl Alejandro Naif), Roberto
Kettlun, Pablo Abdala, Francisco Alam, Néstor Narbona, Edgardo Abdala, Emad Ayoub
“Abou El-Khair”, Patricio Acevedo Mehana, Mohammed Mansour.
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Scorers: 1-0 24’ Abdullah Wabran, 2-0 61’ Badir Al-Mutawa, 2-1 62’ Edgardo Abdala
Cautions: Musuad Nada, Jamal Mubarak, Francisco Alam, Saeb Jendeya
Expulsions: None
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harasi (Oman)
Linesmen: Aoni Ali Al-Qashimi & Salim Al-Baqashi
Attendance:
Reports had player Mohammed Aziz Mohammed as sub for Alam
Palestine - Kuwait 0-4 (2-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group B)
(Kuwait City – Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Al-Qadissiya - 25.12.2002)
Palestine:
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Kuwait: Khaled Abdil-Kuddous, Bashar Abdullah (Jassim Al-Houwaidi), Hamad Al-Tayer
(Adil Oqla), Badir Al-Mutawa (Abdullah Nahar)
Coach:
Scorers: 1-0 36’ Bashar Abdullah, 2-0 42’ Badir Al-Mutawa, 3-0 46’ Badir Al-Mutawa,
4-0 57’ penalty Bashar Abdullah
Cautions: Saleh Al-Breiki, Roberto Bishara, Roberto Kettlun
Expulsions: None
Referee: Muslim Al-Buloushi (UAE)
Linesmen: Mohammed Hamza (UAE) & Badir Al-Badri (UAE)
Attendance:
Singapore – Palestine 2-0 (1-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group B)
(Singapore – Jalan Besar Stadium - 25.12.2002)
Singapore: Rezal Hassan; Rafi Ali (Shahril Ishak’ 63), Aide Iskandar (Capt.),
Baihakki Khaizan, Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin, Zulkarnaen Zainal, S.Subramani,
Mirko Grabovac (Azhar Baksin’ 80), Daniel Bennett, Fadzuhasny Juraimi
(Noh Alam Shah’ 88), Mohd Noh Rahman.
Coach: Radojko Avramovic (Yugoslavia).
Palestine: Leonardo Amro; Francisco Alam, Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Pablo Abdala,
Roberto Kettlun, Raúl Alejandro Naif, Patricio Acevedo Mehena,
Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair” (Omar Khalil’ 82), Néstor Narbona, Taysir Amer,
Roberto Bishara.
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Scorers: 1-0 17’ Fadzuhasny Juraimi, 2-0 89’ Noh Alam Shah
Cautions: 42’ Noh Rahman, 53’ Fadzuhasny Juraimi, 62’ Rafi Ali, 72’ Mirko Grabovac,
86’ Taysir Amer, 93’ Roberto Kettlun, 93’ Rezal Hassan.
Expulsions: None
Referee: Sarkar Subrata (India).
Linesmen: Roy Mrinal Kanti (India) & S.Bharath Mani Sarangapani (India)
Fourth Offical: Bose Praveer Kumar (India)
Attendance: 2,787
Palestine were awarded a penalty in stoppage time; Roberto Kettlun stepped up
to score however the referee whistled for an infringment in the box and the kick
was retaken. At the second attempt, Kettlun blasted the ball wide.
Palestine - Singapore 0-0 (0-0) Asian Cup Qualifiers (Group B)
(Singapore – Jalan Besar Stadium - 25.12.2002)
Palestine: Leonardo Amro; Francisco Alam (Fuad Jose Quesille’ 75), Saeb Jendeya
(Capt.), Pablo Abdala, Raúl Alejandro Naif (Néstor Narbona’ 74), Patricio Acevedo
Mehena (Omar Khalil’ 73), Emad Ayoub “Abou El-Khair”, Edgardo Abdala, Adel Farran,
Taysir Amer, Roberto Bishara.
Coach: Nicola Hadwa
Singapore: Rezal Hassan; Rafi Ali, Aide Iskandar (Capt.), Baihakki Khaizan,
Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin, Zulkarnaen Zainal, S.Subramani, Mirko Grabovac
(Noh Alam Shah’ 68), Daniel Bennett, Fadzuhasny Juraimi, Mohd Noh Rahman
(Tan Kim Leng’ 65).
Coach: Radojko Avramovic (Yugoslavia).
Scorers: None
Cautions: 22’ Aide Iskandar, 24’ Zulkarnaen Zainal, 79’ Adel Al-Farran
Expulsions: None
Referee: Anura de Silva (Sri Lanka).
Linesmen: Serasinghe Premadasa (Sri Lanka) & Fernando Pindige Mahendra (Sri Lanka)
Fourth Official: Muhandiram Arachchilage (Sri Lanka)
Attendance: 3,076
2004
Palestine – Chinese Taipei 8-0 (4-0) World Cup Qualifier (Group 2)
(Doha – Al-Wakra Stadium - 18.02.2004)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Roberto Bishara, Ossama Abou Aliya;
Francisco Alam (Ahmed Keshkesh’ 61), Safwan Habaib (Adel Al-Farran’ 69), Edgardo
Abdala, Pablo Abala, Roberto Kettlun, Ziad Al-Kord (Ehab Abou Jazar’ 63),
Taysir Amer
Coach: Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Chinese Taipei: Hsien Chung Yeh, Jeng Chen I, Chien Hsiang Wang (Chia Po Tu’ 46),
Hui Kai Tsai (Chun Yi Kuo’ 83), Shih Lu Chiang, Yao Tsung Chuang, Chun Wu I,
Po Yuan Li (Chia Cheng Wang’ 36), Kuei Pin Lin, Wu Yeh Chang, Ming Feng Tu.
Coach: Po Houng Lee
Scorers: 1-0 10’ Ziad Al-Kord, 2-0 20’ Safwan Habaib, 3-0 32’ Safwan Habaib,
4-0 43’ Francisco Alam, 5-0 52’ Roberto Kettlun, 6-0 76’ Taysir Amer,
7-0 82’ Ahmed Keshkesh, 8-0 86’ Roberto Kettlun.
Cautions: 30’ Ming Feng Tu
Expulsions: None
Referee: Mukhtar Al-Yarimi (Yemen)
Linesmen: Abdul-Salam Mohammed Nagi (Yemen) & Ahmed Qiad Saif Anaam
Fourth Official: Khalaf Al-Labany
Attendance: 1,000
Syria - Palestine 1-1 (1-0)
(Damascus – Al-Jalaa Stadium - 26.03.2004)
Syria:
Coach: Ahmed Rifaat (Syria)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Ossama Abu Aliya, Roberto Bishara;
Omar Khalil, Edgardo Abdala, Rami Al-Hassan, Francisco Alam, Taysir Amer,
Ziad Al-Kord
Coach: Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Scorers: 1-0 38’ Firas Al-Khatib 1-1 55’ penalty Rami Al-Hassan
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:
Palestine – Iraq 1-1 (0-1) World Cup Qualifier (Group 2)
(Doha – Al-Wakra Stadium - 31.03.2004)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh, Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Ossama Abu Aliya, Roberto Bishara;
Rami Al-Hassan (Safwan Habaib’ 77), Francisco Alam, Edgardo Abdala, Tayseer Amer,
Ziad Al-Kord (Ahmed Keshash’ 88); Roberto Kettlun, Mohammed Mansour.
Coach: Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Iraq: Nour Sabri; Haidar Mahmoud (Capt.), Haidar Obaid, Basim Abbas; Hawar Mulla
Mohammed, Mahdi Karim, Qusai Munir, Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (Ahmed Manajid’ 86),
Ahmed Salah (Haitham Kadhim’ 66); Emad Mohammed (Younis Mahmoud’ 74), Razzaq Farhan
Coach: Bernd Stange (Germany)
Scorers: 0-1 20’ Razzaq Farhan, 1-1 74’ Roberto Kettlun
Cautions: 31’ Ossama Abu Aliya, 54’ Francisco Alam, 65’ Qusai Munir,
71’ Haidar Mahmoud
Expulsions: None
Referee: Hassan Al-Shouqi (Syria)
Linesmen: Tammam Hamdoun (Syria) & Chaker Al-Hmidi (Syria)
Fourth Official: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Attendance: 500
Uzbekistan - Palestine 3-0 (1-0) World Cup Qualifier (Group 2)
(Tashkent – Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium- 26.03.2004)
Uzbekistan: Aleksey Polyakov; Bahtiyor Ashurmatov, Oleg Pashinin, Alexey Nikolaev,
Asror Alikulov, Mirdjalal Kasimov (Capt.), Andrey Akopyants, Timur Kadadaze,
Anvarkon Soliev, Vladimir Shishelov, Victor Karpenko.
Coach: Ravshan Haydarov
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Roberto Bishara, Majid Abu Sidu
(Ashraf Salama’ 41), Fadi Bakroun, Francisco Alam, Edgardo Abdala, Roberto
Kettlun (Shaker Assad’ 50), Ziad Al-Kord, Mohammed Mansour, Taysir Amer
(Fadi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab’ 78)
Coach: Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Scorers: 1-0 6’ Bahtiyor Ashurmatov, 2-0 42’ Vladimir Shishelov,
3-0 89’ Server Djeparov
Cautions: 19’ Majid Abu Sidu, 23’ Timur Kadadaze, 47’ Saeb Jendeya,
92’ Francisco Alam.
Expulsions: None
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Linesmen:
Fourth Official:
Attendance: 35,000
An official appeal from the Uzbek FA to FIFA about the inclusion of Palestine’s
Chilean player Luis Musrri meant he could not play; the player who had represented
Chile at the 1998 World Cup had originally been given the green light to represent
Palestine.
Palestine – Jordan 1-1 (1-1) West-Asian Championship Group A
(Tehran – Azadi Stadium - 17.06.2004)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh;
Coach: Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Jordan: Amer Shafi; Mahmoud Shelbeya,
Coach: Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt)
Scorers: 1-1 3’ Haitham Shboul, 1-1 12’ Ziad Al-Kord,
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee: Mahmoud Abbas (Syria)
Linesmen:
Fourth Official:
Attendance:
Iraq - Palestine 2-1 (1-1) West-Asian Championship Group A
(Tehran – Azadi Stadium - 19.06.2004)
Iraq: Saad Nassir; Haidar Jabar, Ahmed Kadhim, Emad Aoda; Jassim Swadi, Rafid
Badraddin (Taiseer Abdul-Hussein), Nashat Akram, Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (Capt.),
Qusai Hashim (Haitham Kadhim); Ahmed Manajid (Razzaq Farhan), Emad Mohammed.
Coach: Bernd Stange (Germany)
Palestine: Leonardo Amro; Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Ehab Abou Jazar, Hamada Eshbeir,
Majed Abu-Seidu; Francisco Alam, Edgardo Abdala, TaysIr Amer, Adel Farran;
Ziad Al-Kord, Shaker Asad.
Subs: Ahmed Eshbeir, Fadi Bakroun, Hazim Al-Mohtasib, Fadi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab,
Sulaiman Obaid, Ashraf Salama, Ramzi Saleh.
Coach: Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Scorers: 0-1 41’ Ziad Al-Kord, 1-1 42’ Emad Mohammed, 2-1 80’ Emad Mohammed
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee: Mohammed Mansour (Lebanon)
Linesmen: Haidar Koleit (Lebanon) & Esmael Safiri (Iran)
Fourth Official:
Attendance: 1,000
Bahrain - Palestine 1-0 (0-0)
(Tehran – Al-Sheikh Ali Bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa Stadium, Muharraq - 02.09.2004)
Bahrain: Ali Saeed; Mohammed Hussein (Faisal Abdul-Aziz’ 46), Hussein Baba,
Mohammed Sayed Adnan; Rashid Al-Dossary, Hamad Rakha Al-Enazi (Mohammed Jumaa’ 46),
Mohammed Hubail, Mahmoud Jalal; Duaj Nassir (Yassir Amer’ 46), Ala Hubail,
Mohammed Jafar (Hussein Ali).
Coach: Jurcic Srecko (Croatia)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Saeb Jendaya (Capt.), Ehab Abou Jazar, Majid Abou-Sidou
(Farid Murad); Pablo Abdala, Edgardo Abdala, Roberto Kettlun, Bruno Rojas
(Patricio Mehana), Tayseer Amer (Ziad Al-Kord’ 10); Wasim Abdul-Hadi (Rami
Samara’ 16), Ahmed Keshash (Francisco Alam’ 46)
Coach: Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Scorers: 1-0 86’ Hussein Ali
Cautions:
Expulsions: 15’ Ramzi Saleh
Referee: Salah Amin (UAE)
Attendance: 1,000
Palestine – Uzbekistan 0-3 (0-2) World Cup Qualifier (Group 2)
(Doha – Ahmed Bin Ali, Al-Rayyan Stadium - 09.09.2004)
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Hernán Cataldo, Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Ihab Abu Jazar,
Roberto Bishara; Pablo Abdala (Patricio Acevedo Mehena’ 46), Edgardo Abdala,
Bruno Rojas, Fadi Lafi “Abu Latifa” Ali Diab (Ziad Al-Kord’ 46), Roberto Kettlun
(Wasim Abdul-Hadi’ 79), Ahmed Keshkesh
Coach: Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Uzbekistan: Aleksey Polyakov; Bahtiyor Ashurmatov, Andrei Fedorov, Mirdjalal
Kasimov (Capt.) (Timur Kadadaze’ 82), Andrey Akopyants, Server Djeparov,
Vladimir Shishelov, Alexander Geynrikh (Anvarjon Soliev’ 54), Iidar Magdeev
(Marat Bikmoev’ 73), Asror Alikulov, Alexey Nikolaev
Coach: Ravshan Haydarov
Scorers: 1-0 9’ Mirdjalal Kasimov, 2-0 32’ Server Djeparov, 3-0 78’ Marat Bikmoev
Cautions: 40’ Edgardo Abdala, 47’ Server Djeparov, 49’ Roberto Bishara,
62’ Andrei Fedorov, 70’ Ehab Abu Jazar, 76’ Aleksey Polyakov
Expulsions: None
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Linesmen: Yew Mun Tang (Singapore) & Hussain Nazeer (Singapore)
Fourth Official: Kennedy Kumbalingham (Singapore)
Attendance: 400
Chinese Taipei - Palestine 0-1 (1-0) World Cup Qualifier (Group 2)
(Taipei – Chung Shan Stadium - 14.10.2004)
Chinese Taipei: Kun Chi Lu; Chen Jeng I, Hui Kai Tsai, Yung Jen Cheng, Wu Chun I,
Kuei Pin Lin, Bing Shin Chen (Wei Lun Chuang’ 70), Wu Yeh Chang, Ming Feng Tu,
Wei Yi Huang, Che Ming Huang
Coach: Po Houng Lee
Palestine: Ayad Dwaima; Ashraf Salama, Saeb Jendeya (Capt.), Ehab Abu Jazar,
Ahmed Keshkesh, Raúl Alejandro Naif, Bruno Rojas, Francisco Alam (Fadi Bakroun’ 70),
Ammar Abu Seleisel, Nahid Al-Ashqar, Akram Al-Ayadi (Taysir Amer’ 77)
Coach: Ghassan Balawi
Scorers: 0-1 94’ Taysir Amer
Cautions: 32’ Bing Shin Chen, 42’ Ahmed Keshkesh, 71’ Saeb Jendeya,
74’ Yung Jen Cheng
Expulsions: None
Referee: Riyaz Rasheed (Maldives)
Linesmen: Mohammed Saeed (Maldives) & Abdul Hakeem (Maldives)
Fourth Official: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Attendance: 500
Iraq - Palestine 4-1 (0-0) World Cup Qualifier (Group 2)
(Doha – Ahmed Bin Ali, Al-Rayyan Stadium - 16.11.2004)
Iraq: Nour Sabri; Saad Attiya, Haidar Mahmoud, Capt. (Mahdi Karim‘ 64), Basim Abbas,
Haidar Abdul-Amir; Nashat Akram, Salih Sadir (Hassan Turki’ 68), Hawar Mulla
Mohammed, Qusai Munir; Emad Mohammed, Razzaq Farhan (Loay Salah’ 76).
Coach: Adnan Hamad
Palestine: Abdullah Al-Sidawi; Majed Abu Seidu, Patricio Mehana, Rami Rabi
(Farid Murad‘ 76), Roberto Bishara; Taysir Amer, Omar Khalil (Fadi Salem’ 86),
Francisco Alam, Safwan Habaib (Ossama Abu Aliya‘ 76), Bruno Rojas, Imad Zatara.
Coach: Tamás Viczkó (Hungary)
Scorers: 1-0 54’ Qusai Munir, 2-0 58’ Qusai Munir, 3-0 65’ Emad Mohammed,
4-0 70’ Nashat Akram, 4-1 71’ Imad Zatara
Cautions: 19’ Bruno Rojas, 57’ Razzaq Farhan, 61’ Basim Abbas, 82’ Majed Al-Seidu
Expulsions: None
Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq (Saudi Arabia)
Linesmen: Mohammed Al-Begami (Saudi Arabia) & Fahad Al-Mulhim (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth Official: Muageb Al-Dosari (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance: 500
Date Versus Venue Score Comp 16/03/1934 Egypt Cairo 1-7 World Cup Q 06/04/1934 Egypt Jaffa 1-4 World Cup Q. 22/01/1938 Greece Jaffa 1-3 World Cup Q. 20/02/1938 Greece Athens 0-1 World Cup Q. 27/04/1940 Lebanon Jaffa 5-1 20/07/1998 Lebanon Beirut 1-3 Arab Cup Q. 23/07/1998 Syria Beirut 1-2 Arab Cup Q. 26/07/1998 Jordan Beirut 1-1 Arab Cup Q. 18/08/1999 Jordan Amman 0-2 Pan Arab Rd 1 23/08/1999 UAE Irbid 1-0 Pan Arab Rd 2 25/08/1999 Libya Amman 2-2 Pan Arab Rd 2 27/08/1999 Syria Amman 1-1 Pan Arab Rd 2 29/08/1999 Jordan Amman 1-4 Pan Arab Sf 31/03/2000 Qatar Doha 0-1 Asian Cup Q. 02/04/2000 Pakistan Doha 2-0 Asian Cup Q. 04/04/2000 Jordan Doha 1-5 Asian Cup Q. 06/04/2000 Kazakhstan Doha 0-2 Asian Cup Q. 24/05/2000 Syria Amman 0-1 WAFF Championship 26/05/2000 Iran Amman 1-1 WAFF Championship 28/05/2000 Kazakhstan Amman 2-3 WAFF Championship 03/03/2001 Hong Kong Hong Kong 1-1 World Cup Q. 08/03/2001 Qatar Hong Kong 1-2 World Cup Q. 11/03/2001 Malaysia Hong Kong 1-0 World Cup Q. 20/03/2001 Hong Kong Qatar 1-0 World Cup Q. 23/03/2001 Qatar Qatar 1-2 World Cup Q. 25/03/2001 Malaysia Qatar 3-4 World Cup Q. 30/08/2002 Syria Syria 1-2 WAFF Championship 01/09/2002 Iraq Syria 0-2 WAFF Championship 10/12/2002 Chile U-20 Santiago 1-3 16/12/2002 Jordan Kuwait 1-1 Arab Cup 20/12/2002 Morocco U-23 Kuwait 1-3 Arab Cup 23/12/2002 Sudan Kuwait 2-2 Arab Cup 25/12/2002 Kuwait Kuwait 3-3 Arab Cup 24/09/2003 Qatar Doha 1-1 Asian Cup Q. 27/09/2003 Qatar Doha 1-2 Asian Cup Q. 05/10/2003 Kuwait Kuwait City 1-2 Asian Cup Q. 08/10/2003 Kuwait Kuwait City 0-4 Asian Cup Q. 19/10/2003 Singapore Singapore 0-2 Asian Cup Q. 22/10/2003 Singapore Singapore 0-0 Asian Cup Q. 18/02/2004 Chinese Taipei Doha 8-0 World Cup Q. 26/03/2004 Syria Damascus 1-1 31/03/2004 Iraq Doha 1-1 World Cup Q. 09/06/2004 Uzbekistan Tashkent 0-3 World Cup Q. 17/06/2004 Jordan Tehran 1-1 WAFF Championship 19/06/2004 Iraq Tehran 1-2 WAFF Championship 02/09/2004 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 0-1 08/09/2004 Uzbekistan Doha 0-3 World Cup Q. 14/10/2004 Chinese Taipei Taipei 1-0 World Cup Q. 16/11/2004 Iraq Doha 1-4 World Cup Q.
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