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Palestinian Football Association
AFC
Short name	PFA
Founded	1998; 26 years ago
Headquarters	Jerusalem
FIFA affiliation	Provisional: 31 May 1995; Full member: 1998
AFC affiliation	1995 (Provisional member), 1998
WAFF affiliation	2000
President	Jibril Rajoub
Website	pfa.ps

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The Palestinian Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة القدم) is the governing body for football in Palestine, and for the men's Palestine national football team and the Palestine women's national football team.^[3]^[4]

History[edit]

Palestinian Jewish formation[edit]

The Mandatory Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1928 by Jews living in the British Mandate of Palestine. Its national team, Mandatory Palestine national football team, participated in qualifying rounds for the 1934 Football World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup. In 1948 it changed its name to Israel Football Association.^[5]^[6]

Palestinian Arab formation[edit]

A Palestine Football Association representing the Palestinian Arabs was formed in 1962^[7] and has been a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations since that was formed in 1974.^[8]

Palestinian Authority[edit]

It was accepted as a member by FIFA in 1998, after the creation of the Palestinian Authority.^[9] The PFA has also been a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 1998, in the West Asian Football Federation.^[7]

On 11 February 2011, the PFA formed the first women's league.^[10]

Divisions[edit]

The football division system is parted into two: the West Bank and Gaza Strip. There is a men's West Bank Premier League and a men's Gaza Strip Premier League^[11] as well as a West Bank Women's League.^[12]

Management[edit]

President: General Jibril Rajoub
First Vice-president: Ibrahim Abu Saleem
Vice-president: Susan Shalabi, Ziab El Khatib
General Secretary: Omar Abu Hashia

Name	Position	Source
Jibril Rajoub	President	^[13]^[14]
Ibrahim Abu Salim	Vice President	^[13]^[14]
Susan Shalabi Molano	2nd Vice President	^[14]
Ziad Bekai	3rd Vice President	^[14]
Firas Abu Hilal	General Secretary	^[13]^[14]
Ibrahim Eleyan	Treasurer	^[13]
Abdalnasser Barakat	Technical Director	^[13]^[14]
Makram Daboub	Team Coach (Men's)	^[13]^[14]
Ahmad Sharaf	Team Coach (Women's)	^[13]^[14]
Ghassan Jaradat	Media/Communications Manager	^[13]
Anan Waleed	Futsal Coordinator	^[13]
Hussam Al Hussein	Referee Coordinator	^[13]

References[edit]

^ FIFA.com. "Member Association – Palestine – FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
^ "Presidential Election Item 13 on FIFA Congress Agenda". fifa.com. FIFA. 16 April 1998. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014.
^ "Soccer is Under Fire in Palestine". vice.com. Vice. 24 June 2014.
^ "Football in Palestine: Power, conflict, and hope". 18 January 2021.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Israel". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
^ [1] - History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year). See page #3, third remark (or page #5, fifth remark), regarding Mandatory Palestine being the forerunner of Israel. Retrieved on 14 April 2020
^ ^a ^b "Palestinian footballers: National team without a state – DW – 11/16/2023". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
^ admin (2021-10-08). "Palestine Goes International: On Palestinian Achievements in Sports throughout the Decades". Palestine Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
^ "Member Association - Palestine". www.fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on January 15, 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
^ "Women's league kicks-off in Palestine". www.the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 February 2011.
^ Khaled, Ali (2015-07-27). "Football in times of crisis: Palestine's game endures in the face of tragedy". The National. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
^ von der Lippe, Gerd (2020-07-02). "'We can!' – women's football in the Occupied West Bank". European Journal for Sport and Society. 17 (3): 214–230. doi:10.1080/16138171.2020.1792073. ISSN 1613-8171.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j FIFA.com. "Member Association - Palestine". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Arabic)
Palestine at AFC site
Palestine at the FIFA website

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[1] FIFA.com. "Member Association – Palestine – FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14.

[2] "Presidential Election Item 13 on FIFA Congress Agenda". fifa.com. FIFA. 16 April 1998. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014.

[3] "Soccer is Under Fire in Palestine". vice.com. Vice. 24 June 2014.

[4] "Football in Palestine: Power, conflict, and hope". 18 January 2021.

[5] FIFA.com. "Member Association - Israel". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14.

[6] [1] - History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year). See page #3, third remark (or page #5, fifth remark), regarding Mandatory Palestine being the forerunner of Israel. Retrieved on 14 April 2020

[:1-7] "Palestinian footballers: National team without a state – DW – 11/16/2023". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

[8] (2021-10-08). "Palestine Goes International: On Palestinian Achievements in Sports throughout the Decades". Palestine Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

[9] "Member Association - Palestine". www.fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on January 15, 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

[10] "Women's league kicks-off in Palestine". www.the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 February 2011.

[11] Khaled, Ali (2015-07-27). "Football in times of crisis: Palestine's game endures in the face of tragedy". The National. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

[12] von der Lippe, Gerd (2020-07-02). "'We can!' – women's football in the Occupied West Bank". European Journal for Sport and Society. 17 (3): 214–230. doi:10.1080/16138171.2020.1792073. ISSN 1613-8171.

[:0-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j FIFA.com. "Member Association - Palestine". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-24.

[the-afc.com-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

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 {{National football association |
   Logo                  = Palestine FA (logo).png |
+  Badge_size            = 190px |
-  Founded               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1928}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/ple/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211428/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/ple/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2019|title=Member Association - Palestine - FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> |
+  Founded               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1998}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/ple/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211428/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/ple/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2019|title=Member Association – Palestine – FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref> |
   FIFA affiliation      = Provisional: 31 May 1995<ref>{{cite news
 |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/news/newsid=70394/
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 |title=Presidential Election Item 13 on FIFA Congress Agenda
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-|website=www.fifa.com
+|website=fifa.com
 |date=16 April 1998
-}}</ref><br>Full member: 1998 |
+}}</ref><br />Full member: 1998 |
   Region                = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] |
   Region affiliation    = 1995 (Provisional member), 1998 |
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   Subregion affiliation = 2000 |
   President             = [[Jibril Rajoub]] |
-  Website               = [http://www.pfa.ps pfa.ps] |
+  Website               = {{URL|pfa.ps}} |
 }}
 The '''Palestinian Football Association''' ({{lang-ar|الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة القدم}}) is the governing body for [[association football|football]] in [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], and for the men's [[Palestine national football team]] and the [[Palestine women's national football team]].<ref>{{cite news
 |url=https://www.vice.com/read/football-israel-palestine-discrimination-fifa
-|title=Soccer Is Under Fire in Palestine
+|title=Soccer is Under Fire in Palestine
 |publisher=Vice
-|website=www.vice.com
+|website=vice.com
+|date=24 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://firsttimefinish.co.uk/2021/01/18/football-in-palestine-power-conflict-and-hope/|title = Football in Palestine: Power, conflict, and hope|date = 18 January 2021}}</ref>
-|date=24 June 2014
-}}</ref> The federation dates back to 1928, however it was mostly made up by Zionists. The Arabs of Palestine established a separate federation to represent them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://firsttimefinish.co.uk/2021/01/18/football-in-palestine-power-conflict-and-hope/|title = Football in Palestine: Power, conflict, and hope|date = 18 January 2021}}</ref>
 ==History==
 ===Palestinian Jewish formation===
-The Mandatory Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1928 by the Zionist movement. Its national team, [[Mandatory Palestine national football team|Mandatory Palestine national football]] team, participated in qualifying rounds for the [[1934 FIFA World Cup qualification|1934 Football World Cup]] and [[1938 FIFA World Cup qualification|1938 FIFA World Cup]]. In 1948 it changed its name to [[Israel Football Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/isr/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211428/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/isr/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2019|title=Member Association - Israel - FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717045303/http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf] - History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year). See page #3, third remark (or page #5, fifth remark), regarding Mandatory Palestine being the forerunner of Israel. Retrieved on 14 April 2020</ref>
+The Mandatory Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1928 by Jews living in the British Mandate of Palestine. Its national team, [[Mandatory Palestine national football team|Mandatory Palestine national football]] team, participated in qualifying rounds for the [[1934 FIFA World Cup qualification|1934 Football World Cup]] and [[1938 FIFA World Cup qualification|1938 FIFA World Cup]]. In 1948 it changed its name to [[Israel Football Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/isr/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211428/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/isr/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2019|title=Member Association - Israel |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717045303/http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf] - History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year). See page #3, third remark (or page #5, fifth remark), regarding Mandatory Palestine being the forerunner of Israel. Retrieved on 14 April 2020</ref>
 === Palestinian Arab formation ===
-A Palestine Football Association representing the Palestinian Arabs was formed in 1962 and has been a member of the [[Union of Arab Football Associations]] since that was formed in 1974.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
+A Palestine Football Association representing the Palestinian Arabs was formed in 1962<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Palestinian footballers: National team without a state – DW – 11/16/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/palestinian-footballers-national-team-without-a-state/a-67408409 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> and has been a member of the [[Union of Arab Football Associations]] since that was formed in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-10-08 |title=Palestine Goes International: On Palestinian Achievements in Sports throughout the Decades |url=https://www.palestinechronicle.com/palestine-goes-international-on-palestinian-achievements-in-sports-throughout-the-decades/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Palestine Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ===Palestinian Authority===
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 |website=www.fifa.com
 |access-date=24 June 2014
-}}</ref> The PFA has also been a member of the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC) since 1998, in the [[West Asian Football Federation]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
+}}</ref> The PFA has also been a member of the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC) since 1998, in the [[West Asian Football Federation]].<ref name=":1" />
 On 11 February 2011, the PFA formed the first women's league.<ref>{{cite news
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 == Divisions ==
-The football division system is parted into two: the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]]. There is a men's [[West Bank Premier League]] and a men's [[Gaza Strip League]] as well as a ''West Bank Women's League''. Each league has 12 clubs.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
+The football division system is parted into two: the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]]. There is a men's [[West Bank Premier League]] and a men's [[Gaza Strip Premier League]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Ali |date=2015-07-27 |title=Football in times of crisis: Palestine’s game endures in the face of tragedy |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football-in-times-of-crisis-palestine-s-game-endures-in-the-face-of-tragedy-1.1743 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> as well as a ''West Bank Women's League''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=von der Lippe |first=Gerd |date=2020-07-02 |title=‘We can!’ – women’s football in the Occupied West Bank |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16138171.2020.1792073 |journal=European Journal for Sport and Society |language=en |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=214–230 |doi=10.1080/16138171.2020.1792073 |issn=1613-8171|doi-access=free }}</ref>
 == Management ==
 * President: General [[Jibril Rajoub]]
-* First Vice-President: Ibrahim Abu Saleem
+* First Vice-president: Ibrahim Abu Saleem
-* Vice-President: Susan Shalabi, Ziab El Khatib
+* Vice-president: Susan Shalabi, Ziab El Khatib
 * General Secretary: Omar Abu Hashia
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 |{{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Ghassan Jaradat]]
 |Media/Communications Manager
-|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/ple/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211428/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/ple/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2019|title=Member Association - Palestine - FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref>
+|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/ple/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211428/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/ple/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2019|title=Member Association - Palestine |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref>
 |-
 |{{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Anan Waleed]]
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 *[[West Bank Premier League]]
 *[[Gaza Strip Premier League]]
-*[[West Bank First League]]
+*West Bank First League
 *[[Gaza Strip First League]]
 *[[Palestine Cup]]
+*[[Palestinian sports during the 2023-2024 Israeli invasion of Gaza]]
 ==References==
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 {{Palestine national football team}}
-{{Sports governing bodies in the Palestinian territories}}
 {{Football in Palestine}}
-{{International football}}
 {{AFC associations}}
+{{UAFA Football}}
+{{Sports governing bodies in the Palestinian territories}}
 [[Category:Football in the State of Palestine]]
-[[Category:Asian Football Confederation member associations|Palestine]]
+[[Category:National members of the Asian Football Confederation|Palestine]]
 [[Category:Sports governing bodies in the State of Palestine|Football]]
 [[Category:Sports organizations established in 1962]]
+[[Category:Association football governing bodies in Asia]]

v t e Football in the State of Palestine
Palestinian Football Federation
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

v t e National football associations of Asia (AFC)
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands^† North Korea South Korea Chinese Taipei
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Defunct	South Yemen
^† denote full Member Association is not a FIFA member

v t e Sports governing bodies in the State of Palestine (PLE)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
Palestine Olympic Committee Palestinian Paralympic Committee