Palestine at the AFC Asian Cup

Palestine participated in their maiden AFC Asian Cup, the 2015 tournament, held in Australia. It was the first time Palestine qualified for the Asian Cup, and this performance has been accredited for the rise of Palestine in international arena, and the team is widely seen as the symbol of unity for Palestinians amidst the conflict between Hamas and Fatah over control of Palestinian Authority.[1] Their second competition appearance came in 2019.

Records
AFC Asian Cup Finals record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Hosts / year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1956 to 1996Did not enter Did not enter
2000Did not qualify 410338
2004 6024311
2007 511339
2011 202011
2015Group Stage16th3003111 13832187
2019Group Stage17th302103 14923498
2023To be determined
TotalGroup Stage2/176024114 441910157744
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

By match
AFC Asian Cup History
YearRoundScoreResult
2015
Round 1 Palestine 0 – 4  JapanLoss
Round 1 Palestine 1 – 5  JordanLoss
Round 1 Palestine 0 – 2  IraqLoss
2019
Round 1 Palestine 0 – 0  SyriaDraw
Round 1 Palestine 0 – 3  AustraliaLoss
Round 1 Palestine 0 – 0  JordanDraw

Participation

2015 Australia
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup
Group D
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3  Jordan 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Palestine 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
12 January 2015
Japan 4–0 PalestineNewcastle Stadium, Newcastle
16 January 2015
Palestine 1–5 JordanAAMI Park, Melbourne
20 January 2015
Iraq 2–0 PalestineCanberra Stadium, Canberra

Palestine's maiden Asian Cup debut occurred in 2015 when they were grouped with Japan, Iraq and Jordan, and thus it has a significant effect for the Palestinian team. Their opening match, however, was a match against Asian champion Japan, and they lost 0–4. Palestine continued to suffer another loss, 1–5 to Jordan, which Jaka Ihbeisheh scored their first ever goal in the Asian Cup. Palestine ended their campaign by a 0–2 defeat to Iraq, thus ended last with zero point.

2019 UAE
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Group B
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Palestine 3 0 2 1 0 3 −3 2
4  Syria 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: AFC
Syria 0–0 Palestine
Report
Attendance: 8,471
Palestine 0–3 Australia
Report
Attendance: 11,915
Palestine 0–0 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 20,843
Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

Palestine will make their second debut in the tournament, having drawn with two Levant rivals, Syria and Jordan, as well as for the second times against another defending champions, Australia. Palestine, on this tournament, had successfully achieved two points for the first time, with two draws against Syria and Jordan, both ended 0–0. However, their encounter against Australia ended with a 0–3 defeat, which mean Palestine obtained two points, but scored no goal in the tournament. This poor performance caused Palestine to be eliminated from the Asian Cup for the second times.

Squads

References
  1. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/asian-cup-2015-palestinians-flying-the-flag-for-a-nation-of-two-halves-9978829.html
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