🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
FIFA and the AFC have give approval to Palestine to host games at the Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium in Jerusalem ahead of Round 3 of
#WCQ2026
but will likely have to wait until October at the earliest to host
#AsianQualifiers
🔻DETAILS🔻
BREAKING: More pictures coming in from Faisal Al-Husseini stadium. League Cup final unlikely to resume after Israeli forces stormed the stadium at halftime and fired teargas into the stands and onto the pitch.
One of the highlights of the game. Thank you to
@Socceroos
who represented Australia in a way more honourable fashion than their genocide enabling government.
🇮🇪🇵🇸| Dublin Sinn Féin TD, Mark Ward, has said he wants to try and get the FAI to organise a friendly with the Palestine National Team
Palestine have never played a European team in a recognised match by FIFA
That would be historic and some show of solidarity 💚
I cannot begin to express how amazing this achievement is with many of these players not knowing if their families are still alive as Israel continues its criminal bombardment.
They are champions every single on of them in spite of not qualifying.
🇵🇸
#WCQ2026
Palestine are through to the Third Round of World Cup
#AsianQualifiers
for the first time in their history. The win also delivers qualification to the Asian Cup finals for the fourth straight time!
Full recap and highlights coming soon!
Merdeka Cup participation is off. Palestine will not play v Tajikistan this Friday and Malaysia/India next week.
The coaching staff and locally based players have not been able to leave their houses due to the threat of settler violence.
DETAILS⤵️
Not content with murdering Palestinian Footballers, Israel has also murdered Shabab Baalbek’s Mustafa Gharib in an airstrike. An Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis earlier in the day killed Mohammed Barakat.
Still no word from
@FIFAcom
or
@FIFPRO
.
Thank you to
@HamzaChoudhury1
and
@Wesley_Fofanaa
for their expression of solidarity following Leicester City's
#FACupFinal
win over Chelsea.
Congratulations on your historic win. Your support will never be forgotten.
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🇵🇸0️⃣:1️⃣🇦🇺
⚽️ Souttar 19’
I am so proud of this team and how they approached the game. If not for a super save from Mat Ryan we would have rightfully earned a point. We definitely changed some opinions about our national team and our style of play.
#AsianQualifiers
FC Cincinnati's
@NazmiAlbadawi
has declared for the Palestine national team and will be called up to this month's friendlies vs. Pakistan & China.
DETAILS🔽
#AsianCup2023
Pots determined based on the 2019 draw method. Teams that participated in WCQ Round 3 in Pots 1 & 2:
- Not clear which of the 13 teams gets dropped to Pot 3 (this is because WC hosts🇶🇦 advanced too) perhaps 🇱🇧or🇻🇳
- Should
#FIFARanking
be used Pots 1&4 are 🔒 in
Palestine NT striker Mohammed Balah via instagram.
Balah is stuck in Gaza along with 2 million other people. Nothing can justify Israel’s indiscriminate bombing.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Palestine to get a big boost as they close in on a place in Round Three of
#AsianQualifiers
. Former Sweden International Moustafa Zeidan one of multiple players switching their allegiance to play for Al-Fida'i
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🇵🇸1⃣:1⃣🇦🇪
Palestine dominated this game and UAE will have their goalkeeper Kh. Eissa and some wayward finishing to thank for their point. Make no mistake they were dominated before and after their red card
This was Palestine's best performance at an AC
#AsianCup2023
🇭🇰0⃣:3⃣🇵🇸
An Historic Night! In the midst of 110 days of war and genocide Palestine trounce Hong Kong to reach the knockout stage of
#asiancup2023
🔻FULL RECAP & HIGHLIGHTS🔻
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#WCQ2026
🇧🇩0⃣:1⃣🇵🇸
🟨🟨🟥 Mahajna 90+1'
⚽️ Termanini 90+4'
Palestine emerge victorious in Dhaka. A tough game included a battle with heat and humidity and the added challenge of playing a day game during Ramadan. Incredible will to get the 3 poitns!
#AsianQualifiers
BREAKING: Israeli forces have stormed the Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium in the Jerusalem Governorate during the League Cup Final between
@JabalAlmukaber
& Balata. Tear gas was fired into the stands and the fans have taken to the pitch to take cover.
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🇶🇦 2️⃣:1️⃣🇵🇸
Palestine and the man behind this account are going home. Full recap on the site coming soon. Onto
#WCQ2026
Thank you for your support of
@FutbolPalestine
. Special thanks to
@DabaghOday
and all my brothers in the national team for the memories
#AsianCup2023
#PalestiniansAbroad
🇧🇪 Oday Dabbagh has scored 110 goals for club and country before his 25th birthday a feat some of Asia’s biggest names were not able to do.
Breakdown of goals:
🇵🇸 NT: 10
🌏: 5
🇵🇸: 52
🇰🇼: 24
🇵🇹: 15
🇧🇪: 5
Human Rights are non-negotiable said the DFB who played a friendly against a state conducting the longest military occupation in the world (Israel) in MARCH 2022!
#Qatar2022
#FIFAWorldCup
It wasn’t about making a political statement – human rights are non-negotiable. That should be taken for granted, but it still isn’t the case. That’s why this message is so important to us.
Denying us the armband is the same as denying us a voice. We stand by our position.
A charity match held at the Education City Stadium raised over $5.5 Million for Gaza and featured footballing luminaries such Javi Martinez, Yacine Brahimi, Essam El Hadary, Ali Al Habsi, and Abdelatif Bahdari.
Palestine plays their first
#AsianCup2023
game here in 29 days
Palestine has become the first team in history to qualify for the
#AsianCup
through three different qualifying methods:
🔻 Challenge Cup (2014)
🔻 Asian Cup Qualifiers (2019, 2023)
🔻 World Cup Third Round (2027)
@theafcdotcom
can throw whatever they want at us, we'll beat it!
The PFA confirms that Omar Abu Qatin was murdered today by Israeli Settlers while outside his home. He was 25 years old and played for his hometown club- Turmus Ayya- in the third division. He’s the second footballer killed in the last 6 months
@FIFPRO
Breaking: In the ongoing terrorist attack on Turmus 'Ayya town, northeast of Ramallah, a 27-year-old Palestinian, Omar Qatin, has been tragically shot by army-backed extremist Israeli colonizers.
My sources have confirmed the withdrawal of the club who has cited an inability to train given the circumstances. Roads in the West Bank are not safe with settlers looking to enforce their brand of vigilante justice on the native population.
According to multiple sources, 🇵🇸 Jabal Al Mukaber, the sole representative of Palestine in this season's AFC Cup, have withdrawn from the tournament. They have informed Palestine FA and AFC. I believe we will have official updates from AFC in the coming days.
#AFCCup
Palestine manages early nerves to register a 5-0 win over Bangladesh in
#AsianQualifiers
A brace from Shehab Qunbar and a hat trick from Oday Dabbagh lifts Palestine to second place in their
#WCQ2026
group.
Details to follow on the website shortly
If you supported this move but are against Indonesian people's stance regarding its hosting of the 2023 U20 World Cup... then you might need to ask yourself why that is.
#U20WC
Also any penalty levied on Indonesia should probably be levied on the Polish, Swedish, and Czech FAs.
#AsianCup2023
When the dust settles I hope people can actually appreciate what this team has done. With war and genocide raging, no league, injuries, bad luck, and horrible refereeing to contend with they made history.
Any other of the 23 teams would have lost all 3 games.
Congratulations to the
#Azkals
. We all felt a little guilty for denying you a spot in 2015 (especially after we embarrassed ourselves) but super excited to see you at
#AsianCup2019
The Filipino community in the UAE should make this a fun one!
#COYA
#PHIvsTJK
League matches at the Faisal don't get capacity crowds and that is quite fortuitous. Had this Israeli attack happened during a national team game we could have seen deaths as those games can attract 1-2K over capacity.
Really excited for
#TeamComoros
A classy team with even classier fans. It was an honor to play against them in the Arab Cup playoffs where they preformed admirably under difficult circumstances Looking forward to seeing them spring more surprises at
#AFCON2021
🙌
@ComorosFootball
If FIFA isn’t going to ban Israel then there should be a campaign to reinstate Russia.
At least then there would be some consistency in the decision making.
Mohammed Barakat won three caps for Palestine. He also was part of a generation of two-way footballers that also represented 🇵🇸 in Beach Soccer.
At 39 years old he was still playing and bagging goals. His last one was for Ahli Gaza in a 1-1 draw this past August.
RIP 💔🕊️
Breaking🚨: Reporting for Al-Jazeera,
@AJEnglish
, on the murder of Gaza's first centurion of goals, Mohammed Barakat.
💔Mohammed has been killed today in Khan Younis, weighing down the entire Palestinian football community.
Would you like to speak,
@FIFAcom
?
#WBPL
🇵🇸 Israeli forces have shot and killed
@thaqafi
’s leading scorer 23 year old Ahmed Atef Daraghmeh in an attack on Nablus early Thursday morning.
Absolutely shocked and sickened to hear this terrible news.
#WorldCup
This is my friend Branimir, he is the biggest
#CRO
supporter I know and has every home and away jersey of the Vatreni since they gained independence.
He's looking for tickets to the final on Sunday. Please help him achieve his dream by retweeting this!
#FRACRO
The Asian Football Confederation has put out a statement in condemnation of the Israeli attack on Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium, still waiting on
@FIFAcom
Aurelio Andreazzolli (
@EmpoliFC
Manager):
“I am distressed because football doesn’t talk about a situation [Gaza] like this. I am embarrassed… We should use our platform, the football world should take a stance. There is no color, religion, they are just children.”
Balata captain Saed Abu Saleem says the gas seeped into the dressing room and players were choking with some fainting, as well.
Jabal Al-Mukaber's GK Rami Hamadi says they will continue play.
93 Days. Hundreds of Athletes killed and
@FIFAcom
,
@UEFAcom
, & the
@iocmedia
won't dole out the same punishment to 🇮🇱 as they did 🇷🇺 two years ago.
Olympic Team manager, Hani Al-Masdar, killed in Israeli airstrike
Rest in Power Mouyin Al-Maghribi one of the stars of Palestine's 1999 Pan Arab Games Bronze Medal Team (4 official caps with the national team).
Murdered by Israel with complete silence from
@fifamedia
and
@FIFPRO
Former Palestine national team striker Mohammed Barakat killed in Israeli airstrike.
Remarkably, Israel managed to kill three more footballers in the West Bank and another in Lebanon with zero rebuke from
@FIFAcom
@UEFAcom
and
@FIFPRO
Thoughts and prayers to the family and colleagues of Shireen Abu Aqleh. The veteran journalist was killed in cold blood by Israeli forces in Jenin earlier today.
Ittihad Shojaeya and Shabab Rafah honored her memory today before their Gaza League match.
#شيرين_ابو_عاقلة
No one will give Palestine the credit they deserve but it has been a really good
#ASIANCUP2023
tournament. Lost to the best team (🇮🇷) and eliminated by the champions (🇶🇦).
Two really good games vs UAE (even at 11v11) and Hong Kong.
Onwards to
#WCQ2026
. More to come! 💪🇵🇸
HISTORY! 4 Straight Asian Cup Finals and now a place with the continent's big boys in World Cup
#AsianQualifiers
. The Road to
#United2026
Continues!
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Asian Goalscorers in Europe (All Comps)*:
🇮🇷Taremi 2⃣0⃣🇵🇹
🇯🇵 Kamada 1⃣3⃣🇩🇪
🇵🇸DABBAGH 1⃣1⃣🇵🇹**
🇯🇵 Ueda 1⃣1⃣🇧🇪
🇰🇷 Son 8⃣🏴
🇯🇵 Mitoma 7⃣🏴
*Europe's Top 8 Leagues Only
** Averaging a goal every 99 minutes
During tonight's moment of silence remember that Palestinian Footballers have been in the line of Israeli fire for years and that their deaths (enough to make up an entire Starting XI) rarely are reported on by the international media.
فريق كرة قدم كامل من #الشهداء !
A whole football team of martyrs 🇵🇸
المقـطع (مُترجـم) | ودّع اللاعب الفلسطيني رشيـد دبّور ملاعب كرة القدم، شهيداً. ليُضاف إسمه إلى سلسلة كبيرة من الشهداء الذين اغتالتهم "إسرائيل"، فأجبرتهم على الاعتزال مُبكّراً!
#طوفان_الاقصى_ #فلسطين #غزة
#Gaza
#PalestiniansAbroad
🇨🇱 Congratulations to Yashir Pinto Islame and Coquimbo Unido on winning the Primera B title and promotion to the top tier of Chilean football!
Hopefully the confirmation comes in soon. Never good to have a member of the Asian Football family suspended. Even worse when they represent 220 million people.
WHAT A WIN! Palestine’s WNT thrash Iraq 3-0 in their WAFF Championship opener. An incredible achievement for the team under difficult circumstances back home. Nour Yousef had a hand in all three goals.
One year ago today. The IDF shot and killed
@thaqafi
's Ahmed Daraghmeh in Nablus. He was the
#WBPL
's 4th top scorer in the 2022/23 season.
Rest in Power, Ahmed.
#PalestiniansAbroad
🇪🇬 Al-Ahly's Striker Wessam Abou Ali is officially a Palestinian player after switching his allegiance from Denmark. The PFA now confirming the news
@FutbolPalestine
reported back in January.
🚨 رحبوا معنا بالفدائي…. وسام أبو علي 🚨
◀️ "الفيفا" يقرر أهلية وسام أبو علي لتمثيل منتخب فلسطين.
◀️ جاء هذا القرار بناءً على طلب الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة القدم، ورغبة أبو علي بتغيير اتحاده من الدنماركي إلى الفلسطيني.
◀️ يخوض اللاعب غمار الدوري المصري الممتاز، رفقة
@AlAhly
GOAL!!!! TAMER SEYAMMMMM!!! 🇵🇸 capitalize off a set piece to go into halftime with something to build on
It has been a rotten first half but they finally got the rub of the green. Another goal from a set piece.
@ihbeisheh
's record as lone goal scorer is no more.
#AsianCup2023
Khadamat Rafah goalkeeper Mahmoud Al-Jazar has been killed by Israeli forces in an airstrike. He is the 164th martyr (which includes 42 children) of Palestine’s football family since October 7th.
One more sleep until the most important match in Palestine's history. A draw or win vs. Lebanon would place Al-Fida'i amongst the last 18 teams standing in World Cup qualifying in Asia- 8 of whom will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
#WCQ2026
#AsianQualifiers
🇵🇸5⃣:0⃣🇧🇩
#WCQ2026
Job done for Palestine who leave some gunpowder dry for a wet and wild
#AsianQualifiers
rematch next week.
Oday Dabbagh the star of the night- got Palestine's first and left as the NT's all-time top scorer.
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What legal standpoint are you referring to? I thought there was freedom of speech in Germany in 2023? Why does he have to bend the knee to the German government’s position?
You are free to support genocide but
@elghazi1995
is free to voice his disapproval of it.
From today’s Ajax-Herenveen
@eredivisie
match. The Ultras had 7 Palestine flags in the stands.
Outside the stadium, the vendor that was selling Israeli flags (because Ajax is historically a “Jewish” club) for 10€ a pop no longer sells them.
#CeasefireForGazaNOW
Proud of Heba Saadieh but she isn’t the first Palestinian referee at the Women’s World Cup. Dr. Riem Hussein officiated at the 2019 edition and was the referee for the 2021 Women’s UCL final.
Heba Saadieh tells Al Jazeera what she loves about refereeing, the challenges she’s overcome, and what it means to officiate in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
FIFA said its decision to delay its ruling on Israel's suspension is due to both parties needing more time. The PFA has shot down that claim- leading many to believe Infantino is doing Israel's bidding.
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