| Association | PFA | ||
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Sajed Karakra | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | PLE | ||
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| First international | |||
 Iraq 3–1Palestine  (Al Ain,United Arab Emirates; 28 July 2002) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Guam 0–5Palestine (Muang Xai,Laos; 11 September 2022) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Palestine 0–8Japan  (Muang Xai,Laos 16 September 2022) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| AFC U-19 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
ThePalestine national under-20 football team (Arabic:منتخب فلسطين تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم) is the national under-20football team ofPalestine and is controlled by thePalestinian Football Association. The team also serves as thenational under-19 football team of Palestine.
The team is yet to qualify for both theFIFA U-20 World Cup and theAFC U-20 Asian Cup. However, Palestine's biggest achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the2022 Arab Cup U-20.[1]
In July 2022, Palestine beatSudan in theArab Cup 5–3 to achieve its first victory in the history of the tournament.[2] Palestine missed out yet again on a chance for aAFC U-20 Asian Cup finals appearance despite recording two wins and a draw. However, they suffered a heavy defeat, their worst ever by Japan.
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1977 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
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 2003 | Did not qualify | The2002 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
 2005 | The2004 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
 2007 | The2006 AFC Youth Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
 2009 | Disqualified | Disqualified | |||||||||||||||
 2011 | Did not qualify | The2010 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
 2013 | The2012 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
 2015 | The2014 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
 2017 | The2016 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
 2019 | The2018 AFC U-19 Championship served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | The2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | The2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament | ||||||||||||||||
  2027 | To be determined | The2027 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1959 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
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| 2002 | Did not qualify | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||
 2006 | 3rd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Disqualified | Disqualified | |||||||||||||||
 2010 | Did not qualify | 3rd of 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 5th of 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
 2014 | 2nd of 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
 2016 | 2nd of 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 3rd of 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 3rd of 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 3rd of 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Total | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 37 | 80 | |
| Arab Cup U-20 record | |||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 2011 | Group stage | 9 of 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Squad |
 2012 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| 2014 | Cancelled | ||||||||
| 2020 | Group stage | 15 of 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | Squad |
| 2021 | Did not participate | ||||||||
| 2022 | Semi-finals | 4 of 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | Squad |
 2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
| 2028 | |||||||||
| Total | Best: Semi-finals | 3 / 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | – |
Matches played in the last 12 months.
v Palestine| 26 June 2024 (2024-06-26)2024 WAFF U-19 Championship | Syria | 4–2 | Palestine | Taif, Saudi Arabia |
| 21:00 | Report (PFA) Report (WAFF) | Stadium:King Fahd Sports City Stadium |
v Bahrain| 28 June 2024 (2024-06-28)2024 WAFF U-19 Championship | Palestine | 1–1 | Bahrain | Taif, Saudi Arabia |
| 17:00 |
| Report (PFA) |
| Stadium:King Fahd Sports City Stadium Referee: Khaled Basaleh (Yemen) |
v Palestine| 30 June 2024 (2024-06-30)2024 WAFF U-19 Championship | United Arab Emirates | 0–1 | Palestine | Taif, Saudi Arabia |
| 21:00 |
| Stadium:King Fahd Sports City Stadium Referee: Sami Al-Jurais (Saudi Arabia) |
v Palestine| 14 September 2024 (2024-09-14)Friendly game | Qatar | v | Palestine | Qatar |
v Palestine| 16 September 2024 (2024-09-16)Friendly game | Qatar | v | Palestine | Qatar |
v Saudi Arabia| 21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification | Palestine | v | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
v Palestine| 23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification | Macau | v | Palestine | Saudi Arabia |
v Australia| 27 September 2024 (2024-09-27)2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification | Palestine | v | Australia | Saudi Arabia |
v Palestine| 29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification | Afghanistan | v | Palestine | Saudi Arabia |
The following 23 players were called up for the2024 WAFF U-19 Championship.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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| 1GK | Rami Jabareen | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) |  Umm al-Fahm | |||
| 1GK | Basim Afghani | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Markaz Balata | |||
| 1GK | Arafat Al-Torok | (2005-09-13)13 September 2005 (age 20) |  CF Motril | |||
| 2DF | Bashir Al-Din Abbas | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Kozakken Boys | |||
| 2DF | Jihad Al-Hallaq | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) |  Tadamon Sour SC | |||
| 2DF | Jalil Abu Hejab | (2006-12-25)25 December 2006 (age 19) |  Berliner AK 07 | |||
| 2DF | Khalid Abu El Haija | (2005-11-13)13 November 2005 (age 20) | Carl Zeiss Jena | |||
| 2DF | Muhammad Al-Zaghir | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Ahli Al-Khalil | |||
| 2DF | Muhannad Nouri | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Markaz Askar | |||
| 2DF | Abdel Rahman Sobh | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Jenin Club | |||
| 2DF | Ebadah Kaddoura | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | | |||
| 3MF | Aisam Daraghmah | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Tubas Club | |||
| 3MF | Nour El-Din Abu Aisha | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Ahli Qalqilya | |||
| 3MF | Abdul Hadi Rashid | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Al Ansar FC | |||
| 3MF | Salah Jallad | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Thaqafi Tulkarm | |||
| 3MF | Muhammad Faour | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Markaz Balata | |||
| 3MF | Monir Al Badarin | (2005-07-08)8 July 2005 (age 20) |  Rozova Dolina | |||
| 3MF | Rakan Khalil | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Al-Ubaidiyah | |||
| 4FW | Ahmad Badran | (2007-12-05)5 December 2007 (age 18) | Union Berlin | |||
| 4FW | Suhaib Elias Ali | (2007-12-12)12 December 2007 (age 18) | Union Berlin | |||
| 4FW | Saleem Mansour | (2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (age 21) | Al Ahly | |||
| 4FW | Housem Khalil | (2007-10-07)7 October 2007 (age 18) | SC Telstar | |||
| 4FW | Adam Abdelkhaef | (2007-05-03)3 May 2007 (age 18) |  Cosenza Primavera | |||
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