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Palestinian Football Association

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.

Palestinian Football Association

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.

The Mandatory Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1928 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.

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 it was formed in 1974.

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

On 11 February 2011, the PFA formed the first women's league.

On 30 July 2025, EFE reported that Palestine head coach Ehab Abu Jazar was seeking to establish a training center for the national team in Chile.

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 as well as a West Bank Women's League.

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

West Bank Premier League
Gaza Strip Premier League
Gaza Strip First League
Palestine Cup
Palestinian sports during the 2023–2024 Israeli invasion of Gaza
List of athletes killed in the Gaza war
Official website (in Arabic)
Palestine at the FIFA website

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