Mandatory Palestine national football team
| Nickname(s) | Eretz Israel (Land of Israel) |
|---|---|
| Association | Palestine Football Association (PFA)[1] |
| Head coach | Shimon Ratner (1934 WCQ) Egon Pollak (1938 WCQ) Arthur Baar (1940 Friendly) |
| Most caps | Gdalyahu Fuchs (4) |
| Top scorer | Werner Kaspi (2) |
| Home stadium | Hapoel Ground, Jaffa, Tel Aviv (1928) Maccabiah Stadium, Tel Aviv (1932–1948) |
| First international | |
 Egypt 7–1 Mandatory Palestine  (Cairo, Egypt; 16 March 1934) | |
| Biggest win | |
Mandatory Palestine 5–1 Greater Lebanon  (Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine; 27 April 1940) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Egypt 7–1 Mandatory Palestine (Cairo, Egypt; 16 March 1934) | |
The Mandatory Palestine national football team (Arabic: منتخب فلسطين الانتدابية لكرة القدم, Hebrew: התאחדות ארץ ישראלית למשחק כדור-רגל, Hitachduth Eretz Yisraelit Lekhadur Regel – lit. "The Land of Israel Association of Football") represented the British Mandate of Palestine in international football competitions[2] and was managed by the Palestine Football Association.[A]
History
Football was introduced to Palestine by the British military during its occupation of the territory in World War I. After the war, the sport's development was continued by "European Jews who had been exposed to soccer in their native countries".[1] Palestinian Arabs, specifically those of Islamic beliefs, refrained from participating in football's early formation due to their resistance to "Western cultural institutions".[3]
The Eretz Israel Football Association was founded in August 1928 and applied for membership in FIFA.[citation needed] It was accepted to FIFA on 6 June 1929 as the Eretz Israel Football Association.[citation needed] It was the first of 14 sports organizations which absorbed hundreds of leading sportsmen who immigrated in the wake of antisemitism in Europe.[4]
Mandatory Palestine end up playing five international games before the end of the British Mandate in 1948 which resulted in Israel independence. During those five games, the national team fielded only Jewish players. Three anthems were played before each match: the British "God Save the Queen", the Jewish (and future Israeli) "Hatikvah" and the opposing team's anthem.[5]
Uniform
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Stadium
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FIFA World Cup record
| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1930
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Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
 1934
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Did Not Qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
 1938
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
1934 World Cup Qualification
| 16 March 1934 1934 WCQ | Egypt | 7–1 | Palestine, British Mandate | Cairo, Egypt |
Mokhtar  11', 35', 51'Taha 21', 79'Latif 43', 87' |
Report | Nudelmann 61' |
Stadium: British Army Ground Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Stanley Wells (England) |
| 6 April 1934 1934 WCQ | Palestine, British Mandate | 1–4 | Egypt | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Sukenik 54' |
Report | Latif 2' Mokhtar 7', 22'Fawzi 35' |
Stadium: Hapoel Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Frederick John Goodsby (England) |
Egypt qualified for the final round.
1938 World Cup Qualification
| 22 January 1938 1938 WCQ | Palestine, British Mandate | 1–3 |  Greece | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Neufeld 36' |
Report | Vikelidis 15', 30' Migiakis 73' |
Stadium: Maccabiah Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Egypt) |
| 20 February 1938 1938 WCQ | Greece | 1–0 | Palestine, British Mandate | Athens, Greece |
| Vikelidis 88' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Leoforos Alexandras Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mika Popovic (Yugoslavia) |
Greece qualified for the final round.
Squad
Last squad
Call-ups
Notable players
Managers
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Fixtures and records
Player records
Friendlies
| 27 April 1940 International Friendly | Palestine, British Mandate | 5–1 | Greater Lebanon | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Meitner 2' Schneiderovitz 11'Machlis 32'Kaspi 40', 60' |
Report | Kamil 50' |
Stadium: Maccabiah Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Blackwell (England) |
See also
- Football in Israel
- Football in the Palestinian territories
- North Vietnam national football team
- South Yemen national football team
- South Vietnam national football team
Notes
- ^ According to the Israel Football Association, the name of the association was "Eretz Israel Football Association".[citation needed] The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) calls it the "Eretz Israel – Palestine Football Association".[citation needed] Regardless, this association should not be confused with the present-day Palestine Football Association, which was founded in 1962.
References
- ^ a b Henshaw 1979, p. 387.
- ^ Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ Henshaw 1979, p. 386.
- ^ Griver, Simon (June 1999). "Sports in Israel". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Palestine – International Results – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
Bibliography
- Henshaw, Richard (1979). The Encyclopedia of World Soccer. Washington, D.C.: New Republic Books. ISBN 0-915220-34-2.
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